little marco rubio is another washington politician that is all talk and no action. and the florida senator hit back making fun of trump's unusual tan and says what is trump's small hands. >> he doesn't sweat because his hands are clogged from the spray tan he uses. donald is not going to make america great. he's going to make america orange. he is always calling me little marco. he is 6'2", which is why i don't understand why his hands are the size of someone who is 5'2". you know what they say about men with small hands. you can't trust them. you can't trust them. >> and new signs of republican panic in washington overnight. what might be called a disendorsement from senator ben sass. in a lengthy facebook post, he writes if trump wins the nomination, he will not vote for him. >> he is hugely popular. he campaigned all over iowa against trump. now he says he is in the never trump camp. he will not vote for trump if he is the nominee. interesting to see that. interesting to see how the party responds. >>> hillary clinton is campaigning fresh off her huge victory ove

we need to fix the walls in washington. >> so bush and kasich weighing in on this. i thought it shocking when trump started this with the pope and he spoke on the plane with more ease about what's going out there. what did you make of how this came off? is this going to hurt him in south carolina taking on the pope like this? >> well, it is unclear how much this hurts anyone running for the conservative base in south carolina. you know, i think there's general acceptance that the pope is much more liberal than some of his predecessors. certainly on american social issues. economic issues. and that plays well. if you are going to take on somebody who is a liberal, that plays well with the conservative base. trump last night said he didn't agree with the pope. he said earlier he would love to talk with him. he didn't back down from that comment. >> so he did sound a little bit softer about it. >> much softer. on cruz and suing cruz, he is now looking at the situation in indiana where cruz may be sued. it doesn't sound like it's a real effort, but he is making a big de

people are furious with washington and politicians and people lying to them. donald's support is manifestation of that. what the polls show head-to-head, donald against me, we beat donald handily. we beat him 56 to 40. >> our tactics will not dramatically change. the changes will be when people not named donald trump and choices narrow and we give the voters a clearer choice who they want to get behind. >> with fewer candidates, i think maybe there's a possibility, i'm not sure it will happen, but a possibility that people will actually start getting interested in the real solutions to the problems. >> by the way, for those that wonder about donald trump, if i go head-to-head with him in ohio, i beat him by 18 points. >> all four current candidates want their chance to take a swing at donald trump. and a former candidate taking a swing at donald trump. mitt romney. more on that in a minute. we have cnn's phil mattingly with donald trump. >> reporter: good morning, john. the victory lap for donald trump after the nevada caucuses and looking ahead to hillary cli

let's turn to political reporter tom lobianco in washington. tom, a lot of people have all of a sudden started to talk about this. this is almost as if there is a coordinated discussion coming up from the establishment world talking about donald trump and his taxes. it is not just the establishment. ted cruz was only too happy to speculate that donald trump should release his taxes soon and why he might not be. >> a lot of people speculate that he hasn't made as much money as he said. who knows? he doesn't release his tax returns. i do think mitt has a good point that the voters are entitled to know before they vote. because you better believe the democrats will go to town on this. >> on so this plagued mitt romney four years ago. do you think this is an issue that will cause donald trump over time or even now before super tuesday. >> it is interesting they are doing this now. for the establishment, the republican establishment, it's almost a rare guaranteed win for them bringing this up. if he doesn't release them, that looks good. the specula

seeing snow roll in across washington and baltimore and philly gets it by the afternoon. the accumulation amounts in the white to gray colors. the great lakes could see up to a foot of snow in the next 24 to 36 hours. the story is the warming trend in the forecast. new york shoots up to 54 degrees after snowshowers today. the long-range outlook saturday to next wednesday. that puts the country above average in the temperature department. guys. >>> i'm ready for it to get above 1 degree here. >> that would be nice. i like the extreme conditions. >> i couldn't get out to see the movies. "the revenant" taking top honors at the baftas. won best picture and director and actor with leonardo de naon dicaprio. bafta has been a reliable oscar predictor picking the winner six of the last seven years. >> i loved kate winslet in "steve jobs." transformed. she deserves to win. >>> the pope speaking of another star, holding a large outdoor mass in a crime-ridden mexican neighborhood. coming up after the break. go to ziprecruiter.com and post your job to over 100 of the web's leading jo

we will start to see that snow come to an end midday for places like washington, d.c. and new york city. it will stick around from providence to boston. that is where we anticipate greater snowfall totals in excess of 6 to 8 inches of snow. look out portland, maine. you have possibility of hefty snowfall totals for you. eastern sections of maine picking up to a foot of snow. the national weather service has issued winter storm warnings for much of massachusetts and rhode island and connecticut. that includes long island with winter weather advisories for new york city. look what's coming for the first part of next week. arctic blast of air to the eastern half of the u.s. including new york city. a brief warm up this weekend, but monday and tuesday and look at chicago by monday, only high of 29. bundle up. >>> thank you. the u.n. ruling that julian assange is being unjustly detained in london. he has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy for years. what's he going to do now? we're live next. >>> breaking news this morning. a u.n. human rights body ruled that wikileaks

they're really frustrated with washington. that's why you see the candidates who are from washington. it doesn't get mer washington than two senators running away from that record. marco rubio saying he doesn't want to be in the senate anymore, ted cruz staking himself as an anti-senate senator. there's no doubt they want someone from the outside. they get the sense they're frustrated and angry and donald trump has embodies that for them. >> you have to wonder what that means for those going forward in the senate and the house. voters are saying they're very angry with what they've done. interesting, marco rubio, there was one category that he did win and that was the category essentially people who think that he wanted experience, people who did want experience wanted marco rubio, and he hasn't been in this senate all that long even. >> yeah. you know, he paints himself as a 1-year conservative. that's a new part of his stump speech he's put in there in the past weeks. he kbos back to his time in the florida legislature as a

washington described the launch as an egregious violation and called for more sanctions. north korea conducted its fourth nuclear bomb test last month, drawing international condemnation. critics call pongian's last satellite launch a cover for a test of ballistic missile technology. >>> let's get an early start on your money. a rotten day yesterday for stock investors, really bad, a 295-point loss for the dow. right now stock markets in europe are lower. stocks in tokyo they lost 3% overnight. u.s. futures are up a tad right now, but it was a really rough day. the crash in oil prices has been just hell on profits for the big oil companies. profit in exxon mobil, the nation's largest oil company, plummeted 58% in the fourth quarter. look at that. the weakest profit showing in maybe decades for this company. $16.2 billion it earned last year, half what it earned the year before. exxon mobil is one of three american companies that have a higher credit rating than the federal government. microsoft, johnson & johnson are the other two. standard & poor's is threatening to kick

the washington post reports scalia was pronounced dead over the phone after law enforcement officers assured of no signs of foul play and scalia's doctor said the jurist had several chronic conditions. and republicans calling for no replacement until after the november election for scalia. as cnn's manu raju reports the white house has no intentions of honoring that request. >> reporter: president obama said he would wait until next week potentially or after to choose the replacement to justice scalia. that doesn't mean the battle lines will be drawn in the senate. mitch mcconnell decides the schedule over who is nominated on and confirmed. decided the next president should nominate, not the current president. the current president did not listen to senator mcconnell and planning to move forward. now the question for the republicans is will they allow a vote on the floor of the senate and the senate judiciary committee to confirm or deny the supreme court justice. this is something they have not fully decided yet because senator mcconnell wants to take the temperature of his conferen

could be 60s comfortably in washington where new york city makes it up to 63. even boston manages to get up to 50 above after nine below last sunday morning. long-range forecast this weekend into early to mid next week, really the entire country has the chance of being above average temperatures. seeing those conditions looks likely but watching showers pushing off. light snow showers around portions of lake erie and ontario this weekend. but this weekend how about 20 above average, ten above average. the southerly flow keeps it going. temperatures soar into the lower 50s and a little cooling by later next week. still, again, looking to be above average. >> thank you. we like above average. >> everyone's above average. >> here's an above average. congratulations to a german short-haired pointer named c.j. he's america's new top dog. the competition was ruf. coveted best in show at the westminster dog show. more than 27 countries took part in new york city. c.j. is the 3-year-old male, the third dog of his breed to take the top prize. >> congratulations. >> what

we have tom lobianco joining us from washington. tom, good morning to you. this debate was a different hillary clinton. not content to sit back and wait until more favorable political terrain. she seemed to have an answer for everything he said. this was an exchange on who was more establishment and her response. watch. >> secretary clinton does represent the establishment. i represent, i hope, ordinary americans and by the way, who are not all that enamored with the establishment. >> senator sanders is the only person who i think would characterize me a woman running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment. i have to tell you it is really quite amusing to me. >> so tom, hillary clinton down 30 points in the latest cnn/orc poll in new hampshire. what is she trying to do here? >> she has to put a dent in that. you know, the funny thing is both sides downplayed what the expectations are. you know, you could argue whether or not successfully. she has to put a dent in that. she has to move past this. a lot of this -- you don't want to j

i think i need to ask you about the story in "the washington post." donald trump is now talking to rudy giuliani. the former mayor of new york city is now advising him on his campaign. he doesn't say he is supporting donald trump. the mayor says there are a bunch of other washington and new york insiders giving advice to donald trump. interesting. >> it is interesting. donald trump is taking counsel from anyone else from outside. he does trust his wife, melani. to find he has a circle of former political leaders giving him advice and he is taking it is a real story. donald trump is not known for heeding counsel of others. he is known for shooting from the hip. this could be interesting in terms of what we hear from him in the coming weeks. >> shooting from the hip has worked for him. >> it's paid off. >> let's get at the south carolina numbers. so interesting with ted cruz and marco rubio. ted cruz playing this as a tie for second. 1,000 vote difference out of several hundred. they needed to win. this is what ted cruz saying on abc this week. basicall

. >> i went to washington following my mother's advice. i had been in the legislature at the age of 26. we just got an army of people and many women who left their kitchens to go out and door-to-door and put yard signs up for me all the way back when things were different. >> first off, your comment earlier about the women coming out of the kitchen to support you. i will support you, but i won't come out of the kitchen. >> i got you. i'm more than happy to say i'm sorry if i offended somebody out there. if you hear the whole thing you understand the context of it. >> 1978? >> still, it is funky language these days. >> kasich is denying reports that figures of the republican establishment urged him to drop out clearing the field for marco rubio so donald trump doesn't walk off. kasich is signing up new fund-raisers and quote doing fine. >> has big money guys. tom ridge's endorsement. >> among those five. the five remaining candidates meet head-to-head thursday night in houston. wolf blitzer moderates this one thursday night only on cnn. >>>

touching 70 in places around washington. the concern is you looks towards the beginning of next week, cooling trend that brings us back down close to normal. beyond that, it looks like some impressive cold or maybe oppressive cold coming into the forecast. we'll follow it as the week progresses, guys. >> pedram, thanks so much. >>> new concerns this morning about the spread of the zika virus. texas health officials reporting the first transmission in the united states, and they say it was caught through sex, not a mosquito bite. the cdc is advising people to use condoms and the red cross wants donors to hold off giving blood for at least 28 days. a french company is attempting to develop a vaccine right now to fight the zika virus. cnn's nic robertson spoke to a scientist who is working on this vaccine. nic, you are in france with the details. good morning. >> reporter: yeah, john, good morning. the company right behind me is perhaps one of the best place organizations in the world right now. they have tens of thousands of e

cnn justice correspondent pamela brown has the latest from washington, d.c. >>> well, good morning, christine and miguel. this was the first time president obama took questions following justice scalia's death and he took a tough stance saying that the constitution is clear. both he and the senate have responsibilities in filling a supreme court vacancy. he said he expects republicans to consider any nominee he puts forward no matter what, that they have a job to do until they're voted out, and he made the point that whoever he chooses will be so indisputably qualified that republicans will essentially look bad if they refuse to even consider that person. >> we're goepg to find somebody who's an outstanding legal mind, somebody who cares deeply about our democracy and cares about rule of law. there's not going to be any particular position on a particular issue that determines whether or not i nominate them, but i'm em going present somebody who is indisputably qualified for the seat, and any fair-minded person, even somebody who disagreed with my politics would say -- would serve with honor

zach wolf, get back to the bar room brawl in washington. thank you. >>> republican candidates speak out on cnn this week in a two-night event wednesday and thursday at 8:00 p.m. for the first time this campaign, all six candidates will answer questions from the voters of south carolina in two live town halls moderated by anderson cooper. >>> violence escalating in syria days before a proposed cease-fire. dozens killed as bombs hit hospitals and schools. we are live next. (baseball on tv in background) with heart failure, danger is always on the rise. symptoms worsen because your heart isn't pumping well. (water filling room) about 50 percent of people die (dog whimpering) within 5 years of getting diagnosed. but there's something you can do. talk to your doctor about heart failure treatment options. because the more you know, the more likely you are... (dog whimpering) to keep it pumping. pure is big, bold and just better. pure is mccormick. the smallest pinch of pure mccormick can make meals legendary. we want to help you realize the rich

making the case she is more electable than bernie sanders and more capable of getting things done in washington. >> if you agree with me that we need to build on the progress we have made, we need to prevent it from being ripped away and undermined by the other party whose views and values are opposed to what i believe, then i hope you will go caucus for me tomorrow night. i hope you will go. i hope you will stand up for me. i hope you will fight for me. and i promise you this, i will stand up and fight for you every single day of this campaign and then when we win, i will fight for you in the white house. thank you and god bless you. >> reporter: talking to clinton campaign sources, they feel good about hillary clinton's prosp t prospects going into caucus day. she has done all she can when it comes to messaging and polls. the lead is making them feel about, but they are cautious because many of them are haunted by what happened in iowa in 2008. they went into the state and thinking they were going to win and instead she got a third place stinging defeat. john and christine. >> brianna keilar

in washington, d.c., it takes about 4.5 years to break even. home owners and home values since 2007, realty trac says selling the home in 2015, saw an average increase of 11% from the purchase price. that is gain of $20,000. the average price is $2,600. home values rose in 91% of u.s. markets. >>> 57 minutes past the hour. democrats battling it out for voters in the new hampshire town hall. did they breakout? what did we learn new? "new day" picks it up. >> you cannot say you are a moderate one day and a progressive on the other diethe. >> we have to crush isis. >> if you raise my taxes, how does that help me in. >> did you have to be paid $675,000? >> i don't know. that's what they offered. >> how do you cultivate the ego, the ego we all know you must have? >> oh, that voter fraud. you know, these politicians are brutal. >> another temper tantrum. >> we are suspended the campaign as of this moment and support marco rubio. >>> the black gold that funded the isis war machine. just behind the refinery, a row of tanks turned into an underground pr

money and the stamina and the fact that you have ted cruz who is not liked by the establishment in washington. you have donald trump who if you add them both together you have over 50% of the vote. not liked by them. how much money do you think goes to marco rubio after today? >> well, i think that is the big decision that establishment candidates or the establishment part of the republican party, the centrist part, if you will, however you want to call it, they have to make a decision if they really want to put their power behind somebody like marco rubio. because if not, then, you know, we're sitting here talking about scenarios for ted cruz to go on longer. for marco rubio to go on longer. i talked about how donald trump is leading in every single other poll and every single other state outside of iowa. that is why those kinds of scenarios, if people don't start getting out and getting out fast and consolidating behind one or two candidates other than trump, i still think trump can actually trump everybody else moving forward. >> and when we come back we'll talk about much more in a second

revolutions of last night's gop town hall, we are joined by cnn political analyst josh rogin in our bureau in washington. thanks for being with us. that poll, that nbc/wall street journal poll, puts cruz up by two points. if you look at the last one they took, trump was 13 points ahead of cruz in that last poll. the race in south carolina as always has become down and dirty. here's the attacks that all of the candidates have been taking on trump seem to be working. >> four days ago on the debate stage, donald trump explained how much wonderful things he thought planned parenthood does. nobody who is actually pro life could stand up on national stage and sing the praises of planned parenthood as wonderful. >> it seems this sustained attack on trump's credentials as a conservative is working. >> a lot of people are looking for the tipping point. when does the popular fascination with donald trump turn on him and turn into real unhappiness? that hasn't happened yet. trump is still ahead in the south carolina poll. you still have to say he is favorite going into saturday's vote. nationally, things are not l

you have the people speaking up to say they don't want washington to pick their candidates. they want a say. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has shown the people matter and the people can speak up and change the democratic establishment. hopefully that change is going forward and republicans elect someone sane. >> marco rubio won expectations. big win for ted cruz. can he keep that momentum in new hampshire? i'm not sure. hillary clinton may have won, but it would have been groundhog day all over for her in iowa although she won a tiny bit. donald trump is a loser today. >> maria. >> hillary clinton wins becoming the first woman to ever win an iowa caucus. bernie sanders did great. also a win. the democratic party wins. they are focusing on the issues that all americans care about. compared to republicans who will nominate somebody who is anti-woman or anti-latino. >> all right. ben. go. >> i'll say this. donald trump proves arrogance and cockiness does not win you the white house. ted cruz did better than anyone thought. marco rubio is a guy that has a little mo comi

sometimes they give out the worst week in washington awards. you can argue that ted cruz is up for that this week. he was battered by both sides on this dishonest city issue and had to fire a staffer. it turned out to be completely wrong and he finishes a third most likely and gives this tired deflated speech about moving on to super tuesday. >> you did not hear from marco rubio last night. he left. he was out campaigning. getting a good night's rest so he'll be on tv this morning trying to tout what looks to be a number two position in nevada. the five remains will meet head to head in the next gop debate. that's tomorrow night in houston, texas. it will be only on cnn. >>> there was another big cnn event. they made their final pick to voters just a few days before their primary. cnn town hall event. we saw some new strategies, new line. a new campaign direction. wheel break it down next. the future belongs to the fast. and to help you accelerate, we've created a new company... one totally focused on what's next for your business. the true par

. >> the play going into super tuesday is you can't trust donald trump because he wants to be a washington deal maker. that is also a sleght to marco rubio. he did the gang of eight. it looks like he is going frontally at trump. >> i think the gang of eight will come back to him. i think the vicente fox thing. this was not a small thing. this is trump's hot button issue. this guy has stirred it. this is poking a hornet's nest for the american people. i'm sure insulting him. saying we have the right to flood your border and we don't care. >> that's not what he was saying, but okay. i think what you will see tomorrow is you are going to see donald trump focus his cannons straight at marco rubio. until tonight, you had not seen that. for the last few weeks, donald trump has been focused on ted cruz. building up the liar narrative that he is not worthy. he doesn't live up to his social values. you will see a shift on that. he will have a new target. that target is marco rubio. marco has a new target. >> we will have more ahead. stay with us. but you shouldn't forget yoforget this. c. hep c is

he went on to bash the establishment in washington, the establishment in the media. this is left up to we the people. how much is he thanking the evangelical vote tonight? >> he opened and closed saying, god bless iowa. that was a big message to evangelicals tonight. they propped him up for his win in iowa. he is looking for this support, going forward. especially looking past new hampshire, when the cruz campaign looks for support in south carolina and the southern states. they're going to lean again on evangelicals, very conservative republicans. they want on their side. it's been a big part of the strategy. they've not tried to really appeal to moderate republicans as much. they're going straightforward to the evangelicals. and that seemed to be the message that cruz was sending tonight. >> now, on to new hampshire. sunlen on the ted cruz campaign plane. a terrific report. literally popping champagne onboard as they get ready to take off to new hampshire. >> where is ours? >> we are on for the next 3 1/2 hours. we're going to hear from her when she lands. >> it is

washington and seoul say that is not true. they are defensive in nature. it is unlikely we are going see any closer coordination between the two sides in the near future. there was a satellite launch earlier this month, again, angering the international community. we know that the new military chief in north korea. according to state run media. he is named as jong su. john and christine. back to you. >> so many things happen in the dark there. those recent executions getting a lot of attention. thank you for that, paula hancocks. >>> let's get an early start on your money. the biggest rise for stocks in three months. dow futures set to pop again. oil boosting markets around the world. oil and stocks have been moving in lock step. stocks in asia closing higher overnight. let's talk politics and money. how much cash? ted cruz has $13.6 million to spend. rubio has $5 million. donald trump is funding his campaign. gives loans to himself. his financial picture is different. he is not relying on the cash on hand. john kasich is last at $1.4 million cash on hand.

since then, embassies have reopened in washington and havana. >>> denies all around from eliot spitzer on the alleged assault in the hotel room. the allegation was made by a russian woman with emotional difficulties. he has known her for several years, but she is not his girlfriend. >>> three months after a deadly shooting rampage. a colorado planned parenthood clinic is up and running. the colorado springs facility opened the doors on monddamonda. three people were killed and nine wounded during a five-hour standoff in november that started when a gunman opened fire and stormed inside. 57-year-old robert lewis deer faces 200 felony counts. >>> the national president of the naacp has issued an ultimatum over the water crisis in flint, michigan. cornell brooks says if governor snyder doesn't have a plan to replace the lead water pipes in the next 30 days, the group will call for mass protest and disobedience in flint. brooks says it is non disruptive. the governor says the state is working with great urgency to fix the pipes. >>> the same storm system that brought snow and freezing rain

washington at 31 degrees. the seven-day forecast tells the tale. bring it down to 2 for an overnight low on saturday into sunday with the high on valentine's day only at 23 degrees. guys. >>> that's cold for valentine's day. >> you have to find a way to stay warm. >>> happening now. u.s. and world leaders pushing for a cease-fire in syria. air strikes increase. we have live team coverage next. ♪ we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. because you believe in go. onward. today's the day. carpe diem. tylenol® 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. the second lasts all day. we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol®. >>> secretary of state john kerry calling for immediate cease-fire in syria. the secretary in germany right now for a meeting of major world powers. growing concern on two fronts over russia's full throttle air support for the syrian regime offenses against rebel forces. it is threatening the peace process and threatening the refugee crisis. cnn has live updates on bot

joining us from washington, white house correspondent colleen mccain nelson. colleen, good to see you. focused on nevada and south carolina. in some ways, hillary clinton trying to make this the barack obama primary. >> absolutely. more and more she sounds like a candidate who is running for a barack obama third term. she is making an argument every chance that she will continue obama's legacy and build on his programs. she points out every chance she gets where bernie sanders has disagreed with obama. she interjected him in the canconservatioancer conversatio. she said obama's health care plan is better. she brought up his policing commission. she talked about his progress on race relations. her message was i will continue the good work that obama has done. as important to note as we look to south carolina, where a majority of the electorate is likely to be african-american, obama is hugely popular with black voters. she has other eye on winning the south carolina primary. she is proceeding in that way. >> colleen, i can play some sound for you here. she was

joining us right now to dissect the town hall and what is going on is colleen mccain nelson in our washington bureau. good morning. >> good morning. >> we saw trump go softer in places when it came to the pope and came to calling jeb a liar. all of that. he did not go softer on ted cruz. he kept with the line of suing him over his eligibility and over advertising. take a listen. >> a cease and desist letter. you're not go to sue him? >> i like to send letters. i have wonderful lawyers. i like to send letters. i think wonderful case is whether or not and i understand he got sued today. he will be sued by a lot of people. he will be sued by the democrats if he ever got the nomination, which i don't think he will. if he ever got the nomination. i don't think he has a very good chance of getting it. he was sued today on the fact he was born in canada. it's a big problem. >> is this a sign that trump is really threatened by cruz that he keeps at this particular point of eligibility and being sued over being born in canada? >> cruz is certainly posing the biggest challenge to trump at this point. y

we are joined by josh rogen live in our washington bureau. >> he actually watched the debate. he's here. >> we love it. he is like the college all nighters. you are cramming for the test. getting all that information. your assessment. donald trump was not on the stage. two nights of the town halls. three candidates one night. three candidates the other night. allowing them a full discussion. i heard them attacking donald trump who was not on the stage. is that what you heard? >> absolutely. he has to be the number one target. he's the man to beat. this is the only time that these candidates will have this much national coverage where they can attack donald trump and he can't attack them back. they have a monopoly on that time. donald trump will get his chance tonight. donald trump is not a guy who will spend lots of answers describing policy positions and plans. so you can be assured he will spend time responding to the attacks we heard last night. launching new attacks of his own. reinforcing his calls on ted cruz to settle the issue of his natural born citizenship and reinfo