pamela brown has the very latest for us from washington. >> well, good morning, christine and miguel. this is the first time president obama took questions following justice scalia's death and he took a tough stance saying the constitution is clear, both he and the senate have the responsibility of filling the supreme court vacancy. he says 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 the republicans will look bad if they refuse to even consider that person. >> somebody who has an outstanding legal mind, somebody who cares deeply about our democracy and 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 going to present somebody who indisputably is qualified for the seat, and any fair minded person, even somebody who disagreed with my politics would say would serve with honor and integrity on the court. >> he would not give any hi

get help breaking down the campaign warfare with managing editor zach wolf. he is in the washington bureau. >> good morning. >> we saw george w. on the campaign trail helping out his brother. let's go to what he said and i'll come back to you for reaction. >> strength is not empty rhetoric. it is not bluster. strength of purpose comes from integrity and character. in my experience, the strongest person usually isn't the loudest one in the room. >> okay. if we are going to read those tea leaves, we can assume he is talking about trump, the loudest one in the room. do you think he will give enough momentum to jeb not just for south carolina, but south carolina and beyond? >> i think that is a safe assumption he is talking about donald trump. it's really interesting to see him back out on the campaign trail for the first time since leaving office. his voice, just hearing it, for a lot of americans, it was so important for so long. it's been absent in a lot of ways. i don't know if this will turn the tide for jeb bush, but jeb bush has been making the point for about donald trump for a

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 republican voters a clearer choice. >> with fewer candidates, i think maybe there's a possibility, i'm not sure it will happen, but a possibility people may 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. >> so now donald trump isn't just dealing though with the current competition. he is always battling mitt romney. more on that in a moment. right now, he is also looking ahead a bit to the general election. cnn's phil mattingly was with donald trump in virginia. >> reporter: good morning. donald

. drawing rebuke from a woman in the crowd. listen. >> 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

well. at this point, snow rolling in across washington, baltimore and philly and new york gets in on this in the afternoon hours. the accumulation amounts in the white to gray colors which is 2 to 4 inches. the great lakes could see up to a foot of snow in the next 24 to 36 hours. the big story is the warming trend in the forecast. how about this? new york shoots up to 54 degrees after snowshowers today and mid-30s. the long-range outlook for saturday until the following wednesday. we are talking 6 to 10 day outlook puts the country above average in the temperature department. guys. >> yay. >> warmer temperatures and rain. whee. >>> it was an all-star sendoff for kobe bryant. there were tribute videos and standing ovations and the highest scoring game in all-star history. coy wire has latest from the bleacher report next. diantturiz. with active naturals® soy. aveeno® naturally beautiful results®. to help pay for her kids' ice time. before earning 1% cash back everywhere, every time. and 2% back at the grocery store. even before she got 3% back on gas, all with no hoops to jump th

rubio in a series of tweets. 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 h

all, democracy wins. 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 li

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 speaker of the house there in florida. and, of course, in the senate. you know

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 reinforcing all of the broad statements that he's made

. official. washington described the launch as an egregious violation of a u.n. ban on missile launches in the country. it called for more sanctions. north korea conducted its fourth nuclear bomb test last month, drawing international condemnation. critics call pyongyang's last satellite launch a cover for a test of ballistic missile technology. >>> breaking news out of east africa. somali authorities confirm that an explosion that blew a hole in the side of a commercial plane shortly after takeoff killed at least one passenger. the victim's body was found on the ground near mogadishu. the pilot was able to safely land the aircraft. so far this morning no confirmation of the cause of the blast or whether terrorism could be involved. want to get the latest from our robin kriel in nairobi. robin. >> reporter: john, what we were told yesterday by a source close to the investigation is that that hole, it tested positive for explosive residue. obviously, investigations will continue today. it is just in the morning here in east africa. also, that body will be forensically investigated to try to

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 just hang it up in new hampshire. she made that point. they do ne

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 following the clinton campaign. let's talk about where things stan

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 julian assan

washington post reports that scalia was pronounced over the phone after officials said there were no signs of foul play. the 79-year-old jurist had several chronic conditions. senate republicans are calling for no replacement nominated for the supreme court until after november elections as cnn's manu raju says the white house has no intention of honoring. >> reporter: good morning. president obama said he would wait until next week potentially or maybe after to choose the replacement to justice scalia. that doesn't mean the battle lines are not already being drawn. especially in the senate. the schedule is set of who is nominated and confirmed. decided the next president should not name, not the current president. president obama did not listen to senate mcconnell and is planning to move forward. now the big question from mitch mcconnell and the republicans is will they allow a vote on the floor to confirm or deny the next supreme court justice. this is something they have not fully decided yet because senator mcconnell wants to take the temperature of his conference. you have vario

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. basically, i'm the one who can beat trump. >> people acros

can get him one-on-one. >> donald is formidable. 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 lo

politics reporter tom live in our washington bureau, good morning. nice to see you, bright and early. so much to talk about. i want to start with donald trump. donald trump, you know, he's not humiliated, he says, by a second place finish. for a guy who has always said it's a gold medal or no medal, here's a guy now talking about putting in context the fact that he did not win. listen. >> we finished number two, and frankly, had i known we could have finished number two, maybe i would have spent more time there. i would have taken a day or two off from here. but that wouldn't have been good. there were 17 people when we started. now you have 11. i come in second. i'm not humiliated. >> what do you make of that, tom? i maean, he's got of sort of write off what was a detour for him and focus on the fact that he is leading in new hampshire. new hampshire will be a different story for him. >> it's kind of weird with him in that number two. he didn't finish second, right? this is like corinthians. you know, for him, he's made so much out of winning that that's his story. you know what, ea

. 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 freez

the town hall political going on, we have tom lobianco in washington. >> up all night and here with us today. we love you. way to go. >> thank you for being up. what were the big moments last night? what did you take away from the town hall? >> i love that phil mattingly intro earlier. it sounded like an intro to a pro wrestling or "monday night raw" or something. >> "game of thrones." >> that's exactly it. >> we have to ask about trump. for the first time he was challenged on comments he made about the iraq war. you know, he has been out criticizing it a bit and criticizing the bush record on it. last night, he was confronted with the clip that was released on buzzfeed that has him supporting the war once it started. was that a weak moment for him? >> absolutely. you could see he didn't know how to answer that. that was big news that broke yesterday. when he talked about the war in the past at rallies, he says he was right which is very interesting in a republican primary because more often the candidates tend to side with george w. bush. the last sitting republican president who m

pyongyang. pyongyang believes they are dress rehearsal for invasion. 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 kasi

. 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 both developing stories. we have nic robert

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 looking all rosy for the donald trump campaign. when you are the fro

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 a serious disease. left untreated it can lead to liver damage and potentially liver cancer

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. you heard donald trump going as you said full board at ted cruz. he s

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. he was leading in the polls in iowa until last night so we don't know how this will a

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 go time. i heard rubio has an event at 6:45 in the mornin

. 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 partnership where people,technology and i

, a little over a year. 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 prison. >> this is

debate. 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 talking about sup