[Cuomo:] Remember that is a person that you were talking to, who may or may not have hair.
[Pereira:] Absolutely.
[Cuomo:] Who are these kids? Who are their parents?
[Pereira:] I know. I know.
[Cuomo:] I hope that kid's school, I hope that community is watching this piece.
[Pereira:] That's right, Uncle Mo.
[Camerota:] There you go. Keep us posted when we get a picture of her.
[Pereira:] Yes. Wouldn't it be nice?
[Cuomo:] Done.
[Camerota:] Time more "NEWSROOM" with Carol Costello. Good morning, Carol.
[Pereira:] Good morning.
[Cuomo:] Costello attacked by a wombat in 1987.
[Pereira:] That is not true.
[Cuomo:] Barely escaped with her life.
[Carol Costello, Cnn Anchor:] You are such a ridiculous man, Chris Cuomo.
[Cuomo:] She still can't talk about it? I understand.
[Costello:] Yes. Yes. All right. Have a great day. NEWSROOM starts now.
[Cuomo:] You can see the scar
[Costello:] Happening now in the NEWSROOM, Trump towering in New York.
[Donald Trump , Presidential Candidate:] Talking about New York values with scorn in his face, with hatred, with hatred of New York.
[Costello:] Defending his home turf against Ted Cruz.
[Sen. Ted Cruz , Presidential Candidate:] The people of New York know exactly what those values are.
[Costello:] But the Bronx not rolling out the welcome mat.
[Sen. Bernie Sanders , Presidential Candidate:] I don't believe that she is qualified.
[Costello:] Sanders questioning Clinton's cred. The frontrunner on the offense.
[Hillary Clinton , Presidential Candidate:] Well, in a number of important areas, he doesn't have a plan at all.
[Costello:] Get ready, New York. Plus Ray Lewis' controversial question.
[Ray Lewis, Former Nfl Star:] I'm trying to figure out if black lives really matter.
[Costello:] The former NFL star asking the e movement to tackle black- on-black crime. Let's talk. Live in the CNN NEWSROOM. And good morning, I'm Carol Costello. Thank you so much for joining me. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Bernie Sanders slams Hillary Clinton, accusing the former secretary of state of being unqualified to be president. You are looking at live pictures out of Philadelphia, where Sanders is getting ready to hold a news conference. We're going to keep an eye on it, but bottom line this race is getting ugly. CNN's Brianna Keilar has more for you.
[Brianna Keilar, Cnn Senior Political Correspondent:] Carol, this just shows you how high the stakes are as we head towards the New York primary on April 19th. And Bernie Sanders is clearly not taking kindly to the Clinton campaign's new strategy to go after him more aggressively.
[Sanders:] I don't believe that she is qualified
[Keilar:] Bernie Sanders lashing out at Hillary Clinton.
[Sanders:] I don't think that you are qualified if you get $15 million from Wall Street through your super PAC. I don't think you are qualified if you have voted for the disastrous war in Iraq.
[Keilar:] The war of words between the two presidential Democratic candidates escalating. Sanders claiming
[Sanders:] She has been saying lately she thinks that I am, quote- unquote, "not qualified to be president."
[Keilar:] But Clinton's campaign denies she ever said he wasn't qualified.
[Clinton:] The presidents who are successful know what they want to do and they know how to do it.
[Keilar:] Clinton is pointing to an interview Sanders did with the "New York Daily News," where he struggled to identify how his administration would break up the big banks, elaborating in an interview with Chris Cuomo.
[Clinton:] I was, I think, a little bit, you know, surprised that there didn't seem to be a lot of substance to what he was saying.
[Keilar:] Clinton now taking this line of attack on the campaign trail, pinning Sanders as unprepared to be president, and even questioning whether he's a Democrat.
[Clinton:] He himself has said that he never was. He never ran as a Democrat until he started running for president.
[Keilar:] And Carol, I was at this rally last night in Philadelphia. This was red meat for Bernie Sanders supporters, about 10,000 of them at Temple University. They were eating this up. And it is important to note both of these candidates fundraising now off of this back and forth, Carol.
[Costello:] All right. Brianna Keilar reporting for us this morning. Thank you. You can see that podium there. Bernie Sanders is about to hold another event in Philadelphia like I said at the top of the show. Joe Johns is monitoring that. Good morning.
[Joe Johns, Cnn Senior Washington Correspondent:] Good morning, Carol. We're waiting for this news conference here in Philadelphia. After that Bernie Sanders is going to go over and address the AFL-CIO here in Pennsylvania. That's something Hillary Clinton did just yesterday. One of the questions we might want to get to Bernie Sanders at this point is whether when he talked about Hillary Clinton not being qualified, he was actually conflating something that the Hillary Clinton campaign had put out just yesterday. What the campaign had said was that in the run up to the New York primary, they wanted to disqualify Sanders, then defeat him, then unite the party. Not exactly the same thing as saying Bernie Sanders is unqualified for president. So a question about whether he conflated those remarks. What all of this points to however is the notion that the run up to New York and also here in Pennsylvania is a very hot time on the campaign trail for these Democrats, both turning up the heat. Both with real ties to New York state, making this a very competitive and perhaps a nasty race for that state which almost anybody could have predicted, Carol.
[Costello:] All right. Joe Johns reporting live from Philadelphia. And when Bernie Sanders begins speaking, we'll dip in again for you in the city of brotherly love. As for the Republicans, take a look at the "New York Daily News." Senator Ted Cruz isn't exactly getting a warm welcome. His New York values attack not going over well. And that is not lost on Donald Trump. Trump attracting 10,000 supporters last night in Bethpage, New York, and using Cruz's words against him. Phil Mattingly is covering that part of the story for us this morning. Good morning.
[Phil Mattingly, Cnn Correspondent:] Good morning, Carol. Three words uttered as an attack line in a January debate, this is before the primaries even started, now roiling the New York primary. 95 delegates at stake. An opportunity for Donald Trump to recover from one of the worst weeks of his campaign, and he is making sure to deploy attacks on Ted Cruz and that attack line over and over again.
[Trump:] I love these people. These are my people.
[Mattingly:] Less than 24 hours after a devastating Wisconsin defeat, Donald Trump looking to regain his footing in familiar territory, his home state of New York.
[Trump:] You know, Lying Ted Cruz came today. He couldn't draw 100 people. A hundred people.
[Mattingly:] Trump making no mention of his bruising Wisconsin loss at a rally in Long Island, but wasting little time criticizing Ted Cruz, the Texas senator.
[Trump:] I've 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. I think you can forget about him.
[Mattingly:] The rally coming just hours after Trump huddled behind closed doors with one of his top advisers, frustration over strategy, direction, even staffing, according to sources, all roiling the campaign. Ted Cruz also campaigning in the Big Apple, doubling down on his past criticism of, quote, "New York values."
[Cruz:] Let's be clear. The people of New York know exactly what their values are. If you want to know what liberal Democratic values are, follow Donald Trump's checkbook.
[Mattingly:] Cruz trailing badly in early New York polls, but predicting a big move in the state, much like in Wisconsin.
[Cruz:] Well, you know, the interesting thing about polling is it can change and it can change quickly. We just won a landslide victory, winning by 13 points, sweeping the state.
[Mattingly:] John Kasich, hoping to stay alive, coming in second in the latest poll, continuing to fight off calls for him to drop out of the race. Now it's very clear that John Kasich and Ted Cruz have a lot of ground to make up in New York but if you want to know what they are actually trying to do here pay attention to where they are going in the days ahead. The reason is this. Donald Trump will likely win New York. Both campaigns are willing to cede that at this point. But the delegates are allocated in a way that doesn't go to winner-take- all. That means John Kasich and Ted Cruz can focus on very specific congressional delegates and try and pick up delegates, just a few perhaps, to keep Donald Trump's total down. That is the crucial issue of this race. That is what gets them to Cleveland and an open convention Carol.
[Costello:] All right. Phil Mattingly, reporting live for us this morning. Thank you. I want to dip back in to Philadelphia and that Bernie Sanders campaign event. It's beginning to fill up with supporters as you can see. But Bernie Sanders has not taken the stage yet. We'll continue to monitor this for you. Also still to come in the NEWSROOM.
[Unidentified Protester:] Ted Cruz has no business being in the Bronx. To receive this right-wing bigot is an insult to the whole community.
[Costello:] Yes. Up next, how Ted Cruz is responding to that angry protester and his rough welcome to New York City.