can portray her as a typical politician, someone who you detest in a year when the electorate hates washington, certainly that's going to work to his advantage. the inspector general report is not done. the investigation is still ongoing. there will be presumably more developments. the issue is going to hound her until election day. >> this is part of why you see her right now pivoting away from the woman stuff. by all accounts, she should have been able to run as a grandmother this year, everybody trusts grandmothers, everybody loves grandmothers, she wants to do the best for her grandchild. but if you're a woman and everyone still thinks you're untrustworthy, that's not working for you, and you have to turn that in a different direction, you have to go after him about not only his trustworthiness about his readiness. >> absolutely right. she says he's a loose cannon, a bully, unpredictable. and to your point, maybe you don't trust me, but don't trust him more. >> so my question is really simple. if you have paid federal income tax, show us. some people say he doesn't want to show us because

you have the people speaking up to say they don't want washington to pick their candidates. they want a say. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has shown the people matter and the people can speak up and change the democratic establishment. hopefully that change is going forward and republicans elect someone sane. >> marco rubio won expectations. big win for ted cruz. can he keep that momentum in new hampshire? i'm not sure. hillary clinton may have won, but it would have been groundhog day all over for her in iowa although she won a tiny bit. donald trump is a loser today. >> maria. >> hillary clinton wins becoming the first woman to ever win an iowa caucus. bernie sanders did great. also a win. the democratic party wins. they are focusing on the issues that all americans care about. compared to republicans who will nominate somebody who is anti-woman or anti-latino. >> all right. ben. go. >> i'll say this. donald trump proves arrogance and cockiness does not win you the white house. ted cruz did better than anyone thought. marco rubio is a guy that has a little mo comi

voters obviously just detest washington. so if he does things as far as a typical politician, someone who says -- he says things that a normal politician won't say, people seem to like that. even if we think this is going to hurt him in a general election, there are folks that are laughing, thinking it's great that he's attacking her. >> people in america process things differently than we do here, that much we know. >>> coming up, new details from a state department report about hillary clinton's e-mails. >>> we'll share some words of tribute from our past three presidents. >> from our biggest cities to smallest towns, citizens have done what had to be done to advance the dream that began on the fourth of july. >> the long lasting tribute is all around us, a country where citizens have the right to worship as they want, to march for what they believe, and to say what they think. >> remember, it is their courage, their unselfishness, their devotion to duty that has sustained this country through all its trials and will susta

, they don't like you in washington. and if you want to be liked in washington, that's not a good attribute for president. >> here's a man, robin hood over here. he talks about corruption. on his financial disclosure form, he didn't even put that he borrowed money from goldman sacks ande

when you cut taxes by $5 billion and you grow over 400,000 jobs, that is a record that i can take to washington. >> if you add it up, kasich, bush, christie, put carly fiorina in there, even though she's an outside establishment voters, and marco rubio, donald trump would be in the rear-view mirror. but you have this cluster. >> and for kasich, the question is -- he may do well here, but where is he going to do well afterwards? it's hard to see him doing well in south carolina or the super tuesday states. and he does not have the kind of organization that he's built that could actually compete for a national campaign. that is the one thing that jeb does have going for him, while he has burned through a lot of money -- >> it's why ted cruz's campaign is quietly cheering for jeb bush. the ultimate representative of the establishment. but cruz's folks are cheering for jeb here in new hampshire because they want jeb, and more importantly, they want jeb's super pac to keep going to south carolina and keeping its fire on marco. >> we know there are a lot of evangelical tea party members in the south.

here in washington d.c., republican friends of mine are in angst. it's like an inverse choice. they don't want trump and they don't want cruz and they're trying to decide which is the lesser of evils. it's a moment of hand ringing for them. neither happens to be the establishment's preference, but there are arguments for and against them. >> so scotty wins. you can have both. >> i like it. mr. trump is not on a diet. he can have his cake and eat it too. it's okay. >> i can't, unfortunately. >> i can't either. >> thanks, guys. ahead for us, new fallout after facing voters in a town hall in iowa sanders making some big statements about what he'd do in auchs. >> plus, three inmates missing after a daring escape. a former prisoner joins us live on what he says is unheard of in this case. today people are coming out to the nation's capital to support an important cause that can change the way you live for years to come. how can you help? by giving a little more, to yourself. i am running for my future. people sometimes forget to help themselves. the cause is retirement, and today th

. >> margaret washington, you saw the professor quoted in that clip we showed. thank you for being with us. i'm struck every campaign season. we were talking about, it is the most negative campaign ever, can you believe the level of rhetoric on the campaign trail and then like the one we saw talking about what happened in 1860. where the level of discourse was not exactly particularly high. >> that's true. the lincoln-douglas debate is before 1860 but leading in to the presidential campaign that will take place in 1860. in some ways we can see a relationship between the two campaigns in terms of accusations on both levels. >> why do you think it is so important to look back and learn about today? >> of course we know for a fact that the kinds of attitudes that lincoln had, versus the kind of attitudes douglas had a profound effect later on, especially during the civil war era. we know from what is happening today that this kind of anger, this kind of attitude that the candidates are pushing forward, particularly talking about the republicans is counterproductive

king marched on washington unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. >> there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. >> this, to me, is the defining test of this race. because of where the calendar goes next. where you have either majorities or high pluralities of african-americans in the democratic electorate. if bernie sanders can break through and get a sizeable number, that means a longer race and a changed race. >> and the place to look when we get numbers out of south carolina is younger african-americans because the big question is going to be whether younger african-americans vote their race or their age. younger people have flocked to bernie sanders. and why wouldn't a younger african-american connect with his message the way a younger white person would? that's the argument that the sanders campaign is making. >> that's why you see people in the congressional black caucus come out and more aggressively support hillary clinton as they did last we

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. >> for months the republican establishment in washington and elsewhere was convinced that donald trump was going to implode, there was no way his popularity could last, he was saying outrageous things, surely this was going to end and for months you and i have been speaking about this and i have seen no evidence that he can be stopped, that he won't get the nomination. i hope that the republican establishment is realizing that this man is here to stay and they need to rekon with him. >> they probably are. they're trying to at least and i think part of the reason why they're quite concerned tonight is because all of their potential candidates who are if had that cluster for second and third place, it was sort of a circular firing squad. >> john kasich was twice -- donald trump beat him, 16% to 35%. >> voters wanted somebody from outside the establishment, outside politics and that's what they chose. >> wolf, back to you. >> thanks very much. it wasn't close. 50,000 votes he beat kasich in new hampshire. donald trump by 50,000 votes and they're still counting the votes. 91% of the vote i

ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> that's tough stuff. of course ted cruz is not one to sit back and let that happen. he released this ad earlier tonight. >> look, i got the trump action figure. >> no way, it's huge. >> what does he do? >> he pretends to be a republican. >> bailouts for the banks. >> too big to fail. >> i gave money to pelosi, reid and anthony weiner. >> hey, hillary, i'll give you money to be my house. >> check out my house, mr. trump. >> that's a lousy house people going to take your house and park my limos there. >> we wouldn't tolerate these values in our children. why would we want these in a president? >> well, that is the most interesting interpretation of eminent domain i have ever seen. dana, we are now entering a truly new phase of campaign. anyone who thought it was negative before, well, you ever ain't seen nothing yet. >> that is definitely a memorable ad that ted cruz has up but i thought that the donald trump ad was particularly p potentially devastating but if you saw at the end he used the words "trust-ed

because all the money in washington and all the lobbyists in washington wanted amnesty. if you look at the special interest, amnesty, they it's its great, it's cheap labor. and, by the way, the way we won these fights is that i stood up and tried to shine a light on them, shine attention on them and empower the american people. rubio/schumer amnesty passed. it was headed to the house it pass. john boehner intended to take it up, pass it with all the democrats and a handful of republicans, roll over about 200 house republicans. and i stood with jeff sessions and steve king and we took the case to the american people and what happened is millions of american people rose up, lit up the phones to congress and said don't do this and we dedee feated the rubio/schumer amnesty bill in the house. in the world of washington, that's considered unlikable. when republican leadership -- i wrote a book last year called "a time for truth "oup. the opening chapter desights the inside story whachd on the debt ceiling, where republican leadership wanted to make it easier for harry reid to

let's go back to wolf in washington. >> our political directors, you are looking at all the numbers. who showed up and what they won. >> he asked the voters as they showed up, what are you looking for in a candidate quality. this will help explain to everyone watching why ted cruz is where he is. take a look at this. among the voters that said i am looking for a candidate who shares my values, ted cruz is demolishing the field. 37% for cruz and 21% for rubio and 16% for carson and 7% for paul. that is 41% of the republican electorate. that was an important quality. when we asked about the quality of someone who can win, the electability question. rubio and 25% for trump and 22% for cruz and 2% for carly fiorina. not as many caucus goers looking for electability as for someone who shares their values. this quality, telling it like it is, that is the donald trump thing. that is what he is campaigning on. 67% of voters looking for a candidate who said i want someone who tells it like it is. only 15% of the republican caucus going electorate is looking for that quality. with four oust te

when the washington lobbyists settled on other lobbyists in this race. when the media in one voice said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over 800,000 contributions poured in to tedcruz.org as courageous conservatives said, yes, we can. 800,000 contributions at tedcruz.org with an average contribution of $67. that is the power of the grassroots. but it's more than that. it's 12,000 volunteers here in the state of iowa. it's over 200,000 volunteers all across this great nation. you know, during the course of this campaign people have asked heidi and me are you tired? and i will admit it is 16, 18 hours a day, 6, 7 days a week. we are not tired at all. ♪ >> to the contrary, we are inspehred by each and every one of you. i leap out of bed every morning amazed that at a time when our country is in crisis, every one of us has the opportunity to stand and lead, that we have been put in a place of leadership. for such a time as this. >> all right, we're going to breakaway from ted cruz. there you see, hillary clinton and her husband and daughter. she's ab

he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and then he's offered what he believes is a rather simple remedies. that is something that's really resonating right now. >> but a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe that he could do it. >> that all of these people misjudged the pundits pm they misjudged the anger of the american people. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the frontrunners right now, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015. what do they have in common? they're the outsiders. and they have close to 60 and 70% in some places. and marco rubio now wears the establishment proudly. and the idea you can beat trump from the left, senator rubio himself was asked tell us which state you'll win and he said i'll win florida on march 15th. ladies and gentlemen, by march 15th, 50% of the delegates will have voted. he's skipping the first four contests 0-4, he's not going to win anything on super tuesday, according to mr. rub io himself and he may win florida. i think cruz has a much better chance of winning te

i don't live in washington d.c. i live in wisconsin so i'm very close to i think what the average, every day republican primary voter looks like and thinks about and i think that there was never an appetite for jeb bush from the beginning. it was -- the idea was that, you know, it sounded good on paper and looked good in a big play book that they put together and they thought they could just really raise a lot of money and create an appetite for it. i think the good news for america sadly for jeb bush is that this proves that money does not buy elections. he had more money than god and he could not convince more than 6% of whatever primary he was in to vote for him. so i think in a sense we can all be happy that elections cannot be bought in the united states. they're really the voice of the people that have to be listened to and i would say from the beginning that there never was on the ground in the base in the grass roots an appetite for a jeb bush campaign. >> we have to leave it right there. thanks so much to b

i know i can speak for everyone in the washington post. not one of those 545 days went by when you weren't top of mind in our hearts and prayers. great to have you back. instrument tall in securing -- >> that's the publisher of the washington post speaking quickly after jason. >> you saw it. i think you heard him say, apologizing of how clearly nervous he was to be speaking in a large group of people because he hasn't spoken in front of anyone in a very long time. and visibly emotional. just thanking everyone for being there, thanking "the washington post," thanking secretary kerry who we're seeing taking to the podium right now. >> i received the invitation weeks before we knew whether or not jason would be able to be released and the others. i look forward to being here for this celebration, special celebration of the opening of the building and the moving of the washington post, but obviously, this is particularly sweet for everybody now that jason is home. in the military, as you all know, and in other dangerous callings, the most sacr

cartel, against the bipartisan corruption of washington. >> you said yesterday that donald trump is encouraging violence. >> joining me now to discuss trump sorter jeffrey lord and commentator and conservative commentator buck sexton thank you for being here. jeffrey, your reaction to what -- good to have you on. let me get your reaction to what ted cruz just said. this is a job interview, no one is above the law. >> well, no one is above the law. i should start by saying that i like senator cruz or as i call him hopefully vice president cruz. but i'm a little taken aback by his stance here. i mean, what has been going on here at these rallies with violence, the american left has a very, very, very long history of inciting violence, of provoking violence. this goes back -- >> hold on. hold on. you just said the american left. that's a very broad based statement. who are you talking about? >> i'm talking about the anti-war protesters in the 1960s, i'm talking about occupy wall street in this decade. i'm talking about black lives matters that forcibly took over a podium from bernie sa

also with us, "washington post" opinion columnist and form speechwriter for president george w. bush, michael gersten. here we are talking about these e-mails. this drip, drip continues. >> and even if several months from now hillary clinton is completely exonerated, the issue is what does an iowa voter do on monday? and lester holt asked exactly the right question. hillary clinton started as the formidable front-runner. one reason bernie sanders has been able to get competitive. and he's run a good campaign. if you are an iowa voter looking for change, something new and thinking about electability, this is another clinton with a cloud over the head. so it raises a doubt. and the last thing you need in a tight race three days before the election is a doubt. >> and it raises tweets from donald trump. this one just tweeted, the new e-mail release is a disaster for hillary clinton. at a minimum how can someone with such bad judgment be our next president? >> certainly that's not surprising coming from donald trump. but, look, certainly the timing is not ideal. but i think what the

. >> i think we can rally the people in washington because i'm going to remind them that before we're republicans and democrats we're americas and we have an obligation to our children. >> we have something happening that actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. everybody's writing about it all over europe, all over the world they're talking about it. millions of people are coming in to vote. >> only one campaign has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. not once, not twice, not three times, but nine times all across the country from alaska to main. >> let's bring in john king. missouri both of these contests it doesn't get much closer on the republican and democratic sides. >> 1,530 votes on the democratic side it's 1,600 and change. on the republican side hillary clinton pulled ahead. we told you we were waiting for the final votes to come in. they're in. they're in now and hillary clinton that's how she pulled ahead. in jackson county and the suburbs and st. louis county suburbs outside. i was looking because we had

and in a town like washington, d.c. that's become increasingly partisan he's a man that's always had deep and enduring friendships on both sides of the political aisle. he can see the good and the valuable and the funny and the fun and the interesting in everyone. and you know, he was -- he had a tremendous wit. just a tremendous wit. >> tremendous wit. memories from paul cappuccio, a former clerk and very good friend of justice scalia. our thanks to him. later this week cnn will host two republican presidential town hall events in south carolina ahead of the primary there. all six republican candidates will participate. marco rubio, ted cruz, ben carson will appear on wednesday night. donald trump, jeb bush, john kasich will appear thursday night. both town halls hosted by our very own anderson cooper. they both begin at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the town halls will give south carolina voters the opportunity to question directly the candidates and of course the passing of supreme court justice scalia will be addressed as

veterans it taking part in, but mixed in was also a lot of the just average ordinary passers by this washington, d.c. for the memorial day weekend. and donald trump not only talked about his support for veterans and reforming the v.a., but he also talked about trade, he talked about getting a better deal in other countries for protection. and he also took a few jabs at hillary clinton as you would expect. >> all right. scott, thanks. appreciate your time. >>> ahead, at least four dead, three missing in flooding across parts of texas and kansas. mandatory evacuations going on at this very hour. we will bring you that live report up next. talking about these days is how good their coverage is. but only one network is giving you more than just great coverage. t-mobile! only t-mobile's lets you stream video and music - for free! not only that, but we doubled our lte coverage in the last year. that's right! our coverage now stacks up with anybody. including verizon and at&t. so now you can get rid of the other guys and get great coverage from t-mobile. we got you covered. and we won't stop! [ "dream

. >> greetings from washington. i want to thank all of you for your work to root out corruption. >> enormous amounts of money have flowed to the clintons, from foreign governments, foreign financiers and businesses. >> oh, yeah, i got to pay off bills. >> before we had to worry about money from wall street and big labor, now we have to worry about it coming from around the world and infecting our politics. with the clintons, nothing is sacred. everything is for sale. >> jeff zeleny, the clnts have been dealing with opposition research and with barbs from the right for a long time. the question is what scares them? is this the type of thing that scares them? is this different than the e-mails? >> i think this does not scare them as much as some of the unknowns. . is all known. we know what's in peter sweitzert's book. this say movie playing to a different audience. the general election audience may not be entirely familiar with that so they're going to get more of an airing of that. i think the thing that worries the

i wonder why he's going to the state of washington? because you know what? republicans don't win it but we're going to win it. that's why i'm here. that's why i'm here. [ applause ] and this love affair began about three months ago when i came up here and we had record crowds, two events, massive, massive crowds. i said why don't the republicans win that state? i think we're going to win washington state. so that's the story. that's why i'm here. that's why i'm here. i don't know if you saw it but poll numbers came in today that are phenomenal. we're leading in florida, we're leading in north carolina. we're leading on a national basis. los angeles times, we're two or three points up. we're doing really well, folks. it's all coming together. when you see crowds like this, people fully understand why. i will tell you. thank you. so we are going to have a great victory for the people, people. remember. for the people. it's going to be a victory for every citizen whose voice has not been heard and that's a lot of people. it will be a win

. >> cnn washington correspondent, joe johns. i think i heard your voice in that room, joe. what was he doing the morning after the cnn town hall? >> reporter: well, for one thing i think he was just making his appearance felt here in south carolina. there has been this running narrative in the pall meadow state that bernie sanders has been writing off south carolina because hillary clinton has such a big lead in the polls and that has been sort of spurred by her strong support in the african american community. sanders, this morning saying he has not been writing off south carolina but also tipping his hat to the idea that he might have to worry about doing better in some other states. listen. >> we came to south carolina and if you look at the polls we were like 7, 8, 9% in the ebolapolls. we were 60/70 points behind. we have picked up a lot of support and closed the gap very significantly. but this from day one was going to be a very difficult state for us. we're not writing off south carolina. >> so, if you look at his schedule, it tells a slightly different story. after

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in the campaign, you've heard a lot about washington and wall street. we all want to get secret, unaccountable money out of politics. that starts with appointing a new justice to the supreme court who will protect the right of every citizen to vote, not every corporation to buy elections. and we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. no bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail. but if we listen to the voices of flint and ferguson, if we open our hearts to the families of coal country and indian country, if we listen to the hopes and heartaches of hardworking people across america, it's clear there is so much more to be done. the truth is, we aren't a single issue country. we need more than a plan for the big banks. the middle class needs a raise! and we need more jobs! we need jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced, jobs that provide dignity and a future. we can do it by unleashing the innovation of our entrepreneurs and small businesses. we can do it with new investments in manufacturin

anderson back to you in washington. >> we'll see more people turning out in the last few hours. what do you think -- >> why are you smiling? >> it's not just because i work for ted cruz. i feel like we finally found a conservative who can win. look at what ted cruz faced in this election. not only was he competing with donald trump. on his birther issue, on his evangelical faith. he was being attacked fiercely by the republican party. you had all of these gop king makers of the past saying he could never win. don't he did it. i don't think this is a win for ted cruz, this is a conservative product, they sought a leader who can stand for conservative principal, this may be the beginning of something much bigger, this is a great night for conservatives. >> how concerned were you when you heard there was record turnout on the gop side. all night long, so many people have been saying record turnout is going to break in donald trump's favor. hillary clinton 49.9%. bernie sanders 49.4%. with 84% of the vote now. so that race is tightening, it is still anybody's race. an extraordinary

that's what washington, d.c. does. the drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech that is exactly what his advisors -- >> the bottom line, this notion that barack obama doesn't know what he is doing -- >> there it is. there it is. memorized 25-second speech. there is is t is, everybody. >> here's the response. i think anyone who believes that barack obama isn't doing what he is doing on purpose doesn't understand what we are dealing with here. this is a president, this is a president who is trying to change this country. >> oh, boy. hard to come back from this. and the boston herald ran with it. choke. it takes you back to the drinking of the water moment. >> yeah. i mean, we're chattering a lot about this. but when you look at the google search trends, 538 did an article about this. actual viewers spike -- the interest spiked when he talked about his pro life position. that was two, three times as many hits as when this exchange was going on. so may

after that, states like washington state. and then we go april 5th is wisconsin. so there are a lot of states that bernie sanders can do well in, if he can sustain this momentum, and there's no question he can sustain the money aspect of this campaign. so again, this could be a campaign that goes on well into april, if not longer. >> last night, he's proven again and again he can raise more money. >> he'll never run out of money, period. that's what ends so many campaigns. that will not end the bernie sanders' campaign. >>> coming up, much more to discuss on this giant upset in michigan. what might have caused it. and also, the republican race. donald trump wins three out of four, when so many people thought he was vulnerable. what does this mean for the never-trump movement. is it, shall we say, never more? >>> i just want to take this opportunity to thank the people of michigan, who kind of repudiated the polls who had us 20, 25 points down a few days ago. who repudiated the pundits who said that bernie sanders was not going anywhere. >> bernie sanders deliverin

. >> for years marco rubio has been making it snow for big sugar in washington. rubio has been taking your hard-earned tax dollars and giving them to pay his billionaire buddies to run big sugar. >> you get the idea. this is an ad in florida going after rubio. kelly, there are people outraged that you would think of going after rubio instead of donald trump in florida. if you beat marco rubio in florida, it hands the election to donald trump. >> if we beat marco rubio in florida, we become the nominee. i'm part of the pro ted cruz movement. that's the stop donald trump movement. the only way to stop trump this late in the game is through another candidate. there is no ballot in america that when you enter you vote, it says trump, cruz, kasich, rubio, hash tag never trump. if you want to stop trump, do it through another candidate, and that's cruz. a poll this morning says he's beating trump by 13 points. what else do we need to know? to margaret's points and the earlier points, it turns out trump has a plexy glass ceiling. he's not able to break through the 45% m

it's becoming evident and "washington post" reporting on it as well. focusing on a 15 state pathway to the electoral college win and we've heard of these pathways before. virginia in there. michigan in there. understand that they're a battleground but california and new york are among that list. and i want to ask you who has been through many an election if that is a republican strategy that can work. >> first, ashleigh. let me ask you a question. there is a picture of you on twitter that suggests you in your '80s punk rock glory. can all of us? >> it's blank. that's a good thing. it does show you. there he goes again. i am old and i've been through a bunch of elections and i know the republicans usually look at california and new york and say you're not going to get those ones. spend your money and time to get the ones you can get and then the ones you're not so sure you can get. what about that strategy? i need to hear it from you who knows politics more than anyone. >> i think that states like michigan and pennsylvania, needs to go after those and m

the entire republican leadership in washington, d.c. was with him. and everything i knew about politics said there was no path forward. but it didn't matter to me at the time because i believed deeply that if america continued on the road that the new president put us on, we would lose the things that made it a special country, and the place to change the history of my family. you fast forward seven years to this moment, things have only gotten worse. we have only gotten further and further away from the principles that made america the greatest nation in all of human history. and it brings us to this moment in our history now. the election of 2016 is no longer simply a choice between political parties or even ideology. the fundamental question before america right now is what kind of country is this going to be in the 21st century? the thing that i always enjoy about cpac is the incredible number of young people that come to these, younger americans. and by younger, i mean anyone under 44. although i feel 45 this week because i had the flu, but anyw

. >>> he h >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington. both leading candidates picked up wins and the night's biggest wins will all be right here. first up, donald trump, who sealed a diecisive victory in south carolina, ten points ahead of his closest rivals, marco rubio and ted cruz, who battled for the second-place trophy with rubio ultimately winning it by a nose. in nevada, hillary clinton winning a hard-fought race against bernie sanders. both of them will be here shortly. but first, let's get right to donald trump, who basked in his big win. >> there's nothing easy about running for president, i can tell you. it's tough, it's nasty, it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful. when you win, it's beautiful. >> and the winner of the south carolina republican primary, donald trump, joins us right now. mr. trump, congratulations on your victory. what do you think this means for the race going forward? are you unstoppable? >> well, certainly you can be stopped. i'm dealing with very talented people. they're politicians, they're senators and

look at the interview in the washington post. they're asking about the fact he's advocating violence at his rallies. if you're a birther, it's a little bit like a candidate who believes that the earth is flat. it's something absolutely false. >> snlt that why he should have never been assigned to the entertainment category. >> the part about donald trump, we cannot cover him in a conventional way. >> and you're perhaps suggesting that too many other media outlets are covering him in a conventional way. >> last week was wonderful because as you showed, you had anderson cooper and chris matthews really challenging him and really pointing out that he's actually like a sleep deprived 5-year-old who has not taken his nap and therefore, rather cranky and irritable. the only problem is this 5-year-old sleep deprived baby may have his little fengeinger the nuclear button. >> have you spoken since he's entered the race? >> no. it's irrelevant. donald trump has the potential of destroying this country. the media needs to mawake up an start

just imagine who she would do unchecked in washington with a new president. too risky for new hampshire. >> you just heard the ad is from the u.s. chamber of commerce. it's trying to help republicans down ballot. it's urging voters to help protect the gop senate majority by reelecting their senator kelly ayotte. a poll shows the incup bents senator trailing her democratic rival by eight points. clinton is leading trump in new hampshire by 15 points. let's talk it over with former cnn political editor paul steinhouser. so nice to see you my friend. >> great to be here. great to be here. >> how unusual is that ad? weeks before the election, the chamber of commerce a huge supporter of all the republicans on the ticket comes out and says, yeah, clinton could win. that's why it's so important that you vote for kelly ayotte. >> that ad making huge headli s headlines. here's the thing. chamber of commerce every big fans of donald trump in the first place when you go back to the primaries. they are conceding that trump is not going to win the election and we need tho

this is where not having friends in washington -- you know, john mccain. >> who was born in the panama canal zone could have come out and defended cruz and didn't. >> right. >> here is the thing, this is the brilliance of donald trump. he is a brilliant marketer, brilliant when it comes to messaging and he knows that social reputation creates reality. repeat it, repeat it. repeat it. if he's created a perception now that people 24% of people don't know, this wasn't even on the radar a couple months ago. trump himself in september said it wasn't an issue until it was. >> people listen, people distrust and who you put on to tell them that's not true. something else really interesting and this is one of the things in the bob dole from the establishment to the extent that such a thing kpiexists. they prefer it. >> can we talk about how remarkable it was. the party has so given up hope in the traditional candidates people are talking about whether they prefer trump over cruz? >> in the is the conversation in the republican party since the bail j bailouts in 2008. what do we stand for? if we

i want to thank the president of the american nurses' association and the president of washington state nurses' association for endorsing me today. i am so proud to be endorsed by the nurses of america. and i want to thank all of the elected officials who are here with us. i particularly want to pay tribute to this great high school, a great, great high school. you know, raniar beach is not only the champion of basketball, it's the champion of the international bacularete and the great results that the students are getting. it makes me so proud to know what this school is accomplishing and i will tell you if i'm so fortunate enough to be your president, i want to be a partner with principals and teachers and students and families like the ones here at the beach. [cheers and applause] >> i'm also very grateful to all of our volunteers who are working to hard in this campaign across this great state and you're knocking down barriers, you're building ladders of opportunity, you're helping us make the point that this campaign is about both growing and sharing the promise of america. we are

. >>> hello i'm jake tapper in washington where the state of our union is digging out! the epic blizzard that hit the east coast this weekend left record snowfall in the wake and continuing fears of flooding. at least 14 people have died in the storm, which lead to a complete travel ban in new york city. that ban was lifted at 7:00 this morning. but meteorologists warn above-freezing temperatures in new york and washington today could lead to a melt and then dangerous black ice. air travel remains a nightmare with more than 8,000 flights cancelled this weekend. in some parts of the northeast, the real risk this morning is flooding. record storm surges have already pommeled towns on the new jersey coast where some have seen water levels higher than when they were hit by super storm sandy. look at this on the delaware coast giving you a sense of how violent the storm was. many coastal areas remain under flood watches now. let's go to boris sanchez in margate, new jersey. what is the latest in the garden state? what are you seeing out there? >> reporter: jake, good morning

that battle expanded to include conservatives gathering in washington to plot a trump takedown. but a ted cruz/john kasich unity ticket, a contested convention and of drafting paul ryan to replace him. there was that and also this. republican lawmakers who openly deeply and comprehensively detest senator cruz are now beginning to endorse him. dana bash has the latest on all of that. she joins us now. let's talk about this closed door conservative meeting today. >> i just got off the phone with somebody who was part of that meeting. there were about 30 people there. these were leaders in the conservative movement both on the social conservative side and the fiscally conservative side. and the discussion was, as you said

money and the stamina and the fact that you have ted cruz who is not liked by the establishment in washington. you have donald trump who if you add them both together you have over 50% of the vote. not liked by them. how much money do you think goes to marco rubio after today? >> well, i think that is the big decision that establishment candidates or the establishment part of the republican party, the centrist part, if you will, however you want to call it, they have to make a decision if they really want to put their power behind somebody like marco rubio. because if not, then, you know, we're sitting here talking about scenarios for ted cruz to go on longer. for marco rubio to go on longer. i talked about how donald trump is leading in every single other poll and every single other state outside of iowa. that is why those kinds of scenarios, if people don't start getting out and getting out fast and consolidating behind one or two candidates other than trump, i still think trump can actually trump everybody else moving forward. >> and when we come back we'll talk about much more in a second

and there's a lot of frustration about the idea that washington is not listening to people and their every dave concerns. donald trump's candidacy for many of these voters has become a vehicle for those frustrations. and he has talked about it, whether it's been about the economy, whether it's been about immigration, whether it's national security. he has not offered real substantive positions, but instead he has offered clarity. he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and offered really simple recommend dips. >> a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe he could it it, that he to have more substance, that the people in the republican party misjudged the anger of the people. >> and they really shouldn't have. >> absolutely. >> go ahead, kellyanne. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the front-runners, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015, what do they all have in common? they were the outsiders challenging the establishment. so cruz and trump are still doing that as the outsiders and they have a coal

ronald reagan a legacy remembered and director of the school of media and public affairs at george washington university. thank you for being here. paul, let me begin with you. paul, we know she will be laid to rest, there where you are, next to her husband at the library. and you might know who may preside over the services. >> that's right, poppy. in talking to library officials, they said it was nancy's wish that john darnperth preside over her services. this is not set in stone. but they are trying to work this out as well as everything else. she will be buried to ronald reagan on the left side of the library, facing the pacific ocean. there will be an outdoor service and like her husband, for what we understand, when her body is brought up in a closed casket, just like ronald reagan, body will lay in repose in the main library and hundreds of thousands of people can come by and pay respects to her and sobering reminder and we saw a backhoe come up here and officials say yes, that's right. they still need to dig her grave site. all of them so sad to know that nancy reagan passed. but many

let's go to wolf blitzer in washington. >> we are watching. ted cruz maintaining the lead over donald trump and marco rubio with an impressive 30 and ben carson fourth with 10%. only 7% of the republican caucus sites. 25% of the caucus sites reporting and maintaining her lead. 53% to 47% for bernie sanders. not doing so well. uncommitted the same number. hillary clinton doing well so far. about a quarter of that vote now in on the democratic side. let's go back to jake and dana for more. >> thanks, wolf. >> in our own jeff, he is in des moines at sanders's campaign headquarters. we just spoke with him. what did he have to say? >> weus

. >> the washington cartel in full terror that the conservative grass roots are rising up. >> we won. we won. >>> of course plenty to cheer about for trump supporters after winning the south carolina primary with 32.5% of the vote, trump is now the unrivalled front runner among the republican candidates. marco rubio edging out second place over ted cruz. >> well for the democrat, a crucial win for hillary clinton, blunting that rise of bernie sanders, a so called nevada firewall held up, helping to ease anxiety among her supporters. more in a moment but we're going to start with donald trump's commanding victory in south carolina. and the now shrinking republican field. cnn's senior political reporter manu raju joins us from south carolina. the trump campaign must be motivated ae but move to the south on march 1st. >> a very encouraging victory here. this is ha man who has never run for office before. and taking two of the first three primary states is such a resounding manner really gives him a head of steam into nevada where he's a heavy favorite to win the caucuses there on tuesday

they want something different to happen in washington, d.c. they are tired of the same old business being led by the same old people. and bernie represents something new. he represents a revolution that's going to adjust how business is being done in washington, d.c. and you can see that revolution taking place even in some of the remarks that hillary clinton is talking about. now she's beginning to talk about those issues that bernie has been talking about everywhere. not only in a black state of south carolina, not in harlem, but bernie sanders has been talking about that in iowa, in new hampshire. so he's been talking about those issues that are relative to the african-american community from the very beginning. >> we'll see if the young voters show up at the polls today. maria, let me come to you. does this expectation that hillary clinton will win by a large margin hurt her potentially, maybe some of the voters who were -- might have been excite philadelphia this were a much tight erase might stay home and this margin will be narrower? >>

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i'll challenge the republican establishment, i'll change washington, not many like me. rare is the candidate to say vote for me because they don't like me. but that's the appeal. >> cruz's appeal supposed to be he was the genuine, pure bred conservative and he thought that in this election cycle that was going to be popular, that was the key to his success, which is he didn't compromise, he didn't work with others, he was disliked, you know, in washington. and as it turns out, people don't really care about how conservative someone like donald trump is. they care more that he tells it like it is, right? they care -- they see him as the truth teller in this, the political incorrect candidate who represents that betrayal they talk about, and their anxiety. they believe he can provide problems -- solutions that nobody else could. >> the high level of betrayal maggie was talking about. what it does suggest is, i'm not sure who is the outsider, who is the insider anymore, but cruz is the outsider, but the sense of betrayal sends a message to the party. you go to a brokered c

someone who is going to bring a new sensibility to washington and that is donald trump. that is where we are and the fact that that is happening right now, after everything that this season has brought us, given where he came from, where even he says he was considered a joke on june 16th when he announced, now it's almost impossible to see unless something crazy happens which has happened this year, but it's almost impossible to see him not getting that magic 1,237 and in cleveland him being the person that the republicans nominate as their presidential candidate. >> let's underline this one more time. with senator ted cruz with drawing, that's it. john kasich who remains in the race was running fourth in a three man race. he's now running fourth in a two man race because he's behind a marco rubio and ted cruz so that's not a serious challenge. donald trump who has never run for office before, a man who has offended the sensibilities of the republican establishment and millions of americans from every strike whether latino or muslim or others, is now the republican nomin

in both the new york times and washington post this morning, jim, senior african american from south carolina saying, don't take that for granted, mr. clinton. if he beats you, he can do well. >> yeah, i really don't agree that hillary hasn't made her case to voters. voters know, and they don't much like her. and i think that's hugely important. bernie sanders is not barack obama, but i think her weakness is underscored, that at this point, voters will take anybody over her. her campaign has gone out of it's way to not repeat the same mistakes of 2008. they hosted small meet and greets rather than the big rallies. they've tried to repackage her and make her warm and inviting, but you know, she's still not likable. and i think that her weaknesses in a general election despite the candidates on the republican side, who are inflicting their own wounds on themselves left and right, really shouldn't be underestimated. >> well, that's been an interesting one two. a week or two ago, he tried to play the car saying i don't need with a tour, her version of the 3:00 a.m. phone call if you will