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FOXNEWSW On The Record With Greta Van Susteren March 1, 2016

Week trump has faced more incoming attacks and criticism than any other time in his campaign. Over the course of this weekend, allegations that he was refusing to disavow david duke the former grand wizard of the kkk. Ku klux klan and racism has been ongoing theme in the parking lots and in the rallies of Donald Trumps campaign events. And it is something that he has not yet resolved and is not likely to go away. And, still, he has a big advantage across the super tuesday states. Here in texas, the senator from texas, ted cruz desperately needs a win. Losing ones home state can be a crippling relation on the campaign trail. And cruz knows he has to pull off a victory here tomorrow. But, marco rubio and john kasich and ben carson continue to campaign in this race. Rubio has suggested in the last couple of days that even though he may not pull off any victories in the super tuesday states, does expect to get delegates and regardless when he wins, if he wins, he is prepared to go all the way for the nomination and fight for the nomination on the floor in contested convention nomination. John kasich has pretty much said the same thing. Both kasich and rubio face home state battles on march 15th, but tomorrow they are not likely to come in first. Rubio would be happy with a string of second places in order to keep his candidacy alive it is nailbiting time for them and for donald trump, he is looking at a big win. He will be watching the returns tomorrow from his hotel, his resort in palm beach, and have a News Conference for what he hopes will be taking questions from the press about his huge victory it is not over it is going to be increasingly combative. Lots of states to vote after tomorrow. If the polls are right, trump is looking for a very, very big night. Greta . Carl, just 30 seconds left. Any sense on the ground . Can trump pull it off in texas and unseat senator cruz who has been leading there . Very, very difficult. Texans very conservative. Trump has made some visits down here, but nothing like the senator who is from here. And it was only a few years ago that he was elected here, so he still has some sort of a Campaign Apparatus to count on. And cruz is going to lay it all on the table there will be nothing left. He will spend every nickel. He will campaign right straight through tomorrow until the polls close. He has to get this win that would rejuvenate his candidacy. Trump himself has suggested texas would be pretty tough. Although he is looking to win oklahoma, which is a state that cruz had wanted to. And arkansas, which is another state that cruz had been targeting. So, trump is very competitive and looking to trim some of cruzs sails. Carl, thank you. Super tuesday polls open in just hours. With so much on the line, candidates are pulling out all the stops. Are we having a good time . Yes. I love it. Its easy to talk about making America Great again. You could even print that on a baseball cap. He has lost his voice. I got a little bit of a voice back. I got my voice back just a little bit. This is a country in big trouble. Bigger than you understand, folks. The critical question is, do you understand the principles and values that made America Great in the first place. A vote for donald trump tomorrow is a vote for Hillary Clinton in november. You are going to look back on this day in two years from now, in four years from now, and you are going to say that you were there at the beginning. We are going to have a renaissance in this country. Well, how many delegates are at stake and can anyone slow down donald trump . Former speaker of the house Newt Gingrich goes on the record. Good evening, sir. Good to be with you. News on friday that governor Chris Christie endorsed donald trump . Significant endorsement . I thought it was a big deal because christie was a competitor. He is from new jersey. He is northeastern. The fact that the governor of maine promptly followed him, you wouldnt have thought the way people characterized trump you would have two northeastern governors endorsing him. I thought it was a big help. Is donald trump on his way to getting the nomination as we hear senator floor flight and governor kasich says he have a floor fight is that saber rattling . First of all i thought it was very interesting that carl cammeron was reporting in front of the alamo. I dont know symbolically if that means anything. Trumps opponents are all gathering at the alamo and hoping for a last stand. Cruz is going to have a good day tomorrow. Rubio could or could not. Rubio might pull off a real surprise in minnesota in the caucuses. But trump will dominate tomorrow. And then the big test will be on the 15th. And if neither kasich nor rubio can carry their home state, then it really is pretty much over. You cant take little bits of delegates and have a floor fight. You have to have enough delegates to have a floor fight. At the rate they are going, none of them are going to. New cnn National Poll, donald trump 49 . Thats 33 ahead of the next person, number two, which is senator marco rubio way down at 16 . Senator ted cruz at 15 . Dr. Ben carson at 10 and governor kasich at 6 . Simple rule of thumb is its better to be at 49 than 16 . I guess i would agree with that and that, by the way, shows up in the florida poll where i think trump is 20 points ahead of rubio. One place where trump has been candid is cruz has done a great job in texas. He has a very strong base. The governor endorsed him. Governor perry endorsed him. He has worked very hard. And he is going to win. The question is can he win 50 which is what you need to sweep the delegates. I dont think so. He and trump are certainly going to have delegates out of texas and possibly, if rubio can get over 20, he will get some delegates, too. If he only gets 18 or 19, he only gets zero delegates. Governor kasich, does he have a path . I dont know. I love john. Is he like a younger brother. He was absolutely key to our getting a balanced budget for four straight years. He has been a great governor. Its easy for me to see how john ends up as vice president. Its really hard for me to see a path for the nomination at this point. What if he wins michigan and sweeps ohio . He is a very serious player. No republican president has ever won without carrying ohio. So there are a lot of good reasons to look at john kasich. That may be voodoo. Could be be voodoo. Its pretty useful voodoo. Mr. Speaker, nice to see you. Thank you, sir. Donald trump wound up in another controversy. This time its about former ku klux klan grand wizard david duke. Duke, a white supremacist, not at trumps request, but he endorsed trump. Last week when asked about that support, trump said. This. Mr. Trump, how do you feel about the recent endorsement from david duke . I didnt even know he endorsed me. David duke endorsed me . Okay. All right. I disavow, okay . But yesterday when asked the same thing, trump said. This. Will you, unequivocally condemn david duke and say you dont want his vote or that of other White Supremacists in this election . Well, just so you understand, i dont know anything about david duke. Would just say unequivocally you condemn them and you dont want their support. Well, i have to look at the group. I dont know what group you are are talking about. You wouldnt want me to condemn a group that i know nothing about. Just talking about david duke and the ku klux klan here. Honestly i dont know david duke. I dont believe i ever met him. Im pretty sure i didnt meet him and i just dont know anything about him. This morning on the today show here is what trump had to say. The question was asked about david duke and various groups, and i dont know hot groups are i said would you do me a favor and tell me the groups . He was unable to tell me that. He says im just talking about the david duke and the ku klux klan here you said honestly i dont know david duke. Let me tell you, im sitting in a house in florida with a very bad ear piece that they gave me, and you could hardly hear what he was saying. But what i heard was various groups. And i dont mind disavowing anybody. And i disavow david duke and i disavowed him the day before at a major News Conference. The on the record Political Panel is here from the boston globe. Anna linskey and from the Weekly Standard john mccormick. Destroy someone, accuse someone of being a racist because thats pretty bad and in my view that is a disqualifier if you are indeed a racist. Donald trump has been asked about david duke. First knee jerk is i disavow. Are these fair questions being put to donald trump. Or are these journalists doing a little more . Its a fair question. Shoulder shrug i dont want their support. I dont want their support at all. His explanation that he didnt hear because he had a bad ear piece is simply unbelievable. He repeated the name david duke multiple times it and his response on cnn he also said in 2000 that he was a clansman and did not want to be part of the reform party are. Who didnt want. David duke. Donald trump said that in 2000. Thats why he didnt want to be part of reform party in 2,000. He knows who he is. When he said i dont know who david duke is, people would ask why are you doing this . Do you assume that there are some portion of your supporters that dont want you to disavow him on National Television . Two days before the sec primary . Annie . You know, i think this is such a classic donald trump controversy, right . I mean, he something comes um. This is one of those controversies that come from the media didnt come from him. He disavowed david duke. He has got a long history of disavowing david duke. And then you have this one kind of odd cnn interview where he says something thats kind of confusing answered looks a little confused. And then today he disavows him. He has left space for everybody. Right . Anything you want to think about how david duke or how donald trump feels about david duke you walk away from the exchange. Should he have the presumption of innocence, so to speak . Is there anything else in his whole history where he has shown any sort of racial animus . I think he has just his whole history to date has been to distance himself from david duke. And then you are talking about one single interview that he has since been very clear on. You know, i think we have to just kind of remember the whole context here, which is were talking about this just because of one single interview. Its not something that he has repeatedly done. He didnt run on the Reform Party Ticket in part. If you look at thats what his history and he has this one very odd, awkward moment that i dont really understand, quite frankly but isnt consistent. That single interview. People may not hear this quote before they go out to vote tomorrow. 60 of the general electorate already has unfavorable view of him. And democrats, if he is the nominee, are going to run this on repeat that is a toxic is and poisonous position to take. To not simply disavow the kkk and david duke when its clear that you know who david duke is about d. It three names an interview. Maybe he didnt mean anything of it. Maybe he did. Its going to hurt him. I mean, its such an explosive and serious allegation. It really is and, you know. You talk about he says this ear piece. I have been on situations where i will put cotton in my ear because there is ambient noise, a lot different than oneonone. I dont know. I just want to make sure that were fair and also that if he has got problems, he needs to lay those out as well. Anyway, this is, you know, its a very disturbing topic. Annie and john, thank you. And the 2016 race has had some ugly moments as super tuesday gets closer, the candidate attacks are getting nastier and even more personal. Im dealing with some real sleaze bags up here, excuse believe me. I dont know why his hands are the size of someone who is 2. Robot talk. You know what they say about guys with small hands. Oh is he a can con van. Is he a good con man. I see him starting to sweat. I have never seen anything like it. He doesnt sweat because his poors are clogged from spray tan that he uses. This guy is is a choke art glis donald is not going to make America Great. He is going to make america orange. We call him the light weight. But you we call him the light weight robot. Maybe the fact is that mitt romney is rich arer than donald trump. We call him lying ted. Have been multiple media reports about donalds business dealings with the mob. The mafia. He has done a good job of convincing people that he, the guy who has spent his life cheating the little guy that he is a champion for the little guy. This guy is a choke artist. We cannot have choke artists running our country. How do voters feel about these attacks . Former White House Press secretary ari flish everywhere goes on the record. Ari, i would say that this was not particularly inspirational these past few weeks. Your thoughts . Well said, greta. I just hope that this is a phase that this campaign is going through in a year of the oddest campaign any of us could ever imagine. Trump brought it down to that level and whats so fascinating to me is can marco rubio, by also descending ton that level, prove that he is the alpha male in the race and actually improve his numbers. I think thats what he is trying to do. Whats interesting is that so far he hasnt gotten a whole lot of traction, senator marco rubio. His numbers at least, we dont have a lot of polls but in the last few days he has changed. But i dont know if thats what the voters are going to think, obviously about now that he is down in the gutter. Well, but he started really this counter punching against trump two days ago so i wouldnt expect it to show up frankly before tomorrow and super tuesday. I think what he is making the play for is to be the oneonone, the guy who can take trump on. Only one who can take trump on. Are a march 15th when this election shifts into winner take all states, if this race is not a oneonone race against donald trump, donald trump will win. If somebody emerges as the oneonone and i think the most likely bet is rubio, then there is a chance that you can beat donald trump. But thats what i think rubio is making his play for that hes the guy. All right. Viewers. Now is your chance to viewpoint at home on twitter. Is senator rubio going on the attack against donald trump going to help or hurt rubios campaign. Tweet help or hurt using greta. We will show you live twitter votes throughout the show. Let me turn to the other issue, this david duke issue. This is such an explosive issue. We have to be fair to everybody, including being fair to donald trump. As the attract detractors going to dump all over him. Play what people say. Fair to show his denunciation at the david duke at the Chris Christie rally but also fair to show the jake tapper interview where he didnt. Let people decide whether having a hundred batting average against racism is acceptable . I dont think so. I think he should also speak out against david duke and the kkk. I dont know what donald trump was trying to play dumb that interview. , he knows who david duke is its just not good enough. The presidency should never allow any acceptance of anything touching the kkk. Do you think this will have any impact whatsoever on the voting . No, i dont think its going to change super tuesday vote. I do think it has an veeskt on the jennings general election, it could have an effect beyond super tuesday after this gets absorbed. There is so much other noise out there thats going to shape tuesdays election not just because of the region of the country. I dont think its going to change things in vermont or mass miswhere theyre is a primary tomorrow. No because there is too much noise right now. When people digest who is donald trump, this will be one of the things they remember. I think it would behoove us all to see what has donald trump done. Has he actually ever done anything to indicate this . You know, its like this is one of those horrible situations where i think people are going to take sides. Thats, you know, thats always painful taking sides. Without, you know, figuring out what really is, ari, thank you. Do you want it Say Something . I was going to Say Something that he does muslims, wanting to ban all of them from the country. The kkk he needs more time to study it. That gives me pause. Thank you for joining us. And nothing has slowed down donald trump. Will he continue his role on super tuesday . Eric trump is here next. Also tonight, we have secretary Hillary Clinton email news. Catherine herridge is standing by. Thats coming up. Each delicioue drink gives you. 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. So its big in nutrition and small in calories. Im not about to swim in the slow lane. Stay strong. Stay active with boost®. He has a sharp wit. A winning smile. And no chance of getting an athletic scholarship. And that is why you invest. The best returns arent just measured in dollars. Put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. 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Donald trumps son eric trump goes on the record. Nice to see you, trump. Hi, greta, how are you . Good. The good news is that the National Poll comes out and your father is 3 points out in front of number two. The bad news is he has this controversy about david duke. And i imagine its enormously tough for you as a child. But help us understand this. The whole thing is ridiculous. I dont know how many times you can denounce a person. He has denounced david duke no more than 400 times the minute he ha

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