i've done it in washington, i've done it in ohio. i hope you've noticed i do have the foreign policy experience, and working with some of the great minds to develop the confidence, the firmness and toughness and the ability to bring people together. i hop you all think about giving me your vote. i would appreciate it very much. i tell you, we won't have to spend time figuring what we're going to do. i will hit the ground running and we will get america moving again. thank you all very much. >> senator rubio. >> thank you for having us tonight. you know, this campaign has come a long way. it was just a few months ago there were 15 or 11 us on the stage and now the votes are starting to count. we incredible decision to make, not just about the direction of america but the identity of our party and conservative movement. the time for games is oaf. had you a lot of choices to make and i'm asking to get mind me, go on our web site and join you are effort, marcorubio.com so we can bring an end to this silliness and luniness. >> senator cru

. >> there's a lot of concern, as you know, among republican party leaders in washington about can you win a general election? let's talk about demographics for a second. if the next republican nominee wins the same share of the white vote that marco rubio did in 2012, that was 59%, that nominee would need to win 30% of the non-white vote. now, with all due respect, sir, a lot of republican leaders in d.c. struggle to envision you accomplishing this, especially given the fact that there are white supremacist groups and individuals like that who support you, some of whom you've even retweeted. >> well, is that i know nothing about. i don't know retweeting up. retweet somebody and they turn out to be white supremacists. i know nothing about the groups that support me. s i will tell you, as a candidate i'll bring over a lot of democrats, bring over a lot of independents. nobody else will. in all fairness, other candidates will never bring over independents. we're talking about the reagan democrats. we'll bring over tremendous numbers. we'll bring over youth. bernie's not going to make it,

it was striking when the cuban officials came to washington, and he came to the press conference and wanted to ask the question and the john kerry state department said if she asked a question she would be forcibly removed. i remember being astonished. she said look, i expected that in cuba. that's what they do to free speech here. but the obama state department was happy to silence a dissent to protect the cubans from even asking questions. listen, my bad was imprisoned and tortured in cuba. and my aunt was imprisoned and tortured by castro. so my family has seen firsthand the evil and the oppression in cuba. we need to have a president that stands up to our enemies, that -- if you look at cuba when the soviet union collapsed, they lost a major source of money. but then venezuela stepped in and cuba had a corrupt bargain where they would send soldiers to venezuela that they would use to oppress the citizens there and in exchange venezuela would send money. but now oil prices are tanking and cuba was again on the ropes. the castros were again on the rope and just like with iran, the

you want to come to washington and work? we can put you there. >> i'd love to. >> okay, thank you very much. [ applause ] >> governor, this is willia hodge. he is an attorney here in south carolina. he says he's leaning towards rubio but he does remain und undecided. >> being a southern baptist and an attorney here in south carolina -- >> is that consistent? >> well, that's what my question is getting to. it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between my moral convictions and the letter of the law and what i'm required to do. if you were given the opportunity as president to nominate someone for the supreme court which i believe the next president will have the opportunity to do so, would you nominate someone who will rule and vote based on their moral convictions or would you be willing to put someone who takes legal reasoning and makes decisions even if it doesn't coincide with their personal beliefs? >> i have appointed well over 100 judges in ohio. even appointed a judge to the ohio supreme court who happens to be a