Trump fights back against cruz and ka. Sich you guys are talking about this 24 7 like this is some thunder bolt. Donald trump is going to scream and yell and curse and insult and probably cry and whine some as well. Were in this race to win. Were going to be in california in june, and were going to be in philadelphia back here in july. What he and hispo supsrter are saying just doesnt add up. I have two 2. 7 million more votes. Youre sending 250 special forces to syria. What does that represent . Although we are not going to be sending Ground Troops in to fight, we are going to try to find out what works and then double down. Powerful spring storms in southern california, strong winds picking up and tossing a heavy canopy. It was almost like a suorher movie. In florida, a small plane crashed into a home. Three people are in critical con. Itio tom bradys suspension back on after an Appeals Court ruled he should take a seat. This story never seems to end. A wayward bear caused a big scare in a los angeles neighborhood. I looked out the back door and saw the bear. Then twi hosted purple for prince night and won in style. Back and gone all that matters. No one knew this was coming. A complete surprise. How do you keep something this big a secret . I think beyonce should be running the cia. We could rename it the beyoncia. John kasich and ted cruz have formed a game of thrones alliance. In a lastditch effort to try to sink donald trump at a contested convention. Its a crazy plan, but as long as they do it three months ago, it just might work. Announcer this mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go welcome to cbs this morning. Voting is under way in a string of primaries that could give a big boost to both president ial front runners. Donald trump is favored to win all five republican races in pennsylvania, maryland, delaware, connecticut, and rhode island. These states are not part of the pact where ted cruz and john kay kick kasich vowed to work together. Major garrett spoke with kasich yesterday and is here in studio 57. Good morning. John kasich told me this awkward 11th hour alliance with ted cruz was really about protecting the country from Hillary Clinton, perhaps. But first, its about blocking donald trump from winning the nomination. Trump knows this, and therefore let loose with a barrage of attacks on, well, just about everything. It shows how weak they are. Shows how pathetic they are. Predictedly pounced on a new pact by ted cruz and john kasich to let the stronger candidate challenge trump in three upcoming primaries. You had lying ted announce that hean ct win by himself. He cannot do it. You know hes a joker. He cannot do it. You know, the kasich thing is interesting because heres a guy that just says like if you have a child whos a stubborn brat. Reporter trump even mocked kasichs table manners. Hes stuffing pancakes in his mouth like this. Then they talk about president ial. Oh, i see, hes president ial. He puts pancakes this big in his mouth and hes shoving them in. Reporter the first state impacted by this new strategy, cruz urged kasich supporters in indiana to set aside their misgivings and unite against trump. What that means is that indiana gets a straight and direct choice between our campaign and donald trump. Reporter in philadelphia, supporters to stick with him. Hours later in maryland, kasich told us this. Im not going to be campaigning in indiana. Voters can figure out what they want to do and let them do what they feel they should. But you would welcome their votes, right . I would never tell a voter who votes for me that i dont like their vote. You guys are talking about this 24 7 like this is some thunder bolt. Reporter the highly unusual cruz kasich gambit reflects increased panic about trumps momentum. He might have a good night, but after tomorrow, the race is going to shift back west. As it shifts back west, there are a lot of states i think are going to be very good. For all their denials, this is a new and utterly unconventional strategy to take down a party front runner, and it allow antitrump super pacs to get more bang for their buck. The first test is indiana. If it succeeds, antitrump forces will have a playbook. If not, theyll have trump and no more typical about this campaign of 2016. To be continued for sure. Thank you, major. Polls show that Hillary Clinton is the favorite going into todays democratic primaries. A sweep could make her nomination almost a sure thing. The big prize is pennsylvania. There are 189 delegates up for grabs there. Our cbs news Battleground Tracker shows clinton leading Bernie Sanders there by eight points. Nancy cortes is in pennsylvania. Good morning. Reporter good morning. Sanders may face daunting polling, but when we caught up with him in philadelphia late last night, he was not willing to entertain even the possibility he might be all but mathematically eliminated from contention after tonight. If you like at state polling, youre behind in pennsylvania, maryland, and connecticut. If you wake up on wednesday and youve lost most or all of these five states, what do you do then . What we do is go virginia and kentucky and head out to california, the largest state in our country. I believe that the people in every state in this country have a right to cast the ballot to determine who they would like to see as president of the United States and equally important, the agenda they want the Democratic Party to have. Do they want to address the issues of rampant poverty in this country, of massive income and wealth inequality . Hillary clinton talks about these issues too. Is she Strong Enough on poverty to win over your supporters if she needs to . Well, ill let my supporters make their own decisions. But you have a lot of influence over them. Were in this race to win. Were going to be in california in june, and well be in philadelphia back here in july. My job is to win this nomination. If i dont win the nomination, im going to do everything i can to make sure that a republican does not get elected president of the United States. Reporter a the a town hall last night, clinton noted that she didnt place any conditions on her support for president obama back in 08 sanders seems to be hinting he would place on her for his support. But hes a different kind of candidate. He got into this race to highlight issues like income inequality and so he sees very little downside for holding out on those issues. All right. Nancy, thank you so much. John heilemann is managing editor of bloomberg politics. So this cruz kasich gambit, too little, too late . Its an act of a little bit of panic, a little bit of a sense that the door is closing, the window is closing. The runway is now shortened to the point where everyone is going, oh, my god. Will it work . The key thing here is this is all about indiana, where basically the antitrump forces have come to the conclusion that if trump wins these five contests tomorrow, as we expect him to, and then he goes to indiana and wins in indiana, he will basically be unstoppable. So the motivatingto this alliance is ted cruz realizing if they didnt get kasich to stop campaigning in indiana, that trump was likely to beat cruz in indiana, and its going to be very close there. So cruz essentially said the cruz people said to the kasich people, if we lose indiana, were doomed. Im the only one that can beat cruz here. Stop campaigning. Youve seen kasich saying theres some cracks. Kasich said, im not telling now voters not to vote for me in indiana. Its not that big a deal. So the whole thing has a little bit of a slashdash feel to it. How do you know kasich voters are going to vote for cruz . You really dont. The whole point is not so much to change anyones mind who is committed to vote to kasich because they probably will still vote for kasich. Theres still an undecided vote there. The question was also about signaling the antitrump super pacs about what to do with their money in indiana. So focus on propping up cruz, maybe attack kasich a little bit, try to depress kasichs vote a little bit and move all that undecided vote into cruzs column rather than splitting it. Theyre playing with. Trumps at about 40 in indiana. If he gets another three, four points, hes likely to win under any circumstances. Is Paul Manafort making a difference in terms of Donald Trumps image with other Republican Leaders . [ laughter ] he said that with a straight face. Paul manafort went to that rnc meeting and said donald trump is going to be different, hes going to be president ial. Now hes talking about kasich stuffing pancakes in his mouth. Talking about it lying ted and 1 for 38 kasich. He said this was all an act. Yes. Look, theres some element of what manafort is beginning to telegraph. You know all that talk about the wall, the mexican rapists, the muslim ban, thats all going to go away this summer, which is a really, really, really cynical point of view. Yet, it could be true. And it could turn away some of his original supporters. It could, but i think to pivot to the center. Manafort is exposing that in an unusually frank way. Thank you, john. Thank you. Always good to see you. President obama is back at the white house this morning after a week in the middle east and europe. Air force one touch down monday evening at joint base andrews outside washington. We spoke with the president yesterday in germany in a wideranging interview. He had Just Announced 250 more american troops will go to syria. They will help in the fight against isis, also known as isil. Us dismantling isil is a priority, and although were not going to be sending Ground Troops in to fight b, we are going to try to find out what works and then double down. One of the things thats worked so far is us putting special forces in for training and advising of local forces but also intelligence gathering. Let me pivot to china. Your secretary of def h how aggressive do you see the action in the south china sea, and do you worry that they will cross some line in which youll have to respond more aggressively . Ive been consistent since ive been president in believing that a productive, candid relationship between the United States and china is vital not just to our two countries but to world peace and security. Were a lot better off with a china that feels confident. Its not a zerosum game. Its not a zerosum game. What is true, though, is that they have a tendency to view some of the immediate regional issues or disputes as a zerosum game. So with respect to the south china sea, rather than operate rules, their attitude is were the biggest kids around here, the philippines or the vietnamese. But it doesnt mean that were trying to act against china. We just want them to be partners with us. And where they break out of International Rules and norms, were going to hold them to account. What about north korea . North korea is a massive challenge. Our First Priority is to protect the American People and our allies, republic of korea, japan, that are vulnerable to the provocative actions that north korea is engaging in. They are erratic enough. Their leader is personally irresponsible enough that we dont want them getting close. But its not something that lens itself to an easy solution. We could obviously destroy north korea with our arsenals, but aside from the humanitarian costs of that, they are right next door to our vital ally, republic of korea. One of the things we have been doing is spending a lot more time positioning our Missile Defense systems so that even as we try to resolve the underlying problem of Nuclear Development inside of north korea, were also setting up a shield that can at least block the relatively lowlevel threats theyre posing right now. That seems like a little bit of news there. Setting up a shield. Indeed, it is. The interesting thing, too, about the new announcement, 250 troops going in, special forces. I said to him, you know, whats the strategy here . He talked about what they were doing, how important it was for them to be there because of people coming in and out of raqqah. When i said to him, do they have are they given the right to search and destroy . He said, i wontal that. But in iraq, the secretary of defense has said specifically special forces do have that right. Rules of engagement. Thats an important point. Very important point. In our next hour, youll hear president obama talk about the threat posed by russia and Vladimir Putin. You can see the full interview tonight on my pbs program. Yesterday you were in germany. Today youre back at the table. As i was leaving, it was sort of raining in germany. I could see out my window air force one. Its a huge plane. Now youre back here. Thats good. More in the 8 00 as charlie said. Parts of the midwest this morning are bracing for dangerous Severe Weather that could include tornadoes and a little bit of hail. Hailstones the size of golf balls hammered san antonio yesterday. Chief weather caster lonnie quinn of our station at wcbs is tracking todays forecast. Good morning, gayle. The weather story today is going to be in the midsection of the country. Were talking from nebraska down into texas. This area shaded in pink and red, were talking large hail, now, the radar picture is interesting. I cant show it to you right now, so i have to give you a computer rendering of where we believe the line will be forming. I think its later in the day. This is from omaha down to dallas. This shows you an 11 00 p. M. Eastern standard time situation. Any of those red cells you saw, that could be tornadic activity. Big hail were talking out there. As you get into tomorrow, its going to be calmer. The threat is not entirely gone. The east coast fills up with colder air. If we sum this all up, the tornado risk today from nebraska to texas. Highest probability, 2 00 in the afternoon until 4 00 in the morning. If you live in that area, you know the drill. I think, norah, there could be a repeat performance. Lonnie, thank you so much. One of the nfls biggest stars, tom brady, will likely miss the first four games of the Upcoming Season over deflategate. A federal Appeals Court ruled yesterday that the quarterback must serve the suspension handed down by the league. Don da i nfl and commissioner Roger Goodell. Reporter good morning. Yeah, it really has nothing at all to do with whether tom brady knew anything about underinflated footballs and everything to do with whether the commissioner Roger Goodell has the authority to impose a fourgame suspension. Ultimately, the court decided he did. Football, its a game played by men in uniforms, run by men in suits with disputes between the two decided by men in robes. Reporter the Second Circuit court of appeals sided with the nfl monday, upholding tom bradys fourgame suspension. Its a power struggle between how much power the nfl really does wield over the players. Reporter the court ruled that Roger Goodell properly exercised his broad discretion, citing a 2011 collective Bargaining Agreement between the Players Union and the team owners. All fans want to know what happened, but that wasnt the job of this court. Reporter arthur miller, the dean of the Sports Institute at new york university, says mondays ruling has little to do with deflated ba guilty or not guilty. It really is a decision about process. Reporter the league appla applauded the decision while the Nfl Players Association said they were disappointed. They claim goodell did not serve as a fair arbitrator. I didnt alter the ball in any way. Reporter brady has repeatedly denied allegations that patriots staff intentionally tampered with their footballs during the 2015 afc championship game against the indianapolis colts. Last january, patriots owner bob kraft defended his team on cbs this morng. We won the super bowl 2824, and the League Pretty much had full charge of the footballs. Reporter months later, star tight end Rob Gronkowski agreed. He should just get the four games wiped out, baby. Tom has to be a little concerned with his own legacy. Reporter bill rhoden of the New York Times says the league is the clear winner. This was a good day for the nfl. Yes, people are questioning the game a little more in terms of healri people want to see the nfl. Reporter the Players Union says they are weighing their options, and tom brady can appeal if he chooses. No norah . Not only sundays but thursdays. Many nights of the week. We love football. Thank you. Thursday well talk to Roger Goodell. Thats here on morning among. You going to be okay . You might be wearing black leather. P. Because of t because of th suspension . Theres more to come. A small plane slams into a announcer this National Weather report sponsored by kay jewelers. Every kiss begins with kay. Is a Mexican Drug Cartel behind the executionstyle murder of an ohio family . Ahead, why a grieving father cainks his daughter knew who the news is back in the morning here on cbs this morning. Announcer thisti porfon o cbs this morning sponsored by toyota, lets go places. 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