'This Week' Transcript: Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Paul Manafort, and Ken Cuccinelli

This is a rush transcript for "This Week" on April 17, 2016

ByABC News
April 17, 2016, 9:17 AM

— -- THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT FOR 'THIS WEEK' ON April 17, 2016 and it will be updated.

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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Stephanopoulos, war or words.

DONALD TRUMP (R), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: The system is all rigged.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: With the convention fight looming, Donald Trump picking on his own party like never before.

TRUMP: The system is a bad, bad system and they've got to do something about it.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Ted Cruz punching back.

SEN. TED CRUZ (R-TX), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We shouldn't be intimidating delegates. And this shouldn't be controversial.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We're asking Team Trump how far they'd go to change the system and Team Cruz about those charges. They're perfecting the art of the steal.

Plus, Empire State showdown -- days before the New York primary, can Clinton shake off Sanders and clear the path to the nomination?

HILLARY CLINTON (D), PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We don't need another diagnosis of the problem, we need solutions.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Or will Bernie score his biggest upset ever?

SEN. BERNIE SANDERS (I-VT), DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE: We are just busting through.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hillary Clinton is here exclusively.

And Bernie Sanders live.

From ABC News, it's THIS WEEK.

Here now, chief anchor George Stephanopoulos.

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GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS, HOST: Just two days before the big vote here in New York, Hillary Clinton hoping to stop the Sanders' winning streak in her home state. For Sanders, the delegate math makes Tuesday do-or-die and those high stakes made that last debate a shouting match.

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SANDERS: I am sure a lot of people are very surprised to learn that you supported raising the minimum wage to 15 bucks an hour.

CLINTON: Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

SANDERS: That told us (INAUDIBLE)...

CLINTON: Wait, wait.

SANDERS: That was not accurate.

STEPHANOPOULOS: Right after the debate, both candidates actually left the Empire State, Sanders for the Vatican and a brief greeting from the pope.

SANDERS: He is a beautiful man and there's a radiance that comes from him. It was a very -- a very wonderful moment to meet with him.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: Hillary to California for two days and two fundraisers hosted by George and Amal Clooney.

While back here in New York, Bill Clinton filled in...

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BILL CLINTON, FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: She was your senator, came here 47 times and did all those things I said. Think what she could do if she were president of the United States.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: And Sanders returned the heat with his toughest ad yet.

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UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: While Washington politicians are paid over $200,000 an hour for speeches, they oppose raising the living wage to $15 an hour. Two hundred thousand dollars an hour for them, but not even 15 bucks an hour for all Americans. Enough is enough.

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STEPHANOPOULOS: And Hillary Clinton joins us now from Los Angeles.

Madam Secretary, thank you for joining us this morning.

So, you know, we just showed that ad from Senator Sanders focusing on the speaking fees right there in New York on fundraisers in California.

Are you worried that those issues are giving him the ammunition he needs to take you on and to take you down?