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ben tracy talked to a man known for pushing boundaries. well, we are moving on up >> reporter: more than 40 years, norman lear pioneered a new genre of sitcoms by casting lead man in roles. "the jefferson's" aired on tv. how many years on the show does this later depict? >> people of color came to me and talked to me and talked them. russell simmons saw george jefferson write a check and he never forgot. that is the moment he learned, he told me, that a black man could write a check. >> what it needs is some more green. >> norman brought to the situation comedy, this idea that it was profitable and successful for tv shows to talk about what is happening in the culture at the time. >> reporter: in an episode that aired in 1976, the lead characters openly exchanged slurs. >> don't call me punk! >> why you so sensitive, all of a sudden? >> he is not the only one. >> how would you like it if i called you [ bleep ]? >> go [ bleep ]! >> reporter: the success of lear's programs paved the way for "the cosby show." and "the fresh prince of bellaire

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. >> reporter: ben carson hasn't finished higher than fourth. >> it's like a baseball game. everybody wants to call the game after the first inning. >> reporter: for ted cruz, this tuesday's contest in texas should prove decisive. cripple cruz's campaign of the 624 delegates up for grabs on tuesday, texas has the most with 155. >> he even called it himself the big prize. thank you. >>> hillary clinton is focusing on south carolina this morning but bernie sanders is hundreds of miles away campaigning in ohio, michigan, and illinois. clinton is making four stops in the state where democrats vote on saturday. nancy cordes is in columbia, south carolina where clinton is also thinking about the gop front-runner. nancy, good morning. >> reporter: good morning. that's right. republicans are not the only ones who are starting to come to grips with the notion that trump could be the gop nominee. yesterday, the clinton campaign sent out this fund-raising appeal saying, everything is coming up trump. a message meant to scare their supporters into opening their wallets. >> when with you

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>> reporter: ben carson hasn't finished higher than fourth. >> it's like a baseball game.l the game after the first reporter: a loss on cruz's campaign. of the delegates up for grabs on prize. >>> hillary clinton is focusing on south carolina this morning but bernie sanders is hundreds of miles away campaigning in ohio, michigan, and illinois.g four stops in the state where democrats vote on saturday. nancy cordes is in columbia, south carolina, where clinton is also thinking about the gop front-runner. nancy,ing. republicans are not the only ones who are starting to come to grips with the notion that trump could be the gop nominee. campaign sent out this fund-raising appeal saying, everything is coming up trump. a message meant to scare their supporters into opening their wallets.ou talk about the trump's of the world to divide us up. >> reporter: trump that united the democratic least temporarily. >> i listen to the rhetoric on the republican side. i don't recognize my country. you know? senator sanders and i have been trying to run a on issues. they run a campaign based on insults. >>

looking at ben franklin bridge, back out and she you this moving westbound from new jersey looking very slow there, let me show you what is going on in your neck of the woods, eight on the schuylkill right by center city avenue, avenue and excuse me, and 15 i-95 south. twenty-five on the vine. erika, back to you. >>> your next update 8:25. coming up on cbs this morning a look at the scenes of the move a ward show (all with worry-free ownership. colors in your neighborhood... head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... shift your thinking about buying your next one. ♪ it is wednesday, february 24th, 2016. welcome back to "cbs this morning." more real news ahead, including why donald trump is dominating the republican race. columnist and author mike lupica is here. he calls some other candidates real losers. first, here's a look at today's "eye opener" at 8:00. >> this rv park looks like a disaster zone. shredding rvs tossed like children's toys. >>> donald trump got more votes than ted cruz and marco rubio combined so he was re

that's what i think about. >> reporter: for "cbs this morning," ben tracy, los angeles. >> incredible. to think that that's the future. >> i believe one day he'll be able to go to the gym and they're going to make it so that smaller. it's interesting to see how it's all involved. >> or be inside of him. >> even better. >>> it is a dog eat dog battle kid in the class. also known as the most popular breed. next, who came out on the very top? you're watching "cbs this morning." >>> cbs "morning rounds" sponsored by silk. silk helps you bloom. i don't want to live with the uncertainties of hep c. or wonder whether i should seek treatment. i am ready. because today there's harvoni. a revolutionary treatment for the most common type of chronic hepatitis c. harvoni is proven to cure up to 99% of patients who've had no prior treatment. it's the one and only cure that's one pill, once a day for 12 weeks. certain patients... can be cured with just 8 weeks of harvoni. with harvoni, there's no interferon and there are no complex regimens. hiv, or other medical conditions, and about all the medici

but ben tracy shows us how one day, a permanent fake heart may beat inside a person's chest and make donations unnecessary. >> there you go, there you go. now we're rocking and rolling. there was anything wrong with lance white. >> yes! >> reporter: until you notice that backpack, those tubes and that unusable sound. >> are you aware of that sound at all at this point? >> no. >> is that just white noise to you? >> it's white noise to me. when people tell me about it, i hear it. >> reporter: it's the sound of his heart beating. >> and the artificial heart is right here. >> reporter: well, not his heart exactly. the one he was born with had to be removed when he had heart failure at age 47. he now has a total artificial heart beating inside his body. >> do you feel any less human knowing that you're carrying around a machine that is pumping a fake heart inside your body? >> you do. in the beginning you do. if it stops, you know, i'm in trouble. i don't exist anymore. >> patients will have this backpack. >> reporter: this is what it looks like. two art efficient ventricles are they are

. >>> coming up on "cbs this morning," ben tracy on the fake hearts keeping people alive as they wait for organ donors. >>> stay with us. traffic and weather in just a moment. ,, ,,,,,, >>> good morning. let's jump over to highway 4 westbound right at 80. reports of an accident over to the right shoulder but busy anyway as you make that connector over from highway 4 to the eastshore freeway where traffic is just crawling along. slow-and-go conditions all the way down on that westbound side towards the bay bridge. metering lights are on right now. check your drive times looking at about 48 minutes carquinez bridge to the maze. westbound 580 seeing delays, as well. slow across the upper deck into san francisco. san mateo bridge not much better almost 30 minutes between 880 and 101. and the richmond/san rafael bridge some slow conditions at the toll tomorrow. south 101 out of marin which iscy through san rafael. here's roberta. >>> the view from all airports, no delays. good morning. a few high, thin clouds otherwise mostly sunny skies. we are currently in the 40s and 50s. winds are calm

but ben tracy shows us how one day, a permanent fake heart may beat inside a person's chest and make donations unnecessary. >> there you go, there you go. now we're rocking and rolling. >> reporter: you wouldn't think >> yes! >> reporter: until you notice that backpack, those tubes and that unusable sound.

slow the ben franklin bridge is right now. no longer travel on supposed speeds there. also the blue route starting to slow down, headlights moving route one. to the wide, what's going on in your neck of the woods. thirty-two on the schuylkill there, 15 approaching the split, vine 23, 2295 moving in the southbound direction, 29 on the blue route headed in the northbound direction, erika, over to you. >> meisha, thank you. next update is at 7:55. next on cbs this morning, we meet the texas scientist spear heading the search for azik >>> jeb bush dropped out of the presidential race. this is crazy. jeb bush spent $130 million and didn't win a single state. yes. jeb spent yesterday commiserating with his campaign manager, nicolas cage. >> is there any chance jeb bush will vote for donald trump? i know he's a republican, but if it comes down to the -- he's voting for hillary, guaranteed. >> i will always respect him for trudging on despite sinking poll numbers, dubbing himself the joyful tortoise. but now the turtle is dead. joyful