. >> i'm john berman. it is tuesday, february 23rd. donald trump out in front in the latest polling, but still working it hard. he held a raucous rally in las vegas overnight taunting protesters and taunting ted cruz. calling him the biggest liar in politics, a basketcase and calling him sick. cnn's jim acosta with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, donald trump delivered one of his most fiery speeches to date. the focus of the attack was ted cruz. following up on the firing of the cruz communications director, trump branded the senator a rally time and time again. >> the evangelicals did not vote for him. you know why? because they don't like liars. they're really smart people. they don't want to vote for a liar. but it is true. i have an ad running right now. a cruz ad. something to do and a couple of people told me this that i am backing the federal government to keep the land that's currently owned by the federal government and we should give that land to everybody and divvy it up. i'm saying to myself, well, it's not a s

i'm john berman in manchester, new hampshire. it is tuesday, primary day, first in the nation primary day. february 9th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. they started voting here in new hampshire while were you sleeping. they voted in three tiny towns. dixville notch is the most famous. nine voters. they picked john kasich over donald trump. bernie sanders over hillary clinton in the democratic side. it is funny, if you add the two other towns, there is a three-way tie for first. ted cruz and donald trump and john kasich all sit with nine votes. as for where things stand in the race, heading into today, donald trump kept his lead in the latest cnn/wmur poll. he led in all of the polls before the iowa caucuses before he lost to ted cruz. maybe that is why cruz was the target at the trump rally. a woman shouted a vulgar term for wimp and trump repeated it. >> she just said a terrible thing. you know what she said? shout it out. i don't want to say [ bleep ]. okay. you're not allowed to say and i never expect to hear that from you again. she

. >> i'm john berman in houston, texas. this is the site of cnn's republican debate. tonight, thursday, february 25th. 3:00 a.m. here at the university of houston. the candidates face-off in the cnn debate. a pivotal moment. all four candidates not named donald trump know this could be last chance to notch donald trump off his perch. ted cruz and marco rubio are second and third place with john kasich and ben carson in single digits. it is not the polls that matter at all. trump has won three contests in a row. he is pulling ahead due to vote next tuesday, super tuesday. all the other candidates swear they could beat trump if only 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 r

. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, february 29th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. >> i watched the whole chris rock monologue. i read the transcript and leo. >> i slept through the whole thing. why? getting ready for this week. just 24 hours until super tuesday where candidates will fight for half of the delegates required to secure the nomination. donald trump picked up a huge new endorsement. alabama senator jeff sessions. he joins chris christie from the other end of the political spectrum who backed trump on friday. this morning, trump is facing controversy over questions surrounding another endorsement. this from david duke. trump said he did not know enough to disavow the endorsement. and explaining that duke's involvement with the reform party is the reason not to run, trump is, to run for that nomination. and we have chris frates with the trump campaign. >> reporter: good morning. trump got an establishment endorsement when jeff sessions threw support behind trump. session was the first sitting senator to get behind his campaign. >> at this tim

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. we are hours away from a new sh showdown on pbs. after a high profile meeting with al sharpton in harlem, bernie sanders hit the late show with stephen colbert. he addressed when the political revolution he is calling for could end in violence. >> those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. is what john kennedy said. if your answer is not the answer, is violent revolution inevitable? >> i certainly hope not. i hope and what the goal of this campaign is about to look at the civil rights movement and women's moment and gay moment. understand when people come together, we can accomplish enormous things. >> so that debate tonight takes place in milwaukee at 9:00 p.m. you can watch it here and local pbs station. senior correspondent joe johns has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, the focus this morning is turning to milwaukee and the pivotal debate with bernie sanders and hillary clinton. it is important because the former secretary of state

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. welcome to the biggest week of the election season. 24 hours until super tuesday where republicans will fight over half of the 1,237 delegates. donald trump picked up an endorsement. alabama senator jeff sessions. a fierce critic of illegal immigration. he is backing trump. he joins chris christie from the other end of the republican political spectrum. this morning, trump is facing new controversy. questions how he handled questions over another endorsement from former kkk grand wizard david duke. trump told jake tapper he did not know enough about david duke. despite 16 years ago citing duke's name over the reformed party. cnn's chris frates is with the trump campaign and has the latest from alabama. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump got an establishment endorsement on sunday when senator jeff sessions threw his support behind trump. sessions was the first senator to get behind the billionaire's campaign. >> at this time in america's history we need to make america great again

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i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. hillary clinton does her best at the democratic debate in milwaukee. a debate that was more than milwaukee. they turn to the states of nevada and south carolina and hillary clinton turned her attention to stopping the post-new hampshire of bernie sanders. she said his promises are not realistic and he is not leveling with the american people. >> last week in a cnn town hall, the senator told a questioner that the questioner would spend about $500 in taxes to get $5,000 in health care. every progressive economist who analyzed that says the numbers don't add up. and that's a promise that cannot be kept. >> secretary clinton, you are not in the white house yet. and let us be clear that every proposal that i have introduced has been paid for. >> for more on the debate, let's bring in cnn's jeff zeleny in milwaukee for us. >> reporter: john and christine, a civil, but contentious debate here with hillary clinton and bernie sanders showing their differences on several issues from foreign po

." >> i'm john berman. breaking news, hillary clinton and bernie sanders come out swinging hard. the first one-on-one debate. it created a different feeling from hillary clinton. three days after barely winning iowa and five days before facing daunting odds in new hampshire. she decided not to wait another day to fight back. we have cnn's eric bradner at the debate and he has the latest. >> reporter: the gloves were off. bernie sanders hit hillary clinton accusing her of being influenced by wall street for taking speaking fees and campaign contributions. hillary clinton got angry. >> i really don't think these kinds of attacks by insinuation are worthy of you. enough is enough. if you have something to say, say it directly, but you will not find that i ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that i ever received. so i think it's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out in recent weeks. let's talk about the issues. >> let's talk about why in the 1990s wall street got deregulated. did it have anything to do with the fact that

. >> and i'm john berman live in manchester, new hampshire. it is monday, 4:00 a.m. in the east. it is one day before the first in the nation primary here in new hampshire. this morning, a new line of attack from someone not running. bill clinton turning heads speaking more directly, more pointedly about bernie sanders and his supporters than he ever has. this is a real shift from the former president, until now, has spoken about hillary clinton's record and experience. listen. >> if you are not for us, "the boston globe" and "the portsmouth newspaper" they are all for the establishment. bernie took what is good about him and put it all these endorsements, except they did not endorse. today, they used a veterans name. if you pointed out, it shows you how tied you are to the establishment. when you are making a revolution, you can't be too careful about the facts. you are just for me or against me. >> this is very, very different than we have seen from bill clinton up on the stump until now. that was last night at the event last night. hillary clinton has been trailing in new hamp

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. very busy this morning. breaking news in the east. >> donald trump with a huge win in the nevada caucuses, the republican caucuses. donald trump, 45%. more than 20 points ahead of his closest rival. there's a pitch battle for second place. just a few minutes ago marco rubio pulled ahead, more than 500 votes, 580 votes right now ahead of ted cruz with 74% of the precincts. and we're counting this all night. it could change again. for these guys, second place matters. don't forget, when you claim second, you claim the biggest victory ever. ben carson and john kasich back in single digits. the biggest news is donald trump. he leads in all counties. hugely popular among voters who say they're angry at the federal government and more voters angry in nevada than we've seen before. they want the next pretty to be an outsider, not someone experienced in politic. hi crushes it there too. in his victory speech, donald trump was ecstatic about his win. listen. >> we won the evangelicals, we won

john berman here. it is monday, february 1st. 2016. you know what that means! it is caucus day at last. it is finally here. after all of the months of campaigning and town hall speeches and debates, hours from now, the first actual voters cast the first actual votes in the 2016 presidential

i'm john berman live in houston. 31 minutes past the hour right now. this is the university of houston where just hours from now the five remaining presidential candidates face-off in the cnn town hall debate. what a moment this will be. what a beautiful campus this is. you can see the calm, the still over this campus right now. it will not be that way tonight. not at all. expect fireworks. all four candidates not named donald trump know this could be their last chance to knock trump off his perch. the last chance to slow him momentum. in the national polls, ted cruz and marco rubio are running second and third and john kasich and ben carson behind. trump has won three state contests in a row. he has momentum and he's leading in a lot of polls heading into next tuesday. super tuesday as we like to call it. all the other candidates know they have a lot of of work to do. they say they can do it. they can beat donald trump if only they can get him one-on-one. >> donald is formidable. people are furious with washington and politicians and people lying to t

john berman here. it is monday, february 1st. 2016. you know what that means! it is caucus day at last. it is finally here. after all of the months of campaigning and town hall speeches and debates, hours from now, the first actual voters cast the first actual votes in the 2016 presidential race. iowa caucuses officially here. candidates are campaigning everywhere across the state. engaged in the vast turnout effort. they want to get their voters to the right caucuses at the right time with the right knowledge about how to cast the votes. everyone says it all comes down to turn out which is about the most overworn cliche in politics. on the republican side, the main battle is between donald trump and ted cruz. cnn's jim acosta is following the campaign. >> reporter: john, donald trump was here in sioux city, iowa with jerry falwell jr., where they accused ted cruz of dishonest attacks. he predicted a win here in iowa and that could make his candidacy unstoppable. >> we have to win in iowa. a lot of people say donald do well in iowa. i can't do that. i really wa

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, february 23rd. in just hours, nevada republicans will vote in caucuses across the silver state. donald trump way out front in the latest nevada polls. 26 points ahead of the rival marco rubio. this is the new cnn/orc survey. he held a raucous rally in las vegas last night. taunting protesters and taunting ted cruz calling him the biggest liar in politics. he called ted cruz a basket case and sick. jim acosta has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, on the eve of the caucuses, donald trump with the fiery speak to date. the main focus ted cruz. following up on the resignation of the communications director rick tyler, trump branded the texas senator a liar at rally time and again. >> i'll tell you, the evangelicals didn't vote for him you know why? they don't want to vote for a liar. they are smart people. it is true. i have an ad running right now. it is a cruz ad. a couple of people told me this. i am backing the federal government to keep the land that's currently owned by the federal gover

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes past the hour right now. wow. >> what a night. >> big victories in new hampshire for the outsider candidates, donald trump and bernie sanders. 92% of the votes tallied so far in the first in the nation primary. look at it right there, donald trump 35%, john kasich 16%. that's a 19-point margin of victory that at least equals john mccain's margin of victory in 2000. donald trump has done as well as anyone has in a long time, maybe better than that. the rest of the republican field bunched down past 12%. marco rubio not even on a board, he is in fifth place. >> on the democratic side bernie sanders he crushed hillary clinton beating her by more than 20 points, it was a 22 point margin, that is tough to take for hillary clinton on the heels of a close race in iowa last week. you will remember hillary clinton won iowa. joining us to sort through the results eric bradner live in new hampshire. >> hey, you know, it was the night of the anti-establishment candidates here in new hampshire. after coming up a little bi

i'm john berman. >>> i'm poppy harlow. it is bright and early, 3:00 a.m. on the east coast, welcome to our viewers here and around the world. berman eating it up, loving it. we still only have one winner on the republican side but here is why we don't have a winner on the democratic side.

. >> i'm john berman. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. and this morning is the first morning of the rest of donald trump's life, and he says new hampshire will be different. he had better hope after falling to ted cruz in the iowa caucuses, trump is trying to protect a big lead in new hampshire, 18 points, but this was all before the iowa roadblock. now trump admits his decision to skip the final debate may have hurt him there, but he says he is proud of his second place finish. >> one poll came out that said i was leading by four or five points. the headlines were "trump comes in second! he's humiliated!" there were 17 people when we started. now you have 11. i come in second. i'm not humiliated. >> trump says new hampshire is a better fit for his kind of campaign, and that is where cnn's sara murray joins us from a trump rally. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump may have delivered a gracious concession speech in iowa, but back on the campaign trail in new hampshire, all bets were off. last night he tore into ted

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is monday, february 22nd. and donald trump riding high in the big win in the south carolina primary. turning to super tuesday on march 1st. trump has donors, pundits and candidates grasping for ways to stop him. based on a rally last night, trump is sticking to the strategy that brought him huge success. we have cnn's jeremy diamond with one of those super states. georgia. >> reporter: good morning. fresh off the victory in south carolina, donald trump rolled in atlanta on sunday with momentum on his back. the crowd responded in kind as he hit his key notes. donald trump did not really bring in his current rivals, marco rubio and ted cruz, who came in second and third place in south carolina. he did, however, bring in one of his former rivals. >> i'll give you a story. one of the candidates, i won't say who yet, one of the candidates, the head of the major, major, owner of a major, major pharmaceutical company is in charge of his campaign. you know that. in charge of his campaign. raises hundreds of millions o

i'm john berman. i >> i'm christine romans. we start with the democratic town hall in derry, new hampshire. they battled over who is the most progressive and who is the most effective and who is the real underdog where bernie sanders leads by more than 20 points. did this change the race? cnn's jeff zeleny was there with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, the voters in new hampshire and across the country got a look at bernie sanders and hillary clinton in a different light in the town hall in derry, new hampshire. they tangled on the true progressive. they spent more than 24 hours on the campaign trail arguing about politics. listen to how they distinguish themselves. >> i do not know any progressive who has a super pac and takes $15 million from wall street. that's just not progressive. as i mentioned earlier, the key foreign policy vote of modern american history was the war in iraq. the american history was united saying don't listen to bush. don't go to war. secretary clinton voted to go to war. >> i was somewhat

. >> i'm john berman. we are hours away from the showdown for democrats. the debate will air on pbs and cnn tonight. after high profile meeting with al sharpton in harlem, bernie sanders hit the late show with stephen colbert. he brought up the issue of racial oppression. >> those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable is what john kennedy said. if your answer is not the answer, is violent revolution inevitable? >> i certainly hope not. i hope and what the goal of this campaign is about look at the civil rights movement and women's movement and gay moment. when people come together, we can accomplish enormous things. >> the debate in milwaukee at 9:00 p.m. correspondent joe johns has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, the folks on milwaukee and the debate tonight with bernie sanders and hillary clinton. it is so important because the former secretary of state lost momentum in the drubbing she took in new hampshire. she is already trying to make changes to the campaign to appeal to younger voters. bernie sanders

i'm john berman. >>> i'm poppy harlow. it is bright and early, 3:00 a.m. on the east coast, welcome to our viewers here and around the world. berman eating it up, loving it. we still only have one winner on the republican side but here is why we don't have a winner on the democratic side. look at that, 2/10 of a percentage point separating hillary clinton and bernie sanders. martin o'malley drops out. ted cruz the clear winner here on the republican side. we're told he is popping champagne bottles on his campaign. but marco rubio, donald trump, one point apart. >> yes, if you put the democratic race up here one point apart, 2/10 separates hillary clinton and bernie sanders. that is with 99% of the precincts reporting. we don't know how many precincts we are waiting to here from. there are a few out there, the democratic party says they're trying to get in touch with the precinct chairs to find out what is going on. we keep waiting for the numbers to be updated. it could happen any minute. let's bring in chris moody in des moines, chris, explain what is goi

thank you, john berman. voters in new hampshire enjoy one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. 3.1%. the falling national average of 4.9%. below 5% for the first time since 2008. there is a feeling the economy is not good enough. it is resonating on the campaign trail. one reason why, a smaller share of the adult population is working. 6.7%. one reason why is baby bombers retiring. the second reason, a large number of people looking for jobs and cannot find one. the third reason, wages are not going up. the take home pay is about the same as it was 20 years ago. interesting fun election fact. the lowest national unemployment rate of an election year anytime since 1968, yet, that is not being felt on the campaign trail. the campaigns talking about opportunity wages and jobs. >>> 12 minutes past the hour. president obama taking new action to prevent the spread of the zika virus in the u.s. why the white house is so concerned. i have that next. we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. beca

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. nice to see you all this morning. this morning is the first morning of the rest of donald trump's life. but he says new hampshire will be different. he'd better hope after falling to ted cruz in the iowa caucuses. trump is trying to protect a big lead in the polls in new hampshire. 18-point lead he has. but that was all before that iowa roadblock. now trump admits his decision to skip the final debate in iowa may have hurt him there, but he says he is proud of his second place finish, not humiliated by it. but trump says new hampshire is a better fit for the kind of campaign he's running, and that's where cnn's sara murray joins us from a trump rally. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump may have delivered a gracious concession speech in iowa, but back on the campaign trail in new hampshire, all bets were off. last night he tore into ted cruz, suggesting the texas senator is running a dirty campaign. that's after cruz campaign aides told iowa caucusgoers that be

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, february 2nd. 5:0 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> ted cruz won the iowa caucuses. donald trump finished second. marco rubio finished a very, very close third. ted cruz did well with evangelicals. the democratic side, we have been waiting all night to get a clear answer? .4% all night. about an hour ago, the state democratic party said there was one precinct left. hillary clinton leads with 4.08 state delegate equivalents. a mathematical formulation. she is a very tiny bit ahead. there are 2.2 state delegates equivalents remaining. the clinton campaign says the math works in their favor. we are waiting for more information. joining us live from des moines this morning, the last reporter, senior digital reporter chris moody. great to have you here with us. >> reporter: great to be here all night with you. exciting caucus on the republican side and democratic side. i think the most nail biting has been the democratic side. the most fascinating to watch for those who want to stay up all night. it is neck and neck. very cl

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. this morning, donald trump riding high after the big win in the south carolina primary. turning attention to super tuesday on march 1st. trump's victory has donors and pundits and candidates grasping for a way to stop him. based on a rally last night, trump is sticking to the strategy that brought him success. cnn's jeremy diamond has the latest from georgia. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. fresh off the primary victory in south carolina, trump rolled into atlanta on sunday with the momentum at his back. the crowd here responded in kind roaring in approval as trump hit key notes of border security and trade. donald trump did not bring in his current rivals who came in second and third place in south carolina. he did, however, bring in one of his former rivals. >> i'll give you a story. one of the candidates, i won't say who yet, one of the candidates, the head of a major, major and owner of a pharmaceutical company is in charge of his campaign. you know that. in charge

. >> i'm john berman. 31 minutes past 4:00 a.m. we might finally possibly soon have a winner in the democratic caucus. we got numbers in from the iowa state democratic party. look at the spread. 4/10th of a percentage point. all but one single precinct reporting. the point is they are separated by 4.08 state delegates. there are 2.08 remaining. the math is leaning in hillary clinton's favor. the clinton campaign declared victory. it is a very tiny victory. nevertheless, they just landed and a cheer from the press plane from their section of the press plane. clinton staffers. they think they won. let's get the latest from des moines. that is where senior politics reporter chris moody is reporting from. chris, it seems they have counted all of the votes. >> reporter: almost all of them. what a night in des moines. what a long night here in iowa. the snow has just started falling down on us. we are so close to getting that last precinct. as you have spoken about several times, the math is looking very good for hillary clinton here. th

it is john berman. first, do your job says president obama to senate republicans for when he tphop nominates a successor to antonin scalia. he plans to pick an in disputably qualified nominee. one key gop senator now says he isn't ruling out holding hearings. >> president obama using a news conference to take on republican front-runner donald trump. he insists he will not be the next president because he is not, quote, hosting a talk show. we begin with cnn chris frates right at the white house. >> reporter: my cada, good morning. he said anybody he chooses to replace justice scalia will be in disputably qualified. president obama made his

. >> i'm john berman. we have so much going on. breaking news this morning. donald trump wins big. not just big. huge in the caucuses in nevada. with 96% of the precincts reporting, he's got nearly 46% of the vote. there's been a question over the last few hours about whou would come in second. marco rubio has moved ahead of ted cruz, very than two points ahead of ted cruz. back in single digits, ben carson and john kasich. i have to say this. the big story is absolutely donald trump. he won every county in the state. it shows he was hugely popular among the voters who are angry at the government. they want a next president to be an outsider. donald trump crushed it there. he gave his victory speech a couple of hours ago. he was clearly ecstatic. let's listen. >> we won the evangelicals. we won with young, we won with old, we won with highly educated, we won with poorly educated -- i love the poorly educated. we're the smaefrt people, we're the most loyal people. and you know what i i'm really happy about because i've been saying it for a long time. 46% f were the hispanics. 46%, n

brooke baldwin and john berman join me this morning. he is the one on your tv right. up first, the death of justice scalia is terrible news on several levels. a proud family mourns. the highest court is frozen. and the loss puts senate republicans and president obama on a collision course. conservatives calling for obama to wait until a new president is elected to fill the seat. a notion that would certainly make nino of laugh. obama making it clear he does intend to nominate a successor. >> with all three branches of government in play, the stakes couldn't be any higher this election. will vulnerable senators in swing states buck their party leadership if republicans decide to block this confirmation vote. and how will his death alter the major cases this term? joe johns live in