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let's go back to wolf in washington. >> our political directors, you are looking at all the numbers. who showed up and what they won. >> he asked the voters as they showed up, what are you looking for in a candidate quality. this will help explain to everyone watching why ted cruz is where he is. take a look at this. among the voters that said i am looking for a candidate who shares my values, ted cruz is demolishing the field. 37% for cruz and 21% for rubio and 16% for carson and 7% for paul. that is 41% of the republican electorate. that was an important quality. when we asked about the quality of someone who can win, the electability question. rubio and 25% for trump and 22% for cruz and 2% for carly fiorina. not as many caucus goers looking for electability as for someone who shares their values. this quality, telling it like it is, that is the donald trump thing. that is what he is campaigning on. 67% of voters looking for a candidate who said i want someone who tells it like it is. only 15% of the republican caucus going electorate is looking for that quality. with four oust te

we have tom lobianco joining us from washington. tom, good morning to you. this debate was a different hillary clinton. not content to sit back and wait until more favorable political terrain. she seemed to have an answer for everything he said. this was an exchange on who was more establishment and her response. watch. >> secretary clinton does represent the establishment. i represent, i hope, ordinary americans and by the way, who are not all that enamored with the establishment. >> senator sanders is the only person who i think would characterize me a woman running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment. i have to tell you it is really quite amusing to me. >> so tom, hillary clinton down 30 points in the latest cnn/orc poll in new hampshire. what is she trying to do here? >> she has to put a dent in that. you know, the funny thing is both sides downplayed what the expectations are. you know, you could argue whether or not successfully. she has to put a dent in that. she has to move past this. a lot of this -- you don't want to j

recognizing that, you know what, we need somebody who is not part of the problem right now which is washington. if you are looking at the results here in south carolina, 43% of the voters went with somebody who has never been elected into the political office. so dr. carson's message of, you know, heal, inspire and revive is something that a lot of the voters are still wanting in their president. >> all right. jay sop osborne with ben carson and he is still in the race, and not going anywhere as he said. thanks for being with us. matt lewis, and also a cnn xhen ta for the, and errol louis, and you are joining us for the first time tonight, and i want to give it to you, ben carson not leaving the race, and lot of the ted cruz supporters saying, he has to get out, because they believe he is pulling directly from him. >> i can see why they think that, and more importantly, they have to convince ben car sson o that if they have any hope for him leaving the race for that reason. there is going to be a certain momentum that is going to be leading towards when we talk about the delegate counts after

here in washington, 2:00 a.m. saturday hong kong. wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, presidential politics here in the united states. with just four days away from the first primary of this, the 2016 race for the white house, and the candidates they're in a sprint right now to the finish line in new hampshire. on the republican side today jeb bush, john kasich, ted cruz, chris christie, marco rubio, carly fiorina, they're all scheduling campaign events today. democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, they're also on the campaign trail in new hampshire today. we're also monitoring the events taking place specifically this hour. bernie sanders' rally set to begin any minute now in exeter, new hampshire, and hillary clinton is wrapping up a canvas launch in manchester. looking at live pictures there. we're watching all of this unfold. meanwhile, a new poll out today shows bernie sanders holding to a wide lead over hillary clinton in new hampshire. in the cnn-wmur poll of like

you never heard me be critical of washington d.c. you never heard anybody say the dog ate my homework in florida. if anybody on my team started saying it wasn't my fault, i politely sent them over into the corner and said either stop or you're going to be fired. because the first day in office as president of the united states, here's my pledge to you. unlike my sprepredecessor who w always critical of his predecessor. i will accept personal responsibility as president of the united states, and my team will do the same, and we'll begin to solve problems rather than blaming others that they're not getting solved. >> there's jeb bush. he also said about donald trump, you can't learn something if all you do is talk. it's interesting to hear from jeb bush. he says he's not going to blame other people when he gets into office. it's his office. he's going to take it. you hear donald trump blaming a lo lot of people. that's his angle. at one point he even blamed iowans because he wasn't even leading. >> i was there, and i heard the speech.

it is the election, the primary for the democrats, ryan is with me, cnn commentator and washington correspondent at the new yorker. it's interesting, joe johns told us from one of the polling sites that it looked like to him, this is anecdotal, that voter turnout is very light. >> yeah. >> who does that help, hurt? granted, we don't have the numbers. >> look, so the conventional wisdom which has been wrong in this campaign, but i think it's right in this case, is lower turnout hurts bernie sanders. so, in a lower turnout election you have this core of the democratic party. people that vote in every election, and those voters so far in the first three states have been hillary clinton supporters. in iowa, the sanders campaign predicted that they would lose the campaign under a low turnout scenario. they would tie it under a little higher. and they would win it higher than that. >> this was iowa. >> iowa. and it was obviously in the middle. it was tied of it they nailed that. their projections have been more voters better for sanders, his two core constituencies are young people, millennials, and i

about records, that record right there means more than any legislation than any type of person up in washington, d.c. or the beltway has tried to pass. >> scottie, you bring up endorsements and how much does it matter? >> it always matters. >> well, in south carolina, look at rubio, he has the best list of endorsements you could get. >> and sarah palin did not bring iowa to donald trump as you know as well. >> mayor nutter. >> as someone who has run for office, you would like to have the endorsement but it is not true that the culinary workers endorsed secretary clinton. >> they did. >> and she addressed them and they were helpful, but by the way of the endorsement, and if you can get it, you would. >> and it stings more when it doesn't go your way. >> and in this day and age with the instant communication, endor endorsements are less important than they used to be, and it is the politics tof past. and we are have seen it frankly on both sides. >> in many instances the rank and file is making the decisions based on the information they are gettingt at wref, and at the risk of ever disagreeing w

you but in 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

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

. >>> washington paying tribute to justice antonin scalia. more than 3,000 mourners, including members of congress. you are looking at live pictures now streaming by to view the casket. president obama and first lady michelle obama also paying their respects. that was earlier today. >>> a funeral mass for justice scalia will be held tomorrow at the basilica of the national shrine of the emaculate conseptsion. the yesterday's son, the reverend paul scalia will deliver the homily. cnn's coverage of justice scalia's funeral begins at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow with wolf blitzer and jake tapper. >>> when we come back, just hours to go until south carolina's republican primary. what do the voters think of all of this? we'll talk to two people who have been on the fence and see if they have made up their minds. make a dep-- vo: it happens so often... (box smashing) you almost get used to it. (voice on phone) main menu. representative. please hold-- representative! hello, retirement account number 61414-- here's a retirement plan built just for you. vo: wh

i look at what goes on in washington. these guys could care less about me. we talk about young people having never participated in the political process. what our job is to revitalize american democracy. to have one of the highest voter turnouts on earth, rather than one of the lowest. >> brnz bernie sanders there saying that he is moving in to super tuesday with momentum, despite the fact that he lost. he was smashed by hillary clinton, his competitor in south carolina. you heard hillary clinton in her concession speech last night saying, kind of in response to donald trump as we have been talking about the whole back and forth involving the kkk saying america is great. what she wants to do is make america whole. governor john kasich almost repeating a similar refrain. now talking to supporters in massachusetts saying there is no time for hate. let's listen in. >> i guess every day i wake up there is another crazy thing happening in this campaign. apparently today, i don't understand it but donald trump refused to disaassociate himself and condemn white sup

>> voters won't change in washington. they know this is the election between those power brokers in washington who want to maintain the status quo and all of those americans who believe the government should work for the people rather than the other way around. that's the competition you're seeing. people are tired of political correctness and those really focused on favoritism for a few here in washington rather than opportunity for all. >> well, you want change in washington to be clear, to be sure, and the question is, who is most likely to get that change? it's the issue of, you know, electability versus purity, really. when voters in iowa were asked about who the most electable was, it was marco rubio at 43%, donald trump at 25%, cruz 22. you have a record and heritage has a record of being on the side of purity sometimes instead of electability. what do you think in this case? >> well, there's really no purity in politics. what we want to do is move things in a positive direction. americans know we haven't been doin

sometimes they give out the worst week in washington awards. you can argue that ted cruz is up for that this week. he was battered by both sides on this dishonest city issue and had to fire a staffer. it turned out to be completely wrong and he finishes a third most likely and gives this tired deflated speech about moving on to super tuesday. >> you did not hear from marco rubio last night. he left. he was out campaigning. getting a good night's rest so he'll be on tv this morning trying to tout what looks to be a number two position in nevada. the five remains will meet head to head in the next gop debate. that's tomorrow night in houston, texas. it will be only on cnn. >>> there was another big cnn event. they made their final pick to voters just a few days before their primary. cnn town hall event. we saw some new strategies, new line. a new campaign direction. wheel break it down next. the future belongs to the fast. and to help you accelerate, we've created a new company... one totally focused on what's next for your business. the true par

is the establishment whom we cover in washington, d.c., and wielded power for many, many years under president george w. bush and they control the house, they control the senate, are they going to be able to take back the presidential nomination? >> so does that mean a real coalescing around one of the four establishment candidates? >> yeah. is there push for marco rubio or jeb bush? is that going to work at all or not? we'll see. dana bash stay here. that's it for this special edition of "the lead." dana and i will be back with cnn's special coverage of the new hampshire primary 7:00 p.m. eastern. i now turn you over to wolf blitzer in a place we like to call "the situation room." >> who wins new hampshire depends on who turns out to vote. just moments from now we'll bring you the first answers to that key question. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> i'm anderson cooper with new hampshire's secretary of state predicting a record turnout. we've just received the first exit polling data on who

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 responsible for the candidate himself? >> look, as we said, he's taken action and we're moving forward. now is the time for us to focus on what the people of nevada are concerned with and it is about

here in washington, 2:00 a.m. saturday hong kong. wherever you are watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. up first, presidential politics here in the united states. with just four days away from the first primary of this, the 2016 race for the white house, and the candidates they're in a sprint right now to the finish line in new hampshire. on the republican side today jeb bush, john kasich, ted cruz, chris christie, marco rubio, carly fiorina, they're all scheduling campaign events today. democrats, hillary clinton and bernie

essentially, if anybody in washington, any top official in washington, if you look at their private e-mail, you're going to find sensitive and classified information. there were two e-mails that have now been flagged as being classified for colin powell. they were more than a dozen years ago. in rice, ten e-mails sent to her aids. she has issued a statement from her office at stanford and she points out that she never used e-mail at all while she was secretary of state, and that these ten e-mails, she says, did not contain any intelligence information. it's important to point out that in the case of hillary clinton as opposed to the other two, she set up her own private server to handle all her government work while she was secretary of state. and there's still an fbi investigation that is now hanging over her campaign. >> all right. evan perez reporting live for us this morning. thank you. some other top stories this morning. >>> a six-day three-state crime spree over as one suspect is killed and another in custody after a big gunfight. the suspects, a couple from missouri had been nickna

here in washington. 8:00 p.m. in acura, turkey. wherever you're watching from around the world, thanks very much for joining us. we begin with a very dramatic escalation in the battle for the race for the white house. ted cruz is now calling out donald trump over a threatened lawsuit. cruz saying trump's threat stems from a cruz tv ad. the ad uses comments trump made to nbc back in 1999 when he said, he was, quote, very pro choice. ted cruz's message to trump, sue me. >> donald's lawyer sent our campaign a cease and desist letter. and this letter, i will say, having practiced law for many, many years, this letter is one of the most remarkable letters i've ever read. mr. trump's lawyers contend that that advertisement you just saw is, quote, material -- is an attempt to materially mislead the public. and indeed provides more detail. he says that this attack ad, is what he calls it, is, quote, not only completely disingenuous, but replete with lies, false, defamatory and destructive statements and down right fabrications. mr. trump's

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brianna keilar joins me now in washington. sanders isn't even in south carolina today, he's in massachusetts where he hopes to score a victory a week from tomorrow. >> it's pretty revealing where the candidates are on the democratic side. hillary clinton is fund-raising in los angeles so maybe some confidence revealed there. but you see bernie sanders banking on some of these states that are whiter for sure. his team realistic about his chances in south carolina but he will have to broaden his support if he's going to win the democratic nomination so he has a lot of work to do to challenge hillary clinton from here on out. hillary clinton, stealing back some momentum after her victory in the nevada caucuses. >> i want to knock down all the barriers holding people back. we spent a lot of time talking with voters in the last week about the barriers they felt did impede their getting ahead. >> reporter: it's a message her campaign thinks is resonating with african-american voters in south carolina, which holds its primary saturda

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

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

to clean up the washington mess. meanwhile, ben carson won't let up on ted cruz for what carson aides call dirty tricks, sending this e-mail erroneously suggesting carson may drop out. cruz has apologized but carson isn't satisfied, telling buzzfeed not to take corrective action is tacitly saying it's okay or like hillary clinton said after benghazi, what difference does it make. carson said it doesn't rise to the level of benghazi but i'm saying it's the same kind of attitude. and carson is really trying to capitalize on all of that and is trying to raise money off of it. he even on his website, which is pretty popular among his supporters put up a voice mail that apparently came from cruz headquarters to captain precincts in iowa saying that he was suspending campaigning, clever language there. jake, he was expected to be back on the campaign trail today right where you are in new hampshire where the latest poll shows him at just 2%. jake. >> dana bash, thanks so much. we'll hear more from barbara bush later this h

. >> well, you know, we're certainly in a political era now with gridlock in washington where the art of political compromise i think unfortunately has been lost. i do think that the president has to be someone, he or she has to be someone who is an effective negotiator with a good temperament. he or she will have their finger on the nuclear button. and whether or not trump is that person is something not only iowa caucusgoers have to pay attention to but voters in the general election. >> tim o'brien, appreciate you being with us. >> thanks, anderson. >> i want to get the panel's take on this. donald trump has repeatedly said as president, you know, i'll modify myself, i'll change a little bit, i won't be quite so aggressive in my personality. do you think voters believe that? and do you think voters want that? >> sure, i think they believe it. you know, he has built, with all due respect to this gentleman, he has built this enormous business organization, which beyond doubt is successful. can you go through and cher write-pick a failure here or there? sure. of course. you can do tha

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

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

his sudden death has ignited a political battle in washington that is spilling over to the campaign trail. joe johns live at the supreme court with more for you this morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. justice scalia had such an enormous outsized voice on all issues that mattered most to conservatives in the legal world and now his death coming at a time in the midst of a huge election battle in the united states has got people in this building and across the country wondering what is going to happen next. the body of justice antonin scalia returning home to virginia this morning. the 79 year old died here in his sleep at a texas resort over the weekend. funeral plans for the supreme court's conservative voice are underway and so is the epic political battle for his replacement. >> president obama in my view should make that nomination. i hope he does it as soon as possible. >> there is no way the senate should confirm anyone that barack obama tries to appoint in his last year in office to a lifetime appointment. >> reporter: the republicans fear another liberal nominee would tip t

let us go back to campaign headquarters in washington, d.c., and wolf blitzer. wolf? >> all right, jake. thanks very much. here's our cnn key race alert right now. on the republican side, donald trump is the winner. he's building that lead impressively. 35%. he's 8,500 votes ahead of john kasich, the ohio governor. he's got 16%. look at this battle for second and third place under way right now. ted cruz just changed to 12%. jeb bush, 11%. marco rubio, 10%. chris christie, 7%. carly fiorina and ben carson, they're down below. take a look at the democratic side. bernie sanders, the independent senator from neighboring vermont, 58%. he's about 10,000 votes ahead of hillary clinton at only 40%. a big, big win for bernie sanders. a big, big win for donald trump. you know, actually i want to go back to anderson right now. anderson, you're getting more information and you're also getting expert analysis. >> yeah, that's right. david axelrod, gloria borger are taking a deep dive on the numbers both for donald trump and for hillary clinton, what bode for her future and for th

we're going to take you to washington now. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. he's looking more like a politician today and less like -- well, less like donald trump. "the lead" starts right now. recalculating. republican front-runner donald trump making some tweets after his second place finish in iowa. he's pounding the pavement instead of his opponents in new hampshire today. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders both of them circling left like they're on a nascar track as they battle over who's the real progressive. but did clinton stumble on the $675,000 question last night? >>> plus, an nfl star's death that may help save the lives of future players. our dr. sanjay gupta gives us a look at your brain on football and a possible medical breakthrough against a crushing disease. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we are in the thick of it, people, so of course we begin today again with our politics lead. donald trump in new hampshire, the site of the nation's

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

republicans in washington, d.c. are starting to tell republican senators that they don't have to go to the convention if they are the nominee. they should think of running against you if you are the nominee. that combined with marco rubio doing the never trump hashtag. do you think republicans are violating the pledge? >> totally. if they want to play the game i can play it better than they k. and i have more people than they do. doing that is a total violation of the pledge, yes. >> how do you see this possible hypocrisy of the pledge? >> i think republicans are headed for a split whether trump is the nominee or not. this has gone so deep for so long. if trump is the nominee, there's no way on god's green earth that many rank and file republicans can vote for him or go to the convention or do the things they normally document if he's not the nominee, a lot of the voters will be so angry they will sit out the election. the republican party has a big, fat problem. >> already. brian, real quick. >> i was going to say,

call now. >>> hello, i'm wolf blitzer in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, wherever you're watching, thank you very much for joining us. we start in new hampshire where the presidential candidates here in the united states are making their final push to the voters just one day before that state's first in the nation primary. hillary clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders are on the campaign trail. sanders tempering expectations with a big lead in the polls. former president bill in

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

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

they've been called out for the dishonest handling of it by "the washington post," politico and many other media outlets. so for the candidate to stand on the stage and say it again, it is false. it was false from the get-go and it remains false. you can find out a lot more about our reality checks by going to cnn.com/realitycheck. >>> tom foreman, thank you. we want to be clear, cnn has reached out to ted cruz and his campaign asking him to join us and address this incident. thus far, the cruz campaign has declined our requests to appear and has pulled all of their surrogates from cnn. >>> an emergency meeting today at the united nations security council. representatives meet to discuss how to handle a rocket launch in north korea. dad, you can just drop me off right here. oh no, i'll take you up to the front of the school. that's where your friends are. seriously, it's, it's really fine. you don't want to be seen with your dad? no, it's..no.. this about a boy? dad! stop, please. oh, there's tracy. what! [ horn honking ] [ tires screech ] bye dad! it brakes when you don't. forward c

he understands the issues of defense and washington. all of his issues are -- >> but congressman -- >> it's not just some platitudes of, well, i happen to have a plan for you. i have experience and i have delivered. >> go ahead, will. >> maybe he balanced the budget, but he's increased spending in the state of ohio by 43%. there was a bill that passed in congress in 2009. it was called obamacare. president obama jammed that bill with nancy pelosi down the throats of congress. obamacare legislation on the state legislature. that's not conservativconservat. what they know about him are his liberal policies which helped him in new hampshire. those liberal policies aren't going to help him in south korea. >> i'm going to hit pause here. they fight with each other. you have trump and cruz glad these two are fighting. still a very crowded field. >>> next, bernie sanders meeting with al sharpton in new york today courting the black vote. it's not well lit because this was just a breakfast. they were talking. how big of an issue is this for hil

recognizing that, you know what, we need somebody who is not part of the problem right now which is washington. if you are looking at the results here in south carolina, 40% of the voters went with somebody who has never been elected into political office. so dr. carson's message of, you know, heal, inspire and revive is something that a lot of the voters are still wanting in their president. >> all right. jason osborne with ben carson and ben carson is still in the race, not going anywhere, as he said. thanks for being with us. gentlemen, thanks for being with us. ben carson not leaving the race. a lot of ted cruz races say, he's got to get out, because they think ben carson is pulling directly from him. >> i can see why they think is that, and more importantly, they have to convince ben carson of that if they have any hope for him leaving the race for that reason. there is going to be a certain momentum that is going to be lead toward -- when we talk about the delegate counts after super tuesday and get through 12 additional states and the thresholds come in, and if you come in without 20%,

joining me from washington, our cnn political director, mr. david chalian, and cnn's chief political analyst who you will see also until the wee hours tonight, gloria borger. so great to have both of you on. david chalian, to you first, what are the top three things you will be watching for? >> well, start, brooke, with what you just read there in your intro, which is independents. i believe that -- one of the first things i'll look at is to see how independents split here. in our last tracking poll, they were splitting between the two parties. they can choose to play in either the republican or the democratic party. which one do they choose to play in and how does that affect the trump and sanders vote totals? those are the candidates that have been drawing from the independents. so that is the first thing i'm watching for. i'm also watching for what the voters tell us they're looking for. this is the head versus heart argument. i want to see, are new hampshire voters coming out tonight to back the person they think has the best chance of win

for the second time in a month the president highlighted that he thinks he failed to unite washington. does this surprise you? >> no, it doesn't. i mean, what we're seeing is a very humble president who recognizes that at seven years into his term there are still some things that he wished he could have gotten. it's the epitome of the american dream. he wanted the language to be less visceral, the rancor to be toned down. and what he sees now is a bernie sanders campaign and a donald trump campaign which have tapped into an anxious, which have tapped into a worry. and all of you us, even myself included, sometimes i have to take a step back and realize my language in this political discourse is not what it should be. and i'm not absolutely certain how we got there. >> how so? >> but i know this is something that weighs on barack obama's heart. >> you think sometimes you say things you shouldn't say or too inflammatory? >> i don't necessarily think it's too inflammatory. but we've gone to let our emmotions cloud our better judgment. just for me to harp back on an earlier segment, we're

she joins us from washington. what are the latest details? >> reporter: we know justice scalia went to texas on friday for a hunting trip at a secluded rezorts. he had dinner on friday night. the ranch owner had been speaking to reporters and said scalia was entertaining and engaged throughout the dinner. around 9:00 p.m. he said he had a long week and wanted to get a good sleep. a separate source tells evan perez that scalia said he wasn't feeling well on friday. the next day the range owner checked on scalia because he didn't show up for breakfast and lunch and found him in bed lying in repose. the sheets weren't wrinkled, no signs of foul play. it appears he died in his sleep of natural causes and the family has reportedly requested for him not to have an autopsy. >> in terms of political fallout, a fight brewing over the successor between the white house and republicans. any timetable as to how it could play out? >> likely it will be within the next month we'll hear about a nomination based on previous nominations coming from president ob

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

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

i went to washington to distance myself from it. you see bernie sanders saying i'm not a democrat or republican, i previously was an independent, trying to somehow not seem like you're just somebody who goes to washington, d.c. and casts votes. congress has about a 15% approval rating right now. i don't think you want to hitch your kite to that institution right now. >> right. on governors, you know, specifically jeb bush would say governors should be president, not a senator. he was comparing himself to marco rubio, essentially saying he, jeb bush, is better for prime time as an executive of a state, he's dealt with natural disasters and economy, employees, et cetera. what do you think the strongest attribute of a governor is going into the oval office? >> that they don't have to vote on things. look what's killing hillary clinton. her vote for the iraq war. that's what bernie sanders is nailing her on that. but the idea that a governor has created his own administration. you can judge but it would be impossible to say that governo

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

, it welcome contributes to the narrative of rubio being a washington insider. but there is of a different m magnitu magnitude. when you're endorsed by someone that stood next you to at a debate podium and sparred with you, you got in disagreements with and was on the campaign trail, when you're endorsed by snaun is your equal and colleague and says, yes, i wasn't the guy but there is the guy. i do think that is meaningful. i don't think it's going to, you know, make him rise more necessarily. but i do think in the marginal situations when you have a voter of massachusetts where trump is leading by 20 points saying to himself, you know, i do go with rubio or trump? maybe you think of new jersey governor chris christie and maybe that makes a difference? >> and ron, you made reference to the "new york times" piece entitled "inside the republican party's desperate mission to stop donald trump" writing this "the endorsement by mr. christie landed friday with crippling force. it was by far the most important defection to mr. trump's insurgency. mr. christie guy miff

i will le illegal immigrants in washington, d.c. four bankruptciebankruptcies, a that sues everyone whenever they say something about him or point out his behavior, he will sue them. those are not attributes that ronald reagan ever had, and what they hear donald trump stands for in his own words and seeing it there, i don't know what took them so long. it should have been done six months ago. >> so jeffrey, how do you respond to that? because what tara said is true. there is a froaud case. he does have bankruptcies in his past. he did hire people from outside the country. >> over americans. >> look, they're part of the price of doing business. now has he made mistakes in his business career, sure. but how many businesses has rubio owned. how many people has he employed. when you're looking at marco rubio, he has never hired anybody for a job for an official public sector, the public trough if you will in his life. this is what he does. >> okay, so donald trump is a businessman, right? so how is he going to stop other businessmen fro

. >> ted ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> that's a lousy house. i'm going to take your house with eminent domain and park my limos there. >> eminent domain! >> wow. there have been some dirty tricks. what do you expect over the next ten days? >> south carolina has long history here of creative campaign tactics, don, to say the least. i expect a sprint to the finish here in south carolina. as hugh was just saying, a lot of candidates have a real shot here in south carolina. it they get a bit of luck and they perform well in the debate here on saturday night. >> so outsiders, matt, have shaken up the party to the core. it's shaking up the left as well. the electorate is angry at the establishment. are you hearing the same thing in south carolina? >> there's a lot of frustration all around. people are frustrated with what seems to be a prone political class in washington, a political class that listens more to lobbyists and donors. much that much is warranted. many here in south carolina feel left behind on both sides. i think our party has th

his funeral will be held in washington in the coming hours. >>> now back to fiji, the story we're covering about this tropical cyclone winston rampaging across the country's main islands. the storm made landfall after 7:00 p.m. local time. fiji's prime minister is calling for citizens to be alert and stick together. earlier my colleague natalie allen spoke with fiji's red cross manager with more. >> the government to the area effected now. i think the whole of fiji will be effected, during tropical cyclone winston, but in terms of the population evacuated, different districts supporting what they're doing in attending to those that need supported in terms of blankets and coats. together with our presence, currently on watch since today, we are currently awaiting for the weather to ease a little bit so that we -- at least we can look at what are some areas that are effected and also people to be assisted. >> and thank you very much for that information. i want to also ask you, how many people might be impacted by this storm? >> right now, the emergency operations have the figures that were