. >> this is a man who for 40 years has given money to jimmy cartser, joe biden, hillary clinton. >> the gop's 2012 presidential nominee mitt romney has suggested there's a bombshell lurking in trump's tax returns. >> i want to release my tax returns. but i can't release it while i'm under an audit. >> the former president of mexico vicente fox on thursday used obscenity to say his country would never pay for trump's wall. >> the wall just got ten feet taller, believe me. >>> for the gop stragglers, super tuesday could be their last hurrah. a strong showing on super tuesday could put trump in front for good. >> this guy's a choke artist and this guy's a liar. washington. night. the democrats in the meantime are sharpening their pitch to african-american voters with the south carolina primary just a day away. hillary clinton campaigned at a black church in south carolina with new jersey senator cory booker at her side and talked about gun control and recalled the charleston church massacre. and former president clinton made several stops across the state, as well to rally for his wife

under the definition that was flying by the campaign, barack obama would not be a progressive, joe biden would not be a progressive. jeanne shaheen would not be a progressive. even the late great senator paul wellstone would not be a progressive. >> clinton did say she's proud of the campaign both she and sanders are running describing their differences as contrasting on issues while the republicans she sayses are only contrasting on insults. >> the war of words among the republican candidates appears to getting increasingly biting. donald trump attacking texas senator ted cruz over what he calls dirty tricks to steal the iowa caucus through a campaign of misinformation. abc's tom llamas is in new hampshire. >> reporter: donald trump accusing senator ted cruz of using dirty tricks to win the iowa caucuses. the accusation coming after team cruz spread word on caucus day that dr. ben carson might be dropping out. >> he insulted ben carson by doing what he did to ben carson. caucuses, the cruz campaign sending supporters this e-mail, stating the press's reporting that "carson is taking time

even joe biden voted to confirm him. the battle to replace him will play out in congress and on the campaign trail. it's already happening. >> we should not allow a lame duck president to essentially capture the supreme court in the waning months of his presidency. >> it is outrageous that republicans in the senate and on the campaign trail have already pledged to block any replacement that president obama nominates. >> reporter: as for who president obama will nominate, he will likely choose a candidate republicans respect. such as merrick garland, chief judge of the d.c. circuit court of appeals, a moderate who has won praise from republicans. jane kelly, confirmed unanimously by the senate as a circuit court judge in 2013. and finally, sri srinavasan, who was confirmed as a circuit court judge 97-0 just three years ago of president george w. bush. he would be the first asian justice. the bar for a supreme court nomination is much higher, especially this one with justice scalia being a conservative icon and his replace

you go, i want to ask you, what was that moment like, the vice president of the united states, joe biden, introducing lady gaga? >> reporter: powerful. you know, the vice president said he thought he was the least qualified person to be here at the oscars, but it was a very important moment, talking about sexual assault and coming forward and reporting it. then lady gaga's performance when she had several rape victims come out on stage with her with messages written on their arms, you looked in the crowd and you saw rachel mcadams tearing up, kate winslet moved, a lot of people in that crowd brought to tears. it was very powerful. it did not win an oscar but still a very powerful moment. >> it really was. gaga having an amazing year. and so many fashion trends so little time. anything you noticed in particular besides the people lined up behind you at this hour taking photos at that wall? >> reporter: it's a nonstop party here, kendis. i was noticing a lot of black. i love jennifer lawrence's dress. you saw jennifer garner wear black, as well. kate winslet in kind of a snakeskin black dr

vice president biden will attend the private funeral ms on saturday. in the meantime, retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor is siding with president obama saying he should ge to nominate scalia's replacement. >>> pope francis will be back at the vatican this morning after delivering a powerful message in mexico just yards from the u.s. border. as he wrapped up his five-day visit the pope appealed to governrnments t open their heart to migrants and prayed for the thousands who died trying to escape poverty, violence and persecution. the mass was beamed lived across the border to 30,000 in a stadium in el paso. >>> air strikes on isis banks in iraq andnd syria have destroyed more than $500 million in cash. the loss of all that cash is putting a severe strain on the terror group's finances. in fact, so much so that some isis fighters report their salaries have been cut by half. th air strikes have also taken a heavy toll on isis and its oil smuggling whi provides major revenue for its operations. >>> breaking overnight the tuish government off

vice president biden will attend the funeral mass on saturday. >> meanwhile, retired supreme court justice sandra day o'connor siding with president obama. o'connor who was appointed by ronald reagan says the president should get to nominate scalia's replacement. >> police in southern california say a distracted driver was killed after being crushed by a transformer. he was passing by a previous rain related accident scene and crashed into a power pole. smoking grass fires disrupted last night seriously hampering visibility and causing delays. strong winds, low humidity and warm temperatures sparked a red flag warning in effect for most of kansas. >>> windy, warm and dry conditions continue today in the plains. record highs are expected along with an increased fire danger. downpours from san francisco to seattle. heavy snow in the esera nevada and rocky mountains. a warmup in the midwest. >> 40s in minneapolis and chicago, 50s in great falls and portland. 60s in memphis, l.a., as well as 70s in kansas city and dallas. >>> next semester opens at the university of texas in austin. some stude

but as a senator back in 1992, biden said, if a seat on the high court becomes vacant, president bush should not fill it until after t election. well, the vice president now says the excerpt is not an accurate description of his views. >>> well, police say they still don't know why a man shot eight people in kalamazoo this weekend killing six of them. investigators say jason dalton admits that he took people's lives, but during his arraignment yesterday, t the uber driver said he would prefer to remain silent. police say the uber driver apparently chose his victims at random. none had any known connection to him. one of the two people wounded was a 14-year-old girl who is clinging to life support. >> my daughter is not dead. she is alive, and she is fighting for her life. i want everybody to understand that. abigail is strong, and she was a vibrant, beautiful young lady and did not deserve this. >> the girl's father said he feels for jason dalton's family and holds no grudge against the family of the 45-year-old married father of two has issued a statement saying this type of violence