[closing bell rings] the closing belgianing to ring. s&p 500 trading higher as well by about 2.3%. look at nasdaq show. david: wow. melissa: look at that action on percentage basis. up almost 3%. 128 points. david: gold higher but not too much. oil settling at the highest level in eight months. phil flynn of price futures group, fox business contributor joins me now from the cme. so, phil, oil was trading down until about 11:00 a.m. this morning eastern time. we saw this huge spike up. what happened at 11:00 a.m. to turn it around? >> well there was two things. the main thing a report out of the russian oil minister that basically said, hey, most oil countries have an agreement to freeze production and we're going on more than likely with a

meeting mid-month. that really gave the market a little bit of a boost. let's face it, dave, what is happening in the stock market is not missed by the oil traders. actually the stock market is doing better than oil. usually it is oil that seems to be leading the show. today is seemed to be following. that is the main thing. earlier we were hearing a lot of reports about production cutbacks across the board. mexico yesterday announced they're canceling all their deepwater oil projects. we're hearing cuts in production across the board. so if we hear about cuts in production and we get optimistic about the economy, guess what? demand will be stronger, production will be less. there is a chance we'll start eating into some of that oversupply. that is giving this market a lot of support today. david: both demand and supply, both fronts. phil flynn, thank you very much. good stuff. >> tonight you have a big decision to make in this state. >> i am prepared to do all aspects of the job being president. >> texas is undoubtedly very,

very important i it is the crown jewel of super tuesday. >> today is the day people can stand up to say no to rigged economy. >> we're going to win-win. you're going to win so much, you will call, please, mr. president, we're so tired of winning. we're so bored. can we lose a little bit? i'm going to say no way, no way! melissa: most crucial day for 2016 election so far. voting is currently underway on the biggest day of the primary season so far on the republican side. it is likely to be a big night for donald trump. potential nightmare for gop establishment, i'm just saying. nearly 500 delegates up for grabs in 11 states for the democrats. hillary clinton is looking to solidify her lead over bernie sanders. there are about 850 democratic delegates at stake here. david: "the donald" is not stopping. trump is about to hold his second campaign rally on this super tuesday. fox business's peter barnes on the campaign trail.

he is in palm beach, florida, with the very latest. i think we were looking at kentucky where donald trump is about to speak but what is happening in florida, peter? reporter: we're just ahead of the candidate, david. we're at his summous high-end resort, mar-a-lago in palm beach, florida. you see swimming pool and high-end rooms in all the wings. behind me is gathering media circus. dozens of microwave trucks and satellite trucks and supporters and their crews setting up for coverage tonight. the ringmaster, donald trump will be controlling everything tonight. he is not having a campaign rally here like he is having in kentucky. he is actually going to have a press conference at 9:00 eastern as the polls are closing. and wonder why he is doing that rather than having a rally? you think he might get a little bit of airtime with press conference with questions floating around his campaign?

he definitely must be feeling very confident. so confident in fact he did not even campaign in super tuesday state today. he is here in florida, that primary is on march 15. he is in kentucky right now which holds its caucus saturday. he was in ohio this morning which holds its primary march 15th two weeks from now which polls show him ohio's favorite son john kasich and rest of the pack. >> i will be back. i will be back. we have a two week -- winning ohio is so important. it is going to send a signal like nothing else. winning ohio is so, so important. so we have to get it. reporter: rubio and cruz were in super tuesday states today. marco rubio in minnesota where he called donald trump a bully. ted cruz in his home state of texas where he is leading donald trump and he said, he called trump a disaster nominee for the

republican party if trump should get the nomination. texas is the only state up for grabs today in which polls show any candidate beating donald trump clearly. cruz saying, today, thathe doesn't win his home state of texas his campaign has real problems. david, back to you. david: peter barnes, thank you very much from palm beach. from palm beach we to to louisville, kentucky where you see donald trump introduced by the man who endorsed him last week, shocked the world by doing so last friday. that is of course new jersey governor chris christie warming up crowd with trump by his side. we'll listen in a couple minutes [cheering] >> america needs a strong leader in the oval office again. we have that man in donald trump. [cheering] it is time to send barack obama the democrats home and the man to do it is donald trump.

[cheering] america needs a president that will stand up and create jobs for the american people once again. and that man is donald trump. [cheering] america i needs a leader who will stand up strong against our men is around the world and defeat isis and that man is donald trump. david: again that is chris christie doing warm-up for donald trump in louisville. melissa: he is a good hype man. david: he is a very good hype man. nobody can do it like him. good attack dog, good hype man. trump is lucky to have him. melissa. melissa: the lone star state has 155 delegates up for grabs. connell mcshane is the cruz headquarters. what is the mood over there, connell? reporter: they're hoping for a win, melissa, no doubt about it. they are hope for a big win the way the delegate math works. of the 11 states handing out republican delegates none will give out more than the state of

texas. we'll cover cruz at his campaign headquarters, at least campaign head quarters for tonight, place called the redneck country club outside of houston. popular music joint i'm told. he will hope to celebrate a victory tonight. when we saw him earlier today, seemed as if he was already thinking about tomorrow. >> any candidate that wakes up tomorrow morning who has not won any states, or any candidate who i can wakes up tomorrow morning or who has negligible number of delegates, time to start thinking about coming together. reporter: that brings us to the issue of delegate math. when you're watching our coverage tonight, it is something very important to keep in mind. not only who is leading but how much are they leading by. yes, 155 delegates at stake in the state of texas, it's a huge state but only 47 are statewide delegates. if one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, they get

4delegates. that is unlikely to happen. so what does happen? the 47 delegates get up between maybe two, possibly three candidates. you have to get 20% to get any. if you're following along you still have 10delegates. two per district. those too may get split up. bottom line in texas, melissa, whoever wins, not only look at name, second and third place finners are behind and how many delegates they were able to pick up. cruz, we'll cover it tonight, hoping to get victory and fairly large-sizeable lead in the delegate race to take it out of super tuesday. some other states down the line he thinks he will do well. still a long shot. cruz campaign hoping for the best. melissa: it will be a late night. thank you so much. connell. david: i love the standing next to the redneck cafe. marco rubio still looking for a first win in the presidential race. coming in second place twice in a row. with nearly half the republican delegates at stake tonight could

be a do-or-die situation for rubio. what to expect, stephen hayes, "weekly standard," fox news contributor. great to see you, steve. >> hey, david. david: is there any state rube know has chance of winning? >> i think he has outside shot of minnesota, caucus state. hard to predict. rubio style voters there. maybe virginia. more optimism in rubio world he could potentially win virginia a week or two ago. less optimism with polls showing donald trump winning there. those are two i think are best suited for rubio win. david: if rubio is out and so-called establishment gop doesn't have anybody, cruz has unlikability factor and trump is trump, mitt romney, is there any chance that mitt romney could come in to replace marco rubio as the establishment candidate? >> i don't think during the republican nominating process. i talked to rubio person this afternoon, marco rubio is going to the convention period, end of

discussion, mark it down. his plan is to go to the convention. if it is brokered convention be somebody the is being choice of various parties fighting for nomination. so i don't think rubio is likely to get out. you heard ted cruz prespinning there, anybody who hasn't won a state will have real questions to ask, describing rubio. david: what is happening with mitt romney? there is a lot of speculation, some coming from roger stone who is a trump man, a lot of speculation what he might do, mitt romney? >> there are couple questions what mitt romney is doing right now. i don't think he will jump into republican nominating contest. david: where would he go? >> if romney had opening it would be opening if it looked like donald trump would be republican nominee, would mitt romney jump in be sort of a third party or independent candidate. two reasons for that. david: establishment guy. he would run a -- that would be ultimate dividing factor for the gop, would it not? >> i think it would harden the current perceptions. my view, it is not really donald

trump versus the establishment. there is actually a third lane. donald trump on one hand who is really not much of a conservative but anti-establishment. there is the actual establishment, k street types. there is this huge group in middle which are conservatives, which i think is most of the republican party. certainly conservative movement. that part gets left out. if mitt romney were to jump in as third party candidate take on donald trump and say hillary clinton i think you're exactly right. he hardens the perception this is is just a contest between the so called establishment and the anti-establishment trump world. david: steve hayes from "the weekly standard," great to see you again. >> thanks. david: their very much. melissa? melissa: super tuesday might be last chance for bernie sanders. hillary clinton looking to deal a fatal blow to the senator tonight. fox news's ed henry on campaign trail in miami with the latest ed? reporter: good to see you. we're in miami because hillary clinton wants to have her quote, unquote victory party here even

though floridians are not voting for two weeks. why is she looking ahead? she feels very confident going into super tuesday. in fact some of her top advisors told me privately they think they might quote, unquote, run the table. other than bernie sanders home state of vermont, they think they will take most, if not all of the other states. they realize min society, for example, is very tight. that is hillary clinton made some last minute stops there today. they thought that might juice the turnout for the pro-clinton folks on the ground to get her there in the state. bernie sanders holding huge rallies in minnesota recent day, getting college students whipped up about some of his socialist plans. he has high hopes in colorado as well as oklahoma but the clinton camp tells me privately they are very confident they will be in command tonight. she already has a big delegate lead when you think about the pledged delegates from the early states like iowa, new hampshire. even though she lost new hampshire big time, democrats of course do this proportionally. you take away delegates and

bring some home, even when you lose actual vote. so clinton with superdelegates added in, party bosses committed to her, has a big lead over bernie sanders. hopes to expand it tonight, over 800 democratic delegates at stake. i mentioned florida here, two weeks from tonight, states like ohio, as well as florida, florida has 250 delegates on the democratic side. the clinton camp feels very confident they will be in command of this race very quickly. the math will get difficult for bernie sanders. yes, he is still raising a lot of money, over $40 million in the month of february alone. that will keep him in this race perhaps for a long time. but if he doesn't start winning states, he is going have a very hard time getting ahead of clinton. that is why you see her already turning her fire away from sanders and really focusing on donald trump, republicans in the general election, guys. melissa: there you go. ed henry, thank you so much for

that. david? david: we're learning a lot more what was contained in the final batch of clinton's emails released yesterday. among them an email showing u.s. ambassador to libya, chris stevens considered leaving his post in benghazi 17 months before he was killed. last night on "special report" bret baier asked attorney general loretta lynch if clinton broke the law using private server. >> the matter is being reviewed like any other like it, looking how classified information is handled of they look at all the facts and evidence and they will come to determination in due time. >> would you ever have private server? >> with regard to? >> emails. >> we use doj emails. >> you wouldn't use private server at home? >> i don't comment on that? >> you wouldn't, you use doj servers? >> i use the department of justice email system. david: bret deserves some kind of award for that one. state department reviewed 52,000

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change the way you experience tv with x1 from xfinity. david: a little bit of breaking news outside the world of politics from major league baseball. yankees pitcher arnoldis chapman, suspended 30 games for violating the league's new domestic violence policy after a domestic dispute with his girlfriend. melissa. melissa: wow. we're hours away from first super tuesday result. a lot riding on presidential candidates, we have bill hemmer, part of fox news's election headquarters team, co-host of "america's newsroom." you have been brimming with information and bubbling over here as we were in the break telling me all these things. you may not know this. this is so exciting. you are so into it. >> some of might be true actually. melissa: what could surprise our viewers tonight. >> good to be with you, money.

it would appear the biggest surprise of the night if trump went 11 for 11. melissa: that would be surprising. >> meaning he would win texas. melissa: yeah. >> that would be a huge blow to ted cruz in his home state. i think one thing you have to keep in mind here, the two biggest bushels of delegates tonight, all about delegates tonight, texas, 155, georgia, 76. neither is winner-take-all. as a candidate you must win at least 20% of the vote to have any shot at any delegates in either state. that's a big margin. melissa: a lot of folks polling below that now. >> some of the polling will suggest marco rubio can not get to 20% in texas. if that is the case that could make tough night for him. >> pointed me during the break on your little cheat sheet, saying massachusetts is excited one to watch. people are not necessarily focused on and watching. why is massachusetts so interesting to you? >> i thought two significant rallies occurred went under the radar. donald trump went to worcester,

massachusetts in mid november. had 10,000 people show up. that was before people were showing up in crowds before bernie sanders. bernie sanders went to lowell, massachusetts near the new hampshire border. trump makes the case he can win where republicans have not won before. i'm not arguing republicans can win this cycle in massachusetts but maybe the state of new york. trump talks about that all the time. first member of congress to endorse trump came from new york 27, up state neera chester, chris collins, who said our people are ticked off and they're getting behind donald trump. melissa: wow. >> look to see whether or not that's a trend that works its way through the rest of the russ belt. melissa: you're watching virginia too. >> here is what i think important. obama turned it blue after it had been deep red since 1964 in 2008. did the again in 2012. counties around washington,

d.c., fairfax and others, i expect rubio do well. when it he doesn't. what if trump shows surprising strength? melissa: yeah. >> it may suggest there is silent establishment accord with donald trump the albeit small. melissa: riddle me this one. if it is a blowout, anything close to it, candidates have to get in to try to stay in, what could they possibly say tomorrow that would justify staying if they get blown out tonight? or they just get out? >> ted cruz already made his case, done it repeated ily, if cruz wins texas, which he could because home state, i expect him to make a beeline to missouri. why? santorum did well in 2012. huckabee did well in 2008. rubio says he will stay in, until 15th of march. winner-take-all florida. kasich is staying in, until winner-take-all in ohio. trump leads in ohio and florida

against both men today. melissa: even if it's a blowout, you said what if he goes 11 for 11, do you think rubio is only one standing, somebody has to stand up, i will stay in this fight? >> if you go 11 for 11 hard argument for cruz to make to stay in. you have got to win the home state, said that repeatedly for weeks. absent that, i expect rubio to be there tomorrow morning, kasich no matter. melissa: see you by the copy machine on 12th floor. you are staying all night. see you there. david, thank you so much. david: influence of washington, bill with the pocket square. all those washington boys here. chris wallace. melissa: right. where is mine? david: from 1980, donald is poised to take page from reagan handbook. art laffer says a trump win is huge win for the economy. art joins us next. plus all or nothing for john kasich. ohio governor in it to win it. he won't take vp for an answer. >> you have to so date the field before donald trump hits critical mass. we failed to do that.

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is. melissa: donald trump in louisville kentucky still speaking right now, going into the crowd to get this sign, take a look. david: oh. melissa: there you go. all right. yeah. okay. there you go, david. david: hispanics for trump. we'll hear more about that tonight. 1980. all over again, art laffer not only predicts donald trump could handily beat out hillary clinton in the general. but he predicts that a trump presidency could lead to economic boom, the likes of which we haven't seen in decades. former reagan economic advisor joins me. art laffer, what a pleasure to see you. >> hello, david. david: you're not only economist. you know about politics. you once ran for senate in california. sorry to remind you of that. give you a little history credit. what about all the polls showing

run between hillary and trump and showing hillary will win. what makes you think those polls won't hold out in the general? >> they made hold out but i don't think they have any bearing whatsoever right now. polls before a campaign begins are just worth nothing. not that they're wrong or right. they're worth nothing. reagan was way behind in the polls at this stage as well. david: that's true. >> once you get the campaign going. you see how things work out. i think hillary is vulnerable. trump has been more attractive than he has been lately, i think he would do really well. i think cruz's plans would be wonderful as well. cruz would make a great president. trump would make a great president as well. david: let's talk specifics. this is exciting stuff. >> it is. david: to have economic boom likes we had in reagan which means we could have four, five, 6, 7% economic growth in a quarter. >> yes. more than that even. david: what makes you think he would give us that? >> you have 15% corporate tax.

he has got the personal income tax rates way down. he will control government spending. he will repeal obamacare. these are all major cruz and trump both that. he has all sorts of good plans for all of us to do it. i think if that is done, given how badly the economy has performed in the last 10, 12 years, i think we are from a very low base we could have growth rates just the way we did with reagan. david: you can not be discounted. you know a lot about it because you were there. there are other people, some who good friends of yours, club for growth folks. >> they are. david: good friends for yours, they are essentially so much against trump, threatening those people they endorse, those members of congress, many of them are now being threatened by club for growth, if you go for trump we'll pull our support from you. what is going on there? how do you talk them out of it? >> give you a little background. i was on board of directors of club for growth. there were five board of directors.

i know dick gilder, great friend of my brother at yale. they were amazing classmates. i wish club for growth would not go negative on fellow republicans in this race, i wish they wouldn't. that is their prerogative. david: have you tried to talk them out of it, art laffer? >> no. i don't wish to talk anyone out of what they want to do with their money if they believe that is the right thing to do. john childs i think chairman of the club for growth was my classmate at yale as well. one of the most wonderful people you will ever see. really is great. so the club for growth is playing the hand the way they play it. i don't want to play it that. i think all republican candidates are good. i think they all would be much, much better than obama or hillary or bernie. i think they're all much more pro-growth. and while i may have like one plans a little better than other i think donald trump would make a great president as would ted cruz, as would ben carson and as would john kasich. i think they would make great

presidents, since the obama administration we had 1.8% average growth. >> ridiculous. david: reagan was something like 3 1/2% was the average. we doubled it in reagan. could do it again great thing for the economy and people of america. art laffer -- >> we're off gdp by 3 1/2 trillion dollars per year because of these people. david: a lot of money at stake. art laffer, thank you very much. great to see you. >> david, thank you very much. keep your fingers crossed for tonight. whichever one you're going. david: we'll be here on fbn, thanks. melissa: governor john kasich going into the tonight as the underdog. if there is some speculation if things do not go well he may leave the race ultimately become donald trump's choice for vice president. kasich told stuart varney this morning that is not going to happen. >> there is zero chance i will be anybody's vice-presidential candidate. period. end of story. >> for republican unity would you endorse it? >> stuart, let me answer the question. the situation is you're in the

arena with people. if donald trump would endorse david duke, of course i wouldn't endorse him. let's see where the thing goes. see what happens between now and then. melissa: what? ted cruz going on the record today too when neil cavuto pressed him teaming up with trump. listen. >> i'm not interested in being anyone's running mate. melissa: well that's it. not interested. zero, nope, not happening. david: very simple. how to take down "the donald." the democrats already preparing battle plan against the republican frontrunner. one of his former challengers is here to respond. former governor mike huckabee is here next. melissa: the grand ol' divide. the rift in the republican pary that could cost them the white house. >> if person wants to be nominee of the republican party, there can be no eye vision or no games, they must reject any group or cause that is built on

bigotry. this party does not prey on people's --

melissa: while republicans trade insults in the fight for delegates, democrats are looking ahead to november. hillary clinton beats donald trump 42-44% in new cnn/orc match up, setting stage for major fight between the establishment and outsider candidates in the general election. hear to weigh in, former arkansas governor and former

presidential candidate mike huckabee. thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks, melissa. melissa: tell me, what do you think donald trump has to do to battle back against hillary if it gets down to that? >> well, he is going to have to continue to do what he has done, talk about the loss of jobs. the fact that immigration has created an extraordinary sense of frustration among americans who feel like they're losing their country. to fight against isis and our enemies. to point out this administration has been a dismal failure when it comes to securing america and putting american interests first. so i think the race would shape up nicely. but i think it would, whether it's trump or whether any of the other republicans, the one thing we've seen, melissa, there is a huge enthusiasm gap between the democrats and republicans. >> okay. >> republicans are on fire and democrats, well, they're comatose pretty much. melissa: first time ever, because seems always the other way around, enthusiasm is on democrats side.

the real trick donald trump has, he does well, stick as label on somebody, they can't peel it off, no matter how hard they try, whether low energy, whatever it is. what is the label to stick on hillary would make a difference? is it emails or something else? what do you think? >> i think it's a bigger thing he sticks on her. she is untrustworthy, she is dishonest. he will probably use the "l" word, call her a liar. he will point out over and over again hillary has a problem with the truth. that is going to be, i think a label that sticks because there are so many instances which she says one thing and then says something different. she looks at families in the eye over the caskets of their loved ones and tells them about a video and benghazi. we all know that's not true because under oath she testified that wasn't true. melissa: yeah. >> i think she has a credibility problem. melissa: do you think it will be a bloodbath tonight? you've been out there? you know how it feels before the

votes come in and what happens at end of it. what do you feel like will happen tonight? >> all the polls are showing that ted cruz should comfortably win texas. i think he has to do that. looks like trump could sweep most of the rest of the states. there may be a few in play for marco rubio. marco needs to win. i think everybody is saying that but i mean at some point you have to stake out a victory and get some delegates. but there is symbolic victory of winning a state and that will be important. john kasich, ben carson, i'm tired of people telling them to get out of the race. that is not for pundits to decide or opponents. i'm glad they're there. as long as their supporters want them to be there, no one else should tell them to get out of the race because things can change. i know right now nobody see as pathway for them, but really that is still for them to decide. melissa: governor huckabee, thanks for coming on. have a good night. >> you bet. thanks, melissa. david: divide among republicans

not all establishment figures are pointing their fingers at trump. former house speaker newt gingrich weighing in heavily against republicans who say they will sit out the election if donald trump becomes the nominee. >> it's a moral case. a citizen who does not actively support the republican candidate is in effect helping elect hillary clinton. i don't think very many of these folks in the end will help elect hillary clinton. david: for reaction, rebecca berg, "real clear politics," deroy murdoch, "national review" contributing editor, fox news contributor. what do you make of newt's very practical assessment of this? >> some people as he say will look at choice of having hillary clinton in the white house, will say you know what? i better go to the polls and vote for trump as nominee. some people very strongly indicate otherwise. mel martinez from florida, said amazing comment. i will not vote for trump clearly, if there is any, any other choice, living person with

a pulse i will be there. doesn't sound like he will be -- david: rebecca, how many of those republicans who say at the could never vote for donald trump would actually do so if it was trump versus hillary? >> well that's, i mean this is kind of the scenario that we're looking at when asking republicans if they would potentially support trump because hillary clinton is the presumptive democratic nominee and to donald trump many republicans would say is now the presumptive republican nominee. even likely republican nominee. in fact associated press asked governors, senators, republican elected officials around the country in no must survey if they would support trump in the general election as republican nominee. even given anonymity, 50% of the republican he elect the officials say they wouldn't feel comfortable supporting trump. they wouldn't plan to. that to me shows they're very serious about think, deroy, have to ask you about the thing with kkk and david duke, and donald trump. you wrote about it in

"national review." he diddies avow after, you know claims he had earpiece problem hearing the question, he did later in that day, i think about 12:30 on sunday disavow david duke's support for him. was that enough for you or not enough? >> no, it shouldn't take anybody three hours to say i don't want support of kkk and don't like david duke and should say go to hell. he said he couldn't hear on the earpiece and answer back in parts of question in his answer on cnn should have been a easy ability to knock it out of the park the took him three hours. i'm sure if he is nominee hillary clinton company will take the tape over and over and drive down minority support and support of white people which don't support the clan which is vast majority of them -- klan. david: rebecca i have to give you next question the next time. we've literally run out of time.

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so i would put my money on ted for sure. melissa: what are the most important issues for republicans in texas? this has been one of the interesting, surprising things about this election. for example, in new hampshire, you know, heroin an drug abuse was a big issue even though not at forefront necessarily in other states. texas is it the border, is it the economy, what is your number one thing? >> i think border security which of course is national security is a big issue in texas. our governor and lieutenant governor and our ledge you're has authorized spending of $850 million to protect our border since the federal government has abdicated their responsibility under this president. melissa: what is support like for donald trump in your state? >> well, i mean obviously he is a contender but at this point i think it's, all the candidates are working hard to have a strong finish at the end of today but like i said a minute ago i would sure put my money on ted. melissa: what do you think

turnout is going to be like? in nevada ahead of time they were predicting always low turnout and we have seen very strong turnout. that helped trump all across the country so far. do you think your turnout will be record there in texas and do you think that that helps donald trump even though i hear you say you don't think he will win the whole thing? >> well, in, here in texas we've already seen record turnout. in 2012, we had 1.4 million voters in the republican primary. stilts are way over two million at this point. maybe as much as 2.7 million. melissa: wow. >> we haven't had opportunity in the past to have a say in this. this year, being grand prize so to speak on march 1st. it will make a big impact, 155 delegates are in play which is 1/8 of delegates necessary to get the nomination. it's a big state obviously and what is really special this year which i believe is really driving turnout is the fact that texans will have a say in who the nominee is. so this is a great opportunity for us as a state.

melissa: if nothings, one thing you can say about the primary season so far, we see more people engaged than ever before. it has to be a good thing. people should care about what is happening in our country. tom, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. david: huge turnout. huge, huge numbers about. rarely are the stakes so high for second place. critical super tuesday battle between marco and ted. former governor jim gilmore is next on the showdown in virginia. >> you will not beat donald trump by insulting him because all you do is enrage his supporters. every day you read headlines about businesses

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david: take a live look now at where voting is underway in virginia.

big state. donald trump heading into the state with a huge lead as the fight for second is heating up. jim gilmore, former governor of virginia and former presidential candidate. great to see you again, governor. things for coming in. >> thank you, david. david: as i mentioned trump is a huge winner by a long shot at least according to polls in virginia. would you, if it remains that way and he comes out of this thing being the big winner would you follow your fellow beginnians and endorse him? >> well you know -- virginians. i made it very clear that i think virginia needs to be in the republican column in november. my plan to work with my state chairman in virginia and plan with invitations across the country, to campaign hard to make it clear for the american people to vet for hillary clinton. david: nobody loves your constituents as much as you do. we talked about it before.

you love virginia. you love virginians. if they vote overwhelmingly for donald trump would you go with their opinion. >> i expect to support the nominee. i made it very, very clear, motivating me and driving me did during the campaign running for president was a certain belief that if we continue to move the country to the far left, if we nominate or if we elect hillary clinton or bernie sanders, we're moving the country in the wrong direction. david, what we're seeing right now is a response to anger and frustration in the country. what is that? that's a sense that people don't think they're going to be advancing in the future. that their children don't have a great future. that is the policies of the democrats have put into place. david: but again, governor, trying to get a sense whether you're going to endorse anybody before the nominee is picked? or are you going to wait until the convention? >> well that is direct question, i will give you a direct question. i don't intend to endorse anybody before the nomination. i don't. david: is there anything disqualifying about any of the candidates from your opinion?

for some republicans there are. >> when i, you're not going to like, this is not the answer you're looking for, back in april of this year i went on to luke russert show said hillary clinton was disqualified from the race because of her elimination of the emails and her gaining money all through this clinton foundation. david: among the republicans there is nothing disqualifying of any of the republican candidates? >> you know i have tried to campaign for the presidency with dignity and talking about policy and talking about what is the right thing for people of the united states and think i would encourage our republican candidates to do that, to the extent they're calling names, talking about tans and little hands, and a little guys and all that stuff, i think it's a counterproductive. i think it is wrong. that is not the way i was campaigning. look if that is what you got to do to get on tv these days, i guess these guys are going to do it. david: jim gilmore is man whose dignity remains intact despite running for president.

thank you forge -- for being here. melissa. >> thank you, david. melissa: the ceo backing donald trump. that is next.

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gotta manage your risk. an honest opinion is how edward jones makes sense of investing. melissa: nascar getting in the race for white house. donald trump landing endorsement from the company ceo brian france who calling "the donald," a winner in his professional and personal life. david: retired nascar champion bill elliot and three other current drivers are also throwing their support behind trump as well. melissa: jumping on the bandwagon. david: it's a big one. melissa: it is. donald trump announced he will be holding a press conference at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight. this is not a rally like everyone else. he is going, keep it tuned to fox business. we'll bring you everything you need to know tonight. that is interesting, isn't it? press conference. david: it is. very different. not like a victory dance like we've seen in the past. deirdre: wonder what that is all about? david: not two words you

associate with donald trump for the most part. melissa: i'm sure he will be insulting people. david: keep it on fbn. neil cavuto will be here, kennedy, a lot of folks. we'll have a lot of fun. we hope you do too. that does it for us. "risk & reward" starts right now. >> friend don't let friend vote for socialist like bernie sanders and friend don't let friends vote for a con artist either. >> we can not have choke artists running our country. >> our campaign is the only campaign that has beaten and that can beat donald trump. >> it matters what you say when you run for president and it really matters if you are president. >> we are going to win in massachusetts and massachusetts will help lead this country into the political revolution. deirdre: it is super tuesday. the most important day of the primary calendar. it is make-or-break for some candidates in the race to the white house. this is "risk & reward." i'm deirdre bolton. we're just two hours awa