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You have nevada and arizona. as you energize the trump base you run the risk of energizing the other side. >> i think he is staking this over his own people which we know is extremely strong. i think that's what numbers really demonstrate when he focuses on an issue he can sway their opinions on this issue. he can push it up to the front of the line. it can make a big difference but to your point, democrats, you know, this is particularly with the birth issue with whether you can become a citizen in the united states if you're born here. things like that start to really stick and it starts to ...

He responded directly to donald trump about the media report. when they raise the question on the cruz citizenship and naturalized citizenship for that matter, the question was asked of mr. trump and he even said that he didn't think it was an issue and that he had spoken to senator cruz about it. they had lawyers and hopes he is right. when it was brought up, could there be a lawsuit filed, that's something that everyone is pretty much confused about because it hasn't been resolved and all mr. trump is saying now but because senator cruz -- >> no. i think people see that you guys would and do...

This coverage, mercedes schlepp, veteran of the bush white house. betsy woodruff, a correspondent for "the daily beast" and michael tomaski. and special correspondent for the daily beast. so trump says that he's not pushing the cruz canadian birth issue. he's just responding to questions first in "the washington post." is that right? >> i think it's a little twisted, another classic trump act, which is let me bring this up. yes, i was asked by "the washington post," but he has been able to carry on and feed this to the media. and the media in response has decided they're going to spend about f...

Issues, some electability issues as it relates, and now you have john mccain, in a sense, aligned with donald trump. >> reporter: donald trump could not have planned it any better. this is good news for him to have john mccain jump on the bandwag bandwagon. in fact, just a couple hours ago, he tweeted that john mccain is no friend of ted cruz. so now he's able to bring up the birth issue, have it cover the press. people are talking about it. and now he can blame it on john mccain, say that i never attacked but mccain is. so it's really a perfect scenario for donald trump who's trying not to al...

Minister of canada. >> so not to be president? >> it's kind of a joke. the thing is that the one thing that i think is striking is you may be aware that some people thought the president wasn't a citizen and this wasn't on and on and there was an entire movement. they wanted to maintain it wasn't partisan or racial or this or that. but when they actually have someone who is born in another country i have not heard a peep from the same people. the people who led the movement are fine with someone who wasn't born here, not a peep from anybody. i'm the first republican to say there has been a dou...