>>> john burman here with kate bolduan. this is cnn special live coverage of a very, very big election day. and donald trump a very, very big winner in south carolina. winning the south carolina primary by about ten points. this after he won new hampshire by more than that. if you can believe it, our reporters who cover donald trump tell us the campaign feels the media is not giving donald trump the credit he deserves. really? well, let's discuss this more. and joining us is dillon buyer, and he is on the vegas strip right now where the republican race now shifts, because they have caucuses there on tuesday, and dillon, what about this? the media not giving donald trump the credit that he deserve and somehow the suggestion is if we were another candidate and won as much as he has won so far, 2 of 3 races, people would say this race is all but over. >> well, initially, it seems like a hard argument to take seriously. you think about the breathless coverage that donald trump has been given. the media has always been more than

. >> i'm kate bolduan. we want to welcome our viewers around the world. it is caucus day in america. we are here in beautiful des moines, iowa hours from now the first real numbers will be tallied and the very first contest of the 2016 race. >> the caucuses start at 8:00 p.m. eastern. that is what we know for sure. beyond that anything could happen. both races are close. for democrats, hillary clinton with the tiniest of leads over bernie sanders. for the republicans, donald trump with a slight edge over ted cruz, who has a slight edge over rubio. all the candidates making their final pitches today. donald trump is about to hold his first rally. jim acosta is with the campaign in waterloo, iowa. >> it is caucus day. the candidacy donald trump is put to the ultimate test. the question of the day, obviously, is whether all these thousands of people who show up at these big events at these auditoriums and stadiums around the country, do they show up and vote or do they show up in caucus in the case of iowa. the trump campaign has been pulling out all the sto

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. we want to welcome our viewers. the political epicenter of the entire universe is right here in the state of new hampshire. >> nay, if i need to remind you, it is new hampshire primary day in america. >> voters hitting the polls in the nation's first primary of 2016 could be a record turn out. these are live pictures of polling sites. it is a state full of last

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. breaking news, the white house today feeling the bern like it hasn't since the british set it on fire in 1914. >> too soon? >> probably. we have live pictures from the white house right now. look at this, bernie sanders set to arrive any second now for a highly anticipated oval office meeting with president obama. the president wants unity. hillary clinton wants unity. the question is what does bernie sanders want? >> regardless of the answer, bernie sanders is still in campaign mode and forging ahead to next week's primary in d.c. he has a rally kescheduled ther tonight but will he come with a new message after today's meeting as we look at the white house. cnn's michelle kosinski is live at the white house. first question is why have they still not cut back those trees, michelle, when it really blocks our shot when we want to see what's going on? >> reporter: a very good question. you can really feel the excitement. it's almost like a state visit or maybe even more than that. there'

i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. we are live from washington university in st. louis. and it is, john, you get to say it this time. >> it is debate day in america, everyone. >> once again, donald trump's plane just touched down here in st. louis. let the rumble begin as the republican candidate is facing what could be the most important 90 minutes in his political campaign. 90 minutes on tonight's debate stage. that might determine if, in fact, he survives the next 30 days of this race. all of this because at this point you should know of the release of the stunning video from back in 2005. donald trump casually talking about what amounts to sexual assault. bragging about the fact he could grab a woman's genitalia and get away with it because he's famous. this is the video which is, needless to say, quite graphic. >> i better use some tic tacs in case i start kissing you. you know, i'm automatically attracted to beautiful women. and when you're a star, they let you do it. you can grab them by the [ bleep ]. you can d

built for business. >>> all right, john berman here with kate bolduan. we are live on this super saturday eve, election day in many states across america, and we do have some news just in. a short time ago, donald trump flat out called on marco rubio to drop out of the race. >> drop out. >> he said it was time. he said he was asking respectfully, but marco rubio should drop out. we got a spops from the rubio campaign. the spokesperson says "trump is only pushing marco rubio to get out because he knows we are going to beat him in florida. marco has never called on anyone to drop out." so, marco rubio's never called on anyone to drop out but he says trump is calling for him to drop out -- >> a shocker, marco rubio is not dropping out tonight. >> no, not dropping out. there you go. >> let's talk about the very big night, though, for another senator, senator ted cruz. let's talk to the ted cruz campaign. let's turn now to ron naring, the national spokesman for the ted cruz campaign. good to see you again. >> it's good to be here. >> big night for you guys. y

i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. the state department confirming the united states used a plane loaded with $400 million in cash as leverage to ensure the release of the american prisoners held in iran. it remained on the tarmac and was not cleared for takeoff until the americans were free. still, the administration is insisting that the money was not ransom, but that is exactly what donald trump and many republican lawmakers call it. donald trump, he is about to take the stage moments from now rallying supporters in north carolina. it will be his first major event since shaking up his staff. his campaign was quick to jump on the news of iran leverage and tie it to his opponent releasing this statement in part by helping they say put together a deal that ultimately sent $400 million to iran that was likely used to fund terrorism and clinton has proven herself unfit to be president of the united states. again, you're looking at live pictures of trump's rally in charlotte, north carolina. we'll bring it to you live whe

i'm kate bolduan and we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. >> i'm john berman and we are live, yes live, and this is cnn's special live coverage of the big, big night in the presidential race, a race that is changing a lot over the last few hours on the republican side, donald trump with a huge win in south carolina, and now cle clearly the frontrunner, and seemingly by a lot. the democrats, hillary clinton really reasserted herself into the race, and she won the kaus kuss in nevada, and decisive win there. >> and looking at the republican field, it is leaner tonight, and does that mean it will get meaner? we will see. jeb bush was once considered the man to beat on the republican side with the multi million war chest, but he is now out. he announced tonight that he is going to be suspending his campaign and in a word that is couldn't be classier, and that is a bush family representative saying so. and marco rubio and ted cruz battling for the second place, but the night belongs to billionaire from new york donald trump. that is where we are go

kate bolduan letd's go to you for more discussion of this all. >> thanks, jake. just what jake was sayingtion we're waiting to hear from bernie sanders. he'll be coming out. as he will likely come out with one. we'll see if there's another pro jaeks before he hits the stage. what do you expect bernie sanders to say or what does he need to say? because he's not in any three of these states tonight, he's in wisconsin. >> right. in fact if you look at the basic controversy of this race, i think the argument from bernie sanders is the argument we've heard. the question is can he break serve? can he win in a place apart from michigan where it is not likely for him to? even though he got close in missouri and illinois, it's horseshoes and hand grenades. he did not ultimately win them. and as you kind of look where we've been in the last couple of weeks, nia and i were calculating, he's been awarded -- the five states on march 15th awarded 813 delegates to hilarylary clintonarylary clinton. that's the brutal math he's facing. i pi wisconsin will be good for him. he has

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. what day it is? >> it's debate day. >> 90 minutes is what donald trump has if he survives another 30 days in this race. all this because of the stunning video of 2005 of donald trump casually talking about what amounts to sexual assault. bragging about the fact that he could grab a woman's genitals and get away with it because he's famous. this is the video which, needless to say, is quite graphic. >> i better use some tic tacs. you know, i'm automatically attracted to beautiful. and when you're a star, they let you do it. grab them by the [ bleep ] and you can do anything. >> donald trump has since apologized. some are saying the apology does not go far enough. this all as the top leaders of his own party are now jumping ship. it is easier to track who is still with him than who is against him at this point. among those condemning his remarks, trump's running mate mike pence issuing an astonishing rebuke, refusing to defend him. hillary clinton for her part has remained largely silent on this likely

that is where we find kate bolduan right now. hey, kate. >> hey there, john. let's continue that discussion exactly, about that carly fiorina endorsement of ted cruz. here we me to discuss is matt lewis, a senior contributor for the daily caller and kayleigh mcenany and ana navarro, a friend of marco rubio as well as endorsed and backed jeb bush when he was running. so, guys, let's discuss. kayleigh, you were sitting right here when ted cruz made the endorsement and one of the things she said that will be played over and over again is donald trump, hillary clinton are two sides of the same coin. they are the system. >> right. >> and i'll tell you this. i'm sure donald trump still would have enjoyed having her endorsement, right? >> yeah, of course. you want an endorsement by any of your colleagues who stood on the debate stage with you, absolutely. that being said, i found it so interesting that cruz and fiorina are perpetuating this donald trump as an insider. he's never held a position in politics. he's an outsider. so it's rather comical they try to paint h

. >> hello, i'm kate bolduan live from the convention in philadelphia and this is the fourth and final day of this convention, the day hillary clinton takes the baton handed to her last night by president obama. oh, you missed it, you say. here is a dramatic re-enactment. now here's the real thing. >> and that's why i can say with confidence there has never been a man or a woman, not me, not bill, nobody more qualified than hillary clinton to serve as president of the united states of america. >> this sets the stage for tonight and what could be the biggest speech of hillary clinton's long political career. >> tonight, the fourth night of the convention in the city of rocky and the spirit of rocky 4, hillary clinton will enter the ring and tell donald trump i must break you. let's go to cnn white house correspondent michelle kosinski inside the convention hall in the midst of what have been some big speeches. >> oh, i thought i was just -- put that in there. >> nicely done. >> just when you thought you got that out of your head, right? i mean, this was a big speech. even just -- when y

i do have -- actually, there's breaking news right now but i'm going to let john berman and kate bolduan do it, their show is next. thank you so much for joining me this morning. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. the breaking news out of texas. an active shooter situation is under way at a high school there. this is in brewster county, it's about 300 miles southeast of el paso. we're told one person has been hit. and the earlier reports are that two shooters are on the loose. numbers of shooters is one of these things that's often unclear at the very beginning. again, you can see on the map there, brewster county, right on the texas/mexico border. >> as john of course rightly points out, a lot of details of course unclear at this moment. it's just coming in. we do hear that the school there is on lockdown. emergency crews are on the scene. i believe we have polo sandoval. what are you picking up? >> i can tell you it's a fairly remote area based on the reports we're receiving from brewster county. enrollment at that school only a few

>>> hello, i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. in just a short while donald trump will stand on a stage in west palm beach, florida. the question is, is he standing on the precipice? how does he handle the flood of new accusations of unwanted, inappropriate kissing and touching? what will he say? can he survive? just a short time ago he tweeted this. phony story in the failing "new york times" is a total fabrication written by same people as last discredited story on woman. watch. >> so two women told the "new york times" that trump touched them inappropriately and without their consent. one in 2005, the other more than 30 years ago. cnn has not been able to independently confirm their accounts. they spoke to the paper on the record saying they came forward after this moment in sunday's debate. watch this. >> just for the record, though, are you saying that what you said on that bus 11 years ago that you did not actually kiss women without consent or grope women without consent? >> i have great respect for women. nobody has more r

i'm kate bolduan. we welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world this evening. >> and i'm john berman. we are live, yes, live for cnn's special coverage, a pivotal night in the race for president, a race that changes so much based on what happened tonight. in the republican race, donald trump with a huge win in south carolina, now clearly the front-runner, seemingly by a lot. for the democrats, hillary clinton reasserting herself in nevada with a decisive win there. >> and looking at the republican field, it is shrinking, and jeb bush, the popular florida governor, the man once considered really the front-runner for the gop nomination, he is now out, announcing he's suspending his campaign in front of a room of supporters tonight. marco rubio, ted cruz right now still at this moment battling it out for second place. it is close, it is tight. we are watching this. the night, though, belonged to the republican billionaire from new york, donald trump. that is where we begin. sara mu

i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman. it's neck and neck. it's a tie, it's a dead heat, it's may. all of the above are true, but which is the most important? two national polls, new national polls, show donald trump closing a double digit gap with hillary clinton, and one poll he's even leading her right now. "washington post"/abc news poll has trump leading clinton 46 to 44%. that's an 11-point shift for donald trump since march. "the wall street journal"/nbc news poll has trump at 43%, clinton a little ahead at 46%. both of those polls well within the margin of error. >> and both candidates are already making history. though this is not the kind of history you want to be making if you're a candidate for the president. both staring down 50-plus percent unfavorable ratings right now making them the most unpopular likely nominees in modern presidential history. here to break zoun tdown the nu is cnn political director david chalian. >> i think it's important to take a moment and say, wow, this is where we are at this moment. >> the horse race

. >> and i'm kate bolduan. game on in south carolina. in the next few minutes, both ted cruz and jeb bush will be holding their first events in the key state following the stunni stunning finish in new hampshire. this is the kickoff of a ten-day scramble with a state known to not be always so fair but intense campaigning. or as one rubio aide puts it, it's going to be a blood bath. >> ted cruz coming off a surprising third-place finish behind john kasich and jeb bush. this week, jeb bush will be joined for the first time on the trail by someone who took the south carolina primary back in 2000, his brother, george w. bush. it worked out pretty well for him in 2000. cnn anchor and correspondent victor blackwell is in bluffton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're 30 minutes out from a rally starting here in bluffton with governor bush. you mentioned george w. bush. he's recorded a radio ad for the campaign although he has recorded television ads for the super pac right to rise, the pro-bush super pac. they believe this res

i'm kate bolduan. >> she is kate bolduan. >> that's a way to start a tuesday. >> i'm john berman. donald trump says he wants to build a big tent. whatever he builds, what happens if he can't get any people inside? this morning more republicans are fleeing that tent out the back door or flap, as the case may be. republican senator susan collins of maine announced she cannot support her party's presidential nominee 789 she wrote, he lax the temperament, self discipline and judgment required to be president. >> senior republican foreign policy officials are also lining up against trump now. 50 of these top experts signed a blistering letter declaring the gop candidate a threat to national security. cnn's jason carroll has the details on that, not looking down at his notes at inappropriate times. hi, jason. >> good morning to you. first we heard from senator mark kirk from illinois. he was the one who came out in june and said i can't endorse this man for president. now hearing from susan collins on the issue saying that donald trump is the type of person who can't admit when he's wro

kate bolduan. we want to welcome viewers in the united states and around the world. we want to get straight to our breaking news. the capital of the french riviera becomes the latest target of terror. the main promenade in nice littered with bodies, stained with blood. overnight 84 people are dead. another 50 people are critically injured. many victims are children. that information coming just a short time ago from french president francois hollande. >> witnesses described the driver of a huge truck follirin gun while zigzagging through a crowded street. this amateur video shows the truck plowing through all those innocent people. the driver barreled down more than a mile of the main promenade, not stopping until police shot him dead. investigators did find an i.d. in the truck. they have identified the terrorist. 31-year-old french tunisian. we're following all angles of this attack. want to begin with cnn senior international correspondent clarissa ward near the scene for us this morning in nice

i'm kate bolduan. john berman is off. we have breaking news right now. the united states versus russia and the entire world is watching. the language both sides are using, the moves the two sides are making. it's changing practically every hour. here's the very latest. russian president vladimir putin saying just this morning that he will not hit back on president obama, surprising many considering the bad blood between these two men and the long diplomatic tradition of simply put, you hit me, i hit you back diplomacy. so no tit for tat at least for now. this all comes after the big announcement from president obama late yesterday kicking out dozens of russian diplomats, shutting down two russian compounds in the united states and slapping sanctions on some top russian officials. this as retaliation for what american officials believe is russia's cyberhacking during the election but this seems far from over. because of that, let's bring in our correspondents. we have them from moscow to washington. gauging what happens next. evan perez is in washington,

i'm kate bolduan. wolf blitzer is on assignment getting ready for the big debate. wherever you're watching from around the world, thank you for joining us. we want to start right now with the next round for republicans in the presidential race. it is caucus day in nevada, where the candidates are making their final pitch before the voters decide tonight. donald trump is angling for his third straight victory following big wins in south carolina and new hampshire. ted cruz and

kevin, kate bolduan you're wrong is what kev juin just said to m. donald trump is now the president of the draft marco movement. this is the same man who said rubio could not be elected dog catcher in florida. as a trump supporter, do you like that donald trump is now saying he wants marco to run for re-election? >> absolutely. it was a tough primary, a spirited contest, but now the party is coalescing, coalescing behind donald trump and donald trump is returning the favor, right? and he had said that even in the night when rubio dropped out, trump gave a nice speech and said something to the effect that this was a very difficult race but it's a tough race and it's tough to run for president so i'm not surprised. but what is interesting is how much affect just one tweet from donald trump has, right? >> that's not a surprise anymore, please. >> it's not a surprise but -- >> sad but true. >> i think it's great. it's speaks to the strength of the candidate and the fact that money is not as much of a necessity in this race as it is in others because he'

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. >> i'm kate bolduan and thank you for joining us and watching continuing coverage of souper saturday, and it is super sunday now. and super for some and especially donald trump and hillary clinton finishing the night with the overall delegate math, but not without seeing big losses tonight. >> and bernie sanders took nebraska and kansas, and took them big. and hillary clinton took louisiana by a large margin. >> large. >> and along the republican line, ted cruz had big victories in kansas and maine, and donald trump won the two biggest states kentucky and louisiana, but it is very close in those states. looking at the delegate math, h hillary ahead of bernie sanders, and most of you will ask me, yes, we do include super delegates. hillary 1,131 to bernie sanders 479. again, we should know note that ted cruz did win more delegates tonight. so trump, 385, to cruz 298 and marco rubio 126. and so let's hear what donald trump said tonight. >> i want to congratulate ted on maine and kansas, and he should do well in maine, because it is very close to canada. let's face it. marco rubio had a

i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman, and super for donald trump and hillary clinton, and maybe more super for ted cruz and bernie sanders. >> on the democratic side, bernie sanders won nebraska and kansas with clinton taking louisiana and among the republicans, ted cruz won kansas and maine and donald trump, he took kentucky and louisiana. >> trump and clinton continue to lead in the critical count for delegates, and clinton has, and throw it up here so i can read it to you. clinton has 1,131 and bernie sanders has 749, and right now, we are looking at 298 for ted cruz, and so i have to tell you that tonight, ted cruz won more delegates than -- well, certainly more than marco rubio, but more than donald trump, and that is crucial. marco rubio did not do well at all. >> that is very, very true. let's take a look here. trump this evening, and trump this evening congratulated ted cruz in a way that only trump can. h listen. >> i want to congratulate ted on maine and on kansas, and he should do well in maine, because it is very close to canada. let's face it [ laughter ] marco rubio had

i'm kate bolduan and we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. >> and i'm john berman and we are live, yes live 12:00 a.m. eastern time. and so much has happened tonight in nevada and south carolina and the race truly changed. donald trump won south carolina big. there is still a a fight for second place, marco rubio and ted cruz fighting out for second there, and in nevada, hillary clinton prevailed in the democrde democratic caucuses there. >> and another story coming out, former florida governor jeb bush who was once considered the frontrunner to win the nomination, decided to suspend his campaign as votes were coming in. and now ted cruz and marco rubio will be battling for second place, but tonight, the night belongs to the billionaire from new york, donald trump, and that is where we want to continue the coverage with cnn politics reporter jeremy diamond who is inside of the trump head kwa headquarters. and he says quickly, thank you, south carolina on to the next. what are you hearing from the trump campaign late this e evening? >> that is r

let's go to our colleague, kate bolduan, at a ballot cam in c chichester, new hampshire. kate, what's going on in chichester? >> reporter: let me show you and try to keep it down so i don't distract them. they are mid-count. this is where they hand count all the ballots here. as you can see on these tables behind me, these are the tables -- the table is counting the democratic ballots. all of the blue ballots. all of the democratic ballots right here. then you have tables over here. pan over here. you can see these pink ballots. this is what they're -- this is where they're counting all the republican ballots. these are very preliminary numbers. they're just starting to count them. they two very methodically working in teams of two. one person calls out the candidate, the other person puts the tally on their sheet. now, i'll tell you, jake, we did get the preliminary turnout numbers from them and they are already showing what they think is a very big turnout so far, but we're mid-count right now. we'll be bringing this to you. >> all right, kate bolduan at the ballot cam

. >>> hello, i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman. >> the breaking news in new hampshire, hillary clinton and bernie sanders unite. any moment the two will step out on the stage in portsmouth, new hampshire, together. bernie sanders is expected to formally endorse hillary clinton. the big question, can he convince his legion of supporters who feel the bern feel something else? can you say that in mixed company? >> no, you cannot, but you just did. the political partnership between the ones bitter rivals is about to make its debut. as cnn's jeff zeleny has more. >> reporter: this is scheduled to be a unity event. we are going to hear the words "i endorse" from bernie sanders, but talking to so many voters here, there's so many raw tensions, particularly on the side of bernie sanders' supporters. there are bernie sanders' supporters on either side of this gymnasium here, holding up bernie sanders signs, holding out hope that he will not endorse. i talked to about ten bernie sanders supporters this morning. he said he's not going to endorse today, they don't believe it. he is indeed

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. a big hour of live action on the campaign trail. just hours before super tuesday, the sequel. >> i love sequels. >> this time it's personal. >> you're looking at live pictures right now out of north carolina. donald trump getting ready to speak shortly. how will he respond to the new surge of support for ted cruz? ted cruz inching ever closer now in the delegate race. >> but first, dueling events. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, fresh from their fiery cnn debate. they're making their pitches to voters in michigan. you're looking live at the bernie sanders rally. he's in cal ma kalamazoo right . michigan has more delegates at stake for democrats and republicans than all of the other states on super tuesday the sequel. clinton and basanders have sevel campaign events across the state. >> it's also perhaps why bernie sanders and hillary clinton clashed so fiercely at last night's debate. joining us, baa carrie sellers, and michigan state senator who just endorsed bernie sanders for president. senator, let me start with you. there's an

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. a bold new prediction just four days out. someone is going to win this election. that much is clear. beyond that, though, things are murky. what kwe can tell you is it is very close. the new cnn poll of polls shows hillary clinton with the lead right now of four points. that is pretty close. has it ever been closer? >> funny you should ask. four days out in

. >>> hello, i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. in just a short while donald trump will stand on a stage in west palm beach, florida. the question is, is he standing on the precipice? how does he handle the flood of new accusations of unwanted, inappropriate kissing and touching? what will he say? can he survive? just a short time ago he tweeted this. phony story in the failing "new york times" is a total fabrication written

. >>> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. nice to see you. donald trump swears there was no sniffles but there was pretty much everything else. both campaigning deals with the fallout from the presidential debate. hillary clinton did put trump on the offensive calling on fact checkers to turn up the volume and challenge him on his taxes, treatment of women and his preparedness to be commander in chief. >> trump also says he deserves credit for what he did not say actually during the debate, that he showed restraint afterward giving a not at all veiled nonattack attack against former president bill clinton and his past extramarital affairs. hillary clinton spoke just a short time ago to reporters before her plane took off for north carolina, where she will be campaigning. she was asked about that restrained remark from donald trump but also about donald trump's complaint that his microphone wasn't working properly throughout the night. listen here. >> what about his stamina? >> anybody who complains about the microphone is not having a good ni

. >> i'm kate bolduan. happening right now, speaker paul ryan is holding a conference call with house republicans which could determine if they stay or if they go when it comes to donald trump. will more members of his party including the speaker, maybe even himself, decide to drop donald trump? it is amazing that this discussion is even happening 30 days out from this election. as you know, some two dozen republicans have already pulled their support and several have now called on donald trump to drop out of the race. this followed the release of the 2005 "access hollywood" tape in which donald trump is heard bragging about groping women. language that he dismissed during last night's debate as locker room talk. >> let's go t

the california senator addressing the convention last hour with cnn's kate bolduan. >> i did fear for my safety and i had a lot of security around me. i called bernie a couple of times and he phoned me back last night, and he was very distressed about it. and it was a very warm conversation. and i told them he expressed shock his people would do it. i told him the vast majority of bernie supporters were fine, but there was this group of 50 to 100 people. they were not young people. they were older people. and that he ought to check out to see who these people are. and he said he would. i expect bernie to get a hold of this whole situation. that's what i expect from a leader and bernie has shown he's a leader in this country. >> another person who faced the wrath of the crowd is the head of the nevada democrats. her name is barbara lang. and she is still feeling the fallout from that convention because she has been facing vile messages almost every second on social media. she has also had death threats hurled against her and against her family. lang tells cnn's carol costello and i sho

. >> i'm kate bolduan. eight weeks to election day. this morning, one candidate complains in clyde, iowa while the other recovers in chappaqua, new york. donald trump taking full advantage of hillary clinton's unscheduled break from the campaign trail and he is pounding the pavement, hitting battleground states as hard as he can while he has the field basically to himself at the moment. he'll be holding a rally in iowa a short time from now. we'll be watching closely for that. while hillary clinton is still home resting under doctor's orders due to pneumonia. the campaign only admitting the illness after this video surfaced of clinton apparently unable to walk on sunday. >> donald trump and his team of course think it is a big deal. they're happy to talk about it. they're also happy to talk about hillary clinton's description of some trump supporters as a basket of deplorables. that is fair game in trump's world. not fair game, his tax returns or records of his charitable giving. so the one exemption we know he is claiming is himself w

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. it was the attack dog versus the dodge, deflect and deny dog. but which had the loudest bark and did one deliver a meaningful bite? that is as far as the tim kaine/mike pence dog metaphor takes us. four days from now it is the big dogs. the rematch between donald trump and hillary clinton in st. louis, moderated by cnn's own anderson cooper. just minutes from now, we are going to hear from governor mike pence. he has a rally and this comes just 24 hours after his face-off with senator tim kaine. now, kaine definitely led in one area. interruptions. he repeatedly hit pence on some of trump's most controversial remarks while governor pence either chose not to take the bait or not to defend his running mate depending on how you look at it. watch this. >> donald trump during his campaign has called mexicans rapists and criminals. he's called women slobs, pigs, dogs, disgusting. he attacked an indiana-born federal judge and said he was unqualified to hear a federal lawsuit because his parents were mexican. he said african-americans are living in hell

. >> and i'm kate bolduan. wait for it, wait for it. delegates. big questions could be answered by the time polls close tonight. mainly has ted cruz set the race with donald trump. >> on the democratic side can bernie sanders make it six out of seven and give him momentum heading into the next big prize, new york. new york spread like a fine cheese all over wisconsin. chris frates in wisconsin. jason carroll's in brookfield, a town we simply don't know enough about to make a joke. so, jason, we oar going to start with you in brookfield. you've been talking with voters on the ground. what are you hearing. >> reporter: how thb for a joke? this is red country but everyone we run into seems to be a democrat. let me set the scene where we are in this room, john. you can see on the right side arc number of people coming in. sweerch a steady stream of people coming in to vote. here in the state of wisconsin, actually expecting 40% of registered voters to turn out that. equals about 1.75 million people. that would be the largest turnout since 1980, if tha

>>> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. john berman is off today. it's not a campaign shake-up. says who? paul manafort. he has just resigned as campaign chairman. days after trump named a new campaign manager and a new controversial campaign ceo. that sure sounds like a shake-up. this also comes as trump looks to be as close to pivoting as we've seen so far. last night saying for the first time in this campaign he regrets some of the things he says. also happening right now, donald trump is pivoting to louisiana to tour the historic flood damage there. let's bring in david chalian with a whole lot of political news happening on this friday, david. paul manafort resigning. what do we know, what does it mean? >> let's start with the statement that came out from the trump campaign this morning from donald trump. he says, quote, this morning, paul manafort offered and i accepted his resignation from the campaign. am very appreciative of his great work and helping to get us to where we are today in particular, his work guiding us through the delegate convention process. paul is a tr

i'm kate bolduan in for erin burnett. the terror trail. disturbing new details emerging about the three terrorists who murdered at least 44 people at one of the world's busiest airports. a source telling cnn the attackers were part of an extremely well-planned plot originating from the highest levels of isis. in fact, the chairman of the house homeland security committee congressman mike mccall, the mastermind, the possible mastermind is a top lieutenant to the minister of war for isis operations. more on that in a second. this as turkish officials are still working to i.d. the men themselveses. they're showing this photo to people living near the apartment rented by the attackers. also tonight, new video of the attack unfolding. this angle from a surveillance camera shows a plain-clothes officer approach one of the attackers. the terrorist then pulls out his weapon and shoots the officer at point-blank range. with the officer down the gunman appears to shoot him twice, two times more before jumping in an elevator. >> in dramatic new image

kate bolduan is in iowa. and everyone piped on ted cruz. headline of friday's "des moines register" cruz' rough night. skipping the debate part of a master plan to take down cruz, here's what trump said. >> you not there at the fox debate your main rival in iowa, ted cruz, getting pummeled from left and right. was this maybe by design? did you think about this all along? >> along of things have happened since then because you saw the result. he got very badly hurt and he's going down. ted cruz is going down, plus the candidate problem. a huge problem. problem with canada, whether or not he can even run. i think he cannot run. we'll see what happens. >> but it wasn't by design? >> i'd like to tell you it was by design. maybe by instinct. >> maybe it was by instinct? with me now, roger stone, former advisor to donald trump, still very much a trump is a porte s author of a new book about hillary clinton. let's listen to a moment ago. >> a person certain i know, who's that person. ted cruz, who was not born on u.s. soil. it's a problem. by the

i'm kate bolduan. the chance encounter that's created major political backlash, right now we're standing by to hear from attorney general loretta lynch, she's expected to announce she will accept the findings of the prosecutor and the lawyers at the justice department over whether to bring charges against hillary clinton. it's an unusual announcement coming from an attorney general in the middle of an investigation. this comes of course after that impromptu meeting with former president bill clinton on a plane on a tarmac, that has now become a major political headache for hillary clinton herself. lynch says they talked about grandkids, they talked about golf games, but republicans say it reeks of improp trity. let's get too pamela brown who's pulling double duty today. what more have you learned about what loretta lynch is going to say today? >> she's expected to say that she's going to defer her judgment to the career prosecutors who have been working on it and the prosecutors including the fbi direc

. >> i'm kate bolduan. good morning from manchester, new hampshire. center of the political universe right now. just 13 hours now until the critical primary begins in this state. and that means if you're running for president, you are literally running across this state right now. for the democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, they are fighting for every last vote. >> on the republican side, it's an old fashioned battle. maybe not for first place. donald trump seems to be solidly in the lead, but it is a mess back in the pack. look at the cnn poll of polls. marco rubio, ted cruz, john kasich, jeb bush in a traffic jam with some 30% of republican voters yet to make up their minds, and it's all up for grabs. as we speak, the candidates, they are out clawing for votes. you can see right there, there's john kasich on your left. he's nearby in manchester, new hampshire right now. donald trump is speaking in salem. he has another event later this hour. manu raju is waiting for trump. >> he's doing something unusual behind me. he's addressing voters

at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. catastrophic is what the white house says about donald trump's suggestions about where he'd take u.s. policy on nuclear weapons and the possibility of south korea and japan arming themselves. and moments from now president obama will be speaking live from his nuclear summit in washington, a crucial garthther of more than 50 of the world leaders. at the top of the agenda, how to keep nuclear material from countries. we are in washington at the site of the summit. what are we expecting to hear from the president any minute now? >> he's speaking coming out of a meeting of the p5+1, except russia who was a no show. kind of a strange situation there considering russia has so much nuclear material within its borders. this is a group that negotiated the iran nuclear deal. the white house says iran has been living up to its obligations according to that deal which is controversial within the united states and elsewhere. but they insist that iran has been doing what it's supposed to do, howeve

. >> i'm kate bolduan. as you were listening right there, john kasich telling new york voters there are two paths they can choose. one of darkness or his path, but take a look at a new poll out this morning. and so far new york republicans seem to see only one path, and it leads right to donald trump with 60% support. more than 40 points ahead both kasich and cruz. >> the ohio governor's speech to the women's national republican club comes just one week before the new york primary. the stakes very, very high. joining us to discuss this, david chalion, ana navarro, and alex burns. david we listened to kasich give a 25 minute speech. this speech was important to the kasich campaign. they were billing about this, talking about it for days. what's going on here. >> this is the kasich candidacy and their rationale. this is the why are you running for president moment down this this race is down to three people, he's getting a good chunk of attention that he had not received at any time previous in this campaign,

"at this hour with berman and bolduan" starts now. >>> hello. i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. the fate of the world is teetering and it's up to you to save it. no, john, this isn't the tag line from the next avengers movie. it's actually what president obama is saying on the campaign trail right now. essentially we are all going down and only you can save it. we are waiting right now to hear much more from the president. he will be speaking any

. >> i'm kate bolduan. it is a beautiful day, not just the weather, because it is debate day in america once again. it's very real because this race is close. very close. pretty much tied, i guess we could say. which means it can't get any closer. which also means the stakes could not get any higher. tonight, less than ten hours from now, hillary clinton, donald trump face off for the first presidential debate. >> 9:00 p.m. eastern time, 90 minutes, no breaks, no commercials, no mercy. it all happens right here at hofstra university in hempstead, new york, long island. strong island. both candidates want the strong, decisive showing. we are joined by cnn's phil mattingly and sunlen serfaty outside the debate hall. sunlen, what are these candidates doing? we just got word from a clinton adviser hillary clinton is actually doing practice this morning. >> reporter: yeah. so fascinating to see these candidates in the last hours how they're preparing leading into the biggest night of their campaign. hillary clin

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. it

. >>> coming up next, viewers in asia at cnn's state of the race with kate bolduan. and for everyone else, the news continues. the u.s. family is grieving after their son was killed by a neighbor. >>> plus, the son of el chapo has been kidnapped in mexico. we have the latest on the investigation coming up. stay with us. ♪ ♪ the first paint that kills bacteria. sherwin-williams paint shield continuously kills 99.9% of bacteria. totally breakthrough. surprisingly the same. and it's only avaiblble at sherwin-williams. >>> you are watching cnn newsroom live from los angeles. i'm isha sesay. the headlines this hour. republican presidential candidate donald trump is asking for african-american's votes, while calling for law and order to be restored. he spoke earlier in milwaukee, wisconsin, the scene of unrest after a fatal police shooting. >>> a staggering amount of rain has fallen in louisiana in a week. more than 7 trillion gallons. the governor estimates at least 40,000 homes have been damaged. one expert says it could triple that number. >>> here in southern calif

i'm kate bolduan in forrier i e burnett. >>> the cyber attack reaching other democratic party organizations as well including the dnc and the party's congressional campaign committee, this as hillary clinton and tim kaine are preparing to take the stage together in pennsylvania. donald trump held a rally in denver just moments ago attacking clinton with the crowd, getting into it, as well. listen. [ audience chanting "lock her up" ] >> you know what? i've been say ago on i've been saying let's just beat her in the november race, but you know what? no. no. you know what? i'm starting to agree with you, i'll tell you. >> every time i mention her everyone screams "lock her up," "lock her up, lock her up" they keep screaming. >> we'll get back to that. i do want to get back to the breaking news with jim sciutto with the cyber attack in the clinton campaign. jim, what do you know about this attack? what are you hearing? >> this is a very expansive attack and we knew that the triple c, the democratic congressional campaign committee opened up to a whole host of candidates around the county. the c

. >> i'm kate bolduan. it's 12:00 in the east here in new york. you're watching a special noon edition of "at this hour." west palm beach, florida, where donald trump is set to speak any moment now. we will take you there live. it is definitely ripe to be a huge moment for his campaign. why? this isn't just another campaign stop. this is the first time trump will be speaking live since a slew of new allegations have surfaced against him overnight. will he address the wave of brand-new allegations of unwanted kissing, unwanted touching and groping that have come out against him? donald trump started the morning off already taking to twitter to defend himself. here's one tweet. help sa he said this, a total fabrication written by the same people as the last discredited story on women. watch. he says. two women did speak to "the new york times" on the record. cnn has not been able to independently verify their accounts, we do want to say. one woman was a 22-year-old receptionist in trump tower in 2005 when she says donald trump kissed her without per