


More from ABC’s ALANA ABRAMSON, DAVID CAPLAN, JOHN SANTUCCI and BRIAN MCBRIDE: There were nearly 200 officers outside the Trump rally, according to the Sheriff's Department. The Orange County Sheriff's Department said about 20 people were arrested, and there were no major injuries. HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS DESCEND ON TRUMP CALIFORNIA RALLY: Following Donald Trump's rally in Costa Mesa, California, last night, hundreds of protesters lined the streets, blocking cars leaving the OC Fair & Event Center, while others jumped on police cars. Dionne, ABC News political analyst Matthew Dowd, ABC News contributor and ESPN senior writer LZ Granderson, and ABC News contributor, Republican strategist and pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson. Then, Former Defense Secretary Robert Gates weighs in on the 2016 race and Trump’s big foreign policy speech, only on “This Week.” And, the Powerhouse Roundtable debates the week in politics with Washington Post columnist E.J. THIS WEEK ON ‘THIS WEEK’: Ahead of the crucial Indiana primary, Sen.
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The shift was apparent the morning after the Pennsylvania primary, when the Clinton campaign appeared to preview their anti-Trump strategy by blasting out a series of messages and tweets critiquing Trump ahead of his foreign policy speech. And though she and her campaign aides are still focused on the primary contests ahead, they’re now more than ever pivoting to the general election and preparing for a run against Republican front-runner Donald Trump. The presidential candidate (who confidently blurted out during an interview this week, “I’m winning!”) has all but declared herself her party’s nominee.

THE CLINTON PIVOT: After a string of recent primary victories, Hillary Clinton is solidly on the path to the Democratic nomination - and she knows it. ABC’s JESSICA HOPPER and BEN GITTLESON report that Cruz went on to say that Kasich is a "good" and "honorable" man. Kasich and I made a determination where to focus our energies, where to focus our assets, where to focus our resources," Cruz told reporters while campaigning in Indiana. WHAT ALLIANCE? Cruz said yesterday there is "no alliance" with fellow GOP candidate John Kasich to stop Trump from securing the Republican nomination. But this looks like a Republican Party coming to terms with Trump, rather than gearing up for a final battle to block him. Historians will debate whether Trump is more lucky than good, and having a final matchup against Cruz will argue for the lucky camp. A Trump win in Indiana would put an exclamation point on his recent win streak that will be near-impossible to erase. Bush campaigns - is equating Trump to an eastern version of Ronald Reagan. Bob Corker offered praise for his foreign-policy speech, and Ron Kaufman – a prominent veteran of the Mitt Romney and George H.W. Judd Gregg calls him a “demagogue’s demagogue.” Trump, meanwhile, has picked up three new House endorsements, and – for the first time – showed grassroots organizing muscle in sweeping the delegate slates in Pennsylvania.
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John Boehner calls Cruz “Lucifer in the flesh,” and former Sen. At the very moment that anti-Donald Trump forces need the party to turn against Trump, it’s turning against Ted Cruz instead. ANALYSIS - ABC’s RICK KLEIN: After all the anticipation, might the Republican race end early? Those are the stakes in Indiana, and they’re being reinforced by the optics and realities being projected by the GOP establishment. But, when she later took the stage, Fiorina proved why she has been such a strong surrogate for the Texas senator, according to ABC’s JESSICA HOPPER and BEN GITTLESON: Wayne, Indiana, Fiorina stayed mostly silent while Cruz interacted with the gaggle of press beforehand.
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CRUZ AND CARLY TAG-TEAM ATTACKS ON TRUMP: On their first full day as a political power team, Ted Cruz and newly-minted running mate Carly Fiorina tag-teamed attacks on Donald Trump, part of their fight to dethrone the front-runner.
