obama, it is anger at republicans. those republicans long that gop leaders in washington caved to obama and didn't get it done. he represents all that, you've got to give him his due on getting this done. >> sara, let's talk about another person who considers himself a big winner from last night. that's john kasich. he had been predicting he was going to do well in new hampshire, he was second to donald trump and what he said that was different than everybody else is he remained positive and didn't engage in the name calling. listen to what he said. >> we never went negative because we have more good to sell than to send our time being critical of somebody else. maybe just maybe we are turning the page on a dark part of american politics because tonight the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning. and you made it happen. you made it happen. >> so, sara, what is the plan for him in south carolina? do we know what his ground game is like there? >> well, i think that it's going to be -- you know, it's going to be a tough path for john kasich here in south carolina. he wan

, tennessee, he is going to do well. here in washington, just talk to go some of the republican establishment types who might have to do business with donald trump, they are starting to come to the realization they have to convince us with donald trump. >>> yeah. and does that -- we have read all the punditry, david, does that panic then in or do they sort of surrender to this? >> the freakout factor within the party establishment is quite high. and it's real. and within the republican party, it's kind of panic mode. they are trying to move out of this momentum narrative to actually rolling up some delegates. is there a path for marco rubio? the big concern this morning is john kasich. if john kasich stays in the race, does that hurt rubio? does it make it more difficult for him if not completely derail him. he has to show he can win and not just theoretical. getting as much establishment and donor support behind rubio as possible and find not only just a path toward the nomination, but how does he take on donald trump? how does he disqualify trump? that has to be done soon if the party gets

will block anyone nominated by president obama replace antonin scalia. for the "washington post" op on ed, he wrote, if my republicans colleagues proceed down this path this act alone will define their time in the majority. thinking otherwise is fantasy. reid and mitch mcconnell have been trading jabs. party lines have been drawn. >> republicans are talking about the republican playbook. this is the playbook we should follow, the constitution of the united states. >> president obama has gotten two activists judges on the court. capable, intelligent justices but share deeply his philosophy. >> reid and other democrats are hoping the white house pick would be someone they would ordinarily support. to point out it is politically motivated because it is an election year. >> there's no exemptions for when a vacancy could tip the balance of the court. >> the process is under under way as the vacancy intensifies the race. ted cruz, a member of the senate judicial committee, amplifying what is at stake with a new ad. >> life, marriage, religious liberty. the second amendment. we're just one

problems in washington. all they do is have walls. >> i don't question people's christianity. i think that's a relationship they have with their lord and savior themselves. i don't think it's appropriate to question donald trump's faith. he knows what his faith is. and if he has a relationship with the lord, fantastic. if he doesn't, it's none of my business. >> bush taking an apparent dig at trump later, while listing the good things about being a self-proclaimed incident vert. >> listening allows you to learn. rather than being a big blow hard and talking all the time. what are you going to learn when you're talking? nothing. >> jeb gushed about his family. >> it's a blast being with george because i love him dearly. i realized early on if i could be half the man my dad was that would be a pretty good thing. >> it's really where i found the lord. life is so rocky, so fragile. we have to build our homes, our lives on solid ground not on sand. and i have found that even though the pain still comes, there's where i have to go. >> reporter: so kasich's compassionate side on display. if

. let's begin our special coverage with senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny live in manchester. jeff. >> it's been 24 years since bill clinton was the comeback kid. he sure sounded different when he was out defending his wife, hillary clinton. but it is a sign of his tone and attack of bernie sanders. sanders's campaign has been much more of a threat than he ever imagined. >> you are just for me or against me. stkpwhrr the former president's words were stinging, blasting for what he called inaccurate and sexist attacks. including bernie bros. the mobs of supporters who use crude language to attack hillary clinton backers online. >> people have gone online to defend hillary and just explain why they supported her have been subject to attacks that are literally too profane off, not to mention sexist, to repeat. >> sanders disavowing such tactics. >> anybody who was supporting me is doing sexist things, we don't want them. i don't want them. >> now, at the same time over the weekend, former secretary of state madeline albright said any young woman who doesn't support hillary clint

see on the republican side but in this tough climate here in washington. we need people that can actually bring folks today as she has shown time and time again and advance the ball down the field for the american people. >> before we get to that, i want to talk about something bernie sanders has hit her on, an overly cozy relationship with wall street. last night she addressed whether or not she would release the transcript office some of her speeches that were highly paid that she gave to wall street. listen to her response. >> sure. if everybody does it, is and that includes the republicans. because we know they have made a lot of speeches. >> you know everybody is not going to bring up their transcripts. there will be 100 reasons why. >> why is there one thing for me and not for everybody else. >> would it just solve is the problem if she released her transcripts so everyone knew what she talked about? >> even when i was supporting obama back in 2008, i saw her treated in a different way. a different standard for her. different levels of vetting and examination. even articles

washington and change the game, i'm going to get my stuff done whether they like it or not, is that doable? >> no. that is not cynicism? it is reality. >> you have a house to deal with, a senate to deal with, the supreme court, the other branch of deposit. you have the states out there. no. change comes about not overnight but in years. how do you get it moving in the right direction? i was a a navy pilot. like an aircraft carrier. you are going one way and you want it to turn, actually it will turn and you can get it going in the right direction. >> the knock on clinton is judgment. benghazi, e-mails. not so much legalities but the practicality. do you believe that is a fair criticism? >> i do not. i believe her judgment has been impeccable. i have known her since 1991. she has great judgment. for 20 years the right wing has been assaulting her with lies. >> is she giving them reason to is the question? >> yeah. the reason she is is because she is set to run for president and they are afraid of her running for president. >> but they didn't make up the families being told one thing. >> loo

to the polls. senior washington correspondent joe johns is live in manchester, new hampshire. hi, joe. >> reporter: good morning, alisyn. there was snow overnight here in new hampshire. a winter weather advisory is lifting at this hour. now, quite frankly, at least in this part of new hampshire in manchester, this is not a lot of snow for new hampshire. in fact, they had much worse weather last winter. the concern is expression of the vote particularly in the morning when the temperatures are coldest here. the salt and sand trucks are out and will continue to clear the roads. the question of course another big question is which cancelled dates could be most affected by the weather here at this time. that would be candidates who are depending on voters who are less mobile or voters who are in position that they're new, not familiar with the process. not expecting a big problem with the weather here in new hampshire. but we will see as the day progresses. alisyn, back to you. >>> all right, joe, thanks so much for that. stay with cnn all day because we have comprehensive coverage o

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 vulnerable republicans up for reelection in states like new hampshire, illinois, wisconsin, ohio, pennsylvania, how will they respond to political pressure. i'm told they plan to intensity target the republicans, hoping they will revolt and push to schedule a vote. some of the republicans are holding firm. they say the next president can and should be responsible for justice scalia's replacement. that's a sign the gop believes they can make the case to voters that they can serve as a firewall to liberal justice. >> ma

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message to the establishment and washington and not just throw the bums out but turn it upside town. hillary clinton are a firm part of the establishment and she and her husband have been around for a long time and have the bruises to show for it, and she's not a movement politician and she is not talking about the prospect of her candidacy as being the first woman as president, and she is not capturing that particularly for younger voters. if you look at the polling around concern for the economy, it breaks almost evenly and people that think that sanders will be better for the middle class than would hillary clinton, and it all goes to the single issue candidacy, and it all goes to his sense of momentum, and a sense of passion that people are looking to, not out of realism but out of anger in washington. >> south carolina is so interesting with the republican race, and the democrats vote in nevada two days from now. we have a big and important contest in nevada two days from now. you know who hates running campaigns in nevada? everybody. every single political strategist and consu

crisis moves to washington. the house oversight and government reform committee is is holding a hearing today trying to get to the bottom of how that contamination problem got so out of control and what, more importantly, can be done to fix it. joining us now is dan kilty. a busy day for you. appreciate you making time to join us ahead of those talks. you represent the district of flint. what is going to be your message today as you testify? i want flint to have a voice in this conversation. my message to the committee will be, number one, flint did not do this to itself. the state of michigan, through its emergency manager and the failures of the department of environmental quality, created this situation that caused lead to go into the homes of 100,000 people. mainly what i'm looking for is justice for the people of flint. not just an apology, people to be fired or prosecuted but justice in the form of help to that community so it can get back on a positive path. fixing pipes for sure. buff really focusing on the needs of the kids that will need help. >> you talk about the peo

washington, d.c., and joined by members of congress and evangelical christians. this follows president obama's first visit to a u.s. mosque during his presidency, speaking to muslim americans in baltimore. he urges muslims around the world to help fight the radical ideologies like isis. >>> bill cosby's defense team says they will appeal a judge's ruling to move forward with his sexual assault case. cosby is charged with drugging and violating andrea constrand back in 2004. they made a deal with cosby back at that time not to prosecute cosby but the deal is not binding. >>> a bond hearing this morning for two -- one of two virginia tech students charged in connection with the murder of the 13-year-old nicole level. natalie keepers is expected to make her third court appearance. she's charged with being an accessory to murder and helping dispose of a body. 18-year-old david eisenhower is accused of killing level. her funeral is later on today. >>> did ted cruz steal the iowa win? that's the accusation by donald trump. we'll be right back. i take prilosec otc each morning for my frequent

big south carolina win over the weekend. senior washington correspondent joe johns is live in minneapolis where joe is today. stpwrr that's right. bernie sanders will be here at the minneapolis convention center later today pushing across a handful of states where he hopes to do well and get a lot of delegates to the democratic national convention. hillary clinton, for her part, is attempting to create an heir of inevitability at the same time using just a little bit of caution. her campaign does not seem any way to land a knockout punch on bernie sanders super tuesday. they would like to rack up a big lead over the next 14 days and through the month of march. hillary clinton also sounding more and more like a general election candidate, repeating her relative on the donald trump campaign slogan. >> i believe that america is great right now. be need to be whole where all of us have a place, where everybody feels like we're all in this together. that is why i want to do in this campaign. and it is what i want to do as your president. >> a lot of travel for both candidates the n

republican establishment has sold us out, wall street has sold us out, washington has sold us out. let's get rid of all of them and that sentiment is known to exist in states like virginia, in states like north carolina. in the deep south, then you get something really anarcic. that's part of the environment donald trump thrives in. >> he's not going to be in south carolina today or tomorrow. he's got three rvs and eight paid staffers. are we making too much of his operation? >> two things. just back to the point about george w. bush, where he also helps is with evangelical voters. that's a real thing, he can peel people away toward his brother. number two, trump really actually does have a decent operation in south carolina. this has been constantly we've heard the trump people say for months, i have a great operation here, i have a great operation there. they didn't have much of an operation in iowa. it was a lot of momentum and media buzz and other things that contributed to it and his message which was very tailor made there. south carolina is the state where you could see som

with what happens in washington and they want something different. they want a leader they can trust. they want someone who will stand and fight for them against the corruption of washington. and heidi and i are overwhelmed. we're gratified. and we're encourage said going on to new hampshire, to south carolina, going on to compete and win this primary and together turn this country around. >> had you already sent a bouquet of flowers to marco rubio taking trump's votes away? >> i'm focused on our victory tonight and the fact that courageous conservatives across iowa, all across the country generated the most votes ever given to think republican victor in a republican primary. that is an unbelievable grassroots. we had over 12,000 volunteers in iowa. we have 200,000 volunteers nationwide. that's the strength of this campaign. it is a grassroots campaign. that has been where our fund-raising has come from. it has been where our energy has come from. it's where our passion comes from. and if you want to know who i'm accountable to, that is to whom i'm accountable. it is the women and wo

is tomorrow night. cnn senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is live in milwaukee with the news from the democratic debate. jeff? >> reporter: good morning, john. this democratic debate opened up the next phase of this primary campaign. hillary clinton tried to serve as a reality check to bernie sanders's aspirations. the third man on the field actually not present was president obama. hillary clinton tried to hug him tighter than ever before. but in a possible sign of things to come as this race moves towards south carolina, bernie sanders perhaps had one of the most memorable lines of the night. he said, he's not the one who ran against him last time. a civil but contentious night for bernie sanders and hillary clinton. side-by-side onstage for the first time since sanders upending fight in iowa. hillary clinton saying she is the rightful heir to president obama. >> today senator sanders said that president obama failed the presidential leadership test and this is not the first time that he has criticized president obama. in the past called him weak, called him a disappoi

promising if he's elected, he will go and cut deals in washington. he's right. he has supported deals. he's given hundreds of thousands of dollars to democrats. anyone who really cared about illegal immigration wouldn't be hiring illegal immigrants. anybody who really cared about illegal immigration wouldn't be funding harry reid and nancy pelosi, wouldn't be funding the gang of eight. >> ted cruz, theory of the case last night was very clear. donald trump is not a conservative and if you put him into a general election, he makes this party vulnerable. did it stick? well, let's get some confirmation this morning from ted cruz's communications director alisilailson stoord se. >> you've got it right. >> whoo. >> he has a lifetime of donating to candidates. as ted cruz did last night, held him accountable. asked him the questions directly and he did as he always does, he calls him a liar, changes the jikt, attacks the merger, and i think it was quite effective. we did learn last night on several fronts, donald trump supports socialized medicine. he has always supported socialized medicin

elected to serve in washington, are standing up against donald trump. it seems that just makes donald trump's point. all of these insiders will stand against him and he will take them on. i think the endorsement route this year is a big mistake. >> matt, what about the money route. does the money of big bundlers help? >> that's hard to argue with. money is important especially when you're taking on a billionaire. i think it's great he is getting these bundlers. but the story of the jeb bush money men is more complicated. a lot of dough norse will go to ted cruz. there is a division with the florida dough norse. some upset with marco rubio for taking him on in the first place. >> i call that kryptonite money. you can get it, but it doesn't help you a lot. >> why not? >> i don't know. >> why not, jeffrey? >> it doesn't help because of its source. because it is establishment money. jeb bush got what, $130 million? and he spends all of this money. all it did is reinforce the impression he was a bought and paid for enforcement. his message was way off. what marco rubio has to do is

justice reporter evan perez is live in washington. he has more for us. evan. >> two e-mails were deemed classified. powell and rice dispute these. powell issued this statement saying, "i have reviewed the messages and i do not see what makes them classified. if the department wishes to say a dozen years later they should have been classified, that is an opinion of the department that i do not share. rice's department says she never used e-mail at all is and it didn't include intelligence information when sent to her aides. clinton said the report supports exactly what she has been talking about. take a listen to what she had to say. >> now you have these people in the government who are doing the same thing to secretary powell and secretary rice's aides they have been doing to me, which is i never sent or received any classified material. they are retroactively classifying it. i agree completely with secretary powell who said today this is an absurdity. >> it bears reminding everyone here, unlike her predecessors, clinton set up a private server to handle all of her government e-mails.

. president obama admits sort of he has been part of the problem the last 10 years in washington. when he was in the senate, he talked about the idea of standing in the way of samuel alito becoming supreme court justice. but now he says it's too much too far. >> and one back drop to all of this is that republicans have been more motivated on legal issues on judicial nominations than democrats have been. then senator obama talked about a filibuster against samuel alito they could only muster 24 senators which is useless in filibuster terms. but republicans are much more united on trying to stop president obama's nomination. and i think that tells you something about the issue on both sides. >> jeffrey toobin is saying democrats don't have the stomach or perhaps another part of the anatomy to fight the fight when it can pls to supreme court justices going forward. one of the bets you hear democrats maying right now is, oh, this will be a big issue. this will help democrats. it will motivate voters. is there any evidence that that's true? >> well i think, first of all, this is more

old-fashioned texas demolition derby. at a washington press dinner lynn city graham said this about republicans. >> my party is going [ bleep ] crazy. >> the president insists -- >> i'm going to do my job. >> reporter: -- in a political climate that's explosive and battle-scar. sometimes these fights are like entertainment. but don't forget, we're dealing with the biggest issues affecting this country. it would be a first if the senate refuses to hold hearings for president obama's supreme court nominee and could affect decisions for decades and on gitmo, if the president decides to take executive action which the white house is still not ruling out, that could just spark a bigger firestorm with legal action already being threatened. christi? >> hey, michelle. thank you very much. >>> even though president obama obviously had a bit of a industriesful week, he did manage to take time to relax. belting out a tune, channeling his inner ray charles. ♪ hey ho ♪ hey ♪ ♪ hey ♪ ho ♪ now jake gets purina cat chow naturals indoor a nutritious formula for indoor cats with no artifi

washington, good morning. >> good morning victor and christi. justice scalia dead at the age of 79 while on a hunting trip in texas he was said to have gone to bed not feeling well. found unresponsive in the afternoon. and appointed in 1986 by president reagan. first italian american on the high court. a strong vocal conservative voice. a critic of row v. wade and a dissenting voice in last term's same-sex marriage case. criticized recently for his comments regarding affirmative action. and who will succeed him now? and who will appoint that person. president obama said he intends to make the nomination in due time. but republicans made it clear in the senate they did it almost immediately they want the next president to fill the vacancy. and just scalia's death and the battle for his replacement on the bench loomed large at last night's republican presidential debate in south carolina. cnn's ryan nobles joins me now with a reaction from the gop hopefuls. they disagreed over a lot last light but on one thing this next pick should go to the next president. ryan good morning. >> jim good m

senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is following their campaigns. good morning. >> reporter: victor, the nevada caucuses are upon up and the sanders campaign really hopes that this is a chance to show that he can appeal to a diverse electorate. only a week or so ago when he came out of new hampshire the senator's team was not so successful how they could be in nevada. they flew in 200 staffers, people from across the country and they are fighting to a draw here now. it is all about turn out. that's what bernie sanders was saying as he campaigned across the state on friday. >> the eyes of america and the eyes of much of the world, by the way, are going to focus on nevada. and the issue is not just who wins the democratic nomination, the issue is whether nevada will play a leading role in moving this country toward a political revolution which transforms this country. whether the people of nevada will say, enough is enough. that we need a government that represents all of us not just the 1%. >> of course, bernie sanders is not casting this is the end but the beginning of his l

right now is the most selfish generation of leaders we've ever had in washington, d.c. >> we've got to rebuild confidence by restoring democracy in d.c. because it's completely broken. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> saturday morning, 6:00 a.m. you're up bright and early, and we're right here with you. i'm christi paul. >> and i'm victor blackwell. new hampshire, we're just days away. let's go out to john. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you guys. it certainly feels like new hampshire. by that i mean 16 degrees. the politicala action is white hot, which is good because i can't feel my toes. donald trump is out in front f. marco rubio at second at 17% and ted cruz and kasich at 13%. look at that and do the math. bernie sanders essentially with a 2-1 edge over hillary clinton this morning. more news overnight. former candidate bobby jindal, he endorsed marco rubio. rubio chalking up more endorsements lately on the trail. meanwhile jeb bush planned to back the republican nominee no matter who he or she is, he says, even if it's donald trump. a lot to talk about thi

the "washington post" and a senior adviser to rand paul's campaign. welcome to you all. this threat to sue over as he calls his ineligibility to become president, you have to assume that's going to come up tonight. >> one would hope the moderators would bring it up. donald trump, let's be clear. he always had the ability, donald trump did, to always mount a legal challenge. the point is it's not even a serious possibility. they teach you the first week in law school, everybody, that anybody can get into court. the question is whether you can stay there. yeah, he can start a lawsuit and get a couple of news cycles worth of talking points out of it, but the suit would probably be bounced out of court in fairly short order. we'll see if he means it. >> he's getting a news cycle just by threatening. >> i don't know how far he'll take it. but to the point that errol just made, every day that he's defending his citizen ship is a day that ted cruz can't point out to voters that donald trump is not as conservative as he is or he's the better candidate and donald trump is controlling the news c

parameters for top candidate quality. cnn senior washington correspondent joe johns with us now. a big night for clinton. particularly in a couple of places where she has been criticized heavily for not being accessible. for not being trustworthy. what do these numbers first of all tell us about looking ahead to super tuesday and? >> we've been following that trustworthiness question with hillary clinton over and over again. it's dogged her partially because of her e-mail problems. and if you were to ask in some of the other early voting states about the issue of honesty. people would say they are choosing bernie sanders if that is the main thing they are looking for. if they are looking for experience, they choose hillary clinton. but here in south carolina, the exit polls show something a little bit different. by a narrow margin, when people were asked if they were looking for honesty in a candidate they chose hillary clinton by just 2 percentage points. and if they were looking for experience she win base wide margin in the exit polls. and if you go down through some of the othe

400,000 jobs, that is a record that i can take to washington. >> if you add it up, kasich, bush, christie, put carly fiorina in there, even though she's an outside establishment voters, and marco rubio, donald trump would be in the rear-view mirror. but you have this cluster. >> and for kasich, the question is -- he may do well here, but where is he going to do well afterwards? it's hard to see him doing well in south carolina or the super tuesday states. and he does not have the kind of organization that he's built that could actually compete for a national campaign. that is the one thing that jeb does have going for him, while he has burned through a lot of money -- >> it's why ted cruz's campaign is quietly cheering for jeb bush. the ultimate representative of the establishment. but cruz's folks are cheering for jeb here in new hampshire because they want jeb, and more importantly, they want jeb's super pac to keep going to south carolina and keeping its fire on marco. >> we know there are a lot of evangelical tea party members in the south. we don't know about trump's stayin

new generation of conservatives to guide us into the 21st century. >> the washington cartel in full terror that the conservative grass roots are rising up. >> we won. we won. >>> of course plenty to cheer about for trump supporters after winning the south carolina primary with 32.5% of the vote, trump is now the unrivalled front runner among the republican candidates. marco rubio edging out second place over ted cruz. >> well for the democrat, a crucial win for hillary clinton, blunting that rise of bernie sanders, a so called nevada firewall held up, helping to ease anxiety among her supporters. more in a moment but we're going to start with donald trump's commanding victory in south carolina. and the now shrinking republican field. cnn's senior political reporter manu raju joins us from south carolina. the trump campaign must be motivated ae but move to the south on march 1st. >> a very encouraging victory here. this is ha man who has never run for office before. and taking two of the first three primary states is such a resounding manner really gives him a head of steam into neva

into the 21st century. >> the washington cartel in full terror that the conservative groots are rising up. >> the people have spoken so tonight i'm suspending my campaign. >> there are only six now and i'm still one of them. >> it is down to the final four. >> this has become a three person race and we'll win the nomination. >> as people drop out i'm going to get a lot of those votes also. >> all right. so here is how they finished in south carolina. with 32.5% trump solidified his status as front runner among the republicans. and marco rubio rebounded from the poor showing in new hampshire to edge out second place. >> the democrats, a crucial win for hillary clinton, blunting the rise of bernie sanders and helping ease anxiety among her supporters. >> and more on nevada caucuses in just a moment but we begin with donald trump's commanding victory in south carolina. and now the shrinking republican field. cnn's senior political reporter manu raju joining me now from klum baa south carolina. this was a solid win for the trump campaign, despite his comments about the pope and geor

have gridlock. i was going to say armageddon in washington, but that would imply action. if the republicans won't give the president his pick, then you can bet the democrats are not going to give republicans anything. they'll just tie up the senate and essentially say might as well go campaign. the question going forward is do the democrats get involved in this? do hillary clinton and bernie sanders say allow the vote, but how does the president -- i'm fascinated by the point he's got 11 months left. how does he change this? >> i think he is going to have to apply some pressure on people like kelly ayotte, rob kirk, rob portman, looking at re-election. i think it's going to be really important that he picks a candidate who republicans would have a hard time turning down. one option would be to pick by the same exact senate, pick an historic candidate. if he went with him, who would be the first indian american, if he went with another woman, if he went with an african-american woman or man, then that just ramps up the pressure on republicans to block not only this president but

the phone in washington, alise, thank you for being here. we know the u.s. is verbally condemning the attack. any signal what actions they are willing to take? >> i think the fact they called for an emergency session of the u.n. security council. let's not forget this launch is on the heals of the nuclear test that north korea took just a few weeks ago. and it is interesting. usually there is a pattern with north korea. if it takes a nuclear test of that nature it waits for the international communicate to react, punish it. and then you will see a follow on launch of that nature. this time north korea didn't wait. it just went ahead and didn't really care about the consequences. and that tells u.s. officials that this leader, kim jong unis even more unpredictable. so you might see a little more momentum for the u.n. resolution. i also think the fact that the u.s. is making quite clear in the hours after the launch that it is going to be discussing this thaad missile system with the south koreas shows they are very concerned. you heard the south korean president, park, say we don't kno

sabotage -- ted cruz. the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> like grandpa coming after ted cruz with that voice there. >> is this still the battle we should look for? ted cruz, donald trump? >> yeah. cruz/trump is the number one battle. below that you have bush and

tower. he even paid a million dollar fine. >> the "washington post" showed -- >> trump makes big money off illegal immigrants. can conservatives trust donald trump? >> marco rub row on thursday