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

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has moderated meet the press and wrote a book about faith. david joins me now from washington. i want today start with jeb bush. there was so much expectations and predictions that he would be the candidates to be in this race. we collected the media say two years ago when talking about jeb bush running. >> well, i think a couple of things. bush proved not to be a good candidate and not someone who was able to read the moment and adjust. not someone who was able to take on donald trump very effectively. it took time for him to build up to taking on. then frankly to little effect. you think about the race and how it was shaping up and the first part of 2015. this was suppose to be a clinton bush contest. there w . >> people have strong memories of the disappointing parts of his administration and that do you think that settled jeb all along? >> i think that's a part of the ferment in the republican party that goes back a long time. i think this is a real kind of reordering going on in the party after the years of george w. bush. i think people don't remember as much that it was un

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

this battle is a combination of seven or eight years of battles in washington between president obama and republicans. i think about mitch o colonel and others saying we must oppose this president in order to regain power and the presidency. there was a choice to be an abinstructionist position and this all comes to a head now, pin cal of some sort with the supreme court. all republicans are saying the opposite. >> the presidents are elected for four years. he's got about a quarter of his term left. that's a big chunk of time. >> i've heard people say he only has a few months. >> keep in mind this is not a retirement. this is a vacancy. the supreme court is not designed to function with an even number of justices. this is a time where in most of american history there would be a consensus that you can't leave the supreme court vacant for a year or two. >> should cable news be creating their constitutional graphics and getting music ready? >> i'm always for breaking news. sure. it's not going to bring the country or supreme court to a halt. it's going to be another constitution t

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

cooper, back to you in washington. >> we have a enough panel here of political commentators. republican strategy, amanda carpenter, bill press and donna brizily. let let's. >> first of all, tonight after the results are in, the result will likely be that secretary sanders will be 13 andhillary clinton 11. the delicate count will continue to be close until one of the candidates pulls out beep go to nevada, the republican goes go to south carolina. >> and the damn gresk change a lot in. >> absolutely. you have a more we also have a closed caucus whereas you had to be registered. south carolina has an open i system, of course being that will also benefit -- >> of. >> can bernie sanders compete in nevada? in south carolina? >> i think absolutely. and i think he showed tonight he can compete nation wise. this is, no use his word, huge, for bernie sanders. i think he's a very eserious candidate, a national candidate. >> he's got these resources, he's definitely going to be there for the long run. this is going to be more -- his message is i can get people out and excited, the party needs that

there's this canyon between their community and washington. and there's a lot of frustration about the idea that washington's not listening to people and their every day concerns. so, donald trump's candidacy for many of these voters has become a vehicle for those frust rashzs and he has talked about it, whether it's been about the economy, immigration, national security, he has not offered real substantive positions u but instead clarity. he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and then he's offered what he believes is a rather simple remedies. that is something that's really resonating right now. >> but a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe that he could do it. >> that all of these people misjudged the pundits pm they misjudged the anger of the american people. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the frontrunners right now, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015. what do they have in common? they're the outsiders. and they have close to 60 and 70% in some places. and marco rubio now wears the estab

, washington. >>> joining us now for more on the united states supreme court somehow down, the assistant managing editor at the l.a. times and political analyst. welcome to you both. mike, i want to make up on what the president said earlier on tuesday that he found it somewhat amusing that many republicans consider themselves to be strict in the constitution until it comes to this point and they're now saying he doesn't have the right, the legal right to go forward and appoint a success or to justice scalia. how do you respond to that charge of double speak? >> i think everyone is saying the president absolutely has the right to nominate someone, but by the same token the senate has the right to not confirm that person. the senate has the right to advise and consent, not advise and rubber stamp. if you go back to reagan's last year in 1987, it was his third nominee, kennedy, who actually got appointed by the democratic senate. the first person was shot down and the second person didn't make it to a vote. that's the point of checks and balances, especially when you have a split

in washington. and he's right, he's given hundreds of thousands to democrats. anyone who really cared about illegal immigration, wouldn't be hiring illegal immigrants. they wouldn't be funding harry reed and nancy pelosi and the gang of 8. when you honor the promise you made to the men and women who elected you q say enough with the krupscorruption, let's stan the working men and washington, they don't like you in washington. and if you want to be liked in washington, that's not a good attribute for president. >> here's a man, robin hood over here. he talks about corruption. on his financial disclosure form, he didn't even put that he borrowed money from goldman sacks ande

to cnn.com and read my washington post column this week. let's get started. >>> let's get right to the big stories from around the world with tom. tom, welcome. >> good to be with you. >> let me ask you first this bit of news about president obama going to cuba. he's already being hammered on the campaign trail by some trubs. is it a good idea or naive? >> that's a great idea. go down and engage with the people. show them the best of america, their economic model. whoever in your audience is afraid of cuba, please have them raise their hand. i'm not afraid of cuba. it's well past time that we ended our isolation of cuba. it's a lab test that utterly failed. the more we engage them, the more we'll enhance the move. >> is there any out here? >> i've been thinking about this issue. i've been quiet weary to get involved because i didn't see a path going forward and certainly deeply concerned about the hu n humanitarian dimension. syria has spilled out so many refugees they're destabilizing the states around like turkey, jordan, lebanon. at the same time more tra teej rancic for the uni

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that many voters have that there's this canyon between their community and washington. and there's a lot of frustration about the idea that washington is not listening to people and their every dave concerns. donald trump's candidacy for many of these voters has become a vehicle for those frustrations. and he has talked about it, whether it's been about the economy, whether it's been about immigration, whether it's national security. he has not offered real substantive positions, but instead he has offered clarity. he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and offered really simple recommend dips. >> a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe he could it it, that he to have more substance, that the people in the republican party misjudged the anger of the people. >> and they really shouldn't have. >> absolutely. >> go ahead, kellyanne. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the front-runners, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015, what do they all have in common? they were the outsiders challenging the esta

inevitability. bernie sanders. he was there when dr. king marched on washington unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. >> there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. >> this, to me, is the defining test of this race. because of where the calendar goes next. where you have either majorities or high pluralities of african-americans in the democratic electorate. if bernie sanders can break through and get a sizeable number, that means a longer race and a changed race. >> and the place to look when we get numbers out of south carolina is younger african-americans because the big question is going to be whether younger african-americans vote their race or their age. younger people have flocked to bernie sanders. and why wouldn't a younger african-american connect with his message the way a younger white person would? that's the argument that the sanders campaign is making. >> that's why you see people in the congressional black caucus come out and more a

fix the mess in washington and rebuild the military so we can confront and defeat isis. >> if jeb bush doesn't do so well in new hampshire, many analysts say that he'll continue because he has a lot of money in his war chest, but they wonder at the wisdom of that. what would you say to them? >> i think that this is a long haul. our campaign is designed for a long haul. we basically haven't allocated any delegates yet. we have the endorsement of lindsey graham in south carolina. >> michael steele, thanks for stopping by. i appreciate it. chris christie is in bedford, new hampshire. he is talking to his campaign workers right now. there he is. you want to listen in for a few seconds? let's listen. >> as with 30 other of our colleagues from those times, who have stood up and supported me, been here and campaigned to me, i've said my time as u.s. attorney was the proudest time of my life. i felt like every day we were doing something purely good to protect the people of my state and of the united states together. so having him up here and helping me lead through the campaign has been

hold, but just barely. for more, go to cnn.com/fareed and read my "washington post" column this week. let's get started. >>> i have lots to talk about with my guest, michael hayden, from the presidential race to apple's battle with the fbi to drones. >>> i have lots to talk about with my guest, michael hayden, from the presidential race to apple's battle with the fbi to drones. hayden was the director of the national security agency and the director of the central intelligence agency, the only guy to have held both of those jobs. he has a new book out called "playing to the edge: american intelligence in the age of terror." mike hayden, thanks for coming on. >> thank you. >> so you were advising jeb bush? >> i was. >> you have obviously -- no longer doing that? >> right. >> if donald trump were to get the republican nomination and he were to call you and ask would you be on his national security team, would you? >> wow. that would be a really tough question. i would have to think whether or not it would be worth it, whether or not a candidate trump would be willing to listen to

washington where the state of our union is front running. the leading candidates from both parties picked up wins and the night's biggest names will be here this morning. first up, donald trump, who sealed the decisive victory in south carolina. 10 points ahead of his closest riv rivals who battled for the second place trophy with rubio ultimately winning by a nose. is and in nevada, hillary clinton winning a hard fought race against bernie sanders. . both of them will be here shortly. first, let's get to donald trump who basked in his big win. >> it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful. >> and the winner of the south carolina republican primary joins us now. donald trump, congratulations on your victory. what does this mean for the race going forward? >> certainly, you can be stopped. i'm dealing with very talented people. they are politicians. they are senators. i don't think there are any governors election. but we have a lot of talented people. . we'll see what happens. certainly nobody is unstoppable. >> your campaign manager said that you have not gotten the credit you deserv

republican establishment in washington and elsewhere was convinced that donald trump was going to implode, there was no way his popularity could last, he was saying outrageous things, surely this was going to end and for months you and i have been speaking about this and i have seen no evidence that he can be stopped, that he won't get the nomination. i hope that the republican establishment is realizing that this man is here to stay and they need to rekon with him. >> they probably are. they're trying to at least and i think part of the reason why they're quite concerned tonight is because all of their potential candidates who are if had that cluster for second and third place, it was sort of a circular firing squad. >> john kasich was twice -- donald trump beat him, 16% to 35%. >> voters wanted somebody from outside the establishment, outside politics and that's what they chose. >> wolf, back to you. >> thanks very much. it wasn't close. 50,000 votes he beat kasich in new hampshire. donald trump by 50,000 votes and they're still counting the votes. 91% of the vote is now in, but

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

resolve and independence. somebody that will take on washington. that's why the individual characteristics are trumping everything else. jeb bush and his campaign whiffed on what is the political moment in 2016 and that 2016 moment is so much different from what we have seen in previous presidential cycles and they ran a campaign like the previous presidential cycles and they didn't run the campaign that would win this year. >> rachel, looking at that video going to strike any notes for you as to what happened as you evaluate? >> it's painful to watch but what it really shows is that jeb bush was always a donor class creation of a candidate. i don't live in washington d.c. i live in wisconsin so i'm very close to i think what the average, every day republican primary voter looks like and thinks about and i think that there was never an appetite for jeb bush from the beginning. it was -- the idea was that, you know, it sounded good on paper and looked good in a big play book that they put together and they thought they could just really raise a lot of money and create an app

heard a lot about washington and wall street. we all want to get secret, unaccountable money out of politics. that starts with appointing a new justice to the supreme court who will protect the right of every citizen to vote, not every corporation to buy elections. and we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. no bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail. but if we listen to the voices of flint and ferguson, if we open our hearts to the families of coal country and indian country, if we listen to the hopes and heartaches of hardworking people across america, it's clear there is so much more to be done. the truth is, we aren't a single issue country. we need more than a plan for the big banks. the middle class needs a raise! and we need more jobs! we need jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced, jobs that provide dignity and a future. we can do it by unleashing the innovation of our entrepreneurs and small businesses. we can do it with new investments in manufacturing, infrastructure, and clean energy, especially here i

. >>> he h >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington. both leading candidates picked up wins and the night's biggest wins will all be right here. first up, donald trump, who sealed a diecisive victory in south carolina, ten points ahead of his closest rivals, marco rubio and ted cruz, who battled for the second-place trophy with rubio ultimately winning it by a nose. in nevada, hillary clinton winning a hard-fought race against bernie sanders. both of them will be here shortly. but first, let's get right to donald trump, who basked in his big win. >> there's nothing easy about running for president, i can tell you. it's tough, it's nasty, it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful. when you win, it's beautiful. >> and the winner of the south carolina republican primary, donald trump, joins us right now. mr. trump, congratulations on your victory. what do you think this means for the race going forward? are you unstoppable? >> well, certainly you can be stopped. i'm dealing with very talented people. they're politicians, they're senators and, i guess do we have any governors left? i don'

going to go to washington and make deals. that is the opposite of the appeal that ted cruz has with the more conservative electorate that is maybe more in south carolina and elsewhere but maybe not so much here in new hampshire. >> by the way, you are in new hampshire, in manchester, so stay there. just wait for a moment, i'm going to bring in a man who might have a crystal ball, the best crystal ball in this business and that's hugh hewitt. it pains me to say this, hugh hewitt -- i'm just kidding. you called it. here's your prediction on sunday. >> ted wins the republicans, trump comes in second but marco rubio is a very close third. >> the polls had trump in the lead. why didn't he win? why were you right? >> i think i was right because of jeb, josh and john, three operative, jeff row, josh perry, john droguan who work for ted cruz who basically owned the internet and owned iowa. i told donald trump two weeks ago i thought ted cruz was going to win iowa and trump will win new hampshire. he has corey, his campaign manager up there. 180,000 republicans showed up, which broke every t

independent in the history of the united states congress. people are vermont sent moo to washington as an independent nap is true. but, on the other hand, when i was in the house for 16 years, i caucused can democrats. in the senate for nine years caucused with the democrats of course and i was elected pi the democrats to be chair of the veterans committee three years ago, which viechl proud of and now am i ranking member on. budget committee. i am running for president as a democrat. let me be frank. i do want to see major changes in the democratic party. i want to see working people and young people come into the party in a way that doesn't exist now. and you know what? i want a 50-state strategy so the democratic party is not just the party of 25 states. >> john can i go, is that realistic and can you be a progressive independent? >> independence are a plurality in the state. they can vote in either primary. you just to show up. we get past this, we're getting into many more states where you have closed primaries. not only do you get more la teen i don -- latinos and african-amer

. 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

at this. >> ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> that's a lousy house. i'm going to take your house with eminent domain and park my limos there. >> eminent domain! >> wow. joining me is matt moore, the chairman of the south carolina republican party. that is a harsh ad. south carolina politics not for the faint of heart. attack ads on the air. there have been some dirty tricks in past campaigns. what do you expect over the next ten days? >> south carolina is a fascinating place, a long history of creative campaign tactics, don, to say the least. i expect a sprint to the finish here in south carolina. as hugh was just saying, a lot of candidates have a real shot here in south carolina. it they get a bit of luck and they perform well in the debate here on saturday night. >> so outsiders, matt, have shaken up the party to the core. it's shaking up the left as well. the electorate is angry at the establishment. are you hearing the same thing in south carolina? >> there's a lot of frustration all around. i hear it across the state. people are fru

. i'll see you tomorrow. in the meantime we send it to washington. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. i'm back from new hampshire. as donald trump might say, there was so much winning going on. "the lead" starts right now. there will be blood. donald trump moves on to south carolina with ted cruz in his cross-hairs. if you thought the race was chaotic and ugly before, wait until you see the tv ads running today. >>> going national. bernie sanders getting a huge fund-raising bump after his blowout win in new hampshire. can he break through in friendly territory for hillary clinton? >>> determined to attack. the top u.s. security official warning isis could strike inside the u.s. this year. and we may not see the terrorists coming. hello, everyone, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. our politics lead today, new hampshire narrowing the republican field. carly fiorina announcing she is suspending her campaign today. governor chris christie expected to do the same. while tuesday spelled the end for some, it was a momentous night for senator bernie sanders

coverage from washington, now begins. >>> we're counting down to two crucial contests in two states. >> both the democrats and the republicans have a lot on the line. >> announcer: it's a whole new climate in the presidential campaign with the first contests in the south and the west, the candidates are turning up the heat. >> it's not enough just to be against thing. >> they're throwing everything at me, except the kitchen sink. >> ted cruz, i think he's an unstable person. >> you noticed how rattled donald gets? boy, he really -- he lost. >> he is a liar. >> announcer: right now, in the democratic race, it's nevada's choice. hillary clinton, planning to look like a front-runner again, after her crushing loss to bernie sanders in new hampshire. it's the first battleground where minority voters could decide the winner. will they rally behind clinton and her her rebound? >> it's not whether you get knocked down that matters. it's whether you get back up! >> announcer: or will nevada feel the burn? >> a funny thing happened. the people became involved in the campaign. >> announcer: la

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for it. that other senators that washington d.c. had not stood up for it in cases like water bo d boarding. and there is no bigger amount of cowards in the world a -- >> -- exactly. like what if there were kids in the audience? i don't know if there were but i wouldn't want my kid to hear that. and i guess he repeated the p word because someone in the audience, a woman had shouted it out. do we have that sound cut yet? we do not. so donald trump said on morning joe, we were all just having fun. it was a fun moment. i got a standing ovation, the place went wild. somebody said mixed cheers. no the place went wild. i got a standing ovation. and all i was doing was repeating it and doing everybody a favor. he was just having fun. but you know what critics will say. it is not presidential to use such a term and so unnecessary and it is so crass. >> but it is talking about head lines. and if he would have just used the word coward it would not be headlining. >> but people are talking about the word. we're talking about the word -- >> but most people understand what it is in reference to

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

want us to swallow it you say? we have to run this bunch out of washington d.c. we have to rid the earth of them. get them out of there. >> all right. on the democratic side it's even closer when you look at the numbers in the polls. hillary clinton with a 3 point lead over bernie sanders and statistically that's a tie because it's in the poll's margin of error so that's called a dead heat. the candidates are fanned out making their last minute pitch to voters at this hour and late into tonight. they don't want to miss a moment. you don't want to look back with regret. phil is here in des moines and that is where ted cruz will be holding a major rally tonight. our senior white house correspondent is in iowa. that's where donald trump is about to speak live at any moment. how confident is he about winning iowa? the polls show him ahead but it all comes down to turn out. does he think in a state where caucus going is an inherited thing that people are going to show up for him? >> that's the million dollar question and we're going to get that answer tomorrow night. i asked the campaig

move by the white house to help donald trump to some degree because democrats in washington at least fear marco rubio more than they do donald trump. at the same time, who would have thought that donald trump would be atop the republican polls? certainly not barack obama when he mocked him at the 2011 white house correspondents' dinner. it's been an unpredictable year. democrats are nervous trump is going to advance to the final two and never know what's going to happen in a general election. >> bob, do you think the president president is surprise ed donald trump's standings in the poll? >> yes. let's keep in mind here, nobody else has been very effective at taking him on. particularly on the substance, the gravitas you need to be president of the united states. who better than the president to say that? at this point when it gets down to three people running, obama is not going to be as harmful to the third person in the race. somebody has to point this out. he has the bully pulpit. he should do it. he's not an unpopular president, about 50/50. it's not going to help the pr r

. ryan, former senior communicationings to mike huckabee is hogan gidley and in washington commentator van jones. thank you all for being here. hogan, let me begin with you. i want to read you something from a "new york times" piece. talks about mitch mcconnell. it said while he's begun preparing senators for the possibility of a trump nomination if it threatened to harm them in the general election they could run negative ads about mr. trump. let's step back and think about that. that is you know, the highest ranking mitch mcconnell saying that his fellow senators can run negative ads against the party's nominee. >> right. also make the comment that we drop him like a hot rock, i think is what he said. i want to know who the we is. the establishment? they have already gut punched the american worker time and time again. they hurt the republican party time and time again, so i'm not exactly sure where he's going. i understand he is trying to protect the senate but that's what makes donald trump so popular is that he's going against what they stand for. >> hurts them more. >> absolutely

he is doing. >> i want the people at home to think about this. that's what washington, d.c. does. the drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech that is exactly what his advisors -- >> the bottom line, this notion that barack obama doesn't know what he is doing -- >> there it is. there it is. memorized 25-second speech. there is is t is, everybody. >> here's the response. i think anyone who believes that barack obama isn't doing what he is doing on purpose doesn't understand what we are dealing with here. this is a president, this is a president who is trying to change this country. >> oh, boy. hard to come back from this. and the boston herald ran with it. choke. it takes you back to the drinking of the water moment. >> yeah. i mean, we're chattering a lot about this. but when you look at the google search trends, 538 did an article about this. actual viewers spike -- the interest spiked when he talked about his pro life position. that was two, three times as many hits as when this exchange was going on. so ma

for someone who's tough, strong on the economy and someone who will change washington. when you look at the issues portfolio hend heading into the final days, trump looks like he's headed for back to back wins. >> i want to bring gloria borger back in. trump, can he maintain that through saturday? ted cruz and jeb bush are not letting up on their criticism. >> reporter: well, i have to say it looks good, anderson. there are two fwhunumbers i pay attention to in shk zk from the voters. one is trump has the best chance to win in a general election and also 60% believe he can bring change to washington. what are elections about? they're about winning and bringibring i change. sunlen was talking earlier about cruz talking about abortion. this is trump's achilles' heel. this question of values. and cruz and trump are pretty tied in that. but even if cruz were to go ahead of truch mp on that score i'm not sure it could be enough to sort of win the primary down here. i think -- i think if trump kind of sits on his lead, doesn't make any huge mistakes, i think he's looking at a verdiictory h

disappointing to republicans in washington. i spoke to two senior republican official who hoped that new hampshire would almost narrow the republican field and a party would able to quickly coalesce behind an alternative to donald trump and that alternative being marco rubio. we saw a wave of support come his way after iowa. but what the real fear is now in republican circles is this fight for are the establishment lane, the fight to be the donald trump alternative is going to last weeks and weeks and weeks. what did this mean for the bush and rubio campaigns going forward? they don't believe -- neither of them believe that john kasich present as serious threat in south carolina given that the electorate there is much more conservative than john kasich, who ran as a much more moderate candidate. both of them see each other as their biggest threat going forward. expect the race between bush and rubio to get much more intense in the come beiing weeks and wh that does for the fight against donald trump really throws that in disarray, jake. >> you seldom see a politician come out and say

blitzer in washington. >> we are watching. ted cruz maintaining the lead over donald trump and marco rubio with an impressive 30 and ben carson fourth with 10%. only 7% of the republican caucus sites. 25% of the caucus sites reporting and maintaining her lead. 53% to 47% for bernie sanders. not doing so well. uncommitted the same number. hillary clinton doing well so far. about a quarter of that vote now in on the democratic side. let's go back to jake and dana for more. >> thanks, wolf. >> in our own jeff, he is in des moines at sanders's campaign headquarters. we just spoke with him. what did he have to say? >> weus

from near death. >>> i want to go to senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny following the hillary campaign. what is in store for today? >> reporter: there's no question that the democratic rivals are looking towards the town hall in derry. hillary is trying to come back a little bit in new hampshire, trying to persuade these voters to look at her record and that moment with gabby giffords is just like it was in iowa. i'm talking soft here because you can see that on stage behind me she's on stage behind me. as we go forward, there's a back and forth going on between hillary clinton and bernie sanders. she's trying to say that she has a progressive record for years. bernie sanders questioned that last night. he said some days she's a progressive. so right now this exchange is going on back and forth on twitter and that will definitely be a central part of their conversation tonight at the town hall meeting in derry. >> all right. jeff zeleny, we appreciate that. thanks. >> thanks, jeff. >>> coming up for us, the polls in new hampshire show that bernie sanders right now has

be a fair playing field for everybody. i intend to remove the barriers from washington which will allow the american energy market to expand, to create high paying jobs and to jump-start the american economy. [ applause ] >> this is julie hershey, she is president of a local nonprofit and is committed to voting for you. so don't blow it. >> i don't think he can. >> okay. >> senator cruz, thank you for taking my question. in order to prevent future controversy and possible litigation, will you please justify constitutionally your legal right to be president of the united states as it relates to your natural born status. >> sure, i'm happy to do that, julie, thank you for the question. the law under the constitution and federal law has been clear from the very first days of the republic. the child of a u.s. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. for anyone to be president, they have to be a natural born president. if you or i travel abroad and we have a child overseas that child is a u.s. citizen by virtue of birth. that is true, if you have service members who travel abroad

washington. if you're going to have a problem with them, what are you going to say to them as president to get them on board so we can get legislation passed? >> it's a great question, robert, thank you for asking it. the reason why that is is simple. it's not that i speak with ak lack of civility or respect. you've seen in this presidential campaign as other os insult me or impugn my integrity, i don't respond in kind. i have not attacked or inassaulted my colleagues in the senate, democratic or republican. i'll tell you why they say ted is unlikable in washington. because i'm actually honoring the commitments that i made to the men and women who elected me. for example, on planned parenthood, i led the fight for to us use the budgetary power of congress to stop giving $500 million to planned parenthood. the republican leadership wanted to have a show vote, lose the show vote and then fund all of obama's agenda including planned parenthood. what's unlikable is when you stand up and say how about we do what we said we would do. when i stood up and led the fight against the rub

epic, as his legacy. joining me now with more on all this is our cnn washington correspondent, joe, if i can ask you, just we lost a supreme court justice this weekend, any word on funeral arrangements with the memorial service will be. what are we learning today? >> reporter: not so far. and i have checked just recently. it's taking them a little time to get information out. i can tell you, we do not that justice scalia was a devout catholic. he attended mass at a church in falls church, virginia. and so, you would expect or you would think there would be a church service. as well, there have been services for justices here at the court. in fact, in 2005, there was memorial service inside the great hall here at the supreme court. and one of the palm bearers in fact happens to be the chief justice of the supreme court right now. we're waiting to hear details of how elaborate this process will be, and when it's going to occur, jim. >> now on the legal side of things, of course, very busy, it is in session now. what becomes of the current cases before the court? will they go on as schedu

trump at 27%. 57% voting and for people to be established with the republican party in washington, d.c. the voters so far saying the republican party in washington, we don't care what you think. >> the numbers come in. you have 25% on the republican side. you have 54% of the vote here. 51%. >> it's extraordinary to see. bernie sanders, 48%. bill bradley 35%. that was considered a receiveful showing. he may not win tonight, but the idea that you have gotten the people powered model, remember. no big donor and no super pac. the model going all the way to the finish line. with no big thing. this is of the model. the bill bradley model lost every single thing. that's not what they did. god bless martin o'malley. he gets close to that. this will go on and it will be for new hampshire. if hillary can't survive, there is no rebel yon. >> 56% of democrats in the entrance polls say they want to continue the policies. >> two different parties. >> they have gotten in at this point. you were talking about that. that being clear, there is a huge discontent within the party and the establishment doe

and calls to grow him are growing louder tonight. the washington post editorial board calling on trump -- tonight, two mainstream republicans, a congressman from donald trump's home state, both of them are outfront. one of them endorsed trump today. the other backing rubio and says trump is a terrible move. i'm going to speak to them both in just a moment, but jim aacosa is outfront in las vegas. trump is celebrating today. >> reporter: absolutely, erin. he's still celebrating. he's predicting more wins next week on super tuesday. even though he only has a fraction of the delegates at this point, trump is sounding like he's already measuring the drapes in the oval office. donald trump's first campaign event after his win in nevada says it all. >> thank you, everybody. >> reporter: eyeing the bible belt states up for grabs on tuesday next week trump appealed to christian conservatives by sitting down with pat robertson. trump talked about forgiveness, perhaps even for rival ted cruz. >> i can forgive somebody for things that were said that were lies. i have to be a good person today, at

vast bureaucracy that has become our government in washington, d.c., all of these things aren't working for us any more. they are working for themselves. and if you ever doubted the game was rigged, look at what is going on on that debate stage tonight. sorry, i thought votes counted in elections. sorry. i thought delegates counted in elections. sorry, i thought the people in new hampshire had a responsibility to vote and pick presidents, but apparently, the media establishment, the political establishment have decided they know better than you. i will not falter. i will never stop fighting and neither can you. i will never stop fighting because what we are fighting for is incredible kri important. we are fighting for our politics now. we are fighting for our government to take it back. we are fighting for our future and our country and that is why i'm running for president. that is why you have to stand with me and fight with me and vote for me. i will never stop fighting and neither can you. you know, we used to think about this as a nation of limitless possibility. we used to be cert