thanks very much for watching. i'm wolf blitzer. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. next, north carolinian saying he's investigating trump. we're live in ohio tonight. it could be the most crucial day for the gop so far. does trump sweep all the states tomorrow? donald trump blaming bernie sanders for protesters at his rallies. should sanders tell his supporters to stop? his wife is my guest. let's go "outfront." >> good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, a north carolina sheriff saying he's investigating donald trump in his campaign. he's looking into whether the gop frontrunner could be charged with inciting a riot.

the investigation, which could be political in part, stems from this incident when one of trump's supporters sucker punched a black protester at his rally. at this moment, donald trump is speaking live with a crowd of supporters in the crucial state of ohio on the eve of super tuesday number three. it comes as the war of words over the level of anger and violence at trump rallies ramped up today. hillary clinton taking it to a whole new level, speaking to a televised town hall. she said, when you are inciting mob violence, which is what trump is doing, there is a lot of memories that people have. people remember mob violence that led to lynching. people remember mob violence that led to people being shot, being grabbed, being mistreated. sarah palin before returning to alaska to see her husband who has been seriously injured in a

snow mobile accident had her take on the trump rallies. >> what we don't have time for is all that petty punk ass little thuggery stuff that's been going on with these, quote/unquote, protesters. >> donald trump could be racking up some major delegates tomorrow. if he does really well, he could all be ensuring a path to the nomination. he is in ohio right now. jim acosta is outfront in vie a vienna, ohio. donald trump was going to be in florida. he'll be there tomorrow night for his speech at the end of the

voting, but now he is in ohio. what does this say? >> reporter: that's right. he was supposed to be in florida just about all day today except for that rally in north carolina. they scrapped an event in florida so he could add this one in ohio just outside of youngstown. he's worried about john kasich. just a few moments ago donald trump said john kasich can't make america great again. he's gone after the governor of ohio again talking about these trade deals, which is a big issue in the rust belt area of youngstown, ohio, and other portions of this region. one thing you can say about this event so far in terms of how things have been going the last few days, erin, there hasn't been any trouble. no demonstrators, no protests, no clashes. essentially, it's been a pretty tame rally by recent standards, but we can tell you that have been putting in some different security measures throughout the afternoon.

unlike many of the trump rallies where a person could park in the parking lot outside the event. people attending this rally had to park seven miles away at a local shopping center and then get bussed in. according to my colleague, they did that to tamp down on protesters and keep people out who are against donald trump. law enforcement said really this is about the parking issues. we're getting two stories in terms of why they were bussing people to this event. sort of a unique security precaution we should point out. as for ohio, as for what's up for grabs tomorrow, erin, as you said, it does seem like it's coming down to ohio, ohio, ohio. donald trump is feeling very confident about beating marco rubio down in his home state tomorrow night, but here in ohio if john kasich can pull off a victory here, that might put us right back in that muddle where john kasich stays in the race.

ted cruz stays in the race. marco rubio has to drop out. however, as you said, if it is a clean sweep for donald trump, this becomes a candidate who is going to be very difficult to stop on the way to the nomination. >> thank you very much. donald trump obviously trying to make that happen, switching his entire schedule to be in ohio tonight instead of florida. phil mattingly is traveling in ohio. >> reporter: battleground ohio. >> if we win ohio, we'll have to take some pictures because you might be taking a picture with the next president of the united states. >> he may win ohio. it's right now a tie according to most of the polls. we're literally tied. he may win in ohio. who knows. he's the governor, but he has not done a good job. >> reporter: with polls trending sharply away from marco rubio in florida -- >> tomorrow's the day when we're going to shock the country and we're going to do what's going

to be done. >> reporter: the buckeye state has become the latest and perhaps the last that could halt donald trump's march to the nomination. john kasich rising in the polls and challenging the tone of trump's campaign. >> this country is not about us tearing one another down or having fistfights at campaign rallies. that's not what america is. >> reporter: turning the 2012 nominee mitt romney for a boost. kasich pulling out all the stops. trump feeling the pressure, eager to wrap up the primary. >> the beauty would be if we win florida and we win ohio we could go and attack hillary. >> reporter: the intensity of trump's attacks have followed suit on the trail.

>> if you run for governor, you have to be governor. same thing for marco rubio. he runs for the senate. he never shows up to vote. >> john kasich, just another all talk, no action politician. >> reporter: and on twitter. republicans opposed to trump's campaign including rubio calling on supporters to consider breaking from their preferred candidates in order to boost kasich. >> if a voter in ohio concludes that voting for john kasich is the best thing to stop donald trump there, then that's what they'll do. >> reporter: it's been interesting to note that mitt romney has not had the effect he wanted going out. his efforts were very targeted by the kasich campaign. he was in stark county and

westerville. mitt romney won in 2012 this state by 10,000 votes. 6,000 of those votes came from those three counties. all three of those counties big counties for john kasich if he wants to beat donald trump. erin, for mitt romney, coming into town with a very targeted approach in an effort to push john kasich over the top. >> carl higby with me, john avalon, and doug thornell. john, let me start with you. even donald trump is saying john kasich may win ohio. he's a sitting governor, a very popular governor. why is it even this close? he should be running away with this. >> the other candidates treated it as a gimmick because they want to focus their energies

elsewhere, but the two big prizes tomorrow florida and ohio. marco rubio teams to be in trouble in florida. ohio is tight. kasich is a popular governor. if that's not enough to win your home state, that speaks to a different dynamic in the republican field. >> if donald trump does not win ohio, as he keeps talking about wanting to sweep, let's just say he fails to do so, how much does that hurt? >> the fact these are likely voters. a lot of people coming up for donald trump are not likely voters. they have no history of voting. the republican party is reaching in and they're basically whoring out mitt romney. the fact of the matter is i think the unprecedented surge of

previously unregistered voters -- >> undocumented? >> no. my mistake. that would be illegal. unregistered voters for donald trump would be a huge surge for him. >> let's say john kasich wins ohio. he would need to win every other delegate out there and he still couldn't get the majority. the only way for john kasich to be the republican nominee is for a floor fight at the convention. >> i think that's what they're counting on. at this point, you can already see that they're telegraphing that's what they plan to do. now there's a difference between a contested convention and a brokered one. the convention rules, they allow for that. if no one has the majority, that's why you have conventions. people forget because in recent memory we haven't had a contested convention since 1976. i think that's such a bad thing. if donald trump does not reach that threshold of 1237, that's what the convention is for.

god bless john caseic kasich if wants to move forward. we'll see you all in ohio. he will get the money to keep going because the absolute horror at the prospect of donald trump being the nominee as a republican -- it depends what side you're on. >> donald trump has won 15 contests. there's states and territories. hillary clinton has won 12. the democrats see her as their presumptive nominee. they're going to fight this out, but that's how you see it. but donald trump is not. they want the contested or brokered convention. when is that going to change for donald trump? if he wins everything tomorrow, will tara be seating here saying the presumptive nominee? >> not happily.

>> there's been a lot of backlash and resistance among washington republicans to oppose him. if he went to north carolina tomorrow, if he beats marco r b rubio in florida and john kasich in ohio, i don't see any rationale for these events going on. i'm not a trump supporter. >> you could be though. >> it's about the math. ted cruz needs to win 66% of all the remaining delegates to get to the number. better than john kasich. it's a mount everest. >> it is a mt. everest. it's about blocking trump from the nomination. rubio is saying, look, if you're a rubio supporter in ohio, support john kasich because we're in the center right lane. ted cruz in contrast is trying to figure out how to kneecap marco rubio in his home state. it really becomes a test. cruz hopes to win tomorrow by

the other candidates losing. then it becomes a two-man race. then you have the spectacle of ted cruz running against trump. >> it's incredible. a lot of people are standing back and going how did we get here. there were so many candidates splitting the vote. he's only won an average of about 30%, 35%. alabama was an outlier. but it's because all these candidates split the vote. donald trump has yet to get the majority of support because the majority of republicans do not support donald trump 2 to 1. that's the numbers. 65% of the republican party does not support donald trump. in a general election -- >> some may come over to trump and see those numbers change. how did we get here? did we just watch the days go by, didn't watch what voters

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it's a bigger number, so it's democrats. we're taking also though from independents, big league, and we're talking from people who have never ever voted before and they're 50 years old in some cases. and the numbers are astronomical. >> how is trump getting democratic voters to cross over? martin savage went into the field to find out. >> all right. from news radio, we're under way here. >> reporter: ron verb has been talking politics for 31 years. i sat down to listen. >> i've been a registered "d" since 1980, and i am taking a republican ballot. i'm supporting trump. >> had enough of these hand picked, hand chosen, bought and paid for candidates. voting for donald trump. >> from day one, i have been for donald trump, and i was a democrat. >> well, it's like nothing i've

ever seen before. >> reporter: that's mark monroe, head of the republican party in ohio. unemployment here is close to 9%. no wonder change is on the minds of many. >> this is something that's never happened before. >> reporter: that's 84-year-old gus gustavson. these days gus go by another name. crossovers. >> democrat all the way. >> now what are you thinking when it comes to voting? >> i'm going trump. >> reporter: then there's twin brothers painting trump signs and making trump campaign buttons. they're retired cops and apparently retired democrats. >> for 50 years, i've voted for democrats since the vietnam war and served over there and came back. i've always backed democrats. it was the right party to be in. >> so now you will vote how? >> i'm going to vote republican and i'm going to vote for donald

trump. >> at the local board of elections early voting has been under way since mid february. >> 55% of all the republican vote is coming from democrats to republican or what we consider nonaffiliated voters. >> reporter: you heard right. of the republican votes cast so far, more than half have come from voters who up until recently were either independents or democrats. it's not just in ohio. exit polls show crossovers in other primary states. the same polls show anger is the biggest motivator, but trump isn't the only benefactor. >> there is a guy running for the people that's funded by the people and it's bernie sanders. >> reporter: back at local republican headquarters, cathy miller is worried about running out of trump yard signs. >> hard to keep, hard to get, and very, very popular. >> we want to be clear here that

a lot of the voters that i've talked to say they were regular voters and always voting democrat. in fact, they said they can't remember ever missing having to vote and they say it was like that in their families for generations going back maybe three generations. all of that now is changing as they change parties and vote for donald trump. erin? >> pretty incredible reporting there. my panel is back with me. doug, let me go with you first. you're a democrat. >> i am. >> this is pretty powerful reporting. he's showing democrat after democrat. people who voted every single election democratic who are now switching for donald trump. >> let me go to some exit polling. michigan, 7% of the gop electorate was democrat. that's not a lie. 4% of the texas gop electorate was democrat. not a lot. with all due respect to your reporting, i'm looking at the exit polling of these states and it's not supporting your reporting here.

>> you did see a drop in michigan, but in a lot of other states we have seen significant increases in the number of democrats voting for republicans. >> no, what we're seeing is an increase in turnout for republicans. i'm not seeing a huge number of democrats as part of the exit polling that are part of the gop electorate. >> what you're say -- seeing is an increase. >> 20,000 democrats switched to republican. >> look what she's saying there. you are seeing this in a lot of states. i see your point in michigan. >> which is a rust belt state. >> fair point. >> let me also say donald trump is losing to hillary clinton by 13 points or by 9 points in most recent national polling. if he was doing so well with democrats, his numbers would not be that. i appreciate the reporting, but i'm not necessarily sure it's accurate.

>> john, go ahead. we are seeing an increase in many of the states in terms of democrats who have switched to republicans. >> particularly where martin reported originally in youngstown, ohio. there have been instances of democrats calling and wanting to reregister. that is significant. you can say especially in the primary electorate that donald trump is expanding the field because he is appealing to folks who have been independent or democrat. the question is are they genuine swing voters who voted to carry obama. many of the folks in that package said they were. the other question ronald reagan capped out at 66%. any republican to win the presidency is going to have to get it roughly the same, which is a very tall order, and 30% of the minority vote. if you have hispanics and african-americans who say they feel you're not on their side, that math is going to be tough.

>> the fact of the matter is donald trump and bernie sanders are essentially the nuclear option. they are the reset button. people won't go with bernie sanders because he would have been thrown in jail during the cold war for proposed policies. >> put that aside. >> donald trump has come out and said we've got to rewrite the book and rewrite the system. people don't care what his gun policy is. pro-life, pro-choice. we don't care what that is. here's a problem. there's a solution. let's do it. >> do you agree with the we? >> no. at least he's honest. a lot of trump supporters have been very one dimensional in facts don't matter and it is all about the messaging of we're going to make america great again and bring the jobs back. donald trump's economic plan is completely unworkable. it will actually hurt the blue

collar middle-class workers that he claims he is fighting for, but we don't get past that because donald trump throws out this word vomit all the time where we're never able to focus in on how unworkable on how many things he's promising are. he's duping people into actually going to do the things that he yells and screams about all the time, but that's just not possible. i think when people find that out it's going to be too late. >> the other thing is let's say that report is right. i think there will be an offset in the number of moderate republicans who will not vote for hillary, but who will skip over donald trump and vote for senate republicans. we're hearing all this talk from republicans -- they vote. they just don't vote for him. >> 58% unfavorables for donald

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donald trump is pushing back tonight against a north carolina sheriff. the campaign just releasing a statement saying it is the protesters and agitators who are in violation, not mr. trump. protesters were again shouting the republican frontrunner down today. it's a scene that's been playing out more frequently as trump comes under increasing pressure

to address the unrest. he's opting to point the finger at bernie sanders. >> reporter: donald trump campaigning in north carolina today trying to make the case that his rallies aren't violent. >> there's no violence. there's a love fest. >> reporter: he acknowledged a protester was arrested last week for sucker punching a protester. >> you know how many protesters have been hurt at our rallies? maybe one. there's no violence. >> reporter: at his next stop in florida, trump again facing off with protesters. >> you're obnoxious. >> get out of here. people are crazy. >> hi, guys. what we don't have time for is all that petty punk ass little thuggery stuff that's been going

on. >> reporter: trump claims he knows where many of the protesters are coming from. >> a lot of them come from bernie sanders, whether he wants to say it or not. if he says no, then he's lying. >> reporter: sanders is firing back in kind. >> i hesitate to say this because i don't like to disparage public officials but donald trump is a pathological liar. >> reporter: the democratic presidential candidate arguing he's not responsible for his supporters' actions. >> i never have and never will condone violence. >> reporter: sanders also blasting trump for saying he may pay the legal fees of his sucker punching supporter. >> what that means is donald trump is literally inciting violence with his supporters. he is saying if you go out and beat somebody up, that's okay. i'll pay the legal fees. >> reporter: the war of words between the two candidates following a weekend marred by unrest. with trump cancelling a chicago event friday night due to

protests, and then on saturday a sanders support rushed the trump podium and was arrested. >> i was thinking about going up on stage and take his podium away from him and take his microphone away from him and send a message out to the country that wouldn't consider themselves racist. >> oh, bernie. bernie. it's another bernie sign. that's a bernie supporter, folks. get the bernie sign. were you put in here by bernie? >> reporter: bernie sanders continued to hammer donald trump here in charlotte, north carolina, telling his packed pavilion that his campaign will continue to fight trump's bigotry. don't worry. you won't get beat up at my event. >> i want to bring back my panel and sally kohn. we're laughing and yet dismayed

and upset all in one fell swoop. >> the alternative is unthinkable. >> is bernie sanders to blame? >> of course he's not to blame. donald trump must be feeling pretty desperate. the paradox is people are voting supposedly supporting trump because they say he says what he means. when he says i'd like to punch that protester in the face too or if somebody is going to throw tod tomatoes, give them hell, we shouldn't be surprised that his supporters thinks he means it. voters are angry across the board. the job of leaders is to channel that in a positive direction. donald trump has chosen deliberately to incite that anger. he is responsible. >> here is the problem with the

liberal agenda. instead of blaming the agitator, they're blaming the people that are there to support donald trump. at some point you should say this moron shouldn't have been in a rally inciting riot. it's not donald trump's fault that this is happening. it's some moron somewhere doing that. >> by that logic, it's not bernie sanders' fault that people are showing up at his rallies. i think what's happening here is you have the politics of incitement. you have somebody who is a celebrity demagogue who is campaign is us against them. the protesters come. that is a combustible combination. >> let's play some clips here of the kinds of things donald trump

says. >> they're bernie fans. >> i'd like to punch him in the face. i'll tell you. >> if you see somebody getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them. seriously. >> they'd be carried out on a stretcher, folks. >> looks a little wacky. he's a whack job. >> people believe he says it like it is. he says what he thinks. he means what he says, says what he means. >> here's the thing, though. he's not going out there. these people are coming in and agitating at his riot. he's saying defend yourself. that's the american strength that people believe in. the fact is he's like i'm not going to take your crap and stand up for yourself. >> candidates have a responsibility to set the right tone at these types of events. a lot of people were angry in 2008 as well. you had a lot of people coming

to rallies with barack obama at the time. you never saw stuff like this. candidates -- >> they just destroyed places like the washington mall. they left it a mess. >> but the reality is you have to set the right tone. using that sort of inflammatory rhetoric is totally irresponsible. >> you're not seeing this stuff happen at stand up rallies. you're not seeing it at rubio rallies. either donald trump is a comic or something sinister is going on. >> you can't try to be president and believe in free speech. donald trump has a right to say the hateful fear mongering things he's saying, but those protesters have a right to show up and stand up for the american values that donald trump is repeatedly punching in the face. if he can't handle that, he's not fit to be president. >> we'll hit pause there. at the beginning of a donald trump rally today, the overhead speaker said if a protester

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we're just hours away from a number of crucial primaries that could dramatically change the direction of the nominees. a massive haul that could make or break either case for either side. tonight, sanders hoping to build on his growing momentum from last week's upset in michigan. >> when people come out to vote in large numbers to reclaim their democracy, we win. when voter turnout is low, we

lose. let's make sure that tomorrow we have a huge voter turnout. >> youtfront now, jane sanders, the wife of bernie sanders. last week, your husband pulled off the biggest upset winning michigan. you have a whole lot on super tuesday. you think there'll be more upsets? >> i do. he's in four states doing five rallies today, so i think that we have a chance in illinois and ohio and missouri. i think north carolina and florida will be more difficult, but we're not -- he's in north carolina today. >> of course, jane, we've been reporting on people who are often choosing between bernie sanders and donald trump, which surprises some, but it is a phenomenon we've seen happening. now we have this issue of protesters at rallies, trump

rallies specifically. he's been blaming bernie sanders' supporters for that unrest. do you think that's fair? >> you thii think people are prg what he's talking about. he's talking about division and racism. he's talking about blame and people are saying, no, we don't want to divide our country they're outside protesting peacefully. i don't think that the protesters that have been at his rallies all along have anything to do with us, but i think his message is bringing people out to say, no, we can't go down this road. yeah, people are deciding between him and bernie because he's raising some of the issues. he's speaking to the frustration and the anger about the decline of the middle class, the fact they're not getting what they hoped for as they worked all their lives, but the differences end there. >> donald trump says sanders' supporters are being told to go

protest at his events. he went on twitter and he wrote, bernie sanders is lying when he says his disrupters aren't told to go to my events. be careful, bernie, or my supporters will go to your events. to that you say? >> our supporters have never been told to go to his events. i think if you go to our rallies, you'll see people filled with hope and optimism. if you go to donald trump's rallies, you see a lot more anger in the general population. >> one thing happened just a few moments ago. donald trump was asked about bernie sanders and bernie sanders popularity because people talk about who gets all the attendees at their rallies. donald trump said bernie sanders should be thanking him for his popularity. i wanted to play it for you. >> he should be very thankful to me because frankly he was doing very badly until i spoke about

hillary and bill when they hit me very unfairly about five weeks ago. all of a sudden bernie started doing better, but he wasn't the one who took hillary clinton down. i will tell you he should be saying thank you very much, mr. trump. >> i see you smiling. >> we don't do that kind of politics. bernie is offering a vision for the future. we do not do negative politicking. i wasn't wild about what donald trump said about hillary clinton. neither was bernie. i don't think that's what helped us. i think what's happened is that the media has begun covering him. people are hearing about him. online presence is very strong. i think that's what's igniting the populous. >> thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thank you, erin.

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vladimir putin saying he will be removing forces from syria. clarissa ward went undercover reporting from deep within syria a place where virtually no western journalists have gone for nearly a year. this piece contains graphic images. >> reporter: moving through rebel-held northern syria is difficult and dangerous. as foreign journalists in areas with a strong gihaudist presence, we had to travel under cover to see a war few outsiders have witnessed. the city of idlib is the only provincial capital. this was its courthouse until it was hit by an air strike in december. dozens were killed. >> translato 40-year-old lawyer told us he was inside the building when it was hit. his arm was smashed but he was lucky to survive. >> translator: the russian planes target anything that

works in the interest of the people. the goal is that's people here live a destroyed life, that people never see any good. that they never taste life. this is the tax of living in a liberated area. >> reporter: an hour later, we saw that tax for ourselves while filming in a town nearby. we heard the scream of fighter jets overhead. moments later, a hit. there was just an air strike here in the town. we're now driving very quickly. it's not clear yet what was hit but we're hearing there are still planes in the sky. arriving on the scene, our team found chaos and carnage.

volunteers shouted for an ambulance as they tried to ferry out the wounded. for many it was too late. a woman lay dead on the ground. a jacket draped over her. an attempt to preserve her dignity. russia has repeatedly claimed it is only hitting terrorist targets. this strike hit a busy fruit market. >> translator: this is just a civilian market. this is not a military area. >> translator: there are no military installations here or anything. it's a market. look. it's a market. a fruit market. is this what you want, bashar? >> reporter: we couldn't stay long. often jets circle back to hit the same place twice. it's called a double tap. we've just arrived at the hospital where they are bringing the dead and wounded from the

three strikes which hit a park and a fruit market. we don't know the exact number of casualties there but the scenes of devastation, blood on the ground, dismembered body parts and the injured and dead that we've seen arriving here indicate this was a very bad strike indeed. among the injured brought in, a young boy, moaning in pain. he died moments later. the strikes that day killed 11 people. among them a woman and two children. rescue workers wasted no time to clearing away the rubble. in this ugly war, massacres have become routine. >> it's a stunning reporting and you were in syria, obviously, at risk of being hit by an air strike yourself. you were this close to one. what was it like when you heard and saw this happen so close? >> i think you never really get used to that horrible feeling in

your stomach when you hear the noise of fighter jets in the skies above you. while you know statistically you'd be really unlucky to take a direct hit, there's a psychological effect it has. the not knowing. the not knowing where that's payload will drop. we were working with a filmmaker who was based in syria who was the one who was right up in the carnage in the mayhem and moments after that hit struck and he said no matter how many times he sees this, and he sees it on a daily or weekly basis, you never get used to it. you never become accustomed to seeing civilians massacred like that, hospitals and courthouses and fruit markets targeted in such a deeply cynical way. >> in terms of putin saying ground forces are coming out, will that change anything? you're talking about air strikes here. >> exactly. the devil is in the detail with regards to what putin's announcement will translate into on the ground. are we talking about a full military withdrawal?

how long will this withdrawal take? and is aerial bombardment included in the rubric of that withdrawal because it's really the aerial bombardment causing so much suffering to civilians on the ground. >> horrific things you saw but so important to show them to the world. it's so easy for people to not think about it. clarissa, thank you. we'll be right back. when they thought they should westart saving for retirement.le

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