john berman joins me. michaela is in l.a. covering everything from the oscars. but we begin with breaking news. new cnn poll in the 2016 race shows donald trump and hillary clinton pulling way ahead of their challengers heading into super tuesday. trump and clinton now widely expected to become their party's nominees. trump expanding his lead with roughly half of supporters supporting him. they still do not his his numbers. marco rubio in second with 16%. that's more than 30 points behind donald trump. >> what consolidation? what ceiling? on the democratic side, hillary clinton opening a wider margin against bernie sanders. she now has a 17-point lead. both clinton and trump charging full steam ahead as they head into super tuesday. the biggest voting day of the primary season. let us again with chris frates live in alabama where donald trump, chris, picked up another many big endorsement. >> hey, good morning, john. so the gop presidential campaign starting to look more like a middle school spat than a race for the highest office in the land with donald trump a

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. welcome to the biggest week of the election season. 24 hours until super tuesday where republicans will fight over half of the 1,237 delegates. donald trump picked up an endorsement. alabama senator jeff sessions. a fierce critic of illegal immigration. he is backing trump. he joins chris christie from the other end of the republican political spectrum. this morning, trump is facing new controversy. questions how he handled questions over another endorsement from former kkk grand wizard david duke. trump told jake tapper he did not know enough about david duke. despite 16 years ago citing duke's name over the reformed party. cnn's chris frates is with the trump campaign and has the latest from alabama. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump got an establishment endorsement on sunday when senator jeff sessions threw his support behind trump. sessions was the first senator to get behind the billionaire's campaign. >> at this time in america's history we need to make america great again

. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, february 29th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. >> i watched the whole chris rock monologue. i read the transcript and leo. >> i slept through the whole thing. why? getting ready for this week. just 24 hours until super tuesday where candidates will fight for half of the delegates required to secure the nomination. donald trump picked up a huge new endorsement. alabama senator jeff sessions. he joins chris christie from the other end of the political spectrum who backed trump on friday. this morning, trump is facing controversy over questions surrounding another endorsement. this from david duke. trump said he did not know enough to disavow the endorsement. and explaining that duke's involvement with the reform party is the reason not to run, trump is, to run for that nomination. and we have chris frates with the trump campaign. >> reporter: good morning. trump got an establishment endorsement when jeff sessions threw support behind trump. session was the first sitting senator to get behind his campaign. >> at this tim

. >> john berman, with kate, all we can say is oh, my god. >> it is on. >> it is on. after eight months of barely mentioning donald trump in his campaign, donald trump is the main focus now of marco rubio's campaign. saw it in last night's cnn republican debate in houston. you're looking at it right now. marco rubio at an event in dallas, texas, his first event since that debate. we're honestly everything changed in the last few minutes, marco rubio suggested donald trump wet his pants last night. he called him a con artist, and flat out cold him old. >> the charade is up. this is a con job. friends do not let friends vote for a con artist, and then he went on, reading donald trump's tweet, mocking him, making fun of his spelling, among other things. truly amazing to see the change in this campaign in the first minute taking it to donald trump. a lot to discuss. oh, and by the way, we just heard speaking of twitter, we saw from donald trump on twitter that he is teasing a very big announcement that he is going to have at his event coming up shortly. we're keeping an e

i'm john berman at the university of houston. right here in less than seven hours, you will see the smallest field of republicans on stage so far under the greatest pressure in this campaign so far. behind me are the great students of the university of houston. they were talking to cnn's jake tapper just a few minutes ago. you can see they are excited and for good reason. because tonight the debate, the stakes are very high. donald trump with all the momentum now after three straight wins. the last, a near landslide in nevada. now at least some of the established resistance looked like it might be beginning to crack. trump just received his first endorsements from members of congress while each of his competitors to some degree is calling on all of the others to get out of the race to give a single trump alternative a chance to break through. senior white house correspondent jim acosta is live. i think he is inside the debate hall. where any moment, the candidates will arrive to do their walk-throughs. jim, give us the lay of the

i'm john berman at the university of houston. right here in less than seven hours, you will see the smallest field of republicans on stage so far under the greatest pressure in this campaign so far. behind me are the great students of the university of houston. they were talking to cnn's jake tapper just a few minutes ago. you can s t

. >> i'm john berman live at the university of houston. the site of tonight's crucial cnn republican presidential debate, the last gop debate before super tuesday. it is no overstatement to say that this is easily the most important debate yet. maybe even the most important moment in this campaign yet for candidates not named donald trump to halt the growing momentum of the candidate that is named donald trump. he will be center stage tonight. surrounded by cruz, rubio, kasich, and carson. for cruz and rubio in particular, this is a time for choosing. do they ban together and hit trump or do they continue to hit each other? this morning there's a shocking proposal who says one of them should drop out and agree to be the running mate of the other. we'll speak to him live. for the establishment, this is serious. serious because the head of next week's super tuesday contest, trump shows no signs of slowing. cnn politics executor mark preston is inside the debate hall. mark, before we talk about tonight's big event, let me talk about big news

i'm john berman live in houston. 31 minutes past the hour right now. this is the university of houston where just hours from now the five remaining presidential candidates face-off in the cnn town hall debate. what a moment this will be. what a beautiful campus this is. you can see the calm, the still over this campus right now. it will not be that way tonight. not at all. expect fireworks. all four candidates not named donald trump know this could be their last chance to knock trump off his perch. the last chance to slow him momentum. in the national polls, ted cruz and marco rubio are running second and third and john kasich and ben carson behind. trump has won three state contests in a row. he has momentum and he's leading in a lot of polls heading into next tuesday. super tuesday as we like to call it. all the other candidates know they have a lot of of work to do. they say they can do it. they can beat donald trump if only they can get him one-on-one. >> donald is formidable. people are furious with washington and politicians and people lying to t

. >> i'm john berman in houston, texas. this is the site of cnn's republican debate. tonight, thursday, february 25th. 3:00 a.m. here at the university of houston. the candidates face-off in the cnn debate. a pivotal moment. all four candidates not named donald trump know this could be last chance to notch donald trump off his perch. ted cruz and marco rubio are second and third place with john kasich and ben carson in single digits. it is not the polls that matter at all. trump has won three contests in a row. he is pulling ahead due to vote next tuesday, super tuesday. all the other candidates swear they could beat trump if only they could get him one-on-one. >> donald is formidable. they are furious with washington and politicians in both parties that have been lying to them. i think donald's support is manifestation of that. what the polling shows is head-to-head, donald against me, we would beat him handily. 56 to 40. >> the biggest change in the campaign is going to be when the people not named donald trump, the choices begin to narrow and we start to give the r

. >> i'm john berman in houston, texas. this is the site of cnn's republican debate. tonight, thursday, february 25th. 3:00 a.m. here at the university of houston. the candidates face-off in the cnn

. >> i'm john berman. we have so much going on. breaking news this morning. donald trump wins big. not just big. huge in the caucuses in nevada. with 96% of the precincts reporting, he's got nearly 46% of the vote. there's been a question over the last few hours about whou would come in second. marco rubio has moved ahead of ted cruz, very than two points ahead of ted cruz. back in single digits, ben carson and john kasich. i have to say this. the big story is absolutely donald trump. he won every county in the state. it shows he was hugely popular among the voters who are angry at the government. they want a next president to be an outsider. donald trump crushed it there. he gave his victory speech a couple of hours ago. he was clearly ecstatic. let's listen. >> we won the evangelicals. we won with young, we won with old, we won with highly educated, we won with poorly educated -- i love the poorly educated. we're the smaefrt people, we're the most loyal people. and you know what i i'm really happy about because i've been saying it for a long time. 46% f were the hispanics. 46%, n

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. very busy this morning. breaking news in the east. >> donald trump with a huge win in the nevada caucuses, the republican caucuses. donald trump, 45%. more than 20 points ahead of his closest rival. there's a pitch battle for second place. just a few minutes ago marco rubio pulled ahead, more than 500 votes, 580 votes right now ahead of ted cruz with 74% of the precincts. and we're counting this all night. it could change again. for these guys, second place matters. don't forget, when you claim second, you claim the biggest victory ever. ben carson and john kasich back in single digits. the biggest news is donald trump. he leads in all counties. hugely popular among voters who say they're angry at the federal government and more voters angry in nevada than we've seen before. they want the next pretty to be an outsider, not someone experienced in politic. hi crushes it there too. in his victory speech, donald trump was ecstatic about his win. listen. >> we won the evangelicals, we won

i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. it's caucus day in nevada. the republican candidates are making their final pitch to voters, and there is a lot at stake tonight in a state that knows a lot about stakes. delegates, momentum, and maybe simply survival. >> in the i want to be in the momentum category, marco rubio, holding his final rally in nevada, in las vegas. you can look at it right now. that is where we'll happen in moments. what will he say in we'll take you there when it begins. donald trump, cruz, they are v their big moments in a big. donald trump fresh off of musing about punching a protester in the face. cruz fresh off of firing a key campaign aide after an attack on rubio. >>> while all that's happening, bernie sanders and hillary clinton getting ready for a town hall in south carolina tonight. a big event to be sure. first, the republicans. >>> sara murray live in las vegas. just hours away from when voters show up and try to figure out this whole caucus thing. >> reporter: good morning. you're right. it is a little bit tricky to fi

i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. it's caucus day in nevada. the republican candidates are making their final pitch to voters, and there is a lot at stake tonight in a state that knows a lot about stakes. delegates, momentum, and maybe simply survival. >> in the i want to be in the momentum category,

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, february 23rd. in just hours, nevada republicans will vote in caucuses across the silver state. donald trump way out front in the latest nevada polls. 26 points ahead of the rival marco rubio. this is the new cnn/orc survey. he held a raucous rally in las vegas last night. taunting protesters and taunting ted cruz calling him the biggest liar in politics. he called ted cruz a basket case and sick. jim acosta has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, on the eve of the caucuses, donald trump with the fiery speak to date. the main focus ted cruz. following up on the resignation of the communications director rick tyler, trump branded the texas senator a liar at rally time and again. >> i'll tell you, the evangelicals didn't vote for him you know why? they don't want to vote for a liar. they are smart people. it is true. i have an ad running right now. it is a cruz ad. a couple of people told me this. i am backing the federal government to keep the land that's currently owned by the federal gover

. >> i'm john berman. it is tuesday, february 23rd. donald trump out in front in the latest polling, but still working it hard. he held a raucous rally in las vegas overnight taunting protesters and taunting ted cruz. calling him the biggest liar in politics, a basketcase and calling him sick. cnn's jim acosta with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, donald trump delivered one of his most fiery speeches to date. the focus of the attack was ted cruz. following up on the firing of the cruz communications director, trump branded the senator a rally time and time again. >> the evangelicals did not vote for him. you know why? because they don't like liars. they're really smart people. they don't want to vote for a liar. but it is true. i have an ad running right now. a cruz ad. something to do and a couple of people told me this that i am backing the federal government to keep the land that's currently owned by the federal government and we should give that land to everybody and divvy it up. i'm saying to myself, well, it's not a s

. >> and i'm john berman. nevada you're on the clock. one day to go before the republican caucuses there and one day to see if donald trump can pick up one more win. he's in nevada this morning. rubio and cruz continuing their silver is the new gold tour, setting up a last-minute scramble for votes there. john kasich, you ask? he is not in nevada. he's holding a town hall right now. you're looking at john kasich in virginia. >> for the democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are headed east to south carolina preparing for battle there. cnn's latest poll of polls shows clinton with a commanding lead in that state. sanders is absolutely not backing down, trying to build momentum as they race toward supertuesday. we'll have all that for you, plus this. president obama is getting ready to speak before the nation's governors at an event at the white house this morning. he's expected to take questions from those governors and with republican governors in the room, you can expect that q and a could get a little interesting. we'll bring yo

john? >> jon: blake berman reporting from dc . >> jenna: the supreme court is back in session today for the first time since the sudden death of justice scalia. some landmark cases may be impacted by this vacancy on the high court. plus, horrific new violence in syria with isys claiming responsibility for attacks on government held areas as leaders agree on a cease-fire. we agree with that story. plus bill cosby's wife answering questions under oath in a lawsuit blocked by some of her husband's accusers. we have the details next. >>> . >> jon: right now, crying stories we are following on happening now. bill cosby's wife preparing to answer questions under oath in her husband's defamation case. his lawsuit brought by seven women who say cosby sexually assaulted them and called them liars for going public with the accusations. cosby's attorneys trying to get camille cosby off the hook saying she didn't have relevant information but a judge denied that request. and a judge in connecticut gett

. >> and i'm john berman. nevada you're on the clock. one day to go before the republican caucuses there and one day to see if donald trump can pick up one more win. he's in nevada this morning. rubio and cruz continuing their silver is the new gold tour, setting up a last-minute scramble for

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. this morning, donald trump riding high after the big win in the south carolina primary. turning attention to super tuesday on march 1st. trump's victory has donors and pundits and candidates grasping for a way to stop him. based on a rally last night, trump is sticking to the strategy that brought him success. cnn's jeremy diamond has the latest from georgia. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. fresh off the primary victory in south carolina, trump rolled into atlanta on sunday with the momentum at his back. the crowd here responded in kind roaring in approval as trump hit key notes of border security and trade. donald trump did not bring in his current rivals who came in second and third place in south carolina. he did, however, bring in one of his former rivals. >> i'll give you a story. one of the candidates, i won't say who yet, one of the candidates, the head of a major, major and owner of a pharmaceutical company is in charge of his campaign. you know that. in charge

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is monday, february 22nd. and donald trump riding high in the big win in the south carolina primary. turning to super tuesday on march 1st. trump has donors, pundits and candidates grasping for ways to stop him. based on a rally last night, trump is sticking to the strategy that brought him huge success. we have cnn's jeremy diamond with one of those super states. georgia. >> reporter: good morning. fresh off the victory in south carolina, donald trump rolled in atlanta on sunday with momentum on his back. the crowd responded in kind as he hit his key notes. donald trump did not really bring in his current rivals, marco rubio and ted cruz, who came in second and third place in south carolina. he did, however, bring in one of his former rivals. >> i'll give you a story. one of the candidates, i won't say who yet, one of the candidates, the head of the major, major, owner of a major, major pharmaceutical company is in charge of his campaign. you know that. in charge of his campaign. raises hundreds of millions o

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. >> and i'm john berman and we are live, yes live 12:00 a.m. eastern time. this is live coverage of the race in south carolina, the race in nevada. and so much has happened tonight and the race truly changed. donald trump won south carolina big. there is still a fight for second place, marco rubio and ted cruz fighting out for second there, and in nevada, hillary clinton prevailed in the democratic caucuses there. a margin of about five points over bernie sanders. >> and another story coming out, former florida governor jeb bush who was once considered the frontrunner to win the nomination, offered an emotional goodbye this evening as he suspended his campaign as the votes were coming in. and now ted cruz and marco rubio will be battling for second place, but tonight, the night belongs to the billionaire from new york, donald trump, and that is where we want to continue the coverage with cnn politics reporter jeremy diamond who is inside of the trump headquarters. so a big night for donald trump. and he says quickly, thank you, south carolina on to the next.

. >> i'm john berman and we are live, yes live, and this is cnn's special live coverage of the big, big night in the presidential race, a race that is changing a lot over the last few hours on the republican side, donald trump with a huge win in south carolina, and now cle clearly the frontrunner, and seemingly by a lot. the democrats, hillary clinton really reasserted herself into the race, and she won the kaus kuss in nevada, and decisive win there. >> and looking at the republican field, it is leaner tonight, and does that mean it will get meaner? we will see. jeb bush was once considered the man to beat on the republican side with the multi million war chest, but he is now out. he announced tonight that he is going to be suspending his campaign and in a word that is couldn't be classier, and that is a bush family representative saying so. and marco rubio and ted cruz battling for the second place, but the night belongs to billionaire from new york donald trump. that is where we are going to begin and so let's begin with the politics reporter jeremy diamond outside of the trump head

. >> and i'm john berman and we are live, yes live 12:00 a.m. eastern time. and so much has happened tonight in nevada and south carolina and the race truly changed. donald trump won south carolina big. there is still a a fight for second place, marco rubio and ted cruz fighting out for second there, and in nevada, hillary clinton prevailed in the democrde democratic caucuses there. >> and another story coming out, former florida governor jeb bush who was once considered the frontrunner to win the nomination, decided to suspend his campaign as votes were coming in. and now ted cruz and marco rubio will be battling for second place, but tonight, the night belongs to the billionaire from new york, donald trump, and that is where we want to continue the coverage with cnn politics reporter jeremy diamond who is inside of the trump head kwa headquarters. and he says quickly, thank you, south carolina on to the next. what are you hearing from the trump campaign late this e evening? >> that is right, kate. donald trump tonight with a huge win in south carolina, and

. >> and i'm john berman. we are live, yes, live for cnn's special coverage, a pivotal night in the race for president, a race that changes so much based on what happened tonight. in the republican race, donald trump with a huge win in south carolina, now clearly the front-runner, seemingly by a lot. for the democrats, hillary clinton reasserting herself in nevada with a decisive win there. >> and looking at the republican field, it is shrinking, and jeb bush, the popular florida governor, the man once considered really the front-runner for the gop nomination, he is now out, announcing he's suspending his campaign in front of a room of supporters tonight. marco rubio, ted cruz right now still at this moment battling it out for second place. it is close, it is tight. we are watching this. the night, though, belonged to the republican billionaire from new york, donald trump. that is where we begin. sara murray is live inside trump headquarters in spartanburg, south carolina. sara, a very big night for donald tru

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john berman is with us this morning and brings with him tidings of big news. three more republicans will face voters in a cnn town hall tonight. ben carson, ted cruz, marco rubio explaining their sides last night. big moments. >> the race getting nastienasti. rubio hoping to ride his wave of endorsements to a big win. we begin our coverage with cnn's athena jonas live in columbia, south carolina. >> good morning. we've been talking about the fiery rhetoric in this race for the gop nomination for a while now. and it is only getting more heated and more charged with each passing day here in south carolina. last night the candidates kept hitting each other as they tried to win over undecided voters. >> three out of six republican candidates sitting down for an in-depth cnn town hall. the night's hot topic -- the truth. and who's telling it? marco rubio says it is not ted cruz. >> i said he's been lying because if you say something that isn't true and say it over and over again and you know it is not true there is no other word and -- >> cruz says it is not donald

i'm john berman. kate bolduan is off today. take a look at this man. take a good luck. he is winning. donald trump in bluffton, south carolina, fresh off the news in a brand-new cnn poll has it up %-p up in south carolina. he just walked off this stage moments ago. listen to the marching orders he just gave south carolina voters. >> the main thing is you have to go and vote. don't go for me and vote. it's a nice thing. you have to go and vote. doesn't matter who you're voting for. i don't feel that way. just go and vote if you're going to vote for me. >> you're not going to vote for me, don't vote at all. the order from donald trump. again, the new cnn/orc poll from nevada has him at 26 points up on marco rubio who is in second. comes up big in south carolina, also. on the democratic side, wow, the nevada race is closer than ever. a one-point difference now between the two. hillary clinton up one point bernie sanders. let's talk first about the republican race, cnn correspondent jim acosta is live. jim just walked off that stage. >> reporter: that's right. he likes thos

it is john berman. first, do your job says president obama to senate republicans for when he tphop nominates a successor to antonin scalia. he plans to pick an in disputably qualified nominee. one key gop senator now says he isn't ruling out holding hearings. >> president obama using a news conference to take on republican front-runner donald trump. he insists he will not be the next president because he is not, quote, hosting a talk show. we begin with cnn chris frates right at the white house. >> reporter: my cada, good morning. he said anybody he chooses to replace justice scalia will be in disputably qualified. president obama made his expectations clear. he will do his job and nominate a replacement and he expects the senate to do theirs and hold a vote. >> the constitution is pretty clear about what is is supposed to happen now. >> reporter: president obama again vowing to nominate a replacement for the hraeupt chief justice antonin scalia, lashing out at republicans who say the next president sho

it is john berman. first, do your job says president obama to senate republicans for when he tphop nominates a successor to antonin scalia. he plans to pick an in disputably qualified nominee. one key gop senator now says he isn't ruling out holding hearings. >> president obama using a news conference to take on republican front-runner donald trump. he insists he will not be the next president because he is not, quote, hosting a talk show. we begin with cnn chris frates right at the white house. >> reporter: my cada, good morning. he said anybody he chooses to replace justice scalia will be in disputably qualified. president obama made his

at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >>> all right. hello, everyone. i'm john berman. welcome to the i know you are but what m achapter of the 2016 race. donald trump says ted kroousz cruz, you're a liar and i'm going to sue you. cruz says you're a liberal and have lost it. rubio says cruz you're a liar. bush says trump, you sound like michael moore and my brother can beat you up. he didn't say that last part exactly, but everything else, pretty much verbatim and it's just beginning. four days to go until the blood bath formally known as the south carolina primary. jim acosta joins us live from augusta in south carolina where he's been chasing the trump campaign. >> that's right, john. we've heard everything but i'm rubber and you're glue, right? that's essentially where we are in south carolina right now. it's a battle. a pro wrestling style battle, and given donald trump's history with pro wrestling, this might gave him. he's been going after cruz, hammering him hard earlier this morning on good morning america in a phone interview. let's listen to that. he once agai

at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >>> all right. hello, everyone. i'm john berman. welcome to the i know you are but what m achapter of the 2016 race. donald trump says ted kroousz cruz, you're a liar and i'm going to sue you. cruz says you're a liberal and have lost it. rubio says cruz you're a liar. bush says trump, you sound like michael moore and my brother can beat you up. he didn't say that last part exactly, but everything else, pretty much verbatim and it's just beginning. four days to go until the blood bath formally known as the south carolina primary. jim acosta joins us live from augusta in south carolina where he's been chasing the trump campaign. >> that's right,

john berman is here with us this morning. all-out political war erupting of who will replace supreme court justice antonin scalia. locked in a heated battle whether obama should pick a successor. >> it is politics at its worst. and an echo of the current state of the presidential campaign. liar, loser. from first to last. hearing it. everyone fighting for the upper hand or lower hand, you want to look at it. former president george w. bush hitting the campaign trail to help brother jeb and firing back at were donald trump's blistering attacks. cnn has it covered from all angles. good morning, joe. >> good morning, chris. this is about the president's pick right now. he's the one who gets to choose. the white house has a number of names of potential supreme court nominees. but as always, it could take some time to whittle down the list to a group of finalists. administration source ises told cnn there may be another consideration, the main scenario the white house envisioned was filling the vacant seat of one of the liberal ju

john berman. >> joe johns, thank you so much. this sets up the situation for something we have never seen, not in our lifetimes, not ever. the debate began not over just over who should replace scalia but whether president obama should have the right to pick someone to replace him at all. this has huge implications in this election year. you have been taking the temperature up on capitol hill. >> reporter: that's right, john. the battle lines are already being drawn for what could be president obama avenues last big fight in washington. mitch mcconnell first out of the gate saying the president should not nominate anyone. the fight should wait for the next occupant of the white house, something that routeraged senate democrats. senator harry reid, the minority leader in nevada didn't hold back. saying the president can and should send the senate a nominee right away with so many important issues pending before the supreme court. the senate has a responsibility to fill vacancies as soon as possible. one big fact is how a group of

brooke baldwin and john berman join me this morning. he is the one on your tv right. up first, the death of justice scalia is terrible news on several levels. a proud family mourns. the highest court is frozen. and the loss puts senate republicans and president obama on a collision course. conservatives calling for obama to wait until a new president is elected to fill the seat. a notion that would certainly make nino of laugh. obama making it clear he does intend to nominate a successor. >> with all three branches of government in play, the stakes couldn't be any higher this election. will vulnerable senators in swing states buck their party leadership if republicans decide to block this confirmation vote. and how will his death alter the major cases this term? joe johns live in

. >> berman, berman. >> new entries to the game, john king and van jones. first-time player. >> got it right where we want them. >> john king magic wall but good at a game show? >> still anybody's game. >> all right. looks like fun. tune in monday 9:00 p.m. for the cnn quit show race for the white house edition and find out which team wins. >>> so for basketball fans, tonight's slam dunk and three-point contest, they are almost as good as tomorrow's game. >> in toronto with a look ahead to the bleacher report, hey, andy. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we're here in the nba media headquarters for all star weekend and inside because you know what is happening outside? it's negative 11 degrees so you can't stand out there, even if you wanted to. tonight is my favorite part. the dunk contest, three-point contest and zack lavine put on a show last year in the dunk contest. he'll be back again this year defending the title and three-point contest, steph curry will defend his crown. i spoke to steph yesterday. he said the guy he's most worried about, his teammat

. >> you ain't no john berman. >> that's right. >> oh, now they're just being cruel. >> i'm john king. >> and i'm dan jones. >> i'm jake tapper. >> and i'm s.e. cupp. >> i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. >> we approve this message. >> sort of. >> that is much harder than it looks. do not miss the quiz show. this is the race for the white house edition. it is monday night, 9:00 right here on cnn. and it's friday, so i'm going to say good-bye for my. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. have wonderful weekends but keep it right here. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. just in the last few minutes, donald trump threatening to sue ted cruz over his citizenship. the cruz campaign says trump needs to take a seat in the time-out chair. "the lead" starts right now. ted cruz yanks a new campaign ad after discovering the ad featured an actress with a history in erotic films. she'll join us live. we'll talk to her if cruz pulling the ad because of her past was the christian thing to do. >>> also -- >> there's someone who's really hurt. he's bleeding bad

>> john berman is a three time winner, a jeopardy champion. he's going to be tough to beat. >> we are the outsiders. >> first time player. >> john king has been on the magic wall, but is he good at a game show? >> it's still anybody's game. >> yeah. you may have noticed. we're in the quiz show too. >> root for us, please. we need your support. >> big questions like who decided the 1824 election? >> henry clay. >> who said where's the beef? >> walter monodale. >> the editor of the national telegraph. >> whose last name was not green. >> it was breen. >> thank you very much. enough said. fun one, guys. please join us so you can see it. >>> back to politics. just eight days out now from the south carolina republican primary. and among the high profile leaders in the state, there's no consensus of which candidate to endorse. senator lindsey graham left the race and backed jeb bush. donald trump picked up the backing of the state's lieutenant governor. >> let us talk to south carolina congressman mark sanford, the former governor of the state as we

>> you can't no john berman. >> that's right. >> now they're just being cruel. >> i'm don king. >> i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. >> we approved this message. >> sort of. >> cnn quiz show, race for the white house. it airs monday night at 9:00 p.m. ooemp on cnn. the band ok go is known for music videos. remember when they danced on the treadmills? they shot the video. >> ok go has gone weightless. ♪ >> reporter: don't try this aboard your next commercial flight. the band known for its unique videos has come a lock way from their treadmill days. now they're treading in zero gravity in a plane above russia. for three weeks they practiced and performed as the plane climbed and had 27 seconds of weightlessness. time to open luggage and release a zillion balls. the flight attendants didn't yell. they're actually trained air yell ak tro bats. the lead singer said the whole experience was exciting and terrifying. >> it's a very difficult physical sensation, and it just causes a lot of fear and panic. >> reporter: russia's s 7 airline offered the plane in exchange for using the result

you can see john berman is here. the latest debate between hillary clinton and bernie sanders highlighting differences between the candidates. clinton embracing president obama and clashing with sanders for criticizing the president. sanders sparring over foreign policy and who can best lead a divided country. >> after promising to play nice, donald trump doing anything but. the republican candidates they are preparing to square off in their own debate. jeff zeleny in milwaukee with the highlights, the big moments of the debate. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: good morning, john. this opened the next phase of the democratic primary of fight. with hillary clinton trying to be a big reality check to bernie sanders's aspirations. it was just the two of them on stage. president obama was invoked again and again by hillary clinton, who is trying to hug him tighter than ever as she tries to present to democrats that she is his rightful heir. >> secretary clip, you're not in the white house yet. >> a civil but con shouse n

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. hillary clinton does her best at the democratic debate in milwaukee. a debate that was more than milwaukee. they turn to the states of nevada and south carolina and hillary clinton turned her attention to stopping the post-new hampshire of bernie sanders. she said his promises are not realistic and he is not leveling with the american people. >> last week in a cnn town hall, the senator told a questioner that the questioner would spend about $500 in taxes to get $5,000 in health care. every progressive economist who analyzed that says the numbers don't add up. and that's a promise that cannot be kept. >> secretary clinton, you are not in the white house yet. and let us be clear that every proposal that i have introduced has been paid for. >> for more on the debate, let's bring in cnn's jeff zeleny in milwaukee for us. >> reporter: john and christine, a civil, but contentious debate here with hillary clinton and bernie sanders showing their differences on several issues from foreign po

. >> i'm john berman. punchy and poignant. a democratic debate that was way more than milwaukee. hillary clinton and bernie sanders turning focus to the diverse states of nevada and south carolina. hillary clinton turning her attention to

john berman is with us. and we turn to a big night for hillary clinton. face to face in a fight with bernie sanders who is now seen as the legitimate contender for the nomination. senator sanders, fresh off dominance in new hampshire, anticipates a different clinton tonight. but what will that mean? in the meantime nine days to the republicans in south carolina the candidates are blanketing the state. how does the race shift now with two calling it quits? we begin with joe johns, a look at the high stakes democratic race. >> all eyes on milwaukee this morning as the democratic candidates prepare to go head to head for the first time after the first in the nation primary. bernie sanders will be looking to maintain his momentum and show he's not just a one-state wonder. and for hillary clinton it will be a chance to try to change the narrative. >> bernie sanders raising over $6 million in the 24 hours after polls closed in new hampshire. gaining momentum before tonight's crucial pbs democratic presidential debate. descending on new york city in a victory la

. >> i'm john berman. we are hours away from the showdown for democrats. the debate will air on pbs and cnn tonight. after high profile meeting with al sharpton in harlem, bernie sanders hit the late show with stephen colbert. he brought up the issue of racial oppression. >> those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable is what john kennedy said. if your answer is not the answer, is violent revolution inevitable? >> i certainly hope not. i hope and what the goal of this campaign is about look at the civil rights movement and women's movement and gay moment. when people come together, we can accomplish enormous things. >> the debate in milwaukee at 9:00 p.m. correspondent joe johns has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, the folks on milwaukee and the debate tonight with bernie sanders and hillary clinton. it is so important because the former secretary of state lost momentum in the drubbing she took in new hampshire. she is already trying to make changes to the campaign to appeal to younger voters. bernie sanders

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. we are hours away from a new sh showdown on pbs. after a high profile meeting with al sharpton in harlem, bernie sanders hit the late show with stephen colbert. he addressed when the political revolution he is calling for could end in violence. >> those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. is what john kennedy said. if your answer is not the answer, is violent revolution inevitable? >> i certainly hope not. i hope and what the goal of this campaign is about to look at the civil rights movement and women's moment and gay moment. understand when people come together, we can accomplish enormous things. >> so that debate tonight takes place in milwaukee at 9:00 p.m. you can watch it here and local pbs station. senior correspondent joe johns has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, the focus this morning is turning to milwaukee and the pivotal debate with bernie sanders and hillary clinton. it is important because the former secretary of state

i'm john berman. thursday, february 11th. we are hours away from a showdown. a pbs democratic debate that will air

i'm john berman. >> and i'm kate bolduan. game on in south carolina. in the next few minutes, both ted cruz and jeb bush will be holding their first events in the key state following the stunni stunning finish in new hampshire. this is the kickoff of a ten-day scramble with a state known to not be always so fair but intense campaigning. or as one rubio aide puts it, it's going to be a blood bath. >> ted cruz coming off a surprising third-place finish behind john kasich and jeb bush. this week, jeb bush will be joined for the first time on the trail by someone who took the south carolina primary back in 2000, his brother, george w. bush. it worked out pretty well for him in 2000. cnn anchor and correspondent victor blackwell is in bluffton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're 30 minutes out from a rally starting here in bluffton with governor bush. you mentioned george w. bush. he's recorded a radio ad for the campaign although he has recorded television ads for the super pac right to rise, the pro-bush super pac. they believe this res