Comments on abortion. Do you believe but do you believe in punishment for abortion, yes or no as a principle. The answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. For the woman. Ten years . That i dont know. Why . You take positions in everything else. I do take positions in everything else. Its a very complicated position. Trump since walked back his comments saying the Abortion Provider would face punishment, not the woman and the mess would get messier after all three candidates broke their pledges to support the nominee of the party. Ill take that with leading evangelical pastor, National Review rich lowry and white house political director ed rollins and john bolten and wrap up the lighter side of politics with red eyes guests. Cruz and trump hitting the campaign trail today making a pitch. Women are not a special invest. Women are the majority of the United States of america and every issue is a womans issue. Nobody respects women more than donald trump and nobody will be better to women and give greater security to the country for women and in that case for everybo everybody. It good both men think women arent a special interest. 3924 . Joining me now, former u. S. Ambassador to the united nations, American EnterpriseInstitute John bolten and republican strategists at rollins and Fox News Contributors. Good to have you. Good to be with you. Let me start with the abortion thing. Quickly walk back by the Trump Campaign. How much damage . Your thoughts. I think it was a serious mistake. Even tony parakins a wellrespected leader at the Family Research counsel made it clear what people are familiar with have known for a long time. Its never been the notion that the woman getting the abortion would face punishment from those arguing the prolife side. Trump corrected the mistake that obviously minimizes the downside but the original mistake i think is going to haunt him. We have to point out that tony perkins, a terrific fellow is a cruz supporter as you might take into account. Ed, your thoughts on this. How serious . How can he recover . The way he has to recover and if i was advising, which obviously im not. I dont want to think im smarter than anybody in the campaign by the way, i dont think this would be the night to put that up for a vote for them. Its very important he writes a script. This is who i am. This is what i want to do. Here is where i want to take the country. Trump is too much sound byte and impulsive campaigning. When 47 of republican women say wall street journal poll, never vote for donald trump you cannot win. That leads you to a landslide. Somehow you got to bring the women back and basically understand their issues. Lets talk about that. Is it within his power to bring back those women at this stage of the primary contest its about three months from the convention. He can pivot. He can pivot. Ive had candidates before. I had christi witman losing terribly and we basically got her to focus on women and children and she basically won the race. Right now there is a great insensitivity. You think it is recoverable. I think it needs to be recoverable. John, give us what you know, you and ed we might as well give trump highpowered advice here. What would you advice trump to do . This has been a terrible with the exception of the birth of his grandson, this has been a terrible, terrible twoweek period for him. Well, i think hes got to get back from his perspective to the issues that brought him this far and this stressing trade and immigration, those have been his two signature issues. I think this latest poll from wisconsin that shows senator cruz opening up a significant lead could spell a lot of trouble for him and i think the next several primaries really, if the anti trump forces are emboldened by this bad day or this bad week, i think he could come into the convention well below 1237 and i think that could really open it up. Well, lets talk about this part of it then. This is really a contest between trump identified the middle class as a class that he wants to bring to the forefront and wants in Foreign Policy and branded his Foreign Policy america first. Hes made it clear that trade agreements that do not benefit and as a consequence do not raise the standard of living for americans just arent going to happen under his watch. These are powerful, powerful examples of issues that resonate with the american voter. Hes backed away from them. How does he get back . Well, i think he has to take the initiative for one thing and when youre faced with Chris Matthews asking you one question after on abortion after another can i interject on this. Why a grown man or grown woman would sit there and put up with that kind of behavior ademeanor of the host is above me. This is a guy, i want to throw this up, this is a man that wants to be the leader of the free world and hes letting a talk show host badger him. Chris in particular, ive got a long history with chris when he was tip oneils press secretary. Hes the perfect foil to go punch his teeth in. He just is. There is certain people you dont want to do that. Chris matthews is a liberal. Its a Perfect Place for a republican to go punch his teeth in. The critical thing for trump is to get back on the message, talk about security and the issues he has great knowledge about and get scripted here. I dont mean it in a derogatory way. He gave an extraordinary speech last week when he gave the jewish speech. He needs to basically if he reads a script, these are the things that matter and security, economy is important. You get the last word john bolton. I think preparation is critical here. Hes gone a long way without a lot of preparation through many of the debates that is one of the grandest understatements in critical assessment of the candidate i think ever. I think actually preparation can come in handy. This question of whether or not a woman should be penalized for having an abortion is pretty basic to a complex and emotion l debate. He wasnt ready for it. Yeah. John bolten, always ready for you. Thank you for being with us. Ed rollins, thank you. We always come scripted for your show. Absolutely. Thank you very much, gentlemen. Trump well ahead in the delegate counts but cruz and kasich plan on taking the fight to the convention. We have three great candidates. This is not finished yet. He is in a real fight. 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Now were going to introduce my next guest that met with mr. Trump. Hes one of the finest minds in politics today. Best selling author 2012 president ial candidate himself and former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich. Great to have you with us. Mr. Trump, not in any way daunted by the contest in wisconsin is his optimism well placed. Look, i think good reason to be optimistic. Hes a front runner. A poll came out this morning that said nationally hes at 50 well ahead of anybody else. On the other hand, wisconsin is going to be a tough state for him. Governor walker just came out today and endorsed cruz and i think cruz has a real shot of winning wisconsin and the question is can he sweep the state. Wisconsin you get a certain number of sedelegates. The question will be does anybody sweep the whole state or in fact do they split it up and then trump really needs to have some of the if he gets swept here, i think his momentum takes a deep it. It would take quite something for cruz as strong as he is running to sweep him through the congressional districts and the at large candidates. So were probably looking at least at the conventional wisdom at what youre describing, and that is a split of these delegates. What were watching in the run up to it is a major the life spat to put a nice label on it. Seems like one of the most ill considered and unnecessary conflicts in modern day politics. Yeah, it was dumb and it was a particularly dumb on trumps part. The initial attack came from a cruz super pac, which ran an ad attacking trumps wife and he took offense. What he should have said is look, melania was a world class super model on a professional shoot for a famous magazine and im very proud of her and she would be a great first lady. If he did that, he would look more statesmen like. Instead he goes after mrs. Cruz. I hope well get back to campaigning on much bigger themes and issues, which is what the country needs and certainly what the Republican Party needs. As we look at the issues of illegal immigration, we look at the impact, the consequences 40 years of trade deficits. Terrific imbalance on global trade. Policies not working for this country. And reducing our Gross Domestic Product as a consequence. Why in the world all of this brought him to the forefront as the day he stepped into the campaign and he has let it drift away from him or hes at least moved it to a different level of priority. Yeah, i think his big issues were working for him and he ought to go back to them. The fact is the country at least on the republican side and the independent side is really upset and you have to admit, even on the Democratic Party side when bu Bernie Sanders gets 82 , 71 in three states last saturday, those are huge margins. Incredible. That tells you that both on the right and on the left, people are really upset with where we are as a country and i believe should be and i think we need frankly a pretty big disruption in washington. You know, if you talk about the middle class, ive urged the Republican Party to embrace the middle close and what ails it. Instead, over the course of the last 40 years, we watched wages remain stagnant for the middle portion of this country in terms of income, in terms of household net worth. And the jobs have been flying overseas or across borders in the case of mexico. And there seems to be an absolute refusal to look at the pain that has been inflicted by a host of policies and Business Practices and paul ryan, mitch mcconnell, those, they now seem hell bent on competing with the front runner and the nominee for president. Well, i think in ryans case hes actually trying to figure out how to create an agenda thats big enough and bold enough that it begins to meet the countrys desire for change. I think hes tried very hard not to get directly involved in the president ial race and obviously unhappy with the tone of some of it but prank frankly most of us. You have a country where the reality is that between stagnant wages, Rising Health care costs, ever more expensive government, intrusive bureaucracy, people are angry and feel like the future they were once promised is disappearing and they want Political Leadership that recognizes their pain and their concerns and they get a new york, washington, los angeles lead that makes plenty of money out of the market but leaves behind 80 of america. Is the Republican Party as we wrap up capable of making the shift in terms of its platform, its values, and frankly, its political momentum and energy to embrace the middle class working men and women and turn back the policies that have led to this result . Well, i think well find out in the next few weeks. Certainly if donald trump continues to pick up delegates and becomes the nominee, youre going to see a dramatically Different Party in cleveland at the National Convention but think about it. Even cruz who a year ago would have seemed to be the guy out on the extreme, cruz is now the establishment candidate because trump created such a total momentum that has changed the base of american politics. This is not what anybody would have expected a year ago. Doing well at what others might call me, too, politics. Thats right. Newt gingrich. Thanks for being with us. Come back soon. Up next, trump and his two opponents ditched the republican loyalty pledge. The Republican Party hasnt treated me properly in my opinion and they havent. They havent treated me fairly but i got millions of more votes and we have a movement going on. And that is the subject of my commentary coming up next. Much more straight ahead. At ally bank, no branches equals great rates. Its a fact. Kind of like vacations equal getting carried away. More proactive selling. What do you think michal . I agree. Lets get out there. Lets meet these people. In new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. All across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. Like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. And in syracuse, where imagination is in production. Let us help grow your companys tomorrow today at business. Ny. Gov at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. Its a fact. Kind of like social media equals antisocial. Hey guys, i want you to meet my fiancee, denise. Hey. Good to meet you dennis. A few thoughts on the bruise l battle, the remaining for december stir rad does declaring loyalty to no one now. Cruz kasich signed the pledge and at the time trump signed after he had he received assurances he would be quote treated fairly. The chairman held that commitment as a sign of party unity but all three republican candidates broke their pledge to support the eventual nominee. Do you continue to pledge whoever the republican nominee is . No, i dont anymore. Look you dont . No. So the pledge you took is null and void and the idea of supporting whoever the republican nominee is, you say you will no longer guarantee ive been treated unfairly. Im not in the habit that supporting someone that attacks my wife and family. I think that is going beyond the line. If the nominee is somebody i think is hurting the country and dividing the country, i cant stand behind them. For now there is not only no possibility of party unitunity, socalled leaders appear confused and incapable to adapting to most if not all of the populous agenda and for his part, trump has a da finishing authority and to lead, demonstrate hes in charge of himself, his campaign and his party. Trumps often said politicians talk too much and dont act. Were beginning to, well, see that, well, much of this is just not fair in trumps opinion. Some would suggest thats starting to sound a little like complaining, even whining. Overcoming it is the issue now. Out smarting his opposition is the issue now. Certainly not complaining about them. Trump needs now to act, to lead, to rescue the party that is breaking apart all around him. I believe the anti trump republican elites are on the verge of destroying the very party he wants to lead. Ironically now, i believe only trump can lead republicans out of this current turmoil and if he doesnt succeed in returning to his basic fundamental messages of securing or borders, controlling immigration, supporting middle class and small business, that International Trade will always be fair to americans assuring working men and women their government will actually one day work for them. If he cant do that now, he will hardly do better this fall. In politics, the process is often the result and trump has more people pulling for him to succeed than any candidate in recent memory. So my words tonight to mr. Trump would be, so if youre going to lead, mr. Trump, it is time to lead. Youre the one who said america first. So lead. Action. Far less talk and no whining. And there is not a minute to spare if you mean to make America Great again and youve got to start by leading the party, im not sure you really like too much. Well, too bad. Thats the deal. All you have to do is overcome yourself, the party you represent, the party that doesnt like you and yes, your gop and democratic opponents. We whove been watching you for sometime now to this point figured thats a pretty fair fight. Now go win the damn thing. Our quotation of the evening, this went from marks who said, i refuse to join any club that would have me as a member. And mr. Trump return to your sense of humor. Its served you well. Were coming right back. Donald trump fired up, fighting back against calls to fire his Campaign Manager. They want me to destroy a mans life and the other two candidates, kasich and cruz said oh, he should be fired. Fired for what . Trumps not backing down. Will it hurt his campaign . The pursuit of healthier. It begins from the second were born. Because, healthier doesnt happen all by itself. It needs to be earned every day. Using wellness to keep away illness. And believing a single life can be made better by millions of others. 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