He is responsible for the rash of violence at his rallies and whether he will pay for the legal fees of the 78yearold man sucker punched a protester this week. When they punch, its okay. When my people punch back because they have to out of self defense, they say isnt that terrible. I will see what was behind this. It was a strange event. From what i heard, there was a lot of taunting and a certain finger was placed in the air. I dont condone the violence and what he did. So its possible you could help him with legal fees if this man needs it . I have instructed my people to look into it. Trumps rivals and what their take is on who is responsible for the escalating violence. He turned the most important election into a circus. Into a complete fiasco and a carnival. Protesters are behaving abusively and wrong, but at the end of the day, responsibility starts at the top and it is not beneficial when you have the president ial candidate like donald trump punch that guy in the face. Do you think i will wallow in the mud with donald trump. Im interested in appealing to his voters. And there is this. This morning trump tweeting out what many interpreted as a threat towards Bernie Sanders and his supporters saying does Bernie Sanders want his supporters to show up at his rallies. Senator sanders responded to allegations that his supporters of part of what we are seeing play out. Heres what he said. We should take mr. Trumps words with a grain of salt. This man cannot stop lie being anything. To call me a communist is a lie. To talk about our organization or campaign disrupting his meeting is a lie. There were thousands of people and some were supporters of mine. Our campaign had nothing to do with disrupting his meeting. All of this reaction comes of course two days before the next super sides races in five key states. Look at the new numbers out. A new wall street journal poll shows where each candidate stands in three of them. Trump holdings a 21 advantage over marco rubio in the state of florida 4322 followed by ted cruz and john kasich with 9 . In illinois trump is at 34 and cruz has 25 followed boy the governor of the state, john kasich and rubio. Look at ohio where we are. Kasich leads in his home state, beating trump by six points. Cruz is in 30 and rubio last. Voters in the Buckeye State said they would choose kasich over clinton in a general election. Thats the biggest of any candidate. Governor kasich picked up his biggest endorsement yet. House speaker john boehner. On the democratic side, the poll shows this. Hillary clinton leads Bernie Sanders in all three of these super tuesday states. In florida she has a 27point lead. In ohio by 20 points. In illinois a narrow lead of six points. Going into tuesdays election, clinton has 1,198 delegates to sanderss 572 after winning the caucus and picking up more delegates. On the republican side, trump leads by 84 delegates. Thats the closest since the race started. Cruz won the wyoming race yesterday and rubio juan the washington, d. C. Caucus picking up ten. As for senator rubio, he continues through his home state of florida and he could actually come in third place when you look at how close the race is in the poll. The republicans and the democrats keeping an eye on the state. 99 delegates at stake. You have that number memorize and its a winner take all. 246 delegates will be divided between clinton and sanders. We are all over the trail this sunday morning and it is busy. Nbcs Gabe Gutierrez is in florida. Tony is near cincinnati. We begin with halle jackson. I have been following your tweets and you are at the trump rally in blomington, illinois. What are you seeing today and what has been the reaction against trumps assertion that its Bernie Sanders and his supporters who are behind what we have seen play out in the last two days . A couple of points. He just pulled up in his plane maybe five minutes ago and walked out to loud clears. This crowd has been fired up. Almost anticipating before he came out. We saw protests even before the rally began. By our count, have left at their own accord and most escorted out. Sing them out. You talked about the Bernie Sanders thing this morning. Before donald trump took the stage, that tweet was referenced. Better be careful, Bernie Sanders. Crowd responded and huh that response here. People in this very friendly approach, remember where we are. We are in Central Illinois which is further south than chicago. More conservative. Less diverse. People here really you can hear them cheering. They feel that struchl delivering. They are excited to hear him talk. They are anxious about coming here given the protests on friday. We are hearing protests break out now. We have folks over to my right who are getting escorted out. The protests begin and the supporters begin to cheer to try to drown them out where the protests are happening. Trump will sometimes comment on that and im not sure if he will now. He is rrchss protesters now. Saying we have fun. Remember that trump is referencing the Media Coverage from this morning and he is talking about pushing for arrests to stop the craziness as he says. Thats what we heard from him yesterday as well saying he is ready to press charges against protesters. We will continue to allow you to monitor the developments as there is another day of protest at another donald trump rally. Lets go to the democratic race. The new poll shows clinton leading 20 points. Kristen, just like the states we followed, you see the ads with Bernie Sanders and he is trying to hit hard on the trade agreements hoping that even though the polls show he is down 20 points, we could have another surprise. Whats the focus for secretary clinton with two days to go . Thats the big concern for the clinton campaign. They acknowledged that the the ads and his message is resonating. We have seen clinton sharpen her message when it comes to trade and manufacturing. Those are the themes that senator sanders has been hitting that helped him to have the surprise win in michigan. Yesterday secretary clinton emphasizing her plans to enhance and improve the Manufacturing Sector and called for stiffer trade restrictions for automakers. They are criticizing her and a lot of folks here they think nafta is responsible for job losses here in this region. Take a listen to what senator sander his it say earlier. When millions of workers have lost jobs in this country because of disastrous trade policies when we see a race to the bottom where wages are going down in many parts of the country, you bet i am going to make that a major bone of contention and a disagreement that Hillary Clinton and i have. I want to look at the poll numbers in addition to the poll thaw mention the. Lets look at florida and illinois. Secretary clinton up in florida. Ohio as you mentioned is up by 20 points and illinois, take a look at what happens there. She is up, but only to 45 . When i talked to officials within the campaign, this race could be a lot tighter. Both of these candidates are chris kosz crossing ohio and focusing on states like North Carolina. Chelsea clinton there and they spent a lot of time in illinois. If senator sanders were to win the states in the midwest, they could still win the delegate race on tuesday if she wins florida and if she wins North Carolina. Senator sanders has a strong showing as you know. He will get more momentum and that translates into more money. This race goes through the convention. Cameron . Its interesting to see this morning, the headline of donald trump focusing heavily on Bernie Sanders. When you look at the general election, it shows bernie Sandy Sanders beating donald trump. It is interesting that trump continue this is line of attack of the communist Bernie Sanders. Bernie sanders supporters are behind this and in a way dismissing Hillary Clinton with words that she doesnt have the enthusiasm. So interesting because we have seen donald trump taking aim at senator sanders. For a while he was not talking about him. There has clearly been a shift in that narrative. We have been tracking what you have been talking about. The fact that you have donald trump trying to blame those protests on senator sanders. Sanders pushing back very aggressively including in an interview with al sharpton, calling donald trump a pathological liar saying his supporters are not at the root of these rallies and these protests. Important to note though that katie did interview one protester who was at a trump event who was a sanders supporter who said he was there to protest peacefully. He was there with a few other sanders supporter. That was fuelling that line by donald trump and this will escalate throughout the day. Tamron . Thank you very much. Let me bring in colleen marshall, the coanchor of our affiliate in ohio. Thank you very much for joining us. We know that the governor was endorsed by the dispatch this morning on meet the press. The governor this of state kept his line of a peaceful message. He can unite. From the voters that you have spoken with, they are moving towards a victory. How are they reacting to these violent protests at Donald Trumps rallies. The people i talked to, a lot of in the republican water and they are shocked that they are allowed to continue and it has been going on for so long and at the level it appears to be heading. When it is making his numbers here for john kasich here solidify. The numbers have been very close. What we are hearing from republicans is the late deciders, the last minute people who had not made up their mind. It is believed they could be because of what they are seeing. We know that they are heavily focusing on the 400,000 jobs that he brought to the state since becoming governor. He is also pointing to the recovery of a town or a state that hit very hard. Many of the industries that they depended on in the past. Donald trump is pushing back on that say it not for his words, the governor hitting oil. That the situation would be far more pleek. What is the primary concern and what are the people when they look at jobs really looking for here . Well, the governor is right when he said that 400,000 jobs have been added since he took office. The reality is he took office at the time when the nation and certainly ohio was in the midst of a recession. The jobs were down at that time. As the recovery took place and some democrats would give pop credit for that and as the recovery took place, a lot of jobs return to the state of ohio. We heard donald trump talking about they struck oil there and there has been fracking in the state particularly in the southeast and the eastern part of the state, but thats not where the bulk of the jobs have come from. Those jobs have come in the industries that have resurged. If you look at the auto. S industries and the northwestern parts of the straight, we have got an auto plant in marysville north of columbus. That expanded over the last few years during the kasich administration. The manufacturing jobs are not tied to the fracking or the oil industries. There is a little bit of that, but not to the percentage of the jobs that john kasich can lay claim to. Many comparisons between michigan and ohio and despite what the polling shows, perhaps senator sanders could pull an upset. What are you seeing with po theashl he couldton the world with a victory in ohio . Everyone here was as shocked as everyone around the country when sanders once. It was deemed to be a 20point lead for Hillary Clinton. Hillary clinton has a big lead and it is expected that will hold through tuesday. This is sometimes they call it clinton country. Bill clinton has been popular and Hillary Clinton beat barack obama in 2008. She had a resounding victory in the state and she is not taking ohio for granted. Her husband was in the state this week campaigning heavily. She will be here tonight in columbus for what is known as a legacy dinner for the ohio party. Both she and Bernie Sanders will be speaking to Party Leaders at a sold out dinner hooer in downtown columbus and the two of them have a town hall forum. Clinton supporters are counting on her to do well. Bernie sanders supporters are saying this could be another michigan for him. No one is taking anything for granted because as you know, the polls are not holding up this year. They have not been. Great pleasure having you on this morning. Thank you. Thanks. 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Whatever your definition of success is, helping you pursue it, is ours. Tiaa. The senator is hoping he can pull a repeat as he did in michigan where his campaign got new life to focus on trade. Senator sanders repeated that message. I knew that nafta would be a disaster and later that trade relations with china was going to be a disaster. I have opposed all of these agreements. Hillary clinton supported all of them. That is a major difference in terms of our views on economics. I want Corporate America to invest in this country and not in china. Apparently she has a different point of view. Joining me now is the Democratic Party. Thank you very much for joining us today. Thanks for having me, tamron. Lets talk about this message on trade. Bernie sanders believes he has focused on trade. That is also the line that donald trump believes he has an advantage over governor kasich. Its the general election matchup that he can hit on as well. Americans are losing jobs to china, but how does this play out right now in the present form in this primary between senator sanders and Hillary Clinton. Its an important issue in ohio. We have seen a lot of jobs leave not just in the last couple of years, but decades with trade and jobs going overseas and towns being hauled out. Both are going to have to explain how they deal with that and how they deal with the jobs here. If there trade deals, its going to be a critical issue. When i hear donald trump talk about it, i think it plays to his advantage. How is what donald trump is saying about trade and the impact on the workers different than what Bernie Sanders is saying . I would say that people like john kasich and rob portman have a history of clearly being for all the free trade deals and i think there is a frustration not just in parts of ohio, but many places. Both of them are vulnerable. If donald trump is pushing hard on that, thats something voters will listen to. I think both have more nuanced positions on trade where they are talking about being concerned about the impacts and they are both concerned about tpp and fast track and work hard to keep good jobs in ohio. I think they have a clear argument than folks like rob portman and john kasich. Isnt it an argument that chuck todd asked if he is attempting to hold secretary clinton responsible for votes that she didnt have and trying to tie her to her husbands legacy on trade deals. I am not going to try to referee. They very their arguments and they are putting them out there. They had their arguments. I will let each go forward and defend, but both are saying they have been in ohio for the last week and it has been great to see them. They are saying they understand the negative and how much trade has cost a lot of our communities and they are looking for ways to help them to dole with the pressures. Request the numbers now they can defeat. They have them in the maris poll. They would defeat donald trump. Given the violence that some of these rallies have, are you worried at all that perhaps the Democratic Party may be overconfident on what appears to be a flawed frontrunner on the gop side. We are working very hard every day as a party in ohio and around the country. Other parties get our ground game going and get motivated to turn up the vote. I are not surprised they are ahead. With the rhetoric and the new wave of violence which is troubling, a lot of republicans and independents will reject in november, but we will take nothing for granted. We got the vote out and we will do the same this year. We will work hard and obviously some of the message and some of the tone, we think if we do our job we will unite not just democrats, but they are against the kinds of things he is talking about. The chair of the Democratic Party, thank you very much for yo