he did come to washington with when dr. martin luther king spoke but john lewis never saw him. >> i think congressman lewis is the hero of the edmund pettis bridge. he has tremendous respect across this country including from me. i see this issue a little differently than him. it seems to me that as congressmen they might evaluate senator sanders not on what he did during the civil rights movement but on his 25 years in congress with these other members of congress. you know, today when i heard that congressman lewis made that statement, i actually called one of my college mentors who had gone on the mississippi freedom rides and asked him what he thought of that and he said, a, that he had tremendous respect for john lewis, but b, he thought the issue was what was sanders prepared to do now. >> as a long-time member of congress. but some of these members said over these 25 or 30 years, even as a member of the house and a member of the senate he did not take a leadership role on a lot of these issues. >> that's what's inter

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our senior washington correspondent, joe johns, is following the democrats. joe, can sanders slow clinton's momentum ahead of super tuesday? >> reporter: wolf, i'm at u-mass amherst waiting for bernie sanders to make his appearance. his campaign is showing it's got a lot of life left in it after that loss in nevada. he's ramped up the rhetoric today, added multiple stops to his campaign schedule, and he's also hitting hillary clinton for appropriating many of his ideas on the campaign trail. >> bernie, bernie, bernie. >> reporter: bernie sanders is going on offense today after his loss to hillary clinton in nevada. >> what the american people have got to determine is which candidate, whose life work is about standing up to the billionaire class, standing up to wall street, standing up to corporate interests and who does not. >> reporter: and tweeting about the lack of transcripts for clinton's paid speeches. it's been 17 days, 6 hours and 32 minutes since @hillary clinton said she would look into releasing her paid speeches to wall street. he spent the weeken

he wants to change washington. but he never returns it in kind. so i think that speaks to the character of ted cruz. so, look, it's going to be a -- i think it's a two-person race. and i hope to come out on top tonight. we'll see how donald trump reacts to actually losing. we'll see what happens. >> was that the full tyler, rick? >> i guess so. >> all right. the full tyler. rick tyler, thanks very much for joining us. >> appreciate it. >> wolf, the doors open in about 20 minutes for the iowa caucuses. i want to check in with jim sciutto who is at a republican caucus site in greenfield, iowa. what is happening there, jim? >> how you doing, anderson? we're at valley high school, the southwestern corner of iowa. it is rural. it is agricultural. corn is king, they say here there is also a strong evangelical streak here which would seem to break in favor of a ted cruz, perhaps a donald trump with a fallwell endorsement. darrell issa who is a surrogate for marco rubio, he has come down to the southwestern corner of the state to speak tonight to try to p

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our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is joining us from las vegas. jeff, clinton and sanders are pulling out all the stops. they are trying their best. >> they certainly are, wolf. this is only the third stop in this long democratic primary. it's the first time a western state is having a chance to weigh in here. you can see the difference in campaigning. hillary clinton is not going door to door. she's going casino to casino. she started when she arrived this morning about 1:00 a.m. and continued it all day long. it's a high stakes showdown on the las vegas strip. hillary clinton and bernie sanders locked in a tight race heading into saturday's democratic caucuses. both betting on their get out the vote operations to push them over the edge. >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: clinton wasted no time hitting an essential stop on the campaign trail. behind the scenes of a casino in search of hotel workers who vote. >> i hope you'll come out and caucus 11:00 saturday morning. i'll work hard for you as your president. >> reporter: the outcome could hoinge th

our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is joining us from clinton primary headquarters in new hampshire. what kind of results do they say they're realistically expecting tonight? >> reporter: well, wolf, ever since she stepped foot in the state of new hampshire some eight days ago after iowa, they have been lowering expectations every single day. never mind all the history that the clinton campaign, the clinton family has in this state. of course 1992 is a pivotal moment and 2008 was a pivotal moment for her. they are saying they can't win. when you talk to them privately and some of her supporters, they believe she can win. the polls are all over the board. because of the independent voters we've been talking to and about all day long, some who are playing in the republican primary, they simply don't know but this is much closer than the 25 points would suggest. i am told that most sides believe this is within five points or so and that is not a lot of space or so. if they get out their vote which they have been trying to do, it could be much tighter than some of our suggesti

our senior washington correspondent joe johns has the latest on the democratic race. according to our latest poll, it's neck and neck in nevada. >> it is, neck and neck, and, wolf, we've seen some signs of that over the last several days. the hillary clinton campaign started redoubling their efforts in nevada over the weekend. now what we're hearing from the campaign is they do expect it to go down to the wire. nonetheless, they say they believe that their organization is the thing that's going to put them over the top. tonight, a democratic dead heat in nevada. >> when we stand together, there is nothing that we cannot accomplish. >> reporter: bernie sanders and hillary clinton suddenly locked in a close battle with just three days to go until saturday's caucuses. a new cnn/orc poll shows clinton and sanders with a 48% to 47% split. >> thank you, new hampshire. >> reporter: sanders is trying to build on his momentum following a big win in last week's new hampshire primary. >> everything in my political gut tells me that we have the momentum here in this state. that i

cnn's senior washington corner joe johns joining me from kl columbia. do you have a sense what we're expecting to hear, what secretary clinton is trying to achieve tonight? >> reporter: well, let me you some sense of what's going on here, which is the warm-up event before she goes over to the law school however in columbia, south carolina, to do that later town hall on cnn. this is a gun policy event in an african-american church in columbia, south carolina. she's appearing here with a group of mothers who have been traversing south carolina in support of hillary clinton. those mothers happen to be the mothers of victims of controversial shootings, including the mother of trayvon martin. the campaign thinks that gun policy's a good issue for her, polling bears that out. the latest cnn/orc poll suggesting she's 20 points up on bernie sanders, 5-35. when it cops to gun policy as far as african-americans are concerned here in the state. and make no mistake about it, this is an opportunity for her to tie herself to the legacy of president obama, he said gun

our senior washington correspondent joe johns is in new hampshire. the rhetoric is really heating up in these final hours. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. we're waiting to see hillary clinton about a half an hour from now in hudson, new hampshire. the voters have seen a furious final push from the clinton campaign as they try to close the gap with bernie sanders on the eve of this all-important new hampshire primary. >> the american people are angry. >> reporter: bernie sanders and hillary clinton are making a final push on the eve of the new hampshire primary. >> to convince as many granite staters as possible to come out and vote for me tomorrow. >> reporter: clinton is making the day a family affair hitting the trail with her husband and daughter. >> it bothers me to be in an election where a debate is impossible because if you disagree you are just part of the establishment. >> reporter: clinton is trying to close the gap with sanders who holds a commanding lead in granite state polls. today she questioned the purity of sanders anti-wall street

chris christie was frustrated at the republican establishment in washington, d.c. and the deep pocket of donors in new york who did not get behind him and went to marco rubio trying to, what he thought was gaming the same. chris christie joining trump right now is actually not too surprising. i also heard he is not that close to john kasich as much as we've been saying that. it made sense for him to go to donald trump. >> two sitting governors and christie decided to go with the billionaire businessman. ron, was today's endorsement just another hit for the republican establishment as it's called? at some point do they need to accept the idea of trump becoming the nominee? >> i think the republican establishment, they continue to be divided on this question. precisely on the point that chris christie raised. whether donald trump is their strongest candidate in november. donald trump embodies one-half of what's been a republican civil war about how you win back the white house after they've lost the popular vote in five of the past six elections. one school of though

our senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny is following the democratic contest for us. what's the latest? >> reporter: wolf, hillary clinton is pushing hard for super tuesday tomorrow night. she hopes it will be the biggest collection of delegates yet. she wrapped up a campaign rally here in virginia a short time ago. she's decided to add minnesota on to her campaign schedule. she'll be going there tomorrow. that's a state bernie sanders has been planting his flag in. the sanders campaign is confident of win something states but a short time ago, he told reporters when asked if he could win any state but vermont, he said, i surely hope so. >> tomorrow is super tuesday. massachusetts is right in the middle of it. and i need your help. >> reporter: hillary clinton is riding a wave, hoping her south carolina landslide becomes an even bigger super tuesday victory lap. >> i will work as hard as i can every single day. i will get up and go to work for you and fight for you. >> reporter: the delegate fight with >> reporter: the delegate fight with bernie sanders will go on, bu

ou senior washington correspondent, jeff zeleny is joining us live now from nevada. jeff, how are things shaping up right now? >> reporter: wolf, nevada was once seen by hillary clinton supporters as the place she could get her campaign back on track again and rebound but it's increasingly looking like she will need a lifeline in south carolina. that's exactly what she got today from jim clyburn. it's shaping up as the vegas prize fight of politics. on the eve of the nevada caucuses, hillary clinton and bernie sanders in a deadlocked democratic race. the clinton campaign is hoping an endorsement today from influential south carolina congressman james clyburn reverberates to nevada and beyond. >> the future of the democratic party and the united states of america will be best served with the experiences and know-how of hillary clinton as our 45th president. >> reporter: eight years ago, clyburn declined to endorse. he recounted the anger in his 2014 mem wau. he said the former president called him in the middle of the night and said if you bastards want a fight, you d

don't you want that for washington, d.c., as well? [ applause ] and the first place that i would take that skill is the department of veterans affairs. you all have seen the atrocious waiting lists that veterans coming home don't get care. last year the department came up with a brilliant idea. we'll give out bonuses. $142 million of bonuses last year went out for all sorts of things, including reducing the waiting list which sounds like a worthy objective. the fact is the waiting lists were reduced. veterans didn't get care, and vets died. they died. and the simple fact is only three people have been fired. heads will roll in the department of veterans affairs when i'm president of the united states. [ cheers and applause ] we will give veterans expanded choices where they can go to their private provider or a private clinic or a local hospital. the best way to ensure the department does a better job is to make sure veterans have other choices. it works in schools. it works across the board. giving people choices makes everybody bett

to clean up the washington mess. and chris christie, who's been camped out in new hampshire for months, is hitting rubio and ted cruz as johnny-come-latelies. >> two guys who have spent the least amount of time in new hampshire, by far. and because they came in second and third in iowa, you're going to let them come in second and third in new hampshire? >> that appeal to granite state voters, pride and being independent, not to mention their contrarian sensibilities shows how much christie has been spending in new hampshire, he really gets them. but what he and others have to overcome is another phenomenon we found and that is a lot of people said, wolf, that they want to vote for a winner and that's why they're taking a look at marco rubio since he did so well unexpectedly in iowa. >> all right, dana, thanks very much. let's get some more on all of this with a key donald trump supporter. scottie hughes is a chief political correspondent for usa radio network. scottie, thanks very much for joining us. take a look at

our senior washington correspondent, joe johns, is following the democratic campaign joining us from new hampshire right now. joe, a lot of people say it's all about the expectations game. what's the latest? >> reporter: well, wolf, it was a very, very narrow victory for hillary clinton just a photo finish, but a far cry from the disappointing loss she suffered in the iowa caucuses eight years ago. the bernie sanders campaign was very quick to point out that this victory for the former secretary of state was anything was decisive. >> i am so thrilled that i'm coming to new hampshire after winning iowa. >> reporter: hillary clinton riding high tonight after narrowly edging out bernie sanders by fractions of a percent in the iowa caucuses. >> as i stand here tonight breathing a big sigh of relief, thank you, iowa. >> reporter: the contest was the cosest in iowa democratic caucus history. a race with a margin so razor thin the winner could not be determined until hours ago when the iowa democratic party released final numbers. tonight, when asked if he was prepared to concede the iowa c

let's go to our senior washington correspondent, jeff zeleny who's following the democratic race. i assume this is good news for the hillary clinton's campaign. she's not the first secretary of state to have classified information in her private e-mail account. >> reporter: no question, wolf. this is something the clinton campaign has been point out all along. she said she did nothing that different from previous secretaries of state. she did set up her own e-mail server, that's slightly different, but she said none of her information was classified at the time. but while that's sort of on the back burner now, hillary clinton has another fight on her hands here in new hampshire with bernie sanders. the ballottle lines are drawn f hillary clinton and bernie sanders. >> i was somewhat amused today that senator sanders has set himself up to be the gatekeeper on who's a progressive. >> i do not know any progressive who has a super pac and takes $15 million from wall street. >> reporter: the cnn presidential town hall shined new light on their competing visions for the democratic party

it's washington, d.c.'s game of kicking the can, and your kids are going to be it. >> that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. tune in sunday morning for state of the union. the guests, jeb bush and marco rubio. turning you over to brianna keilar in "the situation room." >>> happening now, natural-born lawsuit. donald trump threatens to sue ted cruz over his citizenship if it rival doesn't clean up his act and stop running negative ads. trump is trying to clean up his own act by cutting down on vug garts. will he watch his mouth in his next event? we're standsing by. >>> embracing obama. one ran against him, the other has criticized him, but they're seeing who can hug the president more tightly. >>> machete attack. four people are wounded and a suspect is dead after a terrifying rampage in an ohio deli of was this a case of lone wolf terrorism? >>> and plane explosive. new evidence in the bombing of an airliner. suspects are seen handling a sophisticated laptop bomb used in the attack. were they later tar

that hard that we're even discussing this is, i think, a measure of how unfortunately the ranker in washington has prevented us from getting basic work done. this would be a good moment for us to rise above that. i understand the stakes. i understand the pressure that republican senators are undoubtedly under. the fact of the matter is that what the issue here is, is that the court is now divided on many issues. this would be a deciding vote. and there are a lot of republican senators who are going to be under a lot of pressure from special interests and various constituencies and many of their voters to not let any nominee go through, no matter who i nominate. but that's not how the system's supposed to work. that's not how our democracy's supposed to work. i intend to nominate in due time a very well-qualified candidate, if we are following basic precedent that nominee will be presented before the committees, the vote will be taken, and ultimately they'll be confirmed. justice kennedy, when nominated by ronald reagan and reagan's last year in office, a vote was taken, and there are a whole l

voters are rejecting washington and specifics. they want donald trump to capture their anger, speak to them, purvey strength. when he gets in the white house, you're going to see a very successful country. >> thanks very much. thanks very much for watching. i'm anderson cooper. you've been watching "the situation room." coverage continues right now with "erin burnett outfront." i'll see you back in an hour. >>> good evening. i'm erin burnett. welcome to a very special edition "outfront." we are live from houston, texas. the five republican candidates for president are about to take the stage behind me in a crucial faceoff. this is the final debate before super tuesday when 12 states will vote and everything is on the line to want. center stage the frontrunner, donald trump. he'll be standing there. he has won three states in a row. in the lead by 65 delegates. ready to take him on his left and his right, the men running out of time to stop him. ted cruz is the only man so far to beat trump, but he's 0 for 3 after his iowa win and

>> the calculation is that a lot of people are very upset with washington, d.c. right now. so you are seeing that frustration as it pertains to the votes and what we might see in caucus turnout. we are expecting record numbers. if the weather holds off that is what we are going to get. >> you deserve thanks for your service not in politics but you are a retired iowa national guard. the military matters not just because you serve but you understand it. when you look at your slate who do you think is making the best case for keeping america safe? >> we sought a number of folks. we have friends i serve with in the senate. they have been engaged in those discussions. i think they are great candidates. when i look at our republican ticket and the democratic ticket you will hear republicans talking about issues of foreign policy and keeping our nation safe. i'm not hearing that so much from hillary clinton or bernie sanders. >> it's about who has the best ideas to do something. who is saying something on a gop side different than what we are doing right now. it is easy to say we

washington d.c. has failed them. they are electing republicans to change things down there and the congress hasn't done a thing. and they are angry with president obama because they don't agree with him. and some don't like them. so that's manifested itself. let's remember something this is 20 to 25% of the republican electorate. so we're not talking about the majority of the american public. they are angry but i don't necessarily think they are attracted to that. >> he's telling them i'm going to get rid of all of these people you don't like. you know if there is meaningful change in washington it is going to involve some kind of compromise where people who are here illegally are going to get to stay. that is the only way it is going to get done if you look at the math down there. if you tell that to republican voters right now you are basically punching yourself in the face. how do you lead without ill nating the people who want to hear something else even if it's not true. >> what i think is you have to em poer th

so the remedy would be someone who can get things done in washington. could this work for her? >> yeah it is a really good point, chris? >> yesterday when i was with hillary clinton in dover she made that argument. -- heart or head i want you to use both and she was speaking directly to young voters who are attracted to bernie sanders idealism his values saying i'm the pragmatic candidate with the record of getening things done. think about my long legislative record and the fact that many of his ideas, she would argue, just cannot be achieved, in her view. so she's really driving that argument in the final days. her surrogates are as well. and i think a lot of young voters out there particularly though do really feel like their heart is with bernie sanders. and hillary clinton has a lot of work to do in the next couple of days to generate the kind of excitement that would bring her up when he's got something like a 20 point lead here. >> mark, let's talk about the other side of the aisle and the republicans. is the suggestion donald trump is planting that the results are illeg

i have the skills to fix the mess that exists in washington. >> new hampshire. lots of issues face this place. there is one that nobody knows enough about. the drug problem here is off the charts. they lost 400 people in the most recent calculation. they only have a million people come out to vote. 400 people lost to drugs. this is not a policy discussion for you. it is personal. when you are hearing these stories you had your wife there at some of these. you lived it with your daughter and the family always lives it. what does it mean for you to hear these stories? what does it do to your heart? >> it is so powerful. >> for families it is just devastating, sucks the life out of you because you love your child with your heart and soul. to see in my case to see my daughter spiral out of control and in a public way because i was governor at the time was really hard on us. the fact that she is drug free for the last decade now is the success story. you can look in the crowds and see people crying, see people just hurting. i can look at people and know they have gon

who has the ability to do that kind of work in washington? ted cruz is letting everybody know he by design is not that guy. he's not there to get things done. he's there to stand on principle. and i think that message starts to hurt. but he can certainly occupy that very conservative wing for a while. >> is this a new field today, maeve. is it a more open field? >> it is. i think the race was completely reordered last night in the sense that donald trump has been such the dominant force the entire time. and look how little we've talked about him this morning and somehow he's going to have to come back and prove that he wasn't the loser last night. you have such an opportunity for marco rubio here. ted cruz has a lot to prove. it just once again feels like it is anyone's game. >> great. maeve, mark, david. thanks so much. >> and it could all happen again. in new hampshire you have a new set of players who may bubble up and become relevant, certainly on the gop side. >> getting more and more interesting. >> right? and on the democratic side you

somehow in washington they seem to be incapable come together? >> first it is not a come buyia why can't we get a along book in it is a challenging look at independentsy. we are the country that starts the declaration of independence with the idea that we prejudice to each other our live, fortunes, sacred honor. prosecu patriotism is not a sword to wield against someone else. it necessitates love of country, men and women, despite our differences. differences matter our but country matters more. two years down here in washington i found there is opportunity to do big things. you are a tea party or you are a the bernie sanders supporters i'm a hillary clinton supporters and let that be the lens that really blocks out all the other light and commonality that we have. so have an obligation to understand that nothing will change unless we do. alice walker said the most common way people give up their power is not realizing they have it in the first place. time to exercise and heal. our nation must continue to go far. so we've got to find ways to star

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he came to washington when dr. king was there. yes, they didn't meet, but i don't think that in any way diminishes the effort of bernie sanders and hundreds of thousands of other young people who participated in the civil rights movements in the '60s didn't meet but bernie's life and direction of hit life and commit was shaped during those college years. we're very proud of bernie's record, not just as a college student but everything he did in this political dreier advance the cause of civil rights and equal rights. >> was it a fair comment from congressman lewis? a cheap shot? >> listen, i'm not going -- i think congressman lewis has the right to say whatever he wants. he's earned that. i think bernie sanders is someone who's also earned a place in the struggle for equality in america. ands policies he's advances to promote racial justice in america i think are on the cutting edge of the fight. he's made it very clear of that. and as a result we've earned support from a lot of people including erica garner, the daughter of eric

well, senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny might have the answer. at least he's looking at it. live in new hampshire. >> reporter: hi, michaela. convincing across the board win for bernie sanders and a humbling defeat for the clinton campaign here in new hampshire. the question going forward, can bernie sanders take the show on the road and survive the front-runner scrutiny. a victory lap for bernie sanders. >> people of new hampshire sent a profound message to the political establishment, to the economic establishment and, by the way, to the media establishment. >> in a profound message to hillary clinton, who is no longer the undisputed democratic front-runner. a commander across the board win for sanders. among women, young voters and independents, riding the wave of discontentment of politics. the clinton campaign predicted a loss in new hampshire. they got one, even bigger than they feared. supporters masked their frustration with cheers. >> my goodness. i don't know what we would have done tonight if we had won. it's a "new day" in the democra

barbara starr is live in washington with more. >> good morning michaela. defense secretary carter at nato head quarters in brussels talking to the allies trying to get more help in the fight against isis. but in the meantime isis adapting on its own, very much now looking at what the u.s. calls external attacks. isis attacking in europe, even here in the united states. the military director of the defense intelligence agency gave a very chilling assessment about all of this. as the paris attacks demonstrated, isil has become the most significant terrorist threats the united states and our allies. isil will probably attempt to conduct additional attacks in europe and attempt to direct attacks on the u.s. homeland. >> direct attacks on the u.s. homeland in 2016. what general stewart is talking about is the possibility that isis will inspire or directly order potentially an attack here in the united states. isis now active in eight countries. far beyond syria and iraq now. very firmly a global threat. >> would have been those situations barbara where we all k

and i don't think the judges and washington can just make law. that is not what they do but they have done as it relates to same-sex manch. in almost every case where same-sex marriage was put to a vote here in north carolina and other places and voted down by the people and it was individualed that overturned the will of the people. i noo a nationwide referendum and let's see what if people say. >> the constitution is often construed to protect the minority even when in the face of majority. appreciate it. there is a lot of coverage going on with our big town hall debate tonight in new hampshire. newsroom with carol costello right after the break. ♪ (vo) making the most out of every mile. that's why i got a subaru impreza. love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. boy: once upon a time, there was a nice house that lived with a family. one day, it started to rain and rain. water got inside and ruined everybody's everythings. the house thought she let the family down. but the family just didn't think a flood could ever happen. the reality is, fl

. >> 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 nevada where he's a heavy favorite to win the caucuses there on tuesday

these are washington insiders. and i don't really hang around with them. they are not comfortable with me. people say there are a lot of voters that would vote for trump or for me. why is that? they know i don't take orders from the establishment. those people, the big lobbiests i beat them 25 years ago and they resent it. it's great. they can have their opinions. i'm not even aggravated by it, but it means nothing to me. they are not out here. they are not in the arena. take a deep breath. >> what are you expecting to happen tomorrow on super tuesday? >> i think trump will probably win everything. maybe cruz will win in texas and then has to figure out how to head north with his message. we'll do okay but not great. this was never our plan. we have a campaign plan and then we campaign our plan. our hope now is that our belief is that we go north and you will begin to see things change. >> governor john kasich, we appreciate you being on new day. thanks so much. >> thank you. >>> the good stuff. that's next. stick around. you premium like clockwork. month

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 supreme court justice away from losing them all. >> the hopefuls have dig

our 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 handl

senior washington correspondent joe johns is live with more. >> reporter: actually i'm in washington right now. the final stretch in nevada. the caucuses tomorrow. a lot of the back and forth there is about immigration naturally. with the south carolina primary just a week away there's a dust up over democratic allegiances. the town hall in las vegas, secretary clinton questioning the party loyalties of senator sanders. he has been critical of democratic presidents. >> i just don't know where all of this comes from. maybe it is senator sanders wasn't really a democrat until he decided to run for president. >> it wasn't just hillary clinton on the attack. sanders on b.e.t. accusing former secretary of state of pandering, suggesting it's all about her attempt to track african-american votes. hillary clinton is now trying to embrace the president as closely as she possibly can. everything the president done is wonderful. she loves the president. he loves her. and we know what that is all about. that is trying to win support from african-american compute where the president is enormously

dysfunction and why washington needs to change. in addition you will see the likes of ted cruz who argued before the supreme court many times and marco rubio will insert themselves. two senators who can do so and try to boost their own cancelled days. as manu so accuracy and definitively says, we will see a battle in the senate. >> just explain quickly to me why democrats think this helps them in the presidential election but also the senate election, why they like democrats fighting over the supreme court nomination. >> it's all about rallying your base. looking at your voters and saying, listen, if you don't come out and vote in november, this is what's going to happen. they are going to put another conservative on the court. if we can't put another democrat into the white house, we need to take back the court. the court is always a battle, john, over and over again about the future of the country. we'll also see republicans as well. this is going to be a big base rally argument. >> all right, manu, now explain why the leadership

the washington director of moveon.org and then mr. james petersen. we know what both sides of the debate are in terms of why to to it. why not to do it. republicans are now saying these hypocritical democrats. schumer did the same thing in 2007. they play to advantage as well. why would you rely on the two wrongs make a right analogy in a situation like this? >> good morning chris. what's important here though is what this boils down to is a political question. and that is exactly right. if the democrats, if the situation was reverse they would be doing the same thing, delaying this. because this is a big question with big consequences. and this is because we now have a supreme court that takes it upon itself to decide many important questions of our own lives. and this is a huge seat. it could change the outcome -- >> we get that it's a big deal. the question is how do you go about with the process of dealing with this big deal? mr. wick ler, you have a sour look. shaking your head back and forth. what do you object to so much. >> this is fundamenta

ted cruz said he would go to washington d.c. and challenge the leadership in both parties, particularly the republican party which he note in conflict after conflict with barack obama that republican leadership surrendered before breakfast and we've seen that to be true with republicans frustrated with the lack of republican agenda even though we won the house and won the senate. you know, ted cruz did not go to washington d.c. to change ideas and become somebody else and climb the latter. ted cruz insure rent conservative conservative and conservative leaders chat le ee the status quo and with republicans that want to challenge. >> three days until super tuesday. we'll see how he does in texas. ron and kaley, thank you both. >> thanks, victor. >> christi, back to you. >> thank you so much. great conversations there as we also have to talk about apple ratcheting up the fight with the fbi warning that compiling with the order to hack a phone could mean a government with quote limitless powers. >>> but first, a new california star

i know folks on the republican side and non republicans are very frustrated with washington and they like in donald trump somebody that is willing to break some china. but i also think we have to maintain a certain level of decorum. and this is the leader of the free world. and someone we want our dhirn to grow up to emulate and i think that kind of attack, which you see very frequently doesn't happen the process. >> we'll be looking forward to watching the debate tonight. thanks so much. >> thanks a lot. >> unraveling one of the biggest scams in history. a cnn money investigation you need to hear about. that's next. .. (radio chatter continues in background) that's all there is. there's just one direction. forward. one time... now. and there's just one sound. you and us... together... with a mighty roar... that tells the world... we're coming for you. (vo) whewe ate anything.ake home until i decided we both needed to eat better. now jake gets purina cat chow naturals indoor a nutritious formula for indoor cats with no artificial flavors. it helps to control hairballs and maintain a

when you cut taxes by $5 billion and you grow over 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.

cnn's senior washington correspondent joe johns is live in chicago where hillary clinton was yesterday with more. joe. >> a really quick pivot for hillary clinton starting out here in chicago, going on to las vegas last night. a meeting with members of the culinary union in las vegas last night as a matter of fact this is one of the critical unions, perhaps the most powerful union in nevada right now. she was reaching out to people on the off hours shift, encouraging them to go out to caucus. and then there is this. a new ad released in the state of nevada from the hillary clinton campaign reaching out to latino voters. you can see a little girl telling hillary clinton that her parents got a deportation letter and hillary clinton trying to comfort the girl. listen. >> feel feel really really strongly that you are being very brave. and you have to be brave for them too. because they want you to be happy. they want you to be successful. they don't want you to worry too much. let me do the worrying. i'll do all the worrying. is that a deal? >> the latino vote so important in nevada nevada

he is 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 suppo

and that is what we haven't seen in washington for at least seven years. and it is the reason that i support marco rubio. your question about a pathway to a majority i think is pretty easy to understand. if you look at national polls, essentially donald trump is a 30-some percent supported individual. and what you really have, is you really have 65 to 70% who want somebody else, the so called establishment. the problem is they are divided among candidates who can win and candidates who can't win. the old expression in the republican party and i think it still holds true is you have got to support. you have got to vote for the most conservative candidate that can win. >> well but here is the thing. i think that it might be simple on that level to understand it. but i think that that assumes some things that may be very much in question. for instance, trump is not at 30%. by most polls he's higher. so say you need closer to 40. fine you still have 60. but that assumes one path. there is no reason to believe that cruz supporters would go with rubio. certainly

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 preside

h went to washington surrounded by washington insiders and decided to turn his back on floridians like myself and support it. marco rubio was never my choice coming into 2016. i looked around the field and i looked at ted cruz as someone who's taken on the entire washington establishment and that's the guy i decided to go with. >> it's not like ted cruz had some long glorious career. i met him in 2000. he was solicitor general in texas for a long time. he did work in a private practice. you say marco rubio is a career politician. is ted cruz really that different? >> ted cruz has prior experience. rehn, when he graduated law school, he wanted to do a clerk ship. it's different than what marco rubio did. he graduated from high school, became a commission mer of miami, went on to be a rep at the florida house and the only reason he stopped doing that is he turned out. there was a lot of passion behind ted cruz. i think floridians like myself think we made a mistake in 2010 with marco rubio and we're not going to make the same mistake in 2016. there's a reason marco rubio is behind ted cr

. >> 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 george w. bush lying. >> a big win

jim acosta from 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

and i understand the anger towards washington. but that anger should be directed at the obama administration. their willingness to ignore the law. to do whatever they want by fiat. that is really where this fight needs to go is against the obama dmings. and if we nominate donald trump we are effectively continuing the obama administration in the face of hillary clinton. >> victor, let me come back to you. and of course there's been this call for donald trump to release his taxes. e heard that from ted cruz. but we heard something else. let's play that sound bite from yesterday from ted cruz. >> you know in the civil war you couldn't fight for the south and the north at the same time. it didn't work that way. they didn't make a musket with a barrel on both ends. page side. >> so ted cruz invoking the imagery of the civil war right in the deep south. to make a political point of course that brings up a the meerd of the painful and associations for people. >> i don't think he was doing it in that context at all. i think he was just s

it will be held in washington, d.c.'s basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception, it is one of the largest churches in the world. make sure to stay with cnn for special live coverage of the mass. coverage begins this morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern. >>> now, president obama won't be attending the service, but the first family and members of congress honored the late justice on friday as he laid in repose inside the supreme court. cnn's pamela brown was there. >> well, amara, more than 3,000 people have showed up to pay their respects to justice scalia, including the first family. not everyone here today shared his conservative ideology, but they say they came here to pay tribute to him because he was such an influential judge on the high court and dedicated 30 years of his life to service. president obama and the first lady arrived to pay their respects to justice antonin scalia. the first couple paused at the flag draped casket as scalia's former clerks stood guard, one of his clerks jameson jones. >> ju