abby. this precinct doesn't open for another two hours but the latest polls are showing donald trump with a considerable lead in georgia. take a look at the video from last night. last night at a rally in georgia trump received the endorsement of ceo brian france and several retired nascar drivers. trump reached out to evangelical voters. >> christianity peace by pea pi piece by piece is being destroyed. we are going to get it back. just remember what i said. >> the latest georgia pole sponsored by a local station fox five atlanta shows trump dropping a few points since last week but the change is well within the statistical margin of error so don't read too much into that. he leads comfortably at 31 percent. marco rubio and ted cruz tied at

23 percent. rubio is trying to compete with trump on the issue of elect ability in the general election. >> a vote for donald trump tomorrow is a vote for hillary clinton in november. >> meanwhile ted cruz spent monday campaigning in the home state of texas. he says trump is benefitting from a fractured gop vote. he believes super tuesday will whittle the field from a 3 way contest to a 2 man race taking trump's advantage away. ben carson and john kasich says it is a five man race but they are trailing in the polls. they tcontinue to campaign and neither one shows any signs of letting up. >> exciting day. >> it is a big day. >> on the democratic side a possible set back for hillary clinton as the final batch of e-mails are released on the eve of critical super tuesday.

>> both she and bernie sanders making their pienl bush to voters. >> rich edson is live from alexandria virginia with more. they asked attorney general loretta rifrn about, if there would be an indict for hillary clinton on the private server in her home. the state department releasing thousands more pages of e-mails last evening. had to withhold 261 e-mails because of classified information. 2,000 classified e-mails on her server. 22 of them classified as top secrete hasn't had much of an effect in virginia where clinton has had a wide lead in the polls as she has had in some other tuesday states. bernie sanders her only competitor hasn't really talked about the e-mail scandal very much. instead he's focusing on republicans. >> we will defeat mr. trump,

because the american people believe that community working together trumps selfishness, and most importantly we will defeat mr. trump because the american people understand and always have that love trumps hatred. >> what we need to do together is make america whole again. where we are working together, we are focused on making progress together, where we talk about issues, not insultings. >> democrats are voting in a dozen states today. 865 delegates up for grabs. 95 of them available here in the commonwealth of virginia. polls open at 6:00 on the east coast and remain open until 7:00 p.m. going to be a long day. rich edson live for us. thank you. it is all about adding up

the math to victory. in the republican race donald trump is in the lead with 82 delegates dpoled by ted cruz with 17 marco rubio with 16. democrats hillary clinton has 544. bernie sanders with just 85. with super tuesday with 535 delegates on the line can make or break campaigns. here to add up the math red alert politics ron meyer. it is a big day coming down to the wire. 535 delegates up for grabs today. you look at the polling and it seems like the worse case scenario donald trump has him ahead before tonight, right? >> he needs to get 40 percent of the delegates which is 250 delegates. that's just to keep pace with getting the majority. march a 15th there's winner takes all states. if he doesn't break 40 percent he needs more of a buffer to make sure he doesn't have to worry about the winner take all

states. especially when you hear he's polling at 50 percent or 49 percent. i think those are junk polls but that's the message that he should be the frontrunner and be able to blolock this thing up today. >> how does he do that? is texas still the big state to watch? >> does he break that 40 percent threshold? does rubio take a strong second place not to push cruz out or does cruz put pressure on rubio. those are the dynamics. are cruz and rubio going to drop their egos and pair up after today and do something about taking out donald trump. >> there are whole states on the line for a few of the candidates john kasich, ted cruz. if you don't win your home state with you co gone from here? >> if ted cruz doesn't win texas who knows what his ego will tell him math will tell him he shouldn't go on. if you want wcan't win your home in texas, he should win by 10,

15 percent. the fact that he's within the margin that's not a good news. >> the democrats, hillary has a sideable lead. there is there one where bernie sanders can go on from today? >> sure there is. i think he's going to keep fighting on. there are so many other states so many winner take all states. the primaries we going to see for bernie he is never going to poll well. he has the momentum to keep going. his supporters aren't going to aban t abandon him. they are going to stay with him. >> ron meyer thank you for your predictions. of course. >> we are down to 5 and the remaining republican candidates have important states ahead ted cruz's home state of texas begins today. march 15th voters will head to the polls in marco rubio's home state in florida. john kasich's home state of ohio. if they secure their ohm states

a -- home states can they pull ahead? here to weigh in democratic strategist chuck rocha and radio talk show host tammy bruce. thank you for getting up early with us again. it is going to be a long day. baton down the hatches and talk about what's going on and who has the momentum going into today. i will start with you, chuck. >> well, welcome to texas. everything is bigger in texas not only the delegate count but the barbecuend a the hamburgers. everybody is getting some of these delegates. tsz about the math. today is about the delegates counts. cruz has to do well, hillary needs to do well and there are a lot of other states that will determine our future as we move forward. >> what if he doesn't win texas

175 delegates in texas alone. he is within the margin of error i believe. >> you are looking at a proportional state here. it is about 104 delegates for ted and donald trump coming up second with 67. i expect ted cruz to win texas but maybe not as much as he would like. donald trump has the momentum. marco rubio has a chance to take minnesota. you have ted cruz possible for arkansas and oklahoma. it is putting a million dollars of ads in arkansas and oklahoma where trump could be considered weak. we are watching those states to see if that works. you are looking at a little bit of a mix here. with florida and ohio coming up both kasich and rubio are behind trump in those states. when you are fighting already

for your home state you are already in trouble. again trump won't sweep. it is a matter of the number of delegates by the end of this. you are looking at proportional states today. >> the question is will kasich and rubio stick it out if they don't do well today until march 15th.? >> kasich said if he loses ohio he will be out. i don't even see him sticking with it if it is clear he will lose it. >> we didn't forget about you chuck. we want to talk about the democrats. who has the upper hand. is this the last stand for sanders? >> last night sander's campaign reported raising $42 million in one mornt. that breaks all records. he doesn't have super pac. money is more than just the mother's milk of politics. it will pro tell him to keep going. there are one or two states even in colorado also in minnesota his home state of vermont. i think even if hillary wins a majority of the states today he

has enough momentum enough money raised in the grass-roots support to take him all of the way to the convention. >> 42 million in a month. i think i heard this morning something like 5 million in a day. something like that. mine it's crazy the amount of money he is raising. >> we have never seen this grass-roots momentum fundraising. >> trump has a chance of winning of course. on the democrat side chuck you know the super delegates it's like the thing in hillary's pocket. he has the momentum and it is really difficult to watch. >> i don't think the average voter understands. they are constantly asking how does it work for super delegates trump possibilities for his vice presidential picks including marc cuban, the owner of the

dallas mavericks. a >> i didn't think ben carson was still in the race. a maverick is a good thing for a texan like me. with rubio in florida kasich in ohio you will see it whittled down to a couple of folks. i think it's interesting to talk about it. >> trump said he needed an insider. newt gingrich has been complimentary. senator scott brown has been on his team. look for an insider someone that understands how to negotiate with congress. >> and maybe cruz. >> thank you so much for joining us. see you a little bit later. >> as chuck was talking about everything is bigger in the lone star state including delegates

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is this do or die for cruz? >> texas senator cruz knows he has to do well and he has to really win his home state of texas. according to the latest real clear politics average cruz comes with 36.6 percent of the vote and donald trump with second with 27.7 percent than senator marco rubio in third with 17.6 percent of the vote. cruz spent the day doing last minute campaigning across the lone star state yesterday rallying voter and knocking his biggest competition in this race businessman donald trump. >> now 65 percent of the republicans recognize that donald trump is not the best candidate to go head to head with hillary. if we nominate donald trump hillary wins the general election. it doesn't make sense to have

the general election two rich liberal new yorkers on the ballot. >> texas is the top prize as we have been talking about today. there are a huge number of delegates on the gop side up for grabs. in fact 155 delegates which is more than all of the previous republican contests so far combined. abby? >> all eyes will be on texas today. casey seigel live for us. thank you. now we go to a fox news alert. an ohio teen waking up behind bars this morning. accused of unleashing a hail of gunfire on his fellow classmates. 14-year-old james hancock burst into the madison high school cafeteria. shot two students, two are injured by shrapnel. all are expected to be okay. hancock is charged with two jo you have nile felony counts of attempted murder. his motive is not yet known.

a judge in new york ruling that apple does not have to unlock a phone involved in a nar to the cot ticks case. it is a big victory for the tech giant at odds as you know. fbi director james comey and senior vice president are scheduled to testify over a request for apple to unlock the phone of one of the san bernardino terrorists. testimony as sports caster aaron andrews breaks down in court describing the moments when she found her video. look at this. >> i grabbed the lap top and flipped it open and i was like oh my god. i was just screaming that i was naked all over the internet and i didn't know what it was. >> andrews az she suffers from depression, aping sgliet and panic attacks on a daily basis and waudz willing to pay whatever it took to get the video off the internet. andrews is suing convicted

michael barrett and the hotel and their carelessness allowed him to rig a peephole in 2008. >> after a year in space scott kelly is happy he is returning home. >> he is wrapping up a 342 day mission on the international space station that gave him the tight toll for the longest time an american has spent in space. he is set to undock around 8:00 p.m. eastern time and touchdown in kazakhstan at 11:30. kelly returns in houston tomorrow. that will be a big party for him. >> absolutely. the time is 19 minutes after the top of the hour. if hillary clinton wins the nomination which republican candidate has the best chance of beating her? our next guest has the answer p. that answer may surprise you.

>> welcome back to "fox & friends first" on this super tuesday. hillary clinton looks to be the democratic nominee. which gop candidate would do best against her in general elections. let's ask our panel. thank you for waking up this morning early with us. >> great to be here. >> this is more than getting through the primary. this is more about winning the general election. you look at the match ups against hillary clinton. interesting trump is in the lead going into today but going up against clinton he's the only one that doesn't beat clinton. you have rubio, cruz, kasich all beating clinton. >> very interesting. >> the two strongest will john

kasich and marco rubio. marco rubio could surprise john kasich a lot less likely. a recent poll sounds john kasich has beaten hillary clinton in the must win state of ohio in the general election. it's not likely he will get there. it goes to show republican voters don't seem too inclined to vote on elect ability alone. they seem to can lao at it totally differently than perhaps in years past. incidentally democrats similarly. bernie sanders has traditionally in the polls this year been doing a lot better than republicans than hillary clinton. democrats appear poised to push hillary clinton over that tonight. >> they see the polls and they are concerned about a potential trump nomination assuming he has to go up against hillary clinton. if trump ends up getting a majority of the delegates, will the gop be forced to back him and if that's the case how is that going to go?

>> if he wins the nomination conservatives will. conservative institutions are suggesting and you saw this yesterday senator ben sax a conservative republican from nebraska he said plainly he would not vote for donald trump or hillary clinton. he would prefer a third party option. i think we might see a third party conservative option. that would mix-up the race entirely that would change things very differently. but republican institutions wouwill have to, this is the nature of them, back up the republican nomination even if it is donald trump, even if some of them don't like it. >> there has been a lot of talk about potential third party. maybe michael bloomberg. does that help or hurt republicans or democrats? >> it depends who it is and depends to what extent. so many things can happen. hillary clinton is under investigation with the fbi. we don't know how that will go. donald trump has yet to face a

real full-fledged assault. we don't know how he would with stand a $100 million ad campaign against him. there's a lot of things in this election we don't know. obviously so far it looks like it would hurt the conservatives at this point, but it is way too part of the future. we don't know how these things are going to play out. if people don't they will like they can vote for donald trump because he is not conservative enough that's a problem as well. >> it is such an unpredictable election. anything can happen. daniel, thank you for being with us. we appreciate it. >> tammy bruce was talking about the number of democrats who have left the party. that was very interesting as well. the time is 26 minutes after the top of the hour. donald trump dominating the delegate count. what is at stake for the other candidates today. where do we go from here? we are breaking down the numbers next. avo: when laquinta.com sends craig wilson a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what he becomes?

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>> good morning. it is tuesday march 1st. the all important super tuesday with a fiery fight to the finish. >> five republican candidates on the ballots in nearly a dozen states. 95 delegates at steak. stake. the candidates realizing it is time to sink or swim. >> oh oo friends don't let friends vote for a con artist either. >> we cannot 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 they will help lead this country into the political revolution.

>> we have fox news team coverage from texas to virginia to georgia. we have jonathan surrey live for us. good morning. >> good morning heather and abby. voting begins at 7:00 in this precinct of atlanta. polls indicate that trump remains the frontrunner in the state of georgia. he held a rally in vel dos taw georgia where he thanked his supporters including evangelical christians who came over to his campaign in large numbers. >> when it is christmas we are going to start saying merry christmas again, folks. okay? >> a time magazine photographer trying to capture images from the group being escorted away was taken to the floor by a

secret service agent. a poll from fox 5 atlanta dropped a few points the changes within the statistical margin of error. trump enjoys a comfortable lead at 31 percent. pa marco rubio and ted cruz tied for second place at 23 percent. >> donald trump has a hard ceiling at 25, 40 percent. super tuesday i believe is going to play an important part in helping win on the field and taking us more and more towards a 2 man race. when that happens we win. >> marco rubio held a rally in the buck head neighborhood. nikki haley is a supporter of rubio. she declared a vote for donald trump in the primary would be equivalent of a vote for hillary

clinton in november. john kasich and ben carson are trailing in the posteriorlies but neither plans to let up. >> jonathan surrey live for us this morning. thank you. >> on the democratic side a possible set back for hillary clinton as the final batch of e-mails are lreleased on the ev of super tuesday. we are live in alexandria virginia. >> the state department had to withhold additional 260 plus e-mails saying they contained classified information. 2,000 e-mails containing classified information in her e-mails and server. it is one that has led to perhaps the rise of bernie

sanders, he noted his improved position in the polls. >> a candidate who was considered to be the inevitable nominee of the democratic party in a few months a few things have changed. >> in the latest polling in virginia as well as other tuesday states she still leads in the polls. she instead has been focusing on republicans. >> they say it's the slowest recovery in history. what nerve? we wouldn't have needed a recovery if they haven't wrecked the economy in the first place. >> cre12 states are voting on sr tuesday at least for democrats. 95 delegates are up here in

virginia. 9 voting begins in less than a half an hour. polls are open until 7:00 at night. 7:00 p.m. we will be watching. a lot is at stake. 595 delegates up for grabs for republicans. they are broke down in open closed and pro purgesnal delegates. here to explain all of that is matt lamski and carter. thank you for joining us. we were talking about who do we think is going to win. you said in terms of donald trump? >> i don't think he's stoppable at this point. i think the only state he is going to lose today is texas. >> why is that? why aren't the numbers adding up for in i one. texas 165 delegates there. >> the numbers can't add up because the anti trump vote is split between other candidates. if you look at what happened if

kasich dropped out they would go to rubio, he would end up beating trump in many states. it's the slip between the other four candidates. cruz and rubio are neck and neck outside of texas then you have the 7 percent, 9 percent on carson and kasich. it will make it impossible for any one to win. >> what about after tuesday. we know kasich and rubio will try to stay in until march 15th to get their home states. >> i think if -- carson dropping out won't be enough. if kasich drops out then the votes go to rubio. he will have a chance. he could end up taking a lot of votes. winner take all states it is different proportional. open and closed what's that? >> the difference between whether you have to register or

not whether you have to be there. the proportional issue is important for folks to understand. it is different since 2014. if you won you won all of the delegates used to be. now if you don't win 50 percent or more you have a pro fergsnal allocation of delegates. if you are looking at the polls you see a third, a third between rubio cruz and trump they could end up even if you have a big victory you could go home with equal delegates. >> that is significant when you look at cruz and the delegates there. >> if that's the only state he is going to win, but he won't win by a big enough margin he could go with a third especially if rubio gets more than 20 percent of the vote. he is projected to get 17 or 18 percent. if he gets more than 20 percent they could divide a third, a third, a third. that's not a big victory. >> could it be split between cruz and trump?

>> it could. that could happen if rubio doesn't get 20 percent of the vote. >> winner takes all is obviously winner takes all. >> you take all of the votes and that happens after march 15th. >> helpful to break all of that down. the time is 38 after the hour. trump is ahead.

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on march 15th they will head to the polls in marco rubio's home state of florida and john kas h kasich's hoech state of ohio. if they secure their home state can they clear the path to the nomination. our political panel weighing in. fox news contributor and radio talk show host tammy bruce. thank you for waking up with us this morning. it is a big day. tammy, let's start with texas. that is today. ted cruz is hoping to win the state. it's a proportional state. if he doesn't win it a make or brake for him? >> it is a break. when you are already dealing with having to win your home state you are already having a problem. like donald trump is not worried about winning new york. it is not a consideration. cruz will win but not by the kind of margin he wants to. rubio is at a much different place. well behind in florida. one of the arguments of course is in order to win the nomination the general election

is you have to win florida and ohio. when your favorite son is getting blasted you have some problems. >> you mentioned florida. rubio is behind the polls next to trump. we will have florida rubio's home state and ohio for kasich. is that a make or break for him? >> i think it is. the problem is, is he going to run out of money. both have supporting super pacs but the math isn't looking good. you were exactly right when you were explaining the math of this thing. you have somebody with 100 percent name id who hasn't had to spend their money who is over the airwaves dominating everything. we talked about it on mornings before it is like small children throwing rocks at a train. can they stop it? i think they have run out of time. the delegate counts and the math works against them.

when u a two-man race it will be really hard. >> democrats, bernie sanders raising 40 million in the last month. obviously far behind in delegate counts. how far will he go? >> i think he will have enough money and grass-roots support to take it to the convention. bernie sanders is popular in the heartland of america through out ohio and illinois and detroit. lots of white union voters there. a lot more unlake his popularity in the south. as long as he has a massive grass-roots fundraising support i think he can go as long as you will of the way to the convention. >> as we are seeing of course and this is a race where the person who is spending the least is doing the best. you have jeb bush who raised a huge amount of money. obviously it is already gone. the prospective the dynamic is completely different. it is really a seismic shift in the change of what happened. you have people in massachusetts

20,000 democrats voters leaving the party in massachusetts since january 1st. 3500 of them joining the gop. they are not doing it for marco rubio. they are doing it likely for donald trump. putting real states floo play. something the rnc has to put their head around. the momentum for the large state guys is important. s something is happening amongst us. >> such an unpredictable election cycle. >> let's have a little bit of fun here. if it is donald trump who is he going to pick vor rice president. ben carson is at the top of the list. also on the list marc cuban. >> in a way trump is doing well because he has been a celebrity from the start. trump has recognized and said he needs an insider to be able to do deals with congress.

he will choose somebody -- he knows what his weaknesses are. he knows he needs somebody who understands it. newt gingrich is seeking highly of him. senator jeff sessions and scott brown is with him as well. when he becomes inevitable, think of a thump gingrich ticket would be appealing. trump sessions would be interestingly appealing as well. >> we love to speculate don't we? >> thank you for being with us. >> thank you. >> the time is 15 minutes until the top of the hour. voting begins in just a few hours in 11 states, so which are the most important and why? we are taking a closer look.

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>> it is tuper tuesday. fox and friends is live. frontrunner donald trump will join us live us live, so will d carson. people saying, dr. ben, drop out. he's saying he's not going anywhere. also, judge andrew napolitano with the latest on the feud between apple and the feds. rudy giuliani, laura ingraham. the latest on the astin martin. we have more kicking off ten minutes from now, here on the channel you trust, heather, for your news. >> we sure will. we'll be watching and cooking. super tuesday, a big day in the u.s. presidential election. is it really a make-or-break day? here to talk about that, the history of super tuesday, former

u.s. congressman 2008 presidential contributor dennis kucinich. thank you for joining us. >> good morning. >> we'll hear it many times today, is it make or break? what does history tell us? >> at this point in this race, by the end of the day, 25% of delegate will be chosen. make or break day will be march 15th when you have states like florida, illinois, ohio, north carolina, and missouri. by then, 50% of the delegates will have been chosen. we'll have a pretty good idea by the 15th of march, rather, march, that the -- who the nominees will be of both parties. >> you mentioned march 15th. i'm going ask you flat out, do you think john kucinich will one ohio -- >> john kasich is going to -- >> sorry.

>> it's okay. my cousin. >> john kasich. >> john kasich is in a very good position to win ohio. face it, donald trump is a national phenomenon. he is going to be contesting with john kasich in ohio, with marco rubio in florida, and ted cruz in texas. >> so rubio, florida, not a shoe-in either? >> no, i don't think so. what donald trump has demonstrated is an ability to bring new people into the process, much the same way that bernie sanders has. we're finding also that some of the people happen to be democrats. that's a phenomenon that will impact the general election, as well, should trump get the nomination with the republicans which he appears to be on the way to. >> if you were to boil it down, which states matter the most? >> today you have to keep your eye on texas. cruz needs 50% of the vote in order to basically take most of the delegates. if he falls below 50%, there would be a proportional

distribution. it will not be as good for cruz. keep your eye on the democratic side, on massachusetts. that's been a jump ball. if clinton takes massachusetts and by a little bit of a margin, that's not going to be good for bernie sanders. texas also, you have 222 delegates at stake, with the democrats in texas. at this point, hillary clinton is poised to have a solid victory there. we'll see. bernie sanders has a powerfully motivated base which has been helping finance his campaign, as well. he's going to be in this campaign all the way to the convention, no question about it. >> i almost threw you into the campaign when i referenced your last name a few minutes ago. what would you do if you were in this race? you ran in 2008. i've got to get your take on how this has been going. >> i ran in '04 and '08. '04, i took it to the convention. i think bernie sanders stays in.

i think the candidates on the republican side may be inclined to stay in because every someone hoping for what you could call the sky hook it come down and put them in the chair of the nominee. but frankly, donald trump looks like he's building unstoppable momentum. bernie sanders, even if he falls behind in delegate counts, he will stay in all the way. i don't see that changing. >> very different race this year. former u.s. congressman of ohio, dennis kucinich, thank you very much for joining us. we always like having you here. >> i appreciate you being on. thank you. >> see you later. >> a man who knows the experience well. almost 15 minutes the top of the hour. crunch time for ted cruz. can he hold off trump and pull off a victory in his home state of texas? live in dallas next. i have asthma...

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delegates. and there are lots to be awarded today as we've been talking about. 155 to be exact on the gop side. it's not winner take all unless one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote which does not appear to be likely. so the delegates will be divided up. senator ted cruz hoping for a big win in his home state. he's been running around and rallying voters in the 11th hour, doing what he can to try and stop the trump train. >> across the country people are recognizing that the only campaign that has beaten donald trump and the only campaign that beat donald trump is us. >> he's passed nothing. all he does is talk. and in texas he should lose -- ted cruz has done nothing for texas. >> reporter: however, most polls have senator cruz ahead of donald trump here in the state of texas. if early voting totals give any indication, we should have a pretty big turnout in texas at the polls today.

>> all right. thank you very much, casey. a big day. we'll be back at 4:00 a.m. you'll be here at 1:00 a.m. stay tuned to fox news throughout the day. "fox & friends" starts now with much more of your super tuesday coverage. >> have a good day. >> bye. [ cheers ] what this campaign is about is creating a political revolution. [ cheers ] >> this is thouf it's gotten. -- tough it's gotten. it says, my boyfriend prefers trump. i'm single now. >> america's best years are still ahead. us. let's go out and make it come true. >> i am so convinced that our country can be greater than ever before, i am so convinced. that's why i'm