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NBC’s Luke Russert spoke with Donald Trump’s advisor, Paul Manafort, following a meeting between Trump’s campaign and members of Congress. Manafort comments on Ted Cruz’s pick of Carly Fiorina as his running mate and responds to Trump’s “woman card” comments.Video Link

Ted Cruz is to make a sudden attempt to keep his presidential campaign alive by making Carly Fiorina his running mate. He is to announce the move in Indiana this afternoon - the day after a humiliation in the five north-eastern primaries, which were all won convincingly by Donald Trump. He promised a 'major announcement' at his afternoon rally in Indianapolis, as the candidate tries to set Indiana as the next major battleground and Trump takes a victory lap after his Tuesday night electoral romp. Sources told Reuters it would be making Fiorina his running mate.

At a campaign event Monday in Wisconsin, Ted Cruz backer and former 2016 candidate Carly Fiorina steps in to deflect a question from a Daily Mail reporter asking about rumors reported by the National Enquirer about Ted Cruz's personal life. DAILY MAIL REPORTER: Will you respond more definitively [than his previous denial, which was interestingly worded] to the story in the National Enquirer CARLY FIORINA: If I may-- REPORTER: No, I'm sorry, I asked the senator that question. FIORINA: I'm going to comment, okay? REPORTER: Do you have first-hand knowledge of the senator's marriage? FIORINA: I'm going to comment. This...

There’s one word to describe Carly Fiorina. Really. Just one. “Steely.” At least that’s the impression left after reading the coverage of her performance at last week’s Republican presidential debate. “Steely” is how numerous news outlets described the 2016 hopeful; in particular her icy put-down of Donald Trump, when asked her reaction to his impolite comments about her appearance. (Snip) So many news outlets used “steely” in writing about Fiorina that one might reasonably ask if there’s a herd mentality in political reporting. But that’s like asking whether candidates say stuff that’s not always true.