washington d.c. 8:00 p.m. in jerusalem. wrer are you watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. >> we start in iowa where voters are just hours away from casting the fist votes in the presidential election. the candidates are making a final push across the state right now with each one trying to get in the last word in their own way. >> hello, iowa. it's great to be here. he will be unbelievable. >> i will always seek to make you proud, that you will always be proud of the fact that you caucused for me. >> i hope you will go. i hope you will stand up for me. i hope you will fight for me. >> together we will win the iowa caucuses. we will win the nomination, and we will win the general election. we will defeat hillary clinton. >> this is a campaign of the people by the people and for the people. >> voter turnout will be the telling statistic today with gatherings in more than 1,600 locations for each party across the state. there's democrats and republicans making the choice. the first choice but not the last word. on the republican side, the leader of the polls headi

. this weekend with one tragic event, the landscape of washington politics has changed. the balance of influence in the american judicial branch changed. and the men and women elbowing to be the next u.s. president got a huge issue. the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. condolences to his family turned to ice-cold politics when arguments began flying from all directions about who will replace him and whether president obama stands a chance of getting a replacement through senate confirmation. the republicans currently in control of the senate saying no way. urging the president not to even try to get a nominee through. they want to take their chances in the election in the fall and the possibility that a republican president could then name a new justice. president obama on the other hand, promising to honor his constitutional responsibility, and put forward a nominee. his words -- in due time. cnn supreme court reporter arian devogue is with me now, a litigator with a lot of experience inside the supreme court and a lawyer with experience with the supreme court bar. when

. >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is stealing for super tuesday in just two days. 11 more states are going to vote, creating the largest delegate prize yet. will donald trump win big again? that's a scenario giving establishment republicans nightmares. but even in their most fevered dreams, they probably never envisioned this. >> we need to have a leader who once again stands up for the american people first, not the rest of the world first, america first. donald trump is that man! >> will new jersey governor chris christie prove to be an outlier offer a trail blazer as the stakes get higher, the race is getting uglier. and senator marco rubio seems to be taking a page from the trump handbook. >> donald trump likes to sue people. he should sue whoever did that to his face. >>> and joining us now is the republican front-runner, donald trump. mr. trump, thanks for joining us. >> good morning. >> so big endorsement for you from new jersey governor chris christie. during the campaign, he had some tough words for you. do you think he was just playing poli

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

terms of politicians. let's go back to washington, d.c. the election center and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> guys, thanks very much. look at these long lines, both in hudson, new hampshire, as well as merrimack, new hampshire. people have less than an hour to go ahead and vote. we're awaiting the first real votes coming in right now. i want to go quickly to brian todd in hudson, new hampshire. brian, this is right near nashua. set the scene for us. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. dynamic turnout here in hudson. bob and i are going to move along the line. let's go, bob. this line extends about 60 feet out the door. it's been doing that for a couple of hours. it could break its record. about 9,000 voters came here in 2012. about the same in 2008. they think they've got a good shot to eclipse that. as of an hour ago, more than 7,000 had been here. these lines are out the door. here's an update from the moderator of this precinct. he said if you're in the line here, even way out the door by 8:00 when the polls close, you're going to get in and vote. look at this line of cars over here. it e

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

represented in washington and didn't really have a voice. >> president nixon proudly displayed 52,000 telegrams from persons who supported him. >> it is time for the great silent majority just to stand up and be counted. >> at that point he went to 68% approval. >> it gave him the room he needed to maneuver. >> good evening, my fellow americans. tonight american and south vietnamese units will attack the headquarters for the entire communist military operation in south vietnam. this is not an invasion of cambodia. >> nixon's conviction is that what you've got to do is cut off the supplies that the north vietnamese are funneling into the south to the viet cong, and the way to do it is to take out the ho chi minh trail, the route they're using through cambodia. >> you don't quite realize that cambodia is its own country, in fact, a country that always had tenuous relationships with vietnam. and once they destabilize cambodia, you really just have all hell breaking out. >> the cambodian operation will continue during the coming days. american units searching for north vietnamese troops a

, 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

the immaculate conception here in washington, d.c. a powerful two hour mass of christian burial for antonin scalia, associate justice of the united states supreme court. jake, these were powerful two hours, i must say, especially because father paul scalia, the son, one of nine children of justice scalia delivered such a powerful homily. >> the ability of father paul scalia to conduct that service as the celebrant, offering the homily, with such dignity, i know he would say his faith got him through it, but how difficult to conduct a service like that for one's own father, especially a father who was such a larger than life figure, not only to the nation but according to the sons and family members of justice scalia, to the family as well. such a tribute to him that father scalia was able to do it in such a way, wolf. >> and he did combine personal reflections of his dad, his father, with such powerful meaning and even brought in a little joke here and there. >> he did. there were some moments here and there about the one time his father accidently got in line for confession with hi

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 correspondent, joe johns. i think i heard your voice in that room, joe. what was he doing the morning after the cnn town hall? >> reporter: well, for one thing i think he was just making his appearance felt here in south carolina. there has been this running narrative in the pall meadow state that bernie sanders has been writing off south carolina because hillary clinton has such a big lead in the polls and that has been sort of spurred by her strong support in the african american community. sanders, this morning saying he has not been writing off south carolina but also tipping his hat to the idea that he might have to worry about doing better in some other states. listen. >> we came to south carolina and if you look at the polls we were like 7, 8, 9% in the ebolapolls. we were 60/70 points behind. we have picked up a lot of support and closed the gap very significantly. but this from day one was going to be a very difficult state for us. we're not writing off south carolina. >> so, if you look at his schedule, it tells a slightly different story. after sanders' news confere

washington post column this week. let's get started. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> a series of hearings on capitol hill this week were frightening not for their partisanship but the substance about the threats the united states is confronted with today. the director of national intelligence told congress there's currently more terrorist safe havens in the world than any time in history. he called isis the number one terror threat. vincent stewart, the head of the defense agency went further saying in 2016 isis will probably attempt direct attacks on the united states and more attacks in europe. what should owe take from this and what is to be done? joining me is former secretary of homeland security and the chairman of security firm and also an adviser to jeb bush. here with me in new york is peter, the cnn national security analyst and the author of united states jihad which was my book of the week. tell us what you made of those hearings. one of the things i worry about is intelligence agencies these days seem to view it as part of their job to make sure nobody can ever tell them they missed som

>>> hello, i'm dana bash in washington where the state of our union is stealing for a fight. the sudden death of supreme court justice antonin scalia sent an already-tense presidential race into overdrive. and the political drama played out live on television last night just moments before the start of a republican debate, president obama vowed to fill justice scalia's seat. >> i plan to fulfill my constitutional responsibilities to nominate a successor in due time. there will be plenty of time for me to do so and for the senate to fulfill its responsibility to give that person a fair hearing and a timely vote. >> but within minutes, the gop candidates on the debate stage demanded that the senate block any potential nominee. >> i think it's up to mitch mcconnell and everybody else to stop it. it's called delay, delay, delay. >> a partisan showdown that will certainly play out on the campaign trail. we are going to look at this from every angle this morning. but first, two of the candidates on that debate stage are here. we'll get to jeb bush in a moment. but first, marco rubio wh

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donald is that actually the pattern of washington, and the pattern of washington dealmakers, they make promises and break their words and when anybody calls you on it, they call you a liar and that is donald's pattern over and over and he said seven months ago and this is donald speaking, i, donald trump, was a member of the establishment and a reason that harry reid thinks that he accusing somebody of being is a liar is unfair. >> i watched the lobbyists -- the lobbyists. i watched what this man did to dr. ben carson in iowa where he said that this man has left the race and he has left iowa and out of the race. i thought it was disgraceful, and he got a lot of vote fos that and took them to away from ben carson and probably took them away from me, too, but i watched it. and i also watched where he did a forum looking like it came right out of the government agency and it said voter violation and graded you and scared the hell out of people, and said the only way to the clear up the violation essentially is to go to vote for ted cruz, and i watched that fraudulent document and i s

consistently with the working men and women against the corrupt career politicians of washington and the special interests. last night, donald trump said ted, i know washington politicians a lot better than you do. he's right. that's why he supported jimmy carter and harry reid and chuck schumer and john kerry and hillary clinton and joe biden. donald trump has supported liberal democrats for 40 years. he supported open border democrats for 40 years. and i think the stakes are too great. the threats to the future of our kids are too great to roll the dice with a donald trump nomination, or a donald trump presidency. instead, we need a proven consistent conservative. you know, donald has said, the day after he's elected president, he can be an entirely different person. he can be the most politically correct person on earth. let me tell you, the day after i'm elected president, i will be the same person i am today. consistent, steady, standing by my principles. that's what the voters want. we've been burn too many time. >> senator ted cruz talking to reporters in nashville. the death

the washington cartel, when you come to washington, d.c. and challenge a leadership in both parties and then you're in a strong position to become the republican nom nigs for president, people are going to say bad things about you, that shouldn't be a surprise. what's surprising is that marco rubio reacts so poorly to people challenging his record on am nesty. he has a record, he ran for senate in the state of florida as a tea party candidate, as a conservative candidate. he came to washington, d.c., he betrayed that by signing onto the authoring the rubio/schumer amnesty bill. doing barack obama's bidding on providing an amnesty he said he wouldn't do whenever anyone calls him on his record, he gets mad and says that's a lie and so on. marco rubio should just stand up and take responsibility for his position which is that he's a liberal on the issue of am nesty. an issue that's concern to many people that goes to the issue of trust. he said he wouldn't do that. for him to step forward and essentially do barack obama's bidding on an issue that's of great concern to republicans, part

a segment to follow because i said on cnn thursday night, i was surprised on the day "the washington post" broke a story that a superhad arrived at the clinton foundation from the state department that question wasn't asked in the thursday night debate. >> absolutely. it was appalling that you have not only that. so number one, you have the fbi confirming that there is an fbi investigation going into the leading candidate to new hampshire and former secretary of state, not one question but further and even also equal, that the clinton foundation has allegations coming against it and again, neither of those issues are being brought up and i think that that's not just sad if you're a republican but as a democrat because if you allow your supposed front run tore get through the primary without facing tough questions and end up as a party post july with a candidate that's under indictment, that's a big problem, as a republican, i don't have a problem with that but i think if you're a democratic voter and knowing that your top candidate wasn't questioned about that giving them a pass is a

funeral is set for tomorrow here in washington, d.c. at the national shrine of the e mac lat conception. his son will also deliver the funeral mass tomorrow. cnn senior legal analyst is with me now from washington. jeffrey, you know, we went so quickly into the politics of replacing justice sclooe ja, you forget for a moment the history, the vacancy on the court, his impact on the court, you've covered it for years. you know this well, tell us about this moment today and just how much he'll be missed. >> i'm just back from the court, jim, and i had the opportunity to pay my respects as well. compared to the rest of the government, it's small. nine justices who all serve for a long time. four law clerks apiece. there are maybe 100, 200 people who work there. many of whom stay for a long time. and when you're in the supreme court building, you sense the loss of someone who was a colleague and who was a friend and who was an outsized figure. and just it's a grand building, but it's also not that big. and you see the live shot right there, if you just go to the left of where the

it, these may be idealistic goals but not realistic given the real world of washington. >> this is who's going to pay for it, wealthy individuals and corporations in america. >> you've got to get that through congress and get republicans on board, especially if there's a republican majority in the house and maybe a republican majority in the senate. how does a president bernie sanders do that? >> a president bernie sanders will do that because the electorate that will turn out to elect him as president is going to be so diverse, so powerful, so many young people, so many independents voting democratic, so many new people to the process, we believe we can elect democrats to the house and senate as well. >> do you really believe that's possible. >> i do. >> given the current environment right here? you see what's going on. you've been around town for a long time. >> i think bernie has the potential to change politics as president obama did in 2008. he won two states only winning 18 to 29-year-olds. bernie can do that. the incredible number of young people coming out and that's how he

. in other words, children have to be taken care of from washington. he's weak on immigration. i mean just look at these things. remember he said, it was on your show, i saw, they come as an act of love, immigration. on -- you remember the thing on -- let's see, i just wrote down one other thing here. the texas stadium. when he talks about the taking of land, well, they used -- the bush family used the taking of land privately, eminent domain, on texas stadium. so you look at this guy and it's absolutely amazing. >> but he says specifically -- >> he didn't know that they used -- wolf, he didn't know that they used private -- that they used -- that they privatized it. he didn't know that, but they used it on texas stadium. having to do with eminent domain. and he didn't even know that. and on top of it, wolf, he spent over $100 million and he's a failed candidate. i mean he's a laughing stock. >> well, he says you aren't just a loser -- he says you're not just a loser, you're a liar and a whiner. those are pretty tough words he's saying. >> no, i'm not a whiner, i get things done. you

win tonight from donald trump that it's not just people here in washington kind of coming to terms with the fact that he very well could be the nominee, more importantly it's the voters out there who are looking at him in a different way. >> it's interesting also that the candidates who won those categories, that's their pitch. marco rubio is saying i'm the person that can defeat hillary clinton, i'm the one that's electable, ted cruz we heard him reciting a list of why he shares the values of the voters and donald trump doing what he does, so it's not as though voters aren't believing him, it's that a larger slice of the republican party cares more about being an outsider telling it like it is bringing change all the things that donald trump represents. anderson. >> it's also something that donald trump early on embraced the anger that he clearly -- his -- he does have -- for somebody who is not a career politician or has never been a politician before, he does have a finely tuned an tenia to what his potential supporters seem to want. he clearly understood the anger out there and

will start to see that snow come to an end midday for places like washington, d.c. and new york city. it will stick around from providence to boston. that is where we anticipate greater snowfall totals in excess of 6 to 8 inches of snow. look out portland, maine. you have possibility of hefty snowfall totals for you. eastern sections of maine picking up to a foot of snow. the national weather service has issued winter storm warnings for much of massachusetts and rhode island and connecticut. that includes long island with winter weather advisories for new york city. look what's coming for the first part of next week. arctic blast of air to the eastern half of the u.s. including new york city. a brief warm up this weekend, but monday and tuesday and look at chicago by monday, only high of 29. bundle up. >>> thank you. the u.n. ruling that julian assange is being unjustly detained in london. he has been holed up in the ecuadorian embassy for years. what's he going to do now? we're live next. >>> breaking news this morning. a u.n. human rights body ruled that wikileaks julian assan

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

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

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

, there are too many walls between us. we need bridges to fix what's going on in washington, because all they do is build walls. >> i don't question christianity. that's a relation with their lord and savior and themselves. i don't think it's appropriate to question donald trump's faith. he knows what his faith is, and he has, if he has a relationship with the lord, fantastic. if he doesn't, it's none of my business. >> reporter: bush taking an apparent dig at trump later while listing the good things about being a self-proclaimed introve introvert. >> listening allows you to learn and then you have a chance to lead rather han being a big blow hard and just talking all the time. what are you going to learn when you're talking? nothing? >> reporter: with his mother former first lady barbara bush in the audience, jeb gushed about this family. >> it's a blast being with george because i love him dearly. i realized quickly in my life if i could be half the man my dad was that that would be a pretty good goal. >> reporter: so did kasich. the ohio governor sharing how he grew in faith after lo

been in washington for a long time, congressman kasich, not governor, if congressman kasich had been asked is waste fraud and abuse enough to solve the debt problem, he would have unloaded with a string about how that was nonsense, but that john kasich -- that's 20 years ago. >> who prides himself on balancing the budget. >> anderson, back to you. >> we're going to continue the discussion here. we're going to take a quick break. we'll hear from governor kasich himself as our special coverage continues. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about breaking barriers. and so would her presidency. which is why, for every american who's not being paid what they're worth... who's held back by student debt or a system tilted against them- and there are far too many of you- she understands that our country can't reach it's potential... unless we all do. together. a stronger country. >> tonight there was a lot of sound and furry. two exceptions, ben carson and john kasich. we spoke with governor kasich a short time ago. >> reporter: john kasich did not go aft

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

politics. you want someone who knows the world of washington, d.c. i agree 110%. i would love for him to choose a marco rubio kind of guy. but you know we'll see what happens. good for him. >> ben, when you look at the numbers from last night, more than nine out of ten caucus goers in nevada said they are, quote, unquote angry or dissatisfied about the way the federal government is working. >> yeah. >> we saw them run to donald trump. i'm interested in why trump is the only candidate who seems to be benefitting from that anger. because you know yes,s' the outside ir. but you also have a ted cruz who can't get along with anyone in washington who also would consider himself an outsider from the process as it is typically. what do you make of it? >> i think it's two things. one, i think it's media attention, and donald trump has been able to control the attention of this campaign now from months on end. and the other issue flat out people like to choose a winner. if you feel that the momentum is on the side of a certain candidate, you are willing to jump in for him and get excited ab

of the republican senators. your colleagues in washington. if you are going to have a problem with them, what are you going to say to them as president to get them on board so that we can get legislation passed? >> it's a great question, robert, thank you for asking it. >> let me focus on two levels, let me explain how we actually change the direction in washington. it's not that i speak with a lack of civility or respect, you have seen in the presidential campaign as other people insult me, i don't respond in kind. the bible talks about if someone treats you unkindly, repay them with kindness. it's like keeping coals on the top of their head. that is the standard i have tried to follow. i have not attacked my colleagues in the senate, democrat or republican. even if i disagree with them on the issues i'll tell you why they say ted is unlikable in washington. because i'm actually honoring the commitments that i made to the women and men who elected me. for example, on planned parenthood, i used the fight with the budgetary congress to stop giving funding. what the republican leader

funeral for a supreme court justice. that, of course, being saturday in washington, d.c. cruz knew justice scalia very well. he said he was very influential in his life. he was a former supreme court law clerk. but interesting this morning the cruz campaign said he was not going to attend the funeral himself saturday even after criticizing president obama for not attending. it was too difficult with his campaign schedule, saturday being the primary here. and the republicans here in south carolina. late today we got word from the cruz campaign that it is still a big unknown. they are looking at the schedule potentially seeing if it will work but no final decision is made whether cruz will attend that funeral on saturday. >> sunlen, thank you. back with gloria borger, katon dawson and the former communications director for senator cruz. katon, we've seen a lot of stuff in south carolina. where does this photoshopped image rank? >> out of 500 like the 426th worst one. >> at least you can be -- >> clever? >> better at it. what it did do is at least they had a conversation. the cruz team waltze

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

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national prayer breakfast in washington. congressional members from both partying will be hosting this event. when president obama takes to the podium we'll bring you back to the prayer breakfast. let's talk election time politics. two candidates, one stage and a fears fig fierce fight to win over voters. >> are you still an underdog? >> of course. secretary clinton ran here in 2008. and she won. her husband ran here several times before that. so this is her fourth campaign. >> i have an uphill climb and i'm going to climb as high and as hard as i can. >> do you feel you do better when fighting from behind? >> you know i don't know. i -- >> does it bring out something in you? >> well, the intensity of the experience and the importance of trying to convey what is at stake in this election. because to me obviously tuesday is a really big deal with the primary. but the goal has to be to prevent the republicans from getting back into the white house and undoing towel progral progress that's been made. >> tough policy questions from voters. there are also some lighter moments like when sand

washington. the reality is much of washington brought this on. people are very mad at the leadership. i think in both parties frankly. but trump has had the benefit of having such a crowded field, it's disburpersed a lot of the i think the angryist voices have gone towards him. as long as his field stays as large as it is, that i a benefit to trump. >> washington is a little irked some people aren't dropping to perhaps coalesce behind one. alex, to you, sir, great piece with maggie and jonathan in "the times." in your reporting, you mention senate majority leader mitch mcconnell laying out the plan that would have lawmakers break with trump in a general election? tell me about that. >> what they're envisioning now is a scenario where they're struck with trump and it becomes very clear maybe even before the convention in july that he's a nonstarter and he's going to lose badly. what that means is you have a number of vulnerable republican senators up for re-election who suddenly have to choose do you stick with him, do you stand with trump, do you explicitly distance yourself from him

vaunted record is little more than a song and dance. tom foreman, cnn, washington. >>> let's talk to the author of "the essential bernie sanders and his vision for america." thank you for being with us. >> a pleasure to be here, christi. >> i know you've been following sanders for quite some time, he's made civil rights obviously a large part of his platform. i want to talk about something that happened last night at a black america forum. i received a warm reception initially but as the night continued to move forward there was some obvious frustration among some of the folks in the audience. i do know there was one local entrepreneur who said to him, i know you're scared to say "black," i know you're scared to say "reparations." can you please specifically talk about black people? sanders did respond, saying that the issues at hand are more about economics than they are about race. but do you think that based on what happened last night, and some of the conversations he might have been having, are we going to see a shift in his -- in how he is going to address this issue? >> well,

that pbs news hour debate live tonight right here on cnn. senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny joins me now from the debate site in wimilwaukee. jeff, i don't know if it's accurate to call hillary clinton the front-runner anymore. will we see her behaving this evening more as an underdog? >> reporter: jake, an underdog might be a bit of a stretch but she's a wounded front-runner for sure. the clinton campaign tonight is trying to draw more distinctions as they have been trying to with bernie sanders but there's no question she has far more to lose. a showdown in milwaukee. >> you are the reason we are here. >> reporter: hillary clinton and bernie sanders on the same stage tonight. their first face-to-face meeting since tables turned in the democratic primary fight. >> i want to begin by congratulating senator sanders on his victory tonight. >> reporter: sanders suddenly in the driver's seat after a commanding win in new hampshire. >> thank you, new hampshire. now it's on to nevada, south carolina and beyond. >> reporter: but clinton is well positioned for a long battle ahead, w

. washington is corrupt. an area where ted cruz and bernie sanders have overlap? >> all of these candidate will say there's corruption in washington and the government's too big. especially in a republican primary. all whining the government's too big but who's willing to do something about it? that's senator ted cruz, and donald trump underlined they hate him in washington, d.c. because he will stand up to the washington cartel. what the campaign's about. a conservative candidate we can send to washington, d.c. for the first time in 208 years. >> -- 28 years. >> and you lost to him in the crime marry, primary? >> i like chris, done great things for the government of new jersey but doesn't have the track record i think are critical to this election and the future of the country. goes back not to that he's not the best candidate but that the ted cruz record on supporting the constitution of the united states and his background to doing this consistently is more important than ever before. >> mayor, thank you for your tinchts thanks for having me. >> nice to have you here. crunchti

have to tell you that. >> your victory tonight has left the washington car tell utterly terrified. >> what an unpredictable night in an already exciting political career. >> you are the reason we are here and you are the reason we are going to win the nomination and then win this election together. thank you all. >>> the outsiders they've scored stunning runaway victories in the new hampshire primary. donald trump and bernie sanders staking up the parties. sanders trounsing hillary clinton by more than 20 points, both democrats say their fight will go national rightnow. just a few months ago trump captaured the gop after fatalering in iowa. just barely, ohio governor john kasich came in second place separating himself from the pack of republicans desperate for tickets, but can he go the distance. jeb bush, ted cruz, marco rubio still in a battle for third place and sixth place governor chris christie says he's headeding back to new jersey to take a deep breath, meantime the rest of the field will be pounding the trail in south carolina just hours from now. let's go to cnn politica

they could get him one-on-one. >> donald is formidable. they are furious with washington and politicians in both parties that have been lying to them. i think donald's support is manifestation of that. what the polling shows is head-to-head, donald against me, we would beat him handily. 56 to 40. >> the biggest change in the campaign is going to be when the people not named donald trump, the choices begin to narrow and we start to give the republican voters a clearer choice. >> with fewer candidates, i think maybe there's a possibility, i'm not sure it will happen, but a possibility people may actually start getting interested in the real solutions to the problems. >> by the way, for those that wonder about donald trump, if i go head-to-head with him in ohio, i beat him by 18 points. >> so now donald trump isn't just dealing though with the current competition. he is always battling mitt romney. more on that in a moment. right now, he is also looking ahead a bit to the general election. cnn's phil mattingly was with donald trump in virginia. >> reporter: good morning. donald

despite the numerous attacks he has received by all the other candidates and many in washington. he has maintained the highest level of integrity in not attacks others or for personal reasons. his focus instead is on fighting the washington cartel, breaking up washington as usual, getting the message to the american people that they want to hear, that they want someone who is consistent, who is a conservative that they can trust. that's the focus. rick is a phenomenal, wonderful person. he's apologized. marco rubio has accepted the apology. we're moving on. we're going to focus on the people of nevada and reviving our economy and making our military strong. >> you talk about trust. look, this is not the first time your campaign has come under fire for an ad or a posting as we all know. you were criticized for the ad showing marco rubio shaking hands with president obama. the rubio campaign accused you of photoshopping the ad. it was not a picture of marco rubio and president obama. it was remarkably similar to an image you can find online. should the leaders of the campaign be responsib

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. >> senior washington correspondent jeff zeleny from south carolina at the democratic town hall. good morning. >> good morning. the democratic side is nothing like the republican side where the volume is slightly higher shall we say. but for bernie sanders that is a pretty intense way of saying he's going to spend the next several weeks in a sort of negative attack. much more of a negative campaign than we've seen him so far. and the reason is this. hillary clinton is coming into the south carolina with the wind at her back no question about it. she now has a small lead in the number of delegates. a much bigger lead in super delegates, which we talk about so much. but bernie sanders is already looking ahead to those super tuesday states a week from today. i thought it was so interesting yesterday up in massachusetts when he acknowledged he is so far behind in the african american vote, which of course is so important here in south carolina. >> behind today in the african american vote. the answer is yes. we are. but i would also tell you that we are making progress. and i believ

are likely to be angry at washington. 52% of trump supporters. 30% of sanders supporters say they are angry. joining me now john avalon and cnn political analyst. editorial director for the national journal. this is pretty stunning. i was on a conversation this morning with a young woman. cambodian community in the state is tight knit. there are pockets of other communities. she is in her early 30s. everyone of her friends are voting for bernie sanders. they are not college kids. they are in their 30s. this is the first time caucus going. >> the clearest fissure is age. hillary clinton stronger among older voters who respond to the argument that she is best prepared to move achievable change through a very clogged system. sanders really dominating. in south carolina, you have the white voters who are responding to the argument we are going to transform the system. in the long run i think clinton's coalition even evident here is in a stronger position until sanders shows he can break into the minority community. the enthusiasm gap is an issue through primaries and into the general.

longer than the man who hopes to be president. george w. bush said he doesn't really miss washington and the white house after eight years and then a chant began. we miss you. we miss you, mr. president. the most noteworthy time was him slamming donald trump without once mentioning his name. >> thank you, gary. this is only the latest skirmish in a long running effort to put jeb bush in a corner using his brother's stance on iraq and 9/11. no one has become better at twisting this particular night than donald trump who is finishing up a rally in greenville. take a look at this moment from saturday night. >> i could care less about the insults that's donald trump gives to me. it's blood sport for him. he enjoys it. i'm glad he's happy about it. but i have -- >> i am sick and tired of him going after my family. my dad is the greatest man alive in my mind. and while -- while donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building a security apparatus to keep us safe. and i'm proud of what he did. he's had the gall to go after -- >> the world trade center came down in your b

in washington. you are hardly an outsider. it's a bit disingenuous for a sitting u.s. senator to paint themselves as washington outsiders. >> well, look. this has become one of the memes this year. are you part of the establishment,oon outsider? these terms have lost any meaning. they've become epithets thrown around at people you don't like. but regarding jeb bush's attacks on rubio, i find it really kind of sad because i have long been a jeb bush fan. and i wish that he were more -- that the voters were more receptive to him, but they're not. he has the worst standing of any republican in the field with general election voters with the exception of donald trump. and it's a shame that bush is deciding at this stage, having seen the abysmal results he achieved to return with such foracity on his former friend and ally marco rubio rather than use the techniques that he used in his very inspirational announcement speech for example, which was the best of jeb bush. and now we're seeing the gutter politician. not a good way to end it, in my opinion. >> how personal has this become? >

rubio in a series of tweets. little marco rubio is another washington politician that is all talk and no action. and the florida senator hit back making fun of trump's unusual tan and says what is trump's small hands. >> he doesn't sweat because his hands are clogged from the spray tan he uses. donald is not going to make america great. he's going to make america orange. he is always calling me little marco. he is 6'2", which is why i don't understand why his hands are the size of someone who is 5'2". you know what they say about men with small hands. you can't trust them. you can't trust them. >> and new signs of republican panic in washington overnight. what might be called a disendorsement from senator ben sass. in a lengthy facebook post, he writes if trump wins the nomination, he will not vote for him. >> he is hugely popular. he campaigned all over iowa against trump. now he says he is in the never trump camp. he will not vote for trump if he is the nominee. interesting to see that. interesting to see how the party responds. >>> hillary clinton is campaigning fresh off her h