Donald Trump Speaks to Supporters; Clinton Maintains Lead in Illinois; Sanders and Clinton Close in Missouri; Trump Wins Big Again .
BLITZER: Let's get a key race alert. Three outstanding contests remaining. Nail biter in the way in Missouri right now on the republican side. Look at this, Donald Trump 41.8 percent, Ted Cruz 41.2 percent. Donald Trump is ahead by only 3,141 votes, 71 percent of the vote is in. We still not have been able to make a projection there. Look how close it is in Missouri on the republican side. Staying in Missouri now on the democratic side, it's close. Forty one of vote is in. Bernie Sanders does have a lead of about 10,038 votes. He's at 51.2 percent, 47.4 percent for Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders is looking his first win of the night maybe in Missouri. We'll see what happens there. In Illinois, Hillary Clinton has a slight lead, 51.7 over Bernie Sanders's 47.5 percent. She's up by 54,000 votes, 66 percent is in. In Illinois it's close there in Illinois for the democrats in Illinois and Missouri. Very close on the republican side in Missouri as well. Let's go over to John King at the magic wall. You're looking at this three contest, to get a better sense of where it's moving right now. It's very close in all three of them.</s>KING: Yes. And I'm just trying to look at some of the delegate math. And I've been very generous here, if Donald Trump holds out in Missouri and he's won Illinois, this gives him more delegates than he's going to get from those states because we don't know the break down by congressional district yet but you have to do in Missouri, but we don't know the breakdown in Illinois just yet. But even if he do this, if Donald Trump, and again, that's an overly generous number. Donald Trump is going to end the night needing to win 60 percent, probably a little higher than 60 percent of the remaining republican delegates. So, just in ballpark 60 percent is 1,006 republican delegates left to be won in the remaining contest. Donald Trump is going to have to win in ballpark 60 percent of those delegates. Not impossible but it's difficult. Because not all of those states, any of those states are now winner-take-all. So, it's a very interesting dynamic. Everyone I know is saying where does Kasich go from there? But that win in Ohio tonight substantially increases the odds that Donald Trump gets to the end in the lead, yes, but shy of 1237. It doesn't mean he can't get there but he will have to win 60 percent of the delegates to do it from here on out and that's a high test. Now let's look at the democratic race. If you look right now without dealing with Illinois or Missouri yet, Hillary Clinton this is quite substantial. She now has a 300 delegate lead just pledge delegates. Forget the super delegates she has in her back pocket. The Sanders campaign doesn't even like to talk about those, so for now, we won't. But it doesn't matter. Because she has a 300 delegate lead right now. Even if, even if these are very close contest. But even if Bernie Sanders, let's say he wins Missouri, it's very close right now and gets slightly more than Hillary Clinton, they're running, it's a 50 -- both races Illinois and Missouri are 50/50. So, they are going to essentially evenly split the delegates. Even if we're overly generous and give Senator Sanders this, Secretary Clinton is going to end the night in the area of 300. This has just under 300. But I just gave those delegates probably overly generous to Senator Sanders. So, the Clinton campaign they don't think tonight is going to end like this. They think they can still win both Illinois and Missouri and right now they're in position to possibly do that. But even if they don't, they're going to end in the ballpark of a 300 delegate lead, which they will make the case -- 72 percent, if that's the case, Senator Sanders would have to win 72 percent of the remaining delegates from here on out. Although Hillary Clinton would have to do to clinch her keep her current percentage which is winning about 58, 59 percent of the delegates. So, the Clinton campaign will say mathematically it's impossible. The Sanders campaign will say there's some nice states to come but the math at the end of the night especially on the democratic side, pretty overwhelmingly on Hillary Clinton's favor. As we wait to sort Illinois and Missouri. Now on the republican side the Stop Trump movement will say he's not going to get there by the convention. And Trump supporters I know Jeff has been quite adamant about this but having to say even if he doesn't, he still have a lopsided lead. But that fight continues.</s>BLITZER: Yes, you need a majority, you need that 1,237 to get the nomination that close but you need 1,237 according to the current rules of the RNC. All right. Let's go to Anderson.</s>ANDERSON COOPER, AC360 SHOW HOST: Yes, Wolf, thanks very much. Let's try to play out what happens, assuming Trump doesn't get the complete number of delegates he needs, comes close to John's point but doesn't get it. Nia, what happens in Cleveland?</s>NIA-MALIKA HENDERSON, CNN SENIOR POLITICAL REPORTER: You know, it's anybody's guess. I mean, it's going to be Helter Skelter there in terms of trying to figure out a way to stop Trump. The establishment trying to stop him but also this idea -- Gloria laid out two scenarios, sort of going around Cruz are finding someone else. But the other thing is can they find a way to sort of rehabilitate Trump in some ways? I mean, can be become a better candidate, can he move away from a lot of the harsh talk that has alienated a lot of voters in the primary, and can they kind of clean him up...</s>COOPER: And the other option is that by that point many in the establishment will sort of given up to stop Trump and sort of tried to make their peace with him.</s>MICHAEL SMERCONISH, THE SMERCONISH SHOW HOST: I'm not sure they're ever going to give up in trying to stop Donald Trump in this process. I see signs that they're going to want to fight this thing all the way through Cleveland. To Nia's point, Donald Trump tonight was a more conciliatory Donald Trump, apart from regarding the media as quote, "disgusting." I didn't hear any of...</s>AXELROD: He meant that in nice way.</s>SMERCONISH: I didn't hear him say anything about Governor Kasich, which I found very interesting. Maybe I missed it but I don't think so. But he again made reference to having spoken with Paul Ryan to having spoken with Mitch McConnell I think this is and he didn't take questions from the media perhaps wanting to make sure that the evening ended on that relatively high note. One other item, if I can point this out, Anderson, about the night that he had. Earlier, David Chalian noted that 36 percent of those in Florida who wished to give a path to illegals nevertheless voted for Donald Trump. I went back and I looked at the Florida internals and I that see Trump won 38 percent of non-Cuban Hispanics. You know he loves to say the Hispanics, they love me, tonight, to an extent, they did.</s>AXELROD: You know. I think that the -- it actually -- I disagree with you that the establishment will never give up. I think if Donald Trump is close, if he's in the sort of 45 to 50 range, I think it's going to -- I think they're going to be resigned to the reality of this thing...</s>SMERCONISH: Can't deny it.</s>AXELROD: It's just simply too messy to deny a guy who is right on the doorstep of claiming the nomination. I mean, you'd rip your party apart. Can you imagine that convention where virtually half of the delegates are there?</s>COOPER: Today, I think Rush Limbaugh was saying that Jeb Bush is going to come back that he's going to be the one that doesn't seem to...</s>BEGALA: Many republicans believe if they nominate Donald Trump it will destroy the Republican Party. Others believe that if they fight the nomination on the floor, it will destroy the Republican Party. Either way, I'll be watching it from my classy estate from Mar-A-Lago, you know, my super model wife.</s>CUPP: If Donald Trump only goes into convention say 50 percent, maybe 60 percent of the republican votes, i.e. delegates, how do you as party elder or as a king maker say, well, to 60 percent of the party voters, we know better than you. I think that's a huge mistake and it's right in the face of democracy. I am the first person to say I do not want Donald Trump to be our nominee or the president. But I think that would be a huge mistake for the party and for the whole process.</s>BORGER: But they're going to try to fight it before, before you get to that point.</s>COOPER: CUPP: It is still going to resonate badly with his supporters.</s>COOPER: So, we have a key race alert and we'll come, Wolf.</s>BLITZER: All right, Anderson. We got a key race alert in Missouri. All of a sudden Ted Cruz has taken a very slight lead over Donald Trump in Missouri, 77 percent of the vote is in. Ted Cruz now at 41.7 percent. Look at how close it is with Donald Trump, 41.6 percent, 892 votes separate these two. Ted Cruz is speaking right now. I think I want to go listen to Ted Cruz. Let's listen in. He's in Houston.</s>SEN. TED CRUZ, (R-TX) U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: Thank you so very much. God bless each and every one of you.</s>BLITZER: Ted Cruz delivering a very, very tough speech largely designed to go against Donald Trump. Donald Trump so far has won three states, Ted Cruz so far has not won any states. Let's give you a key race alert right now at what's going on. There are three outstanding contest on the republican side. One outstanding contest, Donald Trump, he's at 41.5 percent, Ted Cruz, 41.2 percent. In Missouri, 99 percent of the vote is in. In Missouri, Donald Trump is ahead by 2,315. Fifty two delegates at stake in Missouri, it's very, very close. Once again, 99 percent of the vote has been counted. Donald Trump has a very, very slight lead right now, 2,300 votes over Ted Cruz. On the democratic side, take a look at this. In Missouri at the same time, very close, Bernie Sanders has 50.8 percent, Hillary Clinton 48 percent, 62 percent of the vote is in. Nearly 12,000 vote advantage for Bernie Sanders right now in Missouri. He has not won a state yet tonight. This would be his first win if he holds on. In Illinois she has a lead, 76 percent of the vote is in, Hillary Clinton with 51.1 percent, Bernie Sanders 48 percent. She's got a lead of almost 46,000 in Illinois right now. She's already won three states, North Carolina, Ohio, and Florida. Illinois still outstanding. Missouri is still outstanding on the democratic side. The only outstanding vote on the republican side, Missouri. Here are the states won so far. Let's update you. Donald Trump, he has won tonight in Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina. Remember, Florida is winner-take-all 99 delegates there.