>> robert kennedy is now undergoing a neuro surgical operation. he is said to be in very critical condition. >> senator robert francis kennedy died at 1:44 a.m. today, june 6th, 1968. he was 42 years old. for the sweaty faces, and the hidden smiles. the foggy glasses, and the sore ears. the determined looks, and the muffled laughs. a simple piece of fabric makes a big statement: i care. let's all do our part to slow the spread. wear a mask. learn more at covid19.ca.gov. >>> this was really the death of hope, a loss of belief in the entire system. >> to be remembered simply as a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it, saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. those of us who loved him had to take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us, what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world. >> well, i feel almost like hiding my face as an american that something like this could actually happen. >> i think we have a little too much violence in this country. >> they go after the goo

. >> senator robert francis kennedy was 42 years old. >> we demonstrate against the war in vietnam. >> hundreds of men killed last week in vietnam was the highest this summer. >> they are running an all white political party in 1968. >> we all need george c. wallace for our president of the united states. >> vote republican in november. >> the peace groups are demanding permission to march on convention hall. >> these cops here are tough. they'll kill you with a maul. >> as long as i am mayor of this town, there will be law and order in chicago. >> this is the moment of truth for the democratic party. >> tuesday night, i spent my evening at senator kennedy's campaign headquarters to celebrate his victory in california. tuesday night, i was in ecstasy with joy. wednesday morning, sorrow. and this morning, utter despair because now i'm lost. i'm desperate. and i don't know where we're going from here. >> by the early summer of 1968, there was this ache in the american spirit. what the hell is happening to us? is the country coming apart at the seams? >> no words can really fully convey

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in new jersey, robert menendez easily going on to win re-election. he is a democrat. but those are the ones we can call. the ones that are too close to call or we don't have enough information about are still fascinating. we want to talk about these because they are republican-held seats. first, the marquee race we are watching in massachusetts. the incumbent republican scott brown up against his democratic challenger, elizabeth warren. only 5% reporting at this point. she's about 5,000 votes ahead. in indiana, we're still watching this, just changing as we watch it. joe donnelly still ahead with almost 50% reporting. this is a seat that if republicans lose, it is an early tell-tale sign they are not going to be able to retake control of the senate. let's look at the balance of power at this hour. >> right now, 38 republican seats, 37 democratic seats. you see these two purple seats right here, for the two independents. one is for bernie sanders of vermont who won re-election tonight. the other is more towards the middle. that's because that's angus king, the newly el

she and jimmy are the mother and father of my two major debate coaches, maggie and robert. it's great to have them here. i want to thank floridians. calista and i talked about this. everybody here has been so positive in every part of the state, we just thank all of you for the hospitality and the kindness. we thank the well over a half million floridians who voted for us. i think florida did something very important, coming on top of south carolina. it is now clear that this will be a two-person race between the conservative leader, newt gingrich and the massachusetts moderate. [ applause ] the voters of florida really made that clear. you'll notice a number of folks are holding up a sign about 46 states to go. [ applause ] >> we did this in part for the elite media, because, you know, the same people who said i was dead in june and julie and said i was gone after iowa, who seemed totally quiet the night of the south carolina victory will now be back saying, what's he going to do? what's he going to do. i just want to reassure them tonight, we are going to contest every pl

looked at each other and jackie and jimmy and kathy and paul and my two debate coaches, maggie and robert -- [ applause ] >> by the way, i would say for the performance they get out of me, the most underpaid debate coaches in america. although they will probably talk to me about that later on. i probably shouldn't have said it. at any event, we looked at each other and said, you know, remember when it was tim pawlenty who was going to crowd me out and remember then when it was michele bachmann and then it was our good friend, herman cain the first time and then for a brief moment, it was donald trump almost. then it was our good friend, rick perry, then herman cain the second time and now it's santorum. and you just can't quite get across to them, it's all right. there are lots of bunny rabbits that run through. i'm the tortoise, i just take one step at a time. [ applause ] >> i have always tried to be very candid. sometimes it gets me in trouble, on balance, i think it's how i want to live and how i want to do things. so i said at the very peak of the santorum surge and all this stuff, i

leoiy is one of the corrupt's leading experts on environmental toxins, a professor at robert wood johnson medical school. his cold room is a near freezing controlled environment where he has stored ground zero dust for almost a decade. >> here it is. this is the cold room. >> this is the cold room where we store it. >> is this it in this bin here? >> these, two yeah. >> each one has a manifest on it saying when it was sampled, who it was collected by, who analyzed it, where it was stored, what the initial weight was. >> there aren't a lot of reminders when you walk around the city of new york, thankfully. i mean, these are a few of the reminders that are left. >> sure. >> you see how high it went up. >> he watched from home as the plume of dust and smoke rose over manhattan. >> had you ever seen anything like this? >> no. >> had you ever read about anything like this? >> no. >> after his initial shock wore off, he began to wonder, what's in that dust? >> if i asked you to name how many different particles and what they were in the dust, could you do it? >> not without a sheet because we f

leoiy is one of the corrupt's leading experts on environmental toxins, a professor at robert wood johnson medical school. his cold room is a near freezing controlled environment where he has stored ground zero dust for almost a decade. >> here it is. this is the cold room. >> this is the cold room where we store it. >> is this it in this bin here? >> these, two yeah. >> each one has a manifest on it saying when it was sampled, who it was collected by, who analyzed it, where it was stored, what the initial weight was. >> there aren't a lot of reminders when you walk around the city of new york, thankfully. i mean, these are a few of the reminders that are left. >> sure. you got fire retardants, combustion products, plastics and other parts of the periodic table. >> gold and mercury from tens of thousands of fluorescent light bulbs, lead from thousands of computer monitors, titanium from paint on the trade center walls, asbestos that coated lower beams of the trade center buildings. there was cement, glass, carpet fibers, ceiling tiles, even human hairs. in all, 1.5 million tons of the stuf

the sport they were raised onner to them apart when danny garcia replaced robert garcia as ortiz' trainer and for that reason no matter how thrilling it is to train a champion, garcia can't help but speak of the job as a means to the end. >> it is my life. it is my work. it is my family. if i can get a dollar from this place to bring it to my house, i'll do it. for my kids. >> reporter: but for a pair of brothers left in a trailer long ago, the brand of promise that the ring offers remains unconditional. alongside a hunger to thrash an opponent whose antics they find flabber gasing. >> burning $100 bills is a slap in if face to anyone. i grew up with nothing, and i know what that is like. seeing something like that is made of ignorance, pure ignorance, and that is just going to show what may take place in his life in the next few years, especially after i destroy him. if you are really that careless about money like that, then who knows where the rest of your life is going to take you, you know. i mean, i have been through it all. i am 24, but i have been through a whole lot more than our

by 7:20, he's dressed and out the door to take his stepson, robert, to school. >> all right, kid. let's roll. i just don't change my life. i work my schedule around my family, you know, the kids at school while i'm training. i'll check you later, all right, man. have a good day. have a good day at your pops. be good. >> bradley returns home just in time to see stepdaughter alicia before she heads off to school with her mom. >> see you friday. all right, baby. be good. do good in school. >> which leaves the boxer a solid hour of one on one time with his baby girl. >> she likes do whatever she wants do. for the most part she's pretty easy. you let her play around. watch her make sure she doesn't fall on her head. kids. she got a bradley head so i'm not too worried too much about her head. you know what i'm saying? he got a hard head. but she is a sweetheart. >> it's good, huh? >> the breakfast special this morning, homemade smoothies. >> it look nasty but hey, my daughter loves it, it got to be good. ah! it's good, huh? >> he relishes these moments at home but important obligations

. >> robert was 7. and alicia was 2, 2 and three months, they reacted well to him because he's such a kid friendly person. he's just awesome. >> the bradleys married two years ago. last summer, jada joined the family and a scene that nearly put her father on the delivery room canvas. >> i almost passed out. i was in there, just like, i wanted to scream out like holy -- because it was like, this is freaking amazing. i saw jada i was like, wow, little bundle of joy right there. she's beautiful. she's a firecracker, man. keeps me busy, keep mess on my toes, more fuel to the fire now. i use my family as motivation. their happiness is my happiness. i want them to have an easy, easy life. >> boxing has taken tim bradley just about as far as he could have hoped. yet, the rooad to his greatest test is just beginning. ♪ >> a lot of people say i don't hit hard enough. i wasn't quick enough. i was too short, too small for the weight class, never become world champion. three-time world champion. you know? i'm the

. >> julia roberts, meryl streep, you know, angel cal houston. >> what a moment, an as your name is read out, that's a moment every actor must dream of, best actress, boom. what are you feeling inning that second? >> i think i closed my eyes and thought, here we go. and i said to my husband at the time that night, he said do you think i'm going to win and he said no, no, i think he was trying to protect me from being terribly disappointed. and i said i think i'm going to win. so in that moment, i just knew when daniel day-lewis came on stage that my name was in that envelope. i know i forgot to thank my husband that night. >> did you really. >> i did. i walked off stage. i said, i forgot to thank my husband. >> no wonder you're not together anymore. >> exactly. >> i need to have a break because that's such a shocking thing to have confessed. when we come back, i want to talk to you about president obama. like i said, you have got strong views. i just don't know what they are. so i'm fascinated. >> okay. >>> hiv has decimated some of these communities. seeing all the children and so few a

going to be driving her car, and i don't want to wake her up from a nap, so i'm going to take my cousin robert to a movie. long story short, i returned home, i was down in the dumps about the boat. ganny gave me an ass chewing is probably the only way to really describe it about taking her car without asking her. and i literally -- i was 22 at the time. i like broke into tears and had to run off the room like a little kid. and really, i literally could not have done more harm, in my opinion, at this time. and i looked on my bed and there was this note sitting on my bed and it was addressed to "my man, pierce." it was my grandfather's very distinct handwriting. it said this -- it said, "pierce, i remember days where i felt i could do nothing right, but then the sun would come up and a bright day would embrace me. do not worry about the boat or car incidents. you are a good man who got a bad bounce, but all is well, believe me. i hate to see you worrying in doubt. you brighten my life, so forget yesterday and today's little" and he underlined "little incidents. you're the man and i love you. gam

it happened in the house wares section, when he watched a gambino capo named robert vaccaro attack another capo, known as "petey chops," with a heavy crystal candlestick. >> garcia: he takes it, cracks him on the head, and you hear like a melon breaking, just "pop," and then blood starts gushing. he drops straight down. and i'm sitting there going, "i don't believe what's going on. i just saw an assault going on here." >> keteyian: in the house wares section. >> garcia: in the house wares section, president's day at bloomingdales, white plains. >> keteyian: doesn't mafia law dictate that you get in on this beating? >> garcia: you're right. i'm saying, "okay, now, i think i messed up royally here." because, number one, i didn't take any licks at this guy, petey chops. i should have been, you know, kicking him, banging him, some way of something, slapping him around. i didn't do that. mistake for you? >> garcia: i thought that that incident, they looked at me after that, a little... a little different. >> keteyian: the fbi was so concerned that garcia had blown his cover and was about to be

he prefers shooting in natural light, and agrees with what the famous war photographer robert capa said: if your pictures aren't good enough, you're not close enough. and even when he's not working, he's still looking for that perfect shot. >> clinch: i'm photographing all the time. i'm such a visual person and i don't want to miss that moment. >> cooper: you're never without your camera? >> clinch: rarely. >> cooper: even right now sitting here? >> clinch: yeah. see? i always want to be prepared, because you never know who's going to come to your studio. i really like this a lot. >> cooper: his studio is a place where any music fan would love to be locked up for a few days. it's like a history of rock and roll. >> clinch: there's a couple things here i want to show you so we'll show these over here. >> cooper: a couple years back, who started it all: chuck berry, who's now 89. and another founding father: jerry lee lewis, who's 80. and here are some pictures from that first session with bob dylan. >> clinch: we were trying to figure out you know give him a little something to do. someb

. >> pelley: deb roberts lost her son, michael holland. deb, do you have an opinion on where responsibility lies in professional. i'm not an engineer, i'm a business manager. i think it was a series of unfortunate events. and without any other information, i truly blame it on hurricane joaquin. >> pelley: glen, in... in your estimation, where does the responsibility for this lie? >> jackson: squarely on tote maritime. and you got to understand, commercial shipping, they got to keep that ship moving to make money. and it... that's the whole horror of this tragedy is that 33 people died so that frozen chickens could be delivered on time in puerto rico. that's it. >> pelley: the safety board told us that tote maritime, the owner, is cooperating fully. tote declined to talk with us, other than to say it created a fund for the families and that "el faro" was regularly maintained. the ship had passed two inspections in the months before the accident. located those two bridge decks about half a mile from the ship. the windows were blown out. the

numerous celebrities sent tweets of support including robert downey, junior. >>> next on live at 5:00, we are counting down to the grammy's. get a preview from the performers. >> a live look outside. we're glad you're watching all over back right after this. the biggest night in music is almost here. suzanne marques shows us what's in store for monday's >>> the biggest night in music is almost here. >> what's in store for monday's grammy awards. >> [ music ] >> audiences can say hello to adelle. the british super star returns to the grammy stage to perform a song from her record smashing album 25. >> taylor swift will open the show for the second time in 3 years. swift is up for seven awards including album of the song of the year. she goes up against kendrick lamar who leads with 11 nominations, chris stapleton and the weekend and alabama shakes. >> lady gaga will give a tribute to the late david bowie. >> she has something very cool planned and very rehearsing off site. >> ll cool j will host for the fifth consecutive year. he said the show is not to be missed. >> it's going to be a

. >> reporter: and his house is a museum, and i could have been saying, in washington, robert kittle, 7 news. >> i did not know that.

. >> reporter: and his house is a museum, and i could have been saying, in washington, robert kittle, 7 news. >> i did not know that. >> i didn't, either. >>> 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> right now on 7 news at 6:00, candidates are trying to reel in the votes. >> and debating would should nominate the next supreme court justice following the sudden death of justice antonin scalia. >>> but first, the weather, and some schools are out early with early dismittal as early on- dismissals. >> tomorrow, mitchell county kids will be on a delay, and throughout the afternoon, we've had snow and sleet and freezing rain. there is a glaze forming outer there, and traffic is moving relatively smoothie on interstate o n -- smoothly on i-85. so be careful out there. >>> emergency officials tell us that they responded to more than two dozen accidents in henderson county. christy, when will it get better? >>> tom, it may be a while cause the cold air is stubborn and we have arrive rain to the west. and it's above freezing where the heavy rain is falling. the trend overall is for temperatures to

. >> we're going to start with our capitol reporter robert kittle in lexington county, governor nikki haley is about to endorse a republican candidate for president. >>reporter: that's right, amy, we're in chafin, outside of a business, and marco rubio had scheduled a campaign event here any way, but it's gotten more attention. governor nikki haley is expected to endorse marco rubio. she said yesterday, that she was not sure if she would endorse anyone, and she didn't tell us who, if she did have that idea then went -- if she knew then she was going to endorse him, the conventional thinking was she was going to endorse rubio, but also thought that she might endorse jeb bush. because when she was running for governor, he helped her out with her campaign, then when she won, the governor ship, he helped her get her administration started up, she had some questions and she called him and got some advice if him. so he was hoping to get her endorsement and he had said yesterday, that out of all of the possible endorse pts in south carolina -- endorsements in south carolina, hearse would be

in columbia, robert kittle, 7 news. >>> even though there are a lot fewer candidates in the democratic primary, turnout could be just as high. >> indications that that's the case, more than 22,000 absentee ballots for the democrats and that is more than they had in 2008. and remember, if you voted in the gop primary last weekend, you cannot vote in the democratic contest this saturday. everything you need to know about those polling locations, the candidates can find at wspa.com, look at the news tap. >>> poly wild animal park could soon close. the director says there will be a community meeting wednesday morning, at the spartanburg chamber of commerce, the animal park hopes to raise a half million dollars to stay open. leaders will give plans on how they'll move forward, and they want to hear your input. >> spartanburg city council is development at tonight's meeting, council will transfer some property on fulton avenue to a nonprofit group that is working to revitalize the area. it will also transfer land on raleigh street for transitional housing to help the homeless. >>> a georgia

robert kittle tells us what it will do and how it will better protect you from cyber crime. tv show, but sc cyber is a new statewide cyber security effort to fight hackers and better protect your information. >> today there's about 15 billion connected dwoo iss -- devices, by 2025, it will be 40 billion devices. >>reporter: governor nikki haley says when the state department of revenue got hacked in 2012, it woke all of us up to how vulnerable we are. they got personal information off the tax returns of 4 million people and businesses. this new program, will try to keep the state ahead of hackers. >> what are the newest and latest ways that they're trying to hack? what are the vulnerabilitysa we need to be watching for? how can we educate the private sector so they know how to protect themselves? and are we training our newest students on what cyber security is and how they need to be thinking into this next era. >>reporter: the program is housed at usc and involves the sit dall l and the college of -- send their employees here to columbia to it -- for specialized training a

and as our robert kittle tells us ...the senator south carolina lawmakers go back into session tomorrow at the statehouse. >> the senator who was blocking the biggest issues says he will not stand in the way anymore. >> reporter: drivers have had six more months of potholes since lawmakers went home last june. most agree on the biggest issue for lawmakers coming back. >> roads are more important. it has been an issue for a long time and needs to be addressed. plan to raise the gas tax and cut the income tax and make some reports -- reforms at the department of transportation but senator tom davis filibustered. >> the tax was tripled and they were going to dump that money into a system with an inability to address critical needs. >> reporter: he says not to give the dot anymore tax dollars without changing the agency. but now he says there is a willingness to change the dot and a bill can pass. >> citizens don't want you to raise your taxes but they also want you to fix the roads. >> reporter: he thinks if there is a gas tax increase with an income tax cut and dot reform, people will sup

robert kittle tells us what you can expect out of columbia this year. >> reporter: state lawmakers are back at work and they've heard you want roads. rocco representative gary several has been leading the record in the house. >> with as much rain we have had it's exposed vulnerability and the longer we delay this -- the worse it gets and the lesss safe our roads are. >> the house passed a plan that would raise the tax 10 cents a gallon and restructure the transportation. overabundance of -- of confidence and how the issue is being handled. >> reporter: lawmakers have to figure out what to do with the $1.3 million surplus. they say spending it all on roads isn't a good idea. raising the gas tax gets one third of the money gets money from people driving through the state. education is another big issue. lawmakers have to improve rural schools. the supreme court ruled there were not providing enough education. >> reporter: lawmakers say surplus could go to education since its one-time money and it's a one-time need. these protesters showed up to ask lawmakers not to remove any confederate

in columbia, robert kittle, 7 news. >>> the governor is also getting some criticism for saying in her speech that the republican party has some share of the blame for the erosion of public trust. >> but she says she was just trying to tap into voters' frustrations that nothing gets done in washington. >>> let's bring in 7 news anchor amy wood now. this is a huge issue on our >> it is. the viewers are pretty much against the concept of this governor leaving the state of south carolina to go after a v. p. position, that she would even consider it at this point. we have about 100 comment tons facebook page. i'm not going read them alal. >> it would take a minute. >> it would take a little while. >> her ambitious is almost sinful. the state needs health care, the roads fixed and better schools. prove you can do this first before stepping up the ladder. another positive posting you picture. there are the haters in south carolina, but that is not everyone. the rest of the country sees her differently. shall -- she responsible for carolina. >> are people more interested in whether or not she

the state agents say he and robert shaw are accused of beating a suspect back in 2014. the arrest warrants showed the two made false statements about the arrest of brian hatcher, who wednesday ended up in a hospital. hatcher's attorney says he is still recovering. back to you. >> thank you. >>> construction is starting on a new company bringing hundreds of jobs to spartanburg county for a carbon fibers america will be built on the moore the manufacturerring operatio is a supplier for companies like boeing. they will hire about #00 employees -- 500 employee offers the next 10 years. >> this is one more time that south carolina has really put its name on the map for the fact that not only do we build things, we build them well, and the investment of what is happening with made in america in south carolina is really something to be looked at. >> and the company is based in japan. >>> tonight, a new study is showing exactly how much it costs to support the average south carolina family. state leaders released the first of its kind report today. they say this is going to hel

our robert kid l has been look ing into that. he is standing by live now at the state house tonight. did the lawmaker goss along with -- lawmakers go along with what the governor asked for last year? >> reporter: in last year's state of the state address, main things she wanted, to fix roads and improve rural schools. to fix roads, she wants to raise the gas tax 10-cent as gallon but cut your state income tax. the house did pass that plan last year and now it is in the senate. senate transportation committee chairman says he thinks her plan has about a 50-50 chance of passing. >> some senators said i will not vote for my gasoline tax no matter. what we have groups in our state that are advocating no bill will pass or no bill should receive a yes vote if it include as gasoline tax. convenient if it meant eliminating all income taxes. i think that is a little crazy. >> to improve rural schools, she wants to attract more good teachers. >> first, if a student graduating high school is willing to spend eight years teaching in their un

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now state business leaders are 7 news reporter robert kittle found out they want senators to pay you back. >> state business leaders say they know you're concerned about the potholes you keep hitting. >> they're worried about the safety of unsafe roads and bridges. they're worried about the cost to their vehicles, to their truck, to their cars, the costs that go on and on every year. >> if you ask people what lawmakers should be working on -- >> roads and highways. >> i'm from nbc charloe-- from north carolina and the roads in south carolina are terrible. >> business leaders were at the state house to demand that state senators take a vote on a roads plan that's been on their calendar since last year. lee bright is one of the senators filibustering the bill. he said he's doing it to protect you. >> this bill has a tax increase in it as it came over from the house. my concern is even if the senate strips the tax increase and it goes back to the house the house puts the tax increase back on and then you put a burden on the taxpayer. >> he and the other senators blocking the bill said t

robert t >> right after the assault what happened the victim went to her apartme told her room to call 911. >> at which point the victim did go to the hospital and get treatme>wnw the student arrested during this scuffle will face a judge. police say she encouraged classmates to film thi oe altercation between office and a student i cont she could face a fine of up to $1,000 and as much 90 days in jail. >>> two deadly attacks within hous from each other. all of the suspects are in their teens. christ brown is live outside bojang ball din. there's another common factor and it sees like drugs. >> reporter: yes. the filmndo and the one that happened here outside this bojangles in mauldinti drugs. neither them were relat. now we have two up state teens tha da we have three that are in jail including a 15-year t is facing charges murder. anders county de say that bailey lloyd shot and kil s shooti at a gas station. hours later savon allen was shot. tron wa and william allen were arrested with another teen girl. i spoke favor who helps a lot of teens dealin with g addiction and they beeu and

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in columbia, robert kittle, 7 news. >> and now, the d.o.t. secretary also says there are 300 bridges in south carolina on interstates and primary roads, that are considered structurally deficient, to replace all 300 would take 174 million dollars a year for ten years. >>> do you think south carolina's minimum wage is high enough? one lawmaker says it's not. and and she's now fighting to raise pay to $10-10 an hour, representative hunter. something workers deserve, especially those supporting families. >> let's show families that we hon sdmor respect them -- honor and represent them, by paying them a decent wage. children, it is hard for me to provide for them just basic necessities. >> hunter believes the raise won't increase the cost for business community because if the minimum wage increases, fewer families would rely on benefit asks programs paid for by taxpayers north carolina's social service offices are finally drug testing people who apply for and receive welfare. under a 2013 law, social services can test anyone it suspects is of usi

. >> our robert kittle tried to find out today and got ideas for you. >>reporter: candy is usually a safe bet for everyone, but when it comes to buying valentine's day gifts for men. >> i have no idea frnts we do have a lot of women coming in, wondering what am i going to get them. >>reporter: plenty of ideas, a bottle of wine boxes for some, maybe a monogrammed toiletry bag. this glass is a pint glass that has a bottle opener in the bottom. and then it has your pint glass on the front and then we can personalize these here. >>reporter: just like jewelry works for women, it can work for men, too, like these cuff link, a barbecue apron with a pocket cooler that holds a beverage and a built in bottle opener. >> my wife got my garth brooks ticketss. >>reporter: most men would love to have a sports car for outside of the realm of most people's finances. it's the thought that counts, right? and men, might not be so different after all. >> i think that they probably just want what everyone wants, that someone cares about them. >>reporter: 7 news. >> last woma

robert kittle, standing live outside of the venue in chafin, he bring us the latest. >>reporter: we're outside of a business in chafin, and governor nikki haley will be here at about an hour, along with marco rubio, this was a campaign rally for him, any way. but it was going to get more attention than it would have otherwise because we've learned that governor nikki haley will endorse marco rubio. now, that was the conventional wisdom any way, that she would probably endorse him, but just yesterday, she told us she wasn't sure if she would endorse anybody and she did not say who. jeb bush has also been hoping to get her endorsement. those two have been close, he helped her when she was first running for governor and when she won, she called him to get advice on setting up her administration. and he helped her out that way. so he was hoping to get her endorse pt. and he even said, recently, that her endorsement is probably the most significant one in the state lt but he's not getting it, marco rubio is. we'll be here throughout the night and bring you more details >>