E. T. Phone home. [ soft music ] when you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. Change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. It looks like a massive victory and looks like we win all 57 delegates. Together we left it all on the field in indiana. We gave it everything weve got, but the voters chose another path. We are suspending our campaign. Ted cruz, i dont know if he likes me or doesnt like me, but
he is one h eachell of a compet i understand Hillary Clinton thinks this campaign is over, ive got some bad news for her. Wow. What a night. Donald trump has not officially won the nomination but this morning nbc news is calling him the likely republican nominee. The republican frontrunner won his seventh straight state last night claiming 53 of the vote in indiana. Knockout blow to senator ted cruz who promptly suspended his campaign for the white house. John kasich still clinging to his highly unlikely if not impossible president ial bid. Bernie sanders walked away the winner in indiana taking 53 of the vote to beat Hillary Clinton. Still hillary has a commanding lead in delegates. The former first lady appears poised to ultimately lock down the nomination even losing states in a prolonged and
possibly damaging battle. Good morning, everybody. Wow. How are you doing today . I am one step closer to a pickup truck. You got it. Wen may 4th. Pickup truck, right. We can call it your presumptive pickup truck. A brand yet, a color . Features . I was thinking sort of a little off shoot of a truck, fj cruisers. Shes a quad ra ponic. I was suggesting 1999 trooper. They flip over. Didnt they get recalled . They got recalled but i kept mine. The kids love it. Flip us, daddy, flip us. He better start thinking when hes going to roll up to 30
rock. With us on set managing editor of bloomberg, cohost airs 6 00 p. M. , john, former Communications Director up all night. You had an early night, up by 11 11 00. Senior political director and White House Correspondent sam stein. Whats wrong with him . What were you guys talking boult with trucks and stuff . I couldnt follow that at all . Long time ago. Back back in the ancient days. June. Beginning july. Mike barnicle shook his head and derisively said hes not going to win. I said ill bet you a pickup truck. He wrote it down on a piece of paper. I thought it was lopsided, barnicle agreed to give you a truck if trump won the nomination but you had nothing. I would say there was consideration. There was 1. Now, anyway, lets get to news and well pick out the color of the truck later. Birthday. Thank you very much. Willie geist. Mika an i go backtoback, heroes after the show. Unbelievable leads up to Cinco De Mayo. Lets not talk about that. Ted cruz supporters put all their chips on indiana, 6 million on ads spent in support of him or against trump. Can we just stop right there. Less pause. Look at those numbers. Nicole, i will say it again, so many takeaway from 2016. Even if trump loses 50 states, campaigning forever, 30 second ad, dead on arrival. This is sort of a cycle about the graveyard of all things that will never be again. Giant spinning staffs. You saw yesterday trump is his own research man, his own sort of media presence. To say that this is sort of a cycle where someone from the outside won is to vastly under state all that never mika and i go out and speak, i know you do, too. A lot of young journalism students will say what do you have to do. Mika will say, its pretty easy, all you have to do is write, shoot, be on camera, basically
do everything. Youre going to be a one person band and have a vision. Shell say that to the young journalist, the days of carrying around 30 journalists, its over. It just happened in politics 2016. Those days over. Were going to find a lot more sort of do it yourself, one man, one woman. I think thats true. But can someone who is not donald trump do what happened this time . If you dont have his celebrity, hisable to draw the eyes of the media to you every day. If youre some guy who is an outsider, politician look at Bernie Sanders. Im not saying he got the votes but he got the eyeballs. I think its about skill sets. In a strange way bernie has the skill sets that donald has. They seize on the message, they seize on the vision and they go. Despite spending by the way, trump will be
with us in about 15 minutes. The last minute endorsement from government mike pence. Well, that wasnt really an norm. The striking of an alliance with john kasich. That wasnt really an alliance. Naming Carly Fiorina his running mate. Cruz found himself announcing the end of his campaign over gasps from the crowd. From the beginning, i said i would continue on as long as there was a viable path to victory. Tonight, im sorry to say it appears that path has been foreclosed. Together we left it all on the field in indiana. We gave it everything weve got, but the voters chose another path. And so with a heavy heart but
with boundless optimism for the longterm future of our nation, we are suspending our campaign. Hear me now, i am not suspending our fight for liberty. Just so you understand, ted cruz, i dont know if he likes me or if he doesnt like me, but he is one hell of a competitor. Hes a tough, smart guy. He has got an amazing future. Hes got an amazing future. I want to congratulate ted. I know how tough it is. Its tough. Ive had some moments where it was not looking so good, and its not a great feeling. So i understand how ted feels, and heidi, and their whole beautiful family. I want to just say, though, one
tough competitor. Lets break this down a little bit. Willie, first of all, lets answer the question. Does ted cruz like him or not. No. Do you think heidi might like him a little bit . No. The kids, two kids. Dad. Dad probably doesnt like him today. Donald trump does that. He did that with marco rubio. Twelve hours earlier he was accusing ted cruzs father of being in on the assassination of john f. Kennedy. Then he says hes a tough guy, tough competitor. Once he dispatches with you, youre a good guy. Sharp turn. That is a sharp turn, sam stein. I dont know ted cruz will go, you accused my father of assassinating jfk so you were nice to me in your speech, so thats okay. It was ridiculous he brought
up the john f. Kennedy stuff. Thats what it is. On the back of it, it does raise important questions. How does someone like ted cruz who spent yesterday calling donald trump everything in the book, philanderer, liar, not president ial, how do you turn around and go about supporting someone in the general election. Thats a general problem donald trump does have to deal with as he becomes the presumptive nominee. I dont think so. You dont. Im just going to be nice the day after hes thrown in the towel but i dont think people are turning to ted cruz on where they are going to go. Could be wrong. Unlike marco rubio, we know ted cruz has a future in politics. Really . I say marco, marco may choose not to come around again. Ted cruz will be around in
politics. What everybody doesnt understand, its not about donald trump, its bought that massive, conservative populist wing of the party that elected guys like me in 94 and electing republicans in 2010 and 2014 ted cruz cant piss off. What is he going to do, sit on the sidelines while Hillary Clinton gets elected in ted cruz will have to come around at some point if he want a future in politics. Thats a reality. You can sit on the sidelines. You cant do that to 60 of the republican vote in primaries, if you want a future in politics. This marks the beginning of people have to be intellectually honest about what never trump means. Its been thrown around a lot, never trump hashtag, i would never vote for trump. The people who halfheartedly endorsed cruz because they could never see trump. Now that means they are for
hillary. It becomes curtain number one, donald trump, republican nominee, or curtain number two. Whats the choice . Theres conscientious objection. In that category stand up and say nolo contendere. Im saying, john, i completely understand those people who could do that for an honorable reason saying i cant vote for a guy who just 10 years ago was for partial birth abortions, five years ago giving money to Hillary Clinton. I totally under that. Anybody that wants a future in the Republican Party, forget about donald trump, hes gone. 50 of the populist that go out and decide who will win primaries across the country, they are still going to be around. Thats why ted cruz im saying dont you think ted cruz has to figure out how to get to donald trump. I dont know. In this sense, look, you could
argue whether this was wise or not wise. What has happened Donald Trumps nomination is, as you point out, hes the nominee of the Republican Party did he fact facfac fact de facto. Ted cruz is the big loser. Lets defined conservative movement. Conservative movement defined by washington conservatives and wall street journal editorial page. And and social conservative activists. Here is the thing. There is a fusion Ronald Reagan got where you were able to pull together populists and wall street journal editorial page. Quite frankly successful republican candidates have been doing will i did it. I told people. I read the wall street journal page in 94, listened to wish
limbaugh, fused it together. You do not have to choose this type of conservative or this. Nicole, thats what they are doing this year. With little success. Republicans have always run and lived in fear of the social conservative activist. They were delta decisive loss. Donald trump does not talk their talk, does not pander to their issues. Hes good on gun but doesnt know the language of the culture, i think there is a question mark, wall street journal page but grass root social conservative groups who do not have a dog in the fight now. Well play it later. After what ted cruz said yesterday afternoon about donald trump, thats going to be a hard thing to come back from. He was losing i agree. Also i think the Bigger Picture, the beginning of the massive pivot we saw last night. Everyone talking about Donald Trumps countenance, mood. This is the beginning of a
massive pivot. If you look at his words and listen to his tonight, get ready for the new donald trump. Pivot. Conservatives will be angrier. Youll see more of a pivot on issue. Willie, if youre a conservative, youre thinking, let me get this straight. Weve got two new yorkers and two democrats running for president this year. If youre a traditional conservative, pretty bleak. One of the candidates donated to the other one, a republican in the past given the democrat path century. Were making a difference between conservatives but a lot of people dont think hes a conservative at all, not a conservative period. He wont vote for the guy. They need to calm down and let things play out. Still ahead on morpgz morning joe, winner of republican primary donald trump joins us live for his first interview after indiana. What are his plans to unite gop. Talked a little about that last night. Well go deeper. Hes next on morning joe. But i keep it growing by making every dollar count. Thats why i have the spark cash card from capital one. I earn unlimited 2 cash back on everything i buy for my studio. And that unlimited 2 cash back from spark means thousands of dollars each year going back into my business. Thats huge for my bottom line. Whats in your wallet . Is caringing because covering heals faster. For a bandage that moves with you and stays on all day, cover with a bandaid brand flexible fabric adhesive bandage. Shoshow me more like this. E. Show me previously watched. Whats recommended for me. X1 makes it easy to find what you love. Call or go online and switch to x1. Only with xfinity. E. T. Phone home. [ soft music ] when you find something you love, you can never get enough of it. Change the way you experience tv with xfinity x1. This has been an amazing evening. I didnt expect this. I didnt expect it. What ted did was really a brave thing to do and a great thing to do, because we want to bring unity to the Republican Party. We have to bring unity. Its so much easier if we have it. Were going after Hillary Clinton. She will not be a great president. She will not be a good president. She will be a poor president. She doesnt understand trade. Her husband signed perhaps in the history of the world the wbr id wbr11820 single worst trade deal ever done. Its called nafta. Joining us now, the winner of last nights primary in indiana, now the likely nominee for the Republican Party donald trump. Donald, congratulations. Congratulations. Hey, donald, why dont you just b
admit to everybody you never saw this coming. Seriously, you have to be surprised yourself at how this played out. Well, im happy how it played out. We had 17 people. That was a lot of people. Some people said it was the finest group of talent ever assembled by any party at any time. I was watching that before i announced, and i said, wow, what am i doing. It was talent. Some were very talented quite frankly. It worked out this way so im happy about it. You brutalized a lot of them. Jeb bush, low energy. Ted cruz, lyin ted cruz. We can go down the list. How do you know, especially after yesterday, how do you get ted cruz to support you. Yesterday you were talking aboutLee Harvey Oswald. How do you unite the party today . Ive gotten a lot of calls from people who were far more brutal than ted was. I said to them, how can you do that after what i said. They said, dont worry about. Its not a problem. They are politicians. Its talk. Ive had calls ill have to tell you about them, calls really wanting to get on immediately. This was a week ago or two weeks ago. Do you care if ted cruz endorses you. I think it would be nice. Ive been saying for a long time that theres some people i almost dont want their endorsement, republicans, because it was too rough and they were too nasty. I dont think its going to matter frankly. Its going to be me. I am a republican. Ill do a good job. Ill do a great job on trade and the economy and bringing jobs back. Ill do great on the military. What do you say about george
well, he ran a column that said its conservatives duty you win all 50 states. George is a loser of hes a dour guy. Very few people listen to him. I never want to support hes been writing these columns for a year, every since i announced. You know, i had a runin with him, i didnt want to go to one of his speeches at mar largo. I find him to be a dull person, dull. I never thought i would be in politics or run for office. I said, i just dont want to go. He wanted me to go. It was one of those things. He never forgot it. Hes a nasty guy, a very nasty
guy. Nobody reads him. He has no influence. If he had influence, i wouldnt be talking to you, joe. Lets face it, the guy writes a bad column every time he writes a column. I dont know how often he writes them, i dont really know. Others, grout hammer, all he does is bash me. He wanted the war. He talked about trump is tough, hell have a fast trigger. Ill have the slowest trigger. Ill prepared the military. The great irony, mika, weve said this before. Were actually going into the general election where we have the democratic candidate thats going to support intervention ist more than the republican nominee. Seems that way. I watched him last night, talking about trump may be quick
temperamentally. Hes the one pushing for years the war in iraq, which was a total disaster and i didnt want to do it. As a civilian i was totally against it. It was one of the worst decisions in the history of our country, by the way, perhaps the worst. They talk about me with temperament. We need a strong temperament right now. The world is laughing at us. We need a very strong temperament. Lets look ahead, the general asked Andrea Mitchell if you were qualified to be commander in chief. Well, hes given no indication he understands the gravity of the decisions that go with being commander in chief. That will be a big part of my campaign. At some point, hes going to have to be held to the standard we hold to somebody running for commander in chief. What is it you know . What is it youve done in what is it youre proposing to do commander in chief . So far we havent seen any of that. Weve seen a the lo of rhetoric, insults. Hes an equal opportunity insulter. But when it comes down to making this really important decision, its been my experience people in our country say to themselves, wait a minute, what do i think is the best choice . The best choice for me, my family, my jobs, my income, my future. And i think absent some major change in how he is presenting himself and what he is saying, thats going to be a pretty high bar for him to get over. So donald, she did not mince words, whats your response . Its just words, just another politician talking. Bernie sanders said about Hillary Clinton shes got poor judgment. He also said shes unqualified. I wont even go there. Bernie sanders said shes got poor judgment, and she does. Look at the email scandal. She shouldnt even be allowed to run. You know that, joe knows that, and Everybody Knows that shes only being protected by the
democrats. She should not be allowed to run in the election. She should suffer like other people have suffered who have done far less than she has. You look at so many, i wont even mention names anymore. You look at so many people who have done far less than her, the same subject matter, and its been a horror show. Here she is running for president like nothing happened. She shouldnt even be allowed to run. You know that. Hey, donald, its willie. Congratulations on your win again last night. Thank you. I want to ask you a couple of questions about some issues youve raised during this campaign. A lot of people think youve said some things to win the Republican Party and you dont believe and could change as you go to a general. Do you still believe muslims should be banned from entering the country until we figure out whats doing on, as i said. We have to be very vigilant, find out whats going on. We have major, major problems. Nobody wants to talk about it. We have a president that wont mention radical islamic
terrorism, he wont mention it. Even though its obvious terrible things are happening. We have to be extremely careful, vigilant. Yes, we have to find out what the hell is going on. The general election, assuming you make that, youll raise another issue. I dont know if it hurts me. I dont care if it hurts me. Im doing the right thing when i do this. Wheth