GOP Battles for Wisconsin; The Good Stuff.
CUOMO: Big, big day. Big, big night. The voting has started in Wisconsin. Primary voters heading to the polls. This is going to be a big deal on both side of this race. The result on the GOP side could literally change the delegate calculus going forward in terms of whether or not Donald Trump can get to 1,237. So let's discuss with Rebecca Kleefisch, lieutenant governor of Wisconsin. Governor, good of you to join us today. Congratulations to the state for meaning so much in this election. What do you expect to see in the outcome tonight?</s>REBECCA KLEEFISCH (R), LT. GOVERNOR, WISCONSIN: I expect to see a huge turnout. First of all, interestingly enough, your crew said that they have spent most of their time over the last several weeks with the Bernie Sanders camps and then the Trump camps. I think today the location that they have chosen here in Brookfield, Wisconsin, is a Cruz bastion in Wisconsin. I think tonight's results are going to be very interesting. And much as Wisconsin loves to be the epicenter for politics in the nation, I think you're going to see a really important litmus test for the GOP candidates tonight.</s>CUOMO: Well, the first thing I must tell you is that the CNN crews will hang around with anyone who feeds them. So you cannot necessarily look to them for any type of solid indication. I'm expecting your shot to go out now in retaliation. No, we're still good? Good. Let's take a look at some of the political dynamic within --</s>KLEEFISCH: Well, I've got coffee.</s>CUOMO: You see. That's what I'm saying. Don't offer it to them. The -- the GOP dynamic that you have within your own state --</s>KLEEFISCH: Awe, now, we're kind folks here in Wisconsin.</s>CUOMO: You are. You're known for that. And that's the point of the next question, which is --</s>KLEEFISCH: OK.</s>CUOMO: When Donald Trump went at the governor -- the governor is popular numerically. Eighty percent positive he's at right now. Almost unheard of in politics. You see the numbers on the screen for the audience at home, 80/17. Donald Trump went on to say, let's be honest, you're average. The governor's average. The state is doing average. I know you do not agree with that, but what do you think the impact of that was on this race?</s>KLEEFISCH: I think it's very poor form. I don't know where he gets his logic on going in that direction. I think perhaps because he did not win the endorsement of Governor Scott Walker, he chose to go negative on the governor. But don't forget, this is how Donald Trump has responded to Governor Scott Walker from the very beginning. When the governor was still a presidential candidate, I think that there was probably a little bit of candidate jealousy there because Donald Trump was a newer entry into the race and Governor Scott Walker was exceptionally, exceptionally popular. Scott Walker's candidacy from the start. And so way back then he started using Democrat talking points. But in Wisconsin, we've got a really different Republican Party than what you see across the country. We really had to unite and work together back in 2012 in order to defeat the recall attempts against the governor, against me and a number of our state senators. So you had your libertarian leaders, you had your Tea Party, you had your establishment Republicans and even your Republican minded independents all working together, pulling in the same direction in order to get us across the finish line in 2012. We built a lot of good will there. And then on top of that, act 10. Remember that brought all the protesters and that he has recall efforts in the beginning to Wisconsin in the first place. Act 10 has now saved $5.24 billion. And so when Governor Walker says he's going to do something, he actually does it. And therefore, you know, gets the good will of the people of Wisconsin. I think it's a fool hardy strategy that Donald Trump has running negative on Scott Walker.</s>CUOMO: Do you think there is a chance that Donald Trump can unify the party?</s>KLEEFISCH: I think it would be very, very tough in Wisconsin at least. And here's why. There is a huge #NeverTrump movement here. And talk radio is a gigantic electoral motivator, especially in southeastern Wisconsin where we get three quarters of our primary votes from places like the ones right behind me now. And when you have talk radio that is so negative on Donald Trump's candidacy it's going to be a really tough idea to kind of unite around a candidate that has been very divisive, at least here in Wisconsin. That's why I think tonight is going to be a very, very important indicator of what happens next. Will Donald Trump pull this one out? Will the voters in southeastern Wisconsin outnumber the voters from out state who tend to be a little bit more conservative, libertarian leaning here in Wisconsin? The ones in southeastern Wisconsin, a little bit more establishment. Will we end up seeing a complete toss up, something that we didn't expect at all? John Kasich pulling it out because he won the endorsement of former Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, I think tonight is going to be fascinating. But ultimately I think tonight Ted Cruz will end up prevailing in Wisconsin.</s>CUOMO: Lieutenant Governor Kleefisch, thank you for doing both of our jobs. You answered the questions and you asked them as well. Thank you very much for that. Appreciate It.</s>KLEEFISCH: You got it.</s>CUOMO: John.</s>BERMAN: All right, chilling new details into the ISIS led attacks in Brussels and Paris, that's next.