Trump at this point. I think what theyre hoping for is to really run the table in new york. They want to run up the score on ted cruz and he does have the potential to really run a clean sweep. I mean if he gets more than 50 statewide, more than 50 in these individual congressional districts, he could sweep up all 95 delegates in new york state. That would put him well on the path to securing the nomination, to that magic number of 1,237. It wont get him there obviously, but the terrain is pretty friendly after new york. In just another week from tomorrow, hell have more northeastern states where hes favored to win, pennsylvania, delaware, connecticut, and maryland. And all of those states, hes favored to win at this point. So the math is looking increasingly more in his favor after some bruising weeks. It was tough in wisconsin all the way through wyoming, which we heard about over the weekend. But hes heading into friendlier terrain. We heard donald trump earlier this evening at this rally in buffalo predict that he will get to that magic number of 1,237. Its not something that you hear from donald trump too often, but he was sounding very confident earlier this evening. He is pulling no punches when it comes to his criticism of the republicans and the party rules today. Listen. You can take them out to hotels, the delegates. You can take them on planes. You can do whatever you want to do. You know what . I said no way because were going to get there. We dont need it. Were going to get there. Its a rigged and a corrupt system. But were going to get there, and i believe were going to do it much more easily than people think, and were going to do it on the first ballot. Were going to get to that big 1,237. So, you know, as you mentioned that hes already looking forward to this on this campaign, looking forward to what happens next. Do you think the feeling, jim, in his campaign is that he can wrap up the nomination before the first vote at the Convention Even if he just gets close to 1,237 . I think that is the question right now, don. I talked to a trump source earlier today who said it would be very damaging to the rnc if donald trump were to go into the convention in cleveland somewhere near 1,237 but maybe not have that magic number of 1,237, and then behind closed doors, the party operatives, the party leaders, you know, wrestle this nomination from donald trump. This trump source was saying that this would essentially disenfranchise millions of donald trump voters, that it would have a trickledown effect. It could potentially affect congressional candidates down ballot. So theyre warning of dire consequences if that were to take place. But when you heard donald trump earlier this evening saying hes not going to wine and dine people. Hes not going to do these sorts of things that youre hearing about in places like colorado and wyoming. Don, you have to ask the question, did donald trump ever wine and dine Business Executives when he was closing all these hotel deals all around the world . You know, when you talk to people inside the Trump Campaign, when you listen to the candidate himself, he is insisting he is not going to do that. He is going to play it straight, and he wants this to be a democratic process. He wants every vote to count. Jim, im sure youre aware of who stuart jolly is, the National Field officer for donald trump resigned today. Why did he leave, and do you see more changes coming . Well, you know, i think that was a very interesting development. I think its more fallout from this Campaign Shakeup from a couple of weeks ago when you saw Paul Manafort come in and be named the Convention Manager to work alongside Corey Lewandowsky. Theyre sort of in a dual pour power sharing role. Stuart jolly, from a letter received about his resignation essentially says in this letter that he was very loyal to Corey Lewandowsky. I talked to a couple of trump sources earlier this evening who tell me that this is essentially another sign that Paul Manafort is getting more control of the daytoday strategy and ground work operations of this campaign. But that doesnt mean Corey Lewandowsky is going to go anywhere. Donald trump is very loyal. He talk to people inside the Trump Campaign. They say Corey Lewandowsky is not going anywhere. If you take the word of the candidate himself, lewandowsky is there for the long haul. No question when you talk to people inside the Trump Campaign, they say this is another indication this departure of stuart jolly is another indication that manafort is getting more control of this campaign at this point. So the democrats are stumping for votes on the eve of this New York Primary. Jeff zeleny is here. The new national poll, youve seen it, statistical dead heat. What does that say to you . Could sanders pull off an upset tomorrow . It tells us this race is a long one and people now know who Bernie Sanders is. That was not true a few months ago. So people like his message. We see these people flocking to his rallies. But National Polls are not how these races are done. I mean its a statebystate thing. So, a, a lot of those people in that poll have already voted. Clinton Campaign Says, look, the number theyre looking at is 56 to 43. That is the number of states that have already voted. She has one 56 to 43. So the National Polls are a sign that donald excuse me Bernie Sanders is not going away, that he still is going to be able to raise money and have enthusiasm, but it doesnt really say who is going to win this contest because its a state by state affair. So she goes into new york tomorrow with a healthy lead. If she does wing w the majority de delegates tomorrow, its a different race. First she has to win tomorrow because its her adopted home state. Her campaign is confident, but they do not believe it will be a blowout because look around at the issues hes talking about, income equality, criminal justice reform, fracking upstate. These are issues that the parties on Bernie Sanders side here, but the New York Primary is closed. That means independents cant vote. That means people cant cross over. You cant just show up tomorrow and pop in and vote. So a closed primary always benefits the establishment candidate, which is her. But they are a little bit worried. They see the size of these big rallies as much as we do. They watch them on tv and say whoa. They didnt think hed still be here. Of course not. A year ago, last month it marked a year she had been in. She didnt think this was going to be a competitive race with Bernie Sanders of all people. The talk of the town everywhere has been this big fundraising effort that she had with George Clooney over the weekend. George clooney has said it is an obscene amount of money but he said thats what you need to run for president. Now the Sanders Campaign is accusing her of violating Campaign Financing laws. Thats a serious accusation. What proof do they have . It is a serious accusation and i thought George Clooney was pretty honest about it. It is obscene, but the proof they have, the reason they can raise so much money, its a joint fundraising committee. So she is raising a lot of money for other democrats, to help democrats down the ballot. Sanders Campaign Says this joint committee is helping her, it is benefiting only her. The problem here is sanders, he could be doing the same thing. The Democrat National committee i talked to someone there tonight. They said, look, sanders had the opportunity here to do the exact same thing shes doing in terms of having these big fundraisers. He has chosen not to. But they say 2. 6 million has gone to actually helping her campaign that shouldnt have. I think this is more of a sign of this, that the Sanders Campaign wants to keep alive the fact that shes raising big money and theyre not. I think its a little bit of a stink here that theyre trying to throw the night before the primary. Big question whether Clintons Campaign violated legal limits on donations by paying her staffers with funds from a joint fundraising effort. I dont want to get too far into the weeds here. The Democrat National committee and the dnc, but youre thinking its just a this is how its always done, not that that makes it right necessarily. But the nominee of the party, prospective nominee always raises money for the other party. Sanders could be doing the same thing. But thats not how he operates baugh it comes in online for him. Well see where this goes. So far theyve rin a lettwritte. Well know theyre serious about it if they actually filed suit. As we just talked about, George Clooney hosted not just one but two star studded fundraisers. A single ticket went for 33,000 a pop. Protesters lines the streets. They were showering clintons motorcade with dollar bills. One was howard gold. Howard, tell us why you decided to throw money at Hillary Clinton. Hi. Highw how are you . The decision was basically, you know, along the lines of what George Clooney is saying. It was just to illustrate the influence of money in politics was the whole goal, and it was our way of doing it. Some people say that it was they saw it was sexist, that you were making it rain as they do in strip clubs. The only people ive heard who have said that are commentators on tv who are playing the scene with the music turned way down. You blast the music that we played, that we blasted, and i havent heard a Single Person with that impression. You know, its so clear. Its actually Rosemary Clooneys version of were in the money is what were playing. Listen, howard, there are estimates that the event raised 15 million. It cost 350,000 to be a cohost and that only got you two tickets. Even George Clooney said it was obscene. Listen to this. When we pulled up in san francisco, and theyre right to protest. Theyre absolutely right. It is an obscene amount of money. The Sanders Campaign, when they talk about it is right. Its ridiculous we should have this amount of money in politics. I agree. It seems like you and your neighbor, mr. Clooney, agree on this. You know what, we do. Hes a great guy and a great person. How this whole thing started, i dont know if anybody knows this or anybody in news has covered this yet. How this whole thing started was after i heard he was having the fundraiser for secretary clinton, i actually went up to his house, and i taped a little note to his address sign. And i thought it was and thats kind of the first thing i did in response to his announcement that he was going to do this fundraiser. Howard, you know, he did stress that cash doesnt all go to Hillary Clinton. Here, again is nbcs meet the press. Look at this. The overwhelming amount of money that we are raising and it is a lot. But the overwhelming amount of the money that were raising is not going to hillary to run for president. Its going to the down ticket. Its going to the congressmen and senators to try to take back congress. Howard, what do you think of that . You know what, i read the all ive read about it is a writeup on the facts. It was unclear from reading it. They said a small portion goes to the hillary campaign, and the rest goes to Democratic Party. The thing they didnt make clear is how much of the stuff that goes to the Democratic Party could get shot back to the hillary campaign, which i dont know. It might be a low number, and he might be 100 correct. I dont know. But no ones really explained it to me yet. If Hillary Clinton does win the nomination, would you support her . I think well pass that well cross that bridge when we get there. There are some things that i really wish, you know, that really bother me, and i passed that message to George Clooney. I dont know if he saw it. I really think that if she if she really can change her message and then that would be something that would be really big to me. All right. Thank you very much. Howard gold, we appreciate that. Youre not curious what i passed to George Clooney, huh . No, and i dont have time right now. But thank you so much. We appreciate you joining us. Ahead, Donald Trumps new nickname for Hillary Clinton, and are Bernie Sanders supporters undermining democrats . Were going to talk about that next. Hours away from the New York Primary, polls show Hillary Clinton leading Bernie Sanders among democratic voters. Joining me now, defense attorney alander show wits, cnn political commentator sally cohn, and mark lamont hill. Sally, you endorsed sanders yesterday. Huge rally in prospect park. What was it, 28,000 people there . So Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, theyre over like 90 of the shus, they overlap on 90 of the issues. Why make a decision to stand behind sanders . That was my assertion, right . On 90 of the issues at least i agree with Hillary Clinton. I think she would make an excellent president. My deconcern is the 10 . Issues i dont agree we her on, on which i think shed also make an excellent president , foreign policy. Look, shes too centrist, middle of the road democrat for my taste. But, look, i still think that both for democratic voters at large and for the majority of the american people, that Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders align with the majority of the country. But Bernie Sanders is the kind of change we need. Weve seen what center of the road slash conservative policies have done for far too long. Time for a change to actually make this there is some dissension because what dawes your daughter say . My daughter, willa you better be asleep right now. She came on the stage with me. I said she supports hillary, and good for her. And she still does support hillary. When the crowd was chanting feel the bern, she pulled on my shirt and said, hillary, hillary. You know what . A love that. I love that she is able to do that. I love your daughter, standing up to a parent. I want her to have her own opinion. What does sanders need to do tomorrow . I think already can claim a modicum of victory just by closing the margin way more than you would expect it to be. By the way hes also starting to close the margin nationally. Are you okay there . How many times he could win. Not a win is a win. You hear that. Well, i mean but if hillary had come close to winning in new hampshire, wow have heard the same thing. Ill go a step further. I think sanders increases his strength if he loses the nomination to Hillary Clinton and its close. But if he wins the nomination and becomes the democratic nominee, hes going to win two or three states and it will do a devastating result. I think he is much more likely to have impact as a loser rather than a winner. Its almost like its better to lose with cruz than win with trump . I disagree with that. We are a center left country that has been governed for the last 40 to 50 years by center right politicians. Let mark get in here. Mark, did you say its absurd . Yeah. I have to disagree. I mean i agree that bernie may have some troubles in certain states, but to say hed win three or four states against donald trump seems to me a bit unreasonable, not because i think donald trump is an extraordinary candidate or that Bernie Sanders doesnt have faults it could be ted cruz. If its ted cruz, i mean ted cruz could actually destroy Bernie Sanders in a 50state race. But i think if donald trump is the nominee, i think he wins more than two or three states. I think thats the kind of fear tactic people use to prevent people from exercising their own democratic options and they make you feel as if hillary is the only option so i got to go with hillary even though i might prefer bernie. I dont feel that way. I dont like either of them, but many people feel that way. Were a centrist country. We thrive at the center. Im actually writing a book called why i left the left but couldnt join the right. The real loser in this election has been liberalism. You dont hear the word liberal anymore. Either youre a progressive or a repressive or a socialist or somebody who wants to stop other people from talking as some people in the on the left part of the Sanders Campaign want to do. I like the kind of protests that throw dollar bills. I dont like the kind of protests that stop donald trump from speaking and donald trump, i just would like to reassure you, donald trump has had no problem being heard in this election. Rest assured hes doing just fine. Free speech for me, but not free speech for thee has become prevalent in this election cycle. I think its become prevalent on