Step-by-Step Record Belgium Police have on Attacker; Republican Candidates Battle over New York Values; Cruz Faces Uphill Battle in Northeast
GEORGE HOWELL, CNN ANCHOR: Live from CNN world headquarters in Atlanta, welcome to our viewers around the world. I'm George Howell. CNN NEWSROOM starts right now. Good day to you. We start this hour in Belgium. Police there are releasing new surveillance images showing the one suspect who survived after the bombing at the Brussels airport. We go to Jim Sciutto on the year step-by-step record police have on the attacker.</s>JIM SCIUTTO, CNN CHIEF NATIONAL SECURITY CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): In the horrific aftermath of the Brussels attacks, one of the terrorists calmly turned and walked away, the beginning of a long, meandering two-hour escape of the carnage. Today, they released surveillance photos of the suspect, his every move, and asking the public for help finding him before he can strike again.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The concerns the third person present at the Brussels at the airport during the attacks at the Brussels airport, the so-called man with the hat as well as the vest he was wearing at the time. We especially appeal to people who might have taken a photograph of the suspect or think they can provide extra information on this issue.</s>SCIUTTO: At 7:58, the suspect leaves the airport terminal, walks past a Sheraton Hotel, seen here. Turns right, existing through an Avis parking lot, where he briefly breaks into a jaunt. Always on foot, the suspect takes this long route towards the city center, where nearly an hour later, at 8:50 a.m., he is seen again walking, sleeves rolled up and without his light-colored jacket. He walks along this route for another 50 minutes. And 9:42, surveillance cameras catch him here as he walks in the Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek, the neighborhood where authorities believe the attackers built their bombs. He continues to go through that neighborhood where at 9:49, he is seen on camera again, this time, seemingly talking on a cell phone. As the desperate search continues, startling new information that one of the suicide bombers who struck the Brussels airport previously had worked as a part-time cleaner at Belgium parliament, work that put him in close proximity of senior leaders. (on camera): About two hours after the attacks, police lost track of the suspect. They're releasing this video to the public because his trail has gone cold and they want to try to catch him before he can strike again. Jim Sciutto, CNN, Washington.</s>HOWELL: America's choice, 2016. And in the race for the White House, the rhetoric among Democrats turns negative. Bernie Sanders stands by his claim that Hillary Clinton is not qualified to be president. Listen.</s>SEN. BERNIE SANDERS, (I), VERMONT & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The American people might wonder about your qualifications, Madame Secretary, when you voted for the war in Iraq, the most disastrous foreign policy blunder in the history of modern America.</s>HOWELL: Clinton campaigned in New York on Thursday. She shook hands and met voters on the subway. And as for Sanders comments, Clinton kept things positive.</s>HILLARY CLINTON, (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: Look, I don't know why he is saying that. But I will take Bernie Sanders over Donald Trump or Ted Cruz anytime.</s>HOWELL: The Republican candidates, less civil, battling over so- called New York values now. Donald Trump says he is proud of his city and his state. Ted Cruz is standing by his criticism. And CNN's Jim Acosta has more on all that.</s>JIM ACOSTA, CNN SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): No California delegate dreaming for Donald Trump. After scrapping a planned trip to the west coast, the GOP front-runner is in a New York state of mind.</s>DONALD TRUMP, (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE & CEO, TRUMP ORGANIZATION: You remember during the debate, when he started lecturing me on New York values, like we're no good.</s>ACOSTA: The real estate tycoon is slamming Cruz for once hitting Trump's New York values.</s>SEN. TED CRUZ, (R), TEXAS & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Most people know what New York values are.</s>ACOSTA: A comment Trump says forgets what happened after the 9/11 attacks.</s>TRUMP: We all lived through it. We know people that died. And I got this guy standing over there looking at me, talking about New York values, with scorn in his face, with hatred -- with hatred of New York.</s>ACOSTA: Trump is aiming for a blowout in the New York primary. Instead of stumping in California, a top Trump adviser tells CNN, the campaign is focused on capturing all 95 delegates in New York. That would shrink the number of delegates needed to clinch the nomination to a more manageable number. And Trump has named Paul Manafort as his convention manager to work alongside Corey Lewandowski.</s>CRUZ: You guys are doing a great job.</s>ACOSTA: Helping New York children make mazza in Brooklyn, he says he wants to highlight the state's liberal Democrats.</s>CRUZ: Our friends in the media, is comfort with the liberal media, who has supported Andrew Cuomo, Hillary Clinton and Chuck Schumer for decades. And they want to see a general election between two New York liberals.</s>ACOSTA: That can be a tough sell, with the "New York Daily News" to "Take the F.U. Train" --</s>ANNOUNCER: New Yorkers aren't stupid, Ted. After we were hit, we rallied and we rebuilt.</s>ACOSTA: And a new pro John Kasich super PAC ad is piling on.</s>ANNOUNCER: Now, you come and say you love New York. Forget, about it, Ted.</s>JOHN KASICH, (R), OHIO GOVERNOR & PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We love New York values.</s>ACOSTA: Taking a big bite in the big apple, Kasich stopped at a Bronx deli.</s>KASICH: Mamma Mia.</s>ACOSTA: And said he is poised to start eating away at Trump's delegate lead.</s>KASICH: We're getting to the place where we feel we have the best chance to accumulate delegates.</s>ACOSTA: The delegate battle is heating up in California, where a Stop Trump movement is gearing up.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here in California, where Republicans are shrinking due to demographics, and we're trying to turn that around and expand, Trump is an unmitigated disaster for us.</s>HOWELL: That was Jim Acosta reporting for us. As for Ted Cruz and that heat that he is facing in New York, he is polling at a distant third place right now. And he will face an uphill battle in the northeast. Cruz sat down with CNN's chief political correspondent, Dana Bash.</s>DANA BASH, CNN CHIEF POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): The "New York Daily News" gave you a warm welcome. They gave you helpful hints to take the "F." and the "U." train.</s>CRUZ: Very helpful.</s>BASH: Very helpful. When you saw this, what did you make of it?</s>CRUZ: I laughed out loud. I have never been popular with left-wing journalists or tabloids. That's not my target audience. I'll tell you the energy and the support we're seeing. We did a wonderful gathering her. I went to Brooklyn and baked some mazza. And the energy and enthusiasm we had today was tremendous. That's not my target. We did a wonderful gathering here. I came to Brooklyn and made some mazza. Just spoke with the Russian Jewish community and the Orthodox community and the Jewish community. And the energy and enthusiasm we had today was tremendous.</s>BASH: Since the origin of this -- I'm glad you're having fun with this because it is a New York tabloid -- that you, several months ago, disparaged New York values. And I was upstate with you today, in upstate, they got what you were saying --</s>CRUZ: Sure. Sure.</s>BASH: -- that you're talking about liberals in New York City, that conservatives in New York State New York are different. But you understand how the sound byte is played and how your opponents are using it. Any regrets in that terminology that you asked for New York voters to vote for you.</s>CRUZ: Not remotely. Everyone inside and outside of New York know what I meant by that. It is the liberal values of Democratic politicians who have been hammering the people of New York for decades. They've suffered under these liberal values. It's been politicians like Governor Andrew Cuomo, like Hillary Clinton, like Bill de Blasio. Andrew Cuomo told New Yorkers, "If you're pro-life, if you believe in traditional marriage, if you believe in the second amendment, there's no place for you." It was striking yesterday, and I was meeting with Senator Diaz. He said, "My own governor said there's no place for me as a pastor and someone who believes in life. That's a liberal intolerance that I think the people of New York are tired of."</s>BASH: Coming here to New York, given the fact that you're debating in the New York Republican primary, is this how you're planning to campaign, find pockets of support? In the Jewish community or in Upstate New York?</s>CRUZ: We're building a big tent and unifying Republicans. Nationwide, there's 65 percent to 70 percent of Republicans that Donald Trump is not the best candidate to go up against Hillary Clinton. He loses and loses badly to Hillary. What we're seeing happening all over the country is those 65 to 70 percent of Republicans are uniting behind this campaign. We saw it powerfully in Wisconsin a couple of days ago.</s>BASH: You did very well in Wisconsin. And you should be commended for that victory.</s>CRUZ: Thank you.</s>BASH: But do you concede at this point, your only realistic way to get the nomination is at the convention? Not the only a mathematical way but a realistic way.</s>CRUZ: Not remotely. We have a clear path forward to get to 1237 delegates. It's difficult. We have to win. And we have to win consistently. In the last three weeks, we have won in four states in a row. We won a landslide in Utah.</s>BASH: But now --</s>CRUZ: Nearly 70 percent of the vote. We got all of the delegates.</s>BASH: But now you're in New York, in third place, behind John Kasich. You have Maryland coming up, third place in the polls. You need 88 percent of the remaining delegates to win.</s>CRUZ: Let's see what the voters say. I think the people of New York, particularly Upstate New York, have a lot in common with the people of Wisconsin.</s>HOWELL: Dana Bash speaking with Ted Cruz. It's 2:11 on the U.S. east coast. Still ahead this hour, a CNN exclusive. You'll hear from ISIS survivors in Iraq. They share their horrific memories, and some used as human shields. Plus, outrage in Bangladesh. The government responds, saying it is doing all it can to find the attackers that murdered a young writer in the streets. This is NEWSROOM.