"special report" is next. >>> this is a fox news alert in washington. we begin with a fox news exclusive. satellite image ri shows the chinese military has deployed an advanced surface to air missile system on one of its contested islands in the south china sea. another example of a foreign power challenging president obama to respond to an act of defiance and aggression. the breaking news tonight. >> the discovery of these missile batteries on woody island in the disputed islands of the south china seas comes just as president obama and leaders of the asean summit pledge to commit themselves to maritime security and safety including freedom of

. >> meanwhile, another anti-establishment candidate, ted cruz, opposed washington from inside washington won the iowa caucuses. >> iowa has sent notice that the republican nominee will not be chosen by the washington establishment. >> the way to earn the title of outsider it helps if you call your own majority leader on the floor of the senate a liar. but by his own sort of demeanor and actions, placed himself outside what he calls the washington cartel. that's a clever way to go about it and we'll see if it pays off for him. >> wow, wow, wow. so beautiful. >> and then, of course, donald trump. easily won new hampshire. 2016 was not going to be like any other year. >> so fresh out here. >> on the democrat side, the results once seemed even more assured. there was hillary and then there was the rest of the field. most people couldn't even name them. >> today i'm formally endering the race for the democratic nomination for president. >> certainly, there's be no competition from the senator from vermont, bernie sanders. >> doesn't seem there's a sanders administration. that's absurd. >> ber

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establishment and the washington cartel. a candidate dismissed out right by the media. some polls had him 15, 20 behind. you refused to let the establishment and media do your thinking for you. you refused to let them tell you how to vote. you wanted a candidate who didn't adopt his position because of the latest opinion polls, but because of a deep and under lying conservative philosophy that grounded him so that he knew exactly what he believed and the principles were that built this great nation. and so tonight i want to say to the people of new hampshire, thank you for what you did 36 years ago. thank you for giving america, and the world, and history our 40th president of the united states, ronald wilson reagan. and i ask the people of new hampshire, and the people of south carolina, and the people of nevada, and the people of the super tuesday states on march 1, to each of you, do not listen to our words. do not listen to the rhetoric from campaigns, but rather, hold everyone of us accountable, hold me accountable and

washington post i have to tell you i have respect for jeff but he bought the washington post to have political influence and i got to tell you we have a different country than we use to have. he owns amazon. he wants political influence so that amazon will benefit from it. that's not right and believe me, if i become president, oh do they have problems. they're going to have such problems. and one of the things i'm going to do and this is only going to make it tougher for me and i've never said this before but one of the things i'll do if i win and i hope i do is i'm going to open up our laws so when they write purposely negative and horrible false articles, we can sue them and win lots of money. we're going to open up those liable laws. so that when the new york times writes a head piece which is a total disgrace or when the washington post which is there for other reasons writes a head piece, we can sue them and win money instead of having no chance of winning because they're totally protected. with me, they're not protected because i'm not like other people but i'm not taking mone

"washington post" poll find 54% of the voters consider it extremely or very important. 43% say it is somewhat or less important. but in that very same poll, 61% of the conservatives say that judicial appointments are extremely or very important. and i would say, that is, that is how i feel, guy. elections have consequences. this is a huge, pivotal moment for the republican party. so who is best suited to articulate the strongest case in nominating a conservative? i think best answers in the debate came from ted cruz and marco rubio. this is real clarifying moment in the race. i hope republican voters wake up and say, wow, with scalia wrong, time to get serious. look at balance of the court. over last few years 5-4 decisions hanging by a thread upholding religious liberty about, freedom of speech, second amendment. 5-4 decisions. scary to me it is even that close. the next president will have opportunity not just to replace scalia and but pick at least one or two additional justices this is not an election that people who care about the constitution can afford to lose. so i know there

this the "the washington post" says they have been asking for these speeches for several weeks now and she hasn't given an answer. her answer last night was i will see what i can do. that do l. come back to it's going to be devastating until she releases them. at that point we will get a look what's in there and that can be even worse. it's a real problem for her. >> it's a problem and particularly a problem because bernie sanders right now is legitimizing all the arguments republicans are going to make over the summer if hillary is the nominee. hillary won't be able to say these are sciolous partisan attacks because bernie as the progressive has made them from the left. any time republicans want to go after her for goldman, not releasing transcripts. exorbitant fees for giving speeches. remember when bernie made the same argument. >> talking about him being authentic progressive you have got to admit. it's a little weird. he says she is for affordable college. is he for free college. so, every kid who is 18 years old wants bernie sanders because he says it's free. where is he going to

. >> meanwhile, another anti-establishment candidate, ted cruz, opposed washington from inside washington won the iowa caucuses. >> iowa has sent notice that the republican nominee will not be chosen by the washington establishment. >> the way to earn the title of outsider it helps if you call your own majority leader on the floor of the senate a liar. but by his own sort of demeanor and actions, placed himself outside what he calls the washington cartel. that's a clever way to go about it and we'll see if it pays off for him. >> wow, wow, wow. so beautiful. >> and then, of course, donald trump. easily won new hampshire. 2016 was not going to be like any other year. >> so fresh out here. >> on the democrat side, the results once seemed even more assured. there was hillary and then there was the rest of the field. most people couldn't even name them. >> today i'm formally endering the race for the democratic nomination for president. >> certainly, there's be no competition from the senator from vermont, bernie sanders. >> doesn't seem there's a sanders administration. that's absurd. >> ber

i'm going to shake things up in washington. bring change. >> that's right. while he has the strongest support of noncollege educated blue collar worker, he's got broad support across all demographics. tas coalition of people who are fed up, ticked off, not just with the obama economy, but really the whole direction of the american government feel like they've been lied to politicians. >> i question his staying power as people look into that business record. once he goes beyond the development business that he inherited, he pretty much fails in the big venture, airline, casino, et cetera, so -- >> do people care about that though? >> that's the question. >> that's essentially what he's saying and i think here we are with very troubled market in the u.s. economy slowing. you might say this plays to his strength to focus on economic issue, but i think as people dig into dan noted this week, that 45% tariff, that tax he wants to put on a lot of goods we buy from overseas, they make that, the other candidates really did give him a pass. he was not attacked. they

i'm shannon breem in washington, welcome to tonight's faceoff. tonight's debate was a closing act before new hampshire voters go the to polls. the candidates gave as good as they got. >> i'm not making promises that i cannot keep. >> i haven't quite run for president before. >> this is no disagreement on universal coverage for health care. the disagreement

in this campaign, you've heard a lot about washington and about wall street. now, senator sanders and i both want to get secret, unaccountable money out of politics. and let's remember, let's remember, citizens united, one of the worst supreme court decisions in our country's history was actually a case about a right wing attack on me and my campaign. a right wing organization took aim at me and ended up damaging our entire democracy. so yes, you're not going to find anybody more committed to aggressive campaign finance reform than me. we also agree -- we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to once again threaten main street. and i will fight to reign in wall street. and you know what? i know how to do it! [ applause ] so no bank can be too big to fail and no executive too powerful to jail, you can count on it. now, the real difference is in this race are truly over how do we create a future of prosperity, opportunity, and security for all of us? we need to build a growth and fairness economy, with higher wages and more good paying jobs, including

this happened in woodbridge, virginia, 20 miles south of washington, d.c. there are still so many questions in this case. we are hoping police will be able to answer some of these questions at a press conference which is scheduled to start here about just about 15 minutes. eric. >> kristen, we will certainly keep our thoughts and prayers to keep the officer in those thoughts throughout the day. thank you. >>> back to politics now. the countdown is on for super tuesday. and if polling predictions hold out, hillary clinton is well on her way to victory in at least three states. a new poll shows her way out in front of bernie sanders in georgia, by 34 points. she also has a sizable lead in tennessee and texas. let's talk about this with vince coalin ace. political insiders are forecasting a super tuesday surprise from bernie sanders because he is neck-and-neck with hillary clinton in five states. still, can sanders stay alive without winning the african-american vote or the latino vote? and can sanders win the electability contest? >> well, he has definitely g

i encourage you to examine my voting record in washington. it is up there with anyone in washington but i believe i unite this party as i have proven this week with more and more people coming on board and grow it. i believe i give us the idea to take conservatism to people that haven't voted for us in the past and instead of watering down the principles, convincing them our principles are the right way forward. that's a better future for america. [ applause ] >> senator, i have one final question for you. same one i'm asking the other candidates. today governor mitt romney suggested that the gop voters should not choose a nominee until they have seen the tax returns of said nominees. will you release yours? when and how many years? >> yes. yes, i think, in fact, we were planning today, tomorrow the next few days. number two, a lot of them are out there and released them in the senate campaign. the information this them is already public because of my senate financial disclosures every year. but i'll release them. they're not complicated. the

we are live in washington. that's next. >>> plus our live coverage from iowa continues. >>> a slap in the face for the administration. >> iran awarding victory medals to navy commanders who humiliated american sailors. >> kristen fisher is live in washington, d.c. with the latest on this. >> reporter: remember both the u.s. and iran have said that this was all one big mistake that these two u.s. naval boats accidentally crossed into iranian waters but now less than three weeks an iran released those ten sailors the supreme leader is awarding medals to the iranian commanders who captured them. he even posted a picture on twitter and said they were receiving these medals for capturing intruding u.s. marines. that's a mistake, they were sailors not marines. this is in addition to those infamous photos released by iran with u.s. soldiers on their knees with their hands on their head. the defense secretary said those images made him very angry and john kerry said on "fox and friends" they made him furious but on the

washington, d.c. they're not voters. they are volunteers. all the campaigns do this, but in the cloopt office she has a lot of people that work in the state department. i ran into a former lobbyist who are taking the day off to come out here and canvass. so you have supporters trying to rush into the early states because they realize that momentum matters and they realize hillary clinton is in trouble and they want her to get a victory to at least narrow the gap and in fact one person i just spoke to is a clinton supporter i mentioned came from washington said if we can get this down to single digits tonight and she loses close, they go to states where they think is more friendly turf for hillary clinton and they're hoping to finally get the momentum that has escaped hillary clinton in the early stages here. >> thank you. then there is the outside role of a possible michael bloomberg third-party run. he's been talking a lot with the financial times and tweeting an image of he and the british prime min

welcome to washington. i am bret baier. the gloves are officially off after a night of blistering attacks leveled at the front runner from senators marco rubio and ted cruz, a man known for not backing down, and chris christie. christie endorsed donald trump today. you may remember, christie attacked rubio for repeating himself at the debate in new hampshire. a short time ago i asked senator rubio about christie's endorsement of trump, i will have that answer in a moment. first, chief correspondent

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security other than catherine haredge is live in washington. jushgs the state department official said the amount of intelligence that russians get is incremental compareed to enteleigence in other means. russia will make a proposal as one of the 34 nations that are in the treaty. russia wants to use high-powered digital cameras and sensors to gather information. this is for greater transare parency. and russia is selectively implementing the treating and blocking surveillance over moscow and other regions. it can collect on defense department sites in the u.s. and the annual global threatses. the nation's intelligence chief said the threat of spying is persistent and complex and evolving. >> russia and china pose the greatest threat followed by iran and cuba on a lesser scale. and the threat of insiders taking advantage of the access and removing national security information is a persistent challenge for us. >> reporter: the request to conduct surveillance flights puts the obama administration on the spot. it is now coming when russia is a pa

steve hays and david drucker for the washington examine canner. first thoughts, legacy and the man, steve? >> i think antonin scalia will be one of the most influential justices in the supreme court and very few peopl that. you look at his dissents and he left a guide for people who follow him, not only on the supreme court but in lower courts as well. to a true understanding of the original intent of the founders. it is it something we don't spend enough time talking about. and liberals look to him. and i think they are wrong. one of the things that the presidential election is fought over is returning to that original intent of the founder ares or whether we disregard many of the things that was said and that was a point of emphasis for him. we had antonin scalia at the weekly standard in january of 2010, i want to say, he spent two hours with us all off of the record and i can't get into detail. but couple of things stood out. he was hilarious. side splittingly funny and many of us had tears rolling down our face as he told stories about the co

. >> meanwhile, another anti-establishment candidate, ted cruz, opposed washington from inside washington won the iowa caucuses. >> iowa has sent notice that the republican nominee will not be chosen by the washington establishment. >> the way to earn the title of outsider it helps if you call your own majority leader on the floor of the senate a liar. but by his own sort of demeanor and actions, placed himself outside what he calls the washington cartel. that's a clever way to go about it and we'll see if it pays off for him. >> wow, wow, wow. so beautiful. >> and then, of course, donald trump. easily won new hampshire. 2016 was not going to be like any other year. >> so fresh out here. >> on the democrat side, the results once seemed even more assured. there was hillary and then there was the rest of the field. most people couldn't even name them. >> today i'm formally endering the race for the democratic nomination for president. >> certainly, there's be no competition from the senator from vermont, bernie sanders. >> doesn't seem there's a sanders administration. that's absurd. >> ber

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and elizabeth harington from the washington free beacon. thank you. >> thank you. >>> to new york city. the person killed in the crane collapse was sit nothing a parked car when the metal structure came down. david lee, has more? >> reporter: jenna, it was tragic, but authorities said it could have been much worse. the incident took place in the height of the rush hour. and first responders arrived, an amateur video grapher captured the scene. look and listen. >> this is right here. oh, no. this crane recently passed inspection when it was extended to a length of 575 feet. that is about two city blocks in length. it crushed several car cans and one of the people killed sitting in his vehicle. two others seriously hurt. and the injuries we are told not life threatening. it was used to replace a generator and air conditioning unit. there was nasty winter weather here in manhattan, moderate snow and winds. new york mayor de blasio said the crane at the time was being secured. >> it was moved in to a secure position because by the manufacture's

>> in a "washington post" op ad, coke writes, they believe we have a two-tiered society that dooms millions of citizens to the lives of poverty. he believes they benefit from corporate welfare while others are denied opportunities on a level playing field. i agree with him. wow. charles coke coming -- feeling the burn i love what he did here. a lot of people had that same reaction. they may not have gone into his op-ad. he said yeah, we can both agree. there are advantages for the wealthy. no doubt about that. he is right. and then he says we have to fix them. we have to reduce the size of government. that's opposite of burn -- bern who wants to add more government. the only solution is add more government. i think what charles did -- i call him charles. we're very close. >> chuck. >> he did an el iment -- elegant op-ad. he doesn't want to reach across the aisle. he says he doesn't feel the bern. it is like a criticism. we have the same goals, but his ideas stink, right? >> they have the same goals. what is so brilliant is that it probably reveals why so many of the people are supporting be

i encourage you to examine my voting record in washington. it is up there with anyone in washington but i believe i unite this party as i have proven this week with more and more people coming on board and grow it. i believe i give us the idea to take conservatism to people that haven't voted for us in the past and instead of watering down the principles, convincing them our principles are the right way forward. that's a better future for america. [ applause ] >> senator, i have one final question for you. same one i'm asking the other candidates. today governor mitt romney suggested that the gop voters should not choose a nominee until they have seen the tax returns of said nominees. will you release yours? when and how many years? >> yes. yes, i think, in fact, we were planning today, tomorrow the next few days. number two, a lot of them are out there and released them in the senate campaign. the information this them is already public because of my senate financial disclosures every year. but i'll release them. they're not complicated. the

the problem is washington d.c. and we don't need washington politicians coming in to fix it. when you look at who is remaining on the stage, there is no doubt that this is the person who will go to washington d.c. and turn it around. some have only been for one term and never shown up for work and telling us how to run the united states government. i believe that donald trump is the best person. and i was running against him. and i wanted to boat him and we had open conversations about that. but that part of this is over. as a good loyal american, who is the best person to stop hillary clinton from getting inside of the white house again? this is the best person to do. that turn around from the actour acts in washington d.c. and turn to a professional strong leader. >> ask him how he is going to do this? >> as a former chairman of the republican governor, [inaudible] >> no, what my intent for being here today to say to anyone willing to listen. not just members of the rnj and donors, but american people. you need a strong tough leader to restore america greatness and this is

sessions is with him on stage and it is another place where trump is getting support from washington and saying ted cruz does not have spoor forker from any members of congress or members of the senate, rather, and does it matter? of course. ted cruz has to win texas. trump is prepared to not win it but in talking to the campaign staff and some aides, they think he will win everything else and that will be a huge, huge thing in the vehicle terrorism the image of the wins but when it comes to delegate count, if trump pulled it off, say, eight or nine wins in the 11 states that are having primaries with binding elections, it puts a cork in it. it would be impossible for marco rubio or john kasich to much can up even if they won their home state, ohio and florida and two weeks on the 15th. >> karl, it is kimberly it looks exciting. listen, i am looking at the after affect of what is going on with the back and forth between marco rubio and trump and it seeps like the person that could be getting the most hurt by this is ted cruz who has sucked the wind out of his campaign and momentum go

it was washington, d.c. mosque, attempting to reach out to muslim-americans at that time saying these acts of violence against innocents violate fundamental tenets of the islamic faith but doesn't that make it so clear this isn't, the controversy isn't around obama visiting the mosque. it is the mosque that he is visiting. >> when was last time actually president obama went to see and talk to christians and talked to churches? this is president who just made the biggest deal wit biggest terrorist current from from -- country in the world. christians are being killed all over the world. president wants to take out bible from schools, in god we trust. all these things are slowly going away going to a mosque and association with terrorists. bush, it was a different time. also, bush used to pray every morning. he was a christian. so you kind of knew this guy actually went to church. president obama he has never talked about christians. i mean there is an epidemic right now, wordwide, that christians are being sl

and washington liberals may call south carolina less hospitable. >> so washington liberals. not exactly new york values. >> i think the republican party understands full well cruz is the only candidate to successfully taggel donald. >> i think he felt he didn't think he was going to do that well in new hampshire. donald trump claborred the establishment here, and doing big rallies and tv interviews every hour and a half, but moved the terms of the debate, many said were outrageous, andkeepino the states. >> they love that here. >> he has other candidates debating on his turf. >> we heard the opposite nal sis after iowa. they were like, he didn't campaign, he just flew in on big plane, and polls were overstated. all of a sudden, the media is like everything is wrong. it's all wrong. it's new. >> forget about everything, and the delegate count currently is you need 1237 delegates to win the republican nomination. donald trump has 17. ted cruz, ten. marco rubio, seven. john kasich, four. people ought to, as president obama would say don't get to we, we'd up. but i would say the

they're disgusted with what goes on in washington. they're disgusted with the supreme court making decisions that take our freedom in the states away. what you're seeing is a reaction to that. here's a nonpolitician that is speaking very plunltly and people are saying, finally somebody is saying something. so i understand it fully. i think the danger is we may not like what we get if we vote that way, rather than actually look into what are the real answers to the real questions for mr. trump? >> and you've not committed to any candidate yet. >> no. i would say there's one candidate who has endorsed convention of the states. there's only one and that's marco rubio. i've not endorsed anybody. zbl thank you. the former oklahoma senator. all right. this whole tax thing really about taxes? or is it just taxing? from the moment they wake up, doers don't stop. every day is a chance to do something great. and for the ones they love, they'd do anything. sears optical has glasses made for doing. right now, buy one pair and get another free. qu

joining us is a technology executive here in washington. i'm really seeing this on my facebook page. the tone and particularly people yelling for and against trump is not very facebook-like. what do you see? >> facebook, you think of this friendly neighborhood where i would go to see store yifz my friend's travels and pictures of my friend's kids or dogs. now as you log on, it is comments, fights being picked between people on facebook pick people on facebook. and it is deteriorated a lot in my opinion in the past few months. >> more like twitter where you expect to see brawls breaking out. i saw randomly people deleting people for backing trump. madeline cain. a bernie supporter recently blocked me after she objected to the unnamed bernie supporter calling hillary and wall street hooker and worse. things that i can't say on the air. >> the things that surprise me, people coming out of the woodwork that i didn't know had political views. one of my friends shared a story from a news outlet on trump with the comment yes if you intend to donal

speaking of paganip, our frequent guest, lynn sweep, the washington bureau chief at the washington sun sometimes tweeted out this picture from iowa. i think there is a lig poganip. it is a dense fog with ice crystals. >> i almost got that word right. thank you for joining us. >> "the real story" with gretchen starts now. >>> hopefully that fog holds off for a while in iowa because they are going the caucus night. horse' way. candidates converging in iowa as folks in the hawk eye cite state get ready to caucus. welcome to the real story i'm gretchen carlson n. iowa, jeb bush, ted cruz, chris christie, trump, hillary clinton, martin o'malley, rick santorum and donald trump. kasich already in new hampshire, putting all his focus on

good night from washington, d.c. >>> welcome to "red eye." i'm tom shillue. let's check in with tv's andy levy to see what exciting stories we will be discussing this evening. andy? >> thanks, tom. coming up on the big show ted cruz wins the iowa gop caucus with donald trump coming in second. i wish i could think of the word of someone who wasn't a winner. it will come to me. on the democratic side six precincts were decided with the toss of a coin and hillary winning all six times. no surprise to batman fans who knows two face always wins the coin toss flip. and a new pair of pants that moisturize while you walk. another victory for perverts. back to you, tom. >> thanks, andy. let's welcome our guests. she wants the truth, but she can't handle the truth. fox news contributor ebony k williams. the last time someone loved a foster this much they tried to kill the president. precinct media executive producer camille foster. you will never catch this brooke babbling. our correspondent farrah brooke. and don't let his boyish face fool you. where he counts, he's a

>> well, the federal court judge here in washington d.c. was clearly frustrated in court yesterday and reading the tv, sullivan at the very least is suspicious that the clinton server was fed up to control government records and bypass the freedom of information act law. by mid-april, a timetable will have to be agreed by the state department and judicial watch that brought the lawsuit for clinton's closest aids as well as state department under charge of the administration. >> this discovery agoing to cut through as we've been getting from mrs. clinton and the state department. people are going to have to go on the record and under oath in ways they haven't had to in ways before. >> fox news has also confirmed there's more clinton e-mails beyond the top 22 secrets that will be held by full by the end of the month because of highly classified nature because of the intelligence they contain. >> a story that continues to grow. thank you. hillary clinton brushing off the latest e-mail development saying it was nothing to worry about. >> i know

. >> i am joined by ellena washington editer for the national review. eliana if you are going to run for president you have to have the fire in the belly. that comment from john kasich if he had the fire it went out. >> kasich is never known for his message discipline. and the stakes are so high in the mines of many leading republicans. if john kasich is not sure if he is intending to be president, then get out of the race is what undoubtedly what many leading republicans are saying to him right now and let the guys who are in it to win it. and believe their purpose to fight it out. >> they are saying that to john kasich and they are telling him to hand his supporters over to a top contender, what would be the affect of that? >> it would be status quo. the reason they are targeting h supporters and asking them to support rubio. that giant loss to donald trump is smaller. the problems that they have. they have three strong candidates. and donald trump and marco rubio. and they are going to ted. and they toss hillary clinton in the presidential race in oh

i'm going to washington and blow things up. i think that has captured a lot of people's imagination. and as a result you're seeing extraordinary crowds and support both for bernie sanders and for donald trump. >> there's always this talk about ground game and getting your people out. i remember in the case of nevada governor four years ago after you had lost to newt gingrich in south carolina, that was very instrumental that win in nevada with the ground game that you got going and turned things around. the other guys couldn't get that ground game together against donald trump, so i guess what i'm asking you is at this point is it his nomination to lose? >> well, i think there's no question but that donald trump has the clearest path to become the republican nominee. i think for the other people still in the race their path is becoming a slimmer and slimmer opening. and they're having a difficult time communicating to their supporters just how they could become the nominee. it's not impossible. i think it's very difficult for a

kristin fisher is live from washington. what is the fbi saying now? >> reporter: well, jowly former senior fbi agents said the characterization of the fbi investigation is misleading. she called it a security rerow and 100 percent confident that nothing would come from it. >> absolutely no concern what so ever. 100 percent confident. this is a security review that was requested and carried out and will be resolved. >> reporter: but former fbi agents said that the fbi doesn't do secure review and only do criminal investigations. snshg calling it a security review was a maching it to appear to min myself the consequence of what is a serious situation. >> reporter: that former fbi agent said no way someone in the center of the ongoing investigation can know the outcome. >> so during the debate clinton claimed that two of her predecessor received private e-mails? joishgs two other former secretary of state colun power and staffers for condoleezza rice sent and received class foyed e-mails. but how they responded about this yesterday? >> these e-mails orig

catherine herridge has the latest from washington. reporter: the nation's intelligence chief james clapper told the senate armed services committee this morning in his prepared testimony that the threats facing the u.s. have never been greater. at one point clapper called the testimony in litany of doosm. he said san bernardino to be the first in a wave of threats in the u.s. and europe. >> particular not recall a more diverse array of challenges and crises that we confront as we do today. reporter: clapper says the group based in syria and iraq has shown an unprecedented online efficiency using social media to spread its ideology of hate. clapper said there are more sunni extremist groups today than ever before. >> the rate of foreign fighters traveling to the conflict zones in sir jar and flawct last few years is without precedence. 238,000 foreign fighters have traveled to syria from at least 120 countries since the beginning of the conflict in 2012. reporter: clapper seems critical of the iran agreement of signed in switzerland sa

joining us now, david drucker, senior political correspondent washington examiner. david, let's with the democratic race. there has been talk in the last month or two that bernie sanders was really going to get hillary clinton a run for her money, that this was not going to be a coronation on the democratic side. as that narrative changed? >> i don't know if it's completely changed and it was clear after iowa and new hampshire that bernie sanders was giving hillary clinton a run for her money. nevada and south carolina look a lot better for clinton and heading into super tuesday she looks like she is a relatively good shape so it's possible the democratic race could be wrapped up a lot quicker than a lot of us thought. jon: could happen as soon as tomorrow? will she potentially run out with so many delegates that it would be mathematically impossible for him to catch her? >> i'm not sure about that and bernie sanders still has a loyal following. he's raising a lot of money but i think one of the things clinton needed to do given the dynamics of her race with senator

justice scalia's replacement will not be decided by the washington power brokers. >> we all want to get secrets on accountable money politics that start with appointing a new justice to the supreme court. >> now, the supreme court returns from a month long recess tomorrow. and they will begin hearing article arguments with only eight justices on the bench. it is rare to have a vacancy in the middle of the term. but it is a hard to imagine any scenario where that seat will quickly be filled. senate republicans continue to pledge they will block any replacement that this president appointments. >> arthel? >> it was a big victory for donald trump in south carolina. and a crucial win for hillary clinton in nevada as both parties held political contests on opposite sides of the country. trump taking 32.5% of the vote and most of the state's delegates. senators ted cruz and marco rubio remain locked in a battle for second place, both with double digit support. meanwhile, over in the silver state, hillary clinton wins the nevada caucuses by thin margin edging ott bernie sanders by about 5%. jo

washington post said it well this morning. they said i'll trump as far is the media is concerned has gone from being on thinkable to unethical. without passing go, it's just extraordinary the way our colleagues in the media almost all of them who cover politics full-time have been wrong about trump suddenly all of a sudden there's no way to stop him or as drudge said, it's over. well it ain't over and i think what you heard from marco rubio last night and the thing he's now settled on which is absolutely that the weak spot of donald trump which is the gap between as steve says what he says and what he does, the fact that he only hired 17 300 people who applied for jobs in florida, that's where he's going to be hurt but the media have only recently turned their attention to that. gregg: trump leads in almost12 states or 11 states that will vote next tuesday . which stands in stark contrast of course to what many in the media and pundits were saying last summer and in the fall. our pundits finally admitting you know what? we did

thousands backed into the basilica of the national shrine in washington today. justice kaliya's son, a catholic priest, led part of the service. he delivered a moving homily. here is some of it. >> god bless dad as is well-known with the love for his country. god bless dad with the love for his family. he's the father that god gave us for the great adventure of family life. sure, he forgot our names at times, our mixed them up. but there are nine of us. he loved us. and sought to show that love. >> you know, it's always an emotional scene, dana. i don't know if you felt -- i think the idea that the son would honor the father, for me, it brings me close to tears. >> one of the things that antonin scalia said if he had not have been a justice, he would have considered going into the church himself. he was a consummate professional, dedicated public servant over three decades and i just feel like he was such a giant of a man. big in heart and an intellect and in wit. i think if you look at all the outpouring of support that he got not just today, but even from arou

. >> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. in the next hour a look at the just-completed democratic presidential candidate debate. plenty of highlights and nal sis from a wide array of experts including the care of the democratic party and how will it play against the republican field. first, what is said? let's go to senior political correspondent mike emmanuel in the spin room. good evening, mike. >> well, bret, good evening. it was clear secretary hillary clinton tried to be more aggressive in shutting down bernie sanders momentum on tuesday, sparks flew when clinton was asked about how she'd pay for some proposals and sanders shot back she's not in the white house yet. bernie sanders continued his rant about the campaign finance system being corrupt. >> let's not insult the intelligence of the american people, people aren't dumb. why in god's name does wall street make huk campaign contributions? my guess, just for the hundred of it. >> i have made it clear that no bank is too big to fail. no executive too powerful to jail

in the economic club in washington d.c. defense secretary carter argued for more money to fight russia and china. he said they are more stressing competitor not isis. >> we are taking a strong and balanced approach to deter russian aggression. and we haven't had to worry about this for 25 years. i wish its were otherwise, now we do. >> carter listed the top five threats to the u.s. in this order. russia, china, north korea and iran and followed by isis. carter wants to strengthen eastern europe to counter russian aggression. this year, the defense budget damaged seven quoin million. and next year he wants 3.4 billion in 2017. china is a threat. both china and russia are advancing better military. he needs 1.8 to buy 45000 of these smart bombs. >> we have had isil with smart bombs and laser guided roblths. and we are running low on the ones we use against terrorist the most. >> reporter: this year's budget. five kwo billion is slightly lower than what the pentagon asked for. it will likely be changed after the november elect

presidents' day started in 1885 in honor of george washington's birth6y day. today it's a day to celebrate all presidents, and today is abraham lincoln's birthday. there's mike, who directs the broadcast. look at that beard he grew just in honor of abe. mike, fantastic. you're so in the spirit. here's shep. >> noon in the west, 3:00 in south carolina, where finally for the first time in a month or so, we have presidential new poll results for that state. that new poll shows donald trump is crushing it with a double digit digit lead and doing well with evangelicals. could that be big trouble for ted cruz? today the billionaire ills not backing off, slamming cruz on twitter. also, jeb bush finished fourth in new hampshire but his team says he is so popular in south carolina they've need bigger rooms to hold all the supporters. catch the democrats' debate? things got a little feisty. that and hillary clinton's work to get back some momentum after bernie sanders wins in the grandit?

i'm shannon breem in washington, welcome to tonight's faceoff. tonight's debate was a closing act before new hampshire voters go the to polls. the candidates gave as good as they got. >> i'm not making promises that i cannot keep. >> i haven't quite run for president before. >> this is no disagreement on universal coverage for health care. the disagreement is where do we start from and end up? senator sanders want us to start over again. >> the idea i would dismantle med wri care in america is not accurate. secretary clinton represents the establishment. >> i've got to jump in here, because honestly, senator sanders is the only person i think would characterize me a woman running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment. >> being part of the establishment is having a super pac that raised $15000000 from wall street. >> i think it's time to end the artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out in recent weeks and let's talk about the issues. >> if hillary clinton is going to take a bite out of sanders lead