furniture -- [laughter] we're looking at two pieces of furniture that are on display. eventually, they will be occupied by mr. trump, we understand, when he gets there. bill: welcome back, by the way. martha: thank you very much. big night tomorrow night. bill: huge! martha: looking forward to that, and we'll be right here covering it all. have a good day, everybody. ♪ ♪ jon: count to another super tuesday, this one could have even more at stake as the outcome could make or break a couple of campaigns. good monday morning to you, i'm jon scott. heather: and i'm heather childers in for jenna lee. exciting day, the day before the big day. jon: yes, it is. heather: it is crunch time for the gop presidential candidates as they make their final pitch to voters across five key states where hundreds of delegates are up for grabs. at the primaries in florida and ohio, of course, the home states of senator marco rubio and

governor john kasich are both winner-take-all and must-wins for those candidates as they try to stop front-runners donald trump and senator ted cruz from racking up even more delegates. jon: we have team fox coverage with doug mckelway live in youngstown, ohio, but we begin with john roberts live in tampa, florida. john? >> reporter: hey, jon, good morning to you. you know, donald trump in the last three days has pretty much sucked all the oxygen there is out of this presidential campaign, dominated the news cycles. it all started on friday evening when that big rally at the university of chicago had to be canceled because of the big protests that donald trump was afraid were going to break out. then there was the episode saturday just outside of dayton, ohio, where a man leapt a barricade and tried to rush the stage, forcing the secret service to leap onto the stage to protect donald trump. since then, trump has turned his duel with protesters into somewhat of a sport, shotting, "get 'em out," in much the same

way he used to say "you're fired" on television. trump's opponents raising concern, but ted cruz said this morning he would still support donald trump should he become the nominee. >> when i tell you i'm going to do something, i'm going to do it. now, i don't want donald trump to be the republican nominee. i think we elect hillary clinton, and we destroy the country if donald trump is the nominee. and that is why we are working so hard to beat donald trump, and we're going to beat donald trump. >> reporter: trump hopes to run the table tomorrow. his biggest challenge is in ohio where polls show him neck and neck with ohio governor john kasich. at a town hall meeting near cincinnati yesterday, trump was confronted by the father of staff sergeant matt moffin who you'll remember was taken captive in iraq north of baghdad back in 2004, held captive for a while and finally executed. he wanted to know if trump thinks p.o.w.s are heroes. listen.

>> you made a comment to john mccain -- >> okay. >> -- that you don't think that captured soldiers are heroes. >> oh, no, no, no. i would never -- >> just clarify that for me. >> okay. >> because i think it's important for all these people here -- >> yeah. >> -- and for a lot of veterans. >> you know exactly what i said. just so you understand, and real heroes. >> reporter: another interesting moment from that town hall when a woman, an immigrant from nicaragua stood up and praised donald trump, saying she was thankful for his candidacy saying, quote, he had given her the opportunity to dream that there is hope for america which prompted a sort of john kasich moment where trump came forward off of the stage to embrace the woman, to give her a hug. and, jon, just got confirmation from the trump campaign that the reason why things are delayed in hickory is, as bill hemmer pointed out just a short time ago, there was fog at the airport closer to hickory, so they were forced to land in

charlotte at the douglas international airport there, and they will be motorcading it to that event in hickory. so trump's day off to a bit of a delayed start which i assume will delay his appearance here in tampa for this afternoon's rally as well. jon? jon: got to have minimum visibility to get even a 757 on the ground. thanks very much, john roberts. see ya. >> reporter: thanks. heather: well, now for more on the battle for the buckeye state. on the republican side, new polls show ohio governor john kasich neck and neck with front-runner donald trump. but key for kasich, his high approval ratings. doug mckelway is on the ground for us in youngstown, ohio, with more from there. hi, doug. >> reporter: hi, heather. i'll use my best golf voice here because we're listening to john kasich take some questions right now from some of his listeners right now. you would think that this town and this particular facility right here would be tailor-made for donald trump. we're at a manufacturing plant which is a specialized steel fabricator.

it's in the heart of the industrial heartland of america, what used to be the industrial heartland, now in the heart of what is the rust belt. you would think trump's message would resonate very well here with his calls for the stopping of outsourcing of american jobs and the need to bring american jocks back to this country. -- jobs back to this country. in a 50-year span, youngstown lost 60% of its population as steel plants shut down. it lost 40,000 manufacturing jobs and up to 75% of its tax base. yet governor kasich has done really well in this democratic stronghold in part because of his mantra of bringing new jobs, new high-tech jobs back to ohio. the columbus dispatch reports that the 2014 gubernatorial campaign, kasich won the county where we are right now, the seat of which youngstown is the seat. he also won other democratic strongholds of lucas and cuyahoga counties. kasich is extremely confident that he's going to beat donald trump tomorrow. [applause]

in fact, he is certain of it and thereby stop trump from reaching that 1237 threshold which he needs to clinch the nomination. here's kasich. >> i'm going to win ohio, and it's going to be a whole new ball game. and i don't think anybody at this pace is going to have enough delegates to win. >> reporter: meanwhile, donald trump is holding his own rally here in youngstown later tonight at the airport. the republican party chairman says you're seeing tremendous crossover appeal for trump. he's getting calls every day from democrats who want to vote in the gop primary, or 19 out of 20 are taking a huge interest in donald trump. trump is also running this bare knuckles attack ad against john kasich, it's featured on his web site. here's a smidgen of it. >> john causic has been an absentee governor, spending most of his time everywhere but ohio, especially michigan, the latest disaster in his failing presidential bid.

>> reporter: one big unknown here is whether trump's rivals' recent attacks for allegedly inciting violence at his rallies is going to resonate with voters. will it benefit trump's rivals or benefit trump? we don't know. most of those attacks have come on the sunday talk shows, and we haven't had a primary since those attacks. we will know a little more than 24 hours from now. back to you, heather. heather: yeah. and if kasich were to win ohio, is there a path to the nomination for him moving forward from there? thank you so much. >> reporter: yeah. jon: let's take a look at some brand new numbers in the oner-take-all states of ohio and florida. a new quinnipiac poll shows donald trump and governor john kasich tied in ohio, the one that kasich promises to win. another quinnipiacing poll also shows trump with an overwhelming lead in florida, senator marco rubio's home state. joining us now, bret baier, anchor of "special report." bret, as you look into your

crystal ball, things are going to be a whole lot more clear about, what, 36 hours from now. >> they will, jon, definitely. good morning. i tell you, you will see in the cases of florida and ohio a blueprint laying out tomorrow night that will tell you whether donald trump is more or less likely to get to the magic number of 1237 delegates needed to clinch the gop nomination. if he wins both of those states, he's on a much better position to do that. if he wins one of the two, it's likely that he could come up just short. if he loses both of them, he's going to have a really hard time getting to 1237. just looking at the map and the states that follow. now, if you look at the polls going in, as you point out, it's very tight in ohio, and the polls going in suggest florida lines up for him almost double digits. the rubio folks and other people down in florida say, hey, hold on a second, there's a caveat here. and some of that polling was

from a few days ago. but i will point out that marco rubio has never led in any poll down there in florida. jon: well, let's talk about what we just heard from governor kasich in that doug mckelway report. he says, i don't think anybody at this pace is going to have enough delegates to win, meaning win the nomination outright. is that part of the kasich strategy, to just kind of keep this thing rolling along to the convention and hope for support there on a second ballot? >> it's the only strategy for john kasich. the only way that he can get the nomination is on, i would say, a third ballot. he is 0-20 right now as far as wins. he has to win his home state. if he does that, the math for donald trump gets a little bit more complicated to get to 1237. again, if trump wins florida and loses ohio, he has to win roughly 50 percent of the contests going forward. remember, that they're not all winner-take-all states. after that there are proportional delling gates, and

it's complicated, but you do the math x there's a way that ted cruz steals some states, others play well, and it prevents donald trump from getting to 1237 at which point you head into cleveland, and you have a contested convention in that they have first ballot, they have a second ballot, they perhaps have a third ballot until somebody gets to the majority of delegates. and it's kind of a free-for-all. jon: let's take a look at some recent polling. first of all, out of florida, this from nbc. donald trump at 43%, marco rubio at 22%, pretty much tied with ted cruz at 21%. john kasich not really a factor there at 9%. and then you look at the numbers in ohio where, let's see, donald trump is still ahead by 34, ted cruz in secondat 25, kasich at 21 and then rubio comes in at 16% there.

when, you know, when you look at these numbers, clearly kasich is staking it all on his home state. but what about florida? you say that marco rubio is hoping that the polls maybe don't reflect his strength there. but if he doesn't win his home state, can he continue to limp along to the convention and hope that something happens on other than the fist ballot? -- first ballot? >> i think it's really tough for him to make the case if he doesn't win in florida. all things aside, the real clear politics average of all the polls suggests that donald trump is up double digits. the caveat being that we saw in the democratic race in michigan bernie sanders was down 20 to hillary clinton and ended up winning, and the polls were that wrong. the trend on donald trump's numbers is that he underperforms a little bit, at least so far he has. even if he's had big wins. it's not exactly where the polls are going in. but to make up that double-digit

spread that you're seeing in the polls in florida will be really a tall order for marco rubio. if he does it and surprises, it changes the race dramatically. if he doesn't, it's hard to see a path that he continues on. jon: as i said, we'll know a lot more about, what, 36 hours from now. bret baier, see you on "special report." >> thanks, jon. jon: thank you. and be sure to stay tuned in tomorrow. live coverage starts at 6 p.m. eastern time right here on fox news channel. we are america's election headquarters. jenna: well, some unexpected justice doled out against this convicted washington state murder when he visited the state's parole board for early release. we'll tell you how many years were added to his sentence. and six people are dead after devastating flooding rolls across the southern ubs. our meteorologist is here with the latest forecast. and we want to hear from you. do you think that the media bears some of the responsibility for trouble at the donald trump

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jon: now to some crime stories we're keeping an eye on. former mig mist sex leader warren jeffs is still trying to lead behind bars. prison officials have stopped his wives from smuggling microphones in. he is serving a life sentence. washington state parole board denies murderer timothy pauley's request for early release, adding more than two decades to his sentence. he was convicted of killing three people at a seattle-area tavern in 1980. the parole board says his original sentence was too lax by today's standards. and the former gawker editor who

posted hulk hogan's sex tape online is expected to testify. gawker is presenting its defense in that $100 million lawsuit this week. heather: millions of americans facing a severe weather threat as storm systems barrel across the northeast and the south. and it comes after southern flooding killed at least six people, destroying thousands of homes, closed major roadways as well this weekend. meteorologist maria molina is live for us in the fox weather center covering it all. >> reporter: hi, heather, good to see you. the weather really has been wild over this past week across the united states. and i want to start out with parts of the south where we had to deal with potentially some areas picking up more than a foot of rain out here. so very heavy rainfall moving through this region across parts of louisiana and also into mississippi. we saw historic rainfall out here and a lot of devastating flooding, unfortunately, across that region. and yesterday we saw severe

weather as well across portions of arkansas with another storm system that rolled through. and this time around we saw more of a severe weather component with that storm system. but now across the nation right now it's pretty busy out there. we have one storm system out west bringing in areas of rain and also some mountain snow, and across the northeast we're dealing with areas of rain. by the way, across new england, it is cold enough that as some of this moisture moves into the region, we are seeing a transition from just wet weather to winter weather, and we have some advisories in effect because of icing concern and even light snowfall acooklation. the storm system -- accumulation. the storm system across the south is moving eastward, and it could bring severe weather across parts of the mid-atlantic, and that threat is sticking around through tonight. damaging winds, large hail and even isolated tornadoes possible across places like north carolina, southern parts of virginia, south carolina and also along parts of the appalachians, so heads up. there's also a marginal risk across places like omaha. then as we head into tomorrow,

another storm system is going to bring another risk for severe weather, but this time around it's going to be targeting parts of the midwest, and heads up if you're heading out to the polls, for instance, in ohio, you could be looking at some issues later in the day with these storms as they continue to roll through this region. eventually, we could be looking at a risk for some large hail and damaging winds from those storms as well. now, because it's such an active pattern out there, especially across the eastern u.s., we're going to stay rather wet throughout this week. take a look at the forecast precipitation. rain for almost the entire region expected and then as we head into new england, like we mentioned, we're looking at winter weather in the forecast as we head into how many. over to you -- into tomorrow. over to you. heather: thank you, maria. jon: new threats from kim jong un, claiming his nukes are strong enough to blow one major american city off the map. plus, getting closer to filling that vacant supreme court seat.

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jon: new and disturbing information about more threats from north korea. kim jong un's regime declaring again that his country is ready to use its nuclear weapons. the target this time, he says, manhattan. according to state media reports, the reclusive nation saying it can wipe out the center of new york city with an h-bomb. military experts say north korea is exaggerating its capabilities. the threats come in response to new u.n. sanctions on that nation. those sanctions coincide with annual military drills between the u.s. and south korea. heather: well, some new information about the search for a new supreme court justice. president obama looking to

replace the seat held by justice antonin scalia who passed away last month. and there are reports that the president has narrowed his search with three federal appeals judges at the top of his short list. joining me now with more information is fox news anchor and attorney gregg jarrett. thank you for joining us. >> good to see you. heather: you are the resident expert, so tell us who these folks are. >> we saw their faces, one is 49 years old, he was born in you would ya, grew up in kansas. -- in india, grew up in kansas. he sits on the appellate court in d.c. which is a springboard to the high court. he served in the department of justice for both democrat and republican presidents, and he worked for sandra day o'connor who was a republican appoint see. merrick garland, 63 years old -- and that's a problem, his age -- he worked for doj as well, appointed by clinton. he won praise from lawmakers as

both parties perceived by some as a moderate. paul wattford, 48 years old, he would be the youngest of the three. ninth circuit court of appeals out west. also considered a moderate on some issues. previously a prosecutor in private practice, if confirmed, he would be the third black justice on the supreme court. heather: so what do court observers have to say about these three? >> well, it's interesting. one veteran court advocate blogged on scotus blog which is the site to look at if you patrol the supreme court -- follow the supreme court that it's going to be wattford, although others favor srinivasin. both bring diversity to the high court, and both have considered somewhat moderate on some issues, more liberal on other issues as well. so the key here is the vote the last time around. for wattford it was 61-34, so there was a great deal of

republican opposition whereas for sri it was unanimous, it was 97-0. so it'd be really hard for republicans now to say, well, i voted for him last time, i'm existence him now. heather: right. >> which is probably why they'll never be a vote. heather: what is the likelihood there will even be a confirmation hearing? >> very many zero. mitch mcconnell says there's not going to be a floor vote. charles grassley, who's the judiciary chairman -- who's not a lawyer, by the way -- said i'm not going to even hold hearings. they seem to be sticking to that. but democratic leader, harry reid, he is absolutely vowing a big fight here, and he's already lashed out at republicans for failing to do what he calls their constitutional duty to act on a nominee. but he has almost no leverage here. there are no parliamentary maneuvers that he can engage in. heather: yeah. so it is an election year -- >> yeah. heather: how wig -- how bill of a role do politics play in this? >> well, it didn't help that the

vice president was caught on camera several years ago saying it is absolutely wrong for a sitting president to ram through a supreme court nominee -- heather: which we'll probably see in some ads. >> right. you will see it during an election year and, of course, it's already been plaid, and you'll see it on the internet. other democrats actually said the same thing. it's really hard for them to say, oh, just kidding, it's okay now to ram somebody through. here's what the public thinks, though, the abc/washington post poll at the beginning of this month. 63% believe that hearings should be held. 32% say wait til next year, new president, new nominee. 5% are unsure. washington post/nbc news poll said pretty much the same sort of thing. but, look, it's an election year. you can bet both sides are going to be using this as a political football. conservative groups are already trying to gather together a strategy to target whoever the

nominee is as a liberal, liberal groups are going to be lashing out and maybe placing ads against republican senators saying they're shirking their constitutional duty. so this is, you know, this is going to be an issue. and each of the nominees for each party will probably make an issue of it. heather: yeah. yet another layer on an already-heated election cycle. >> yes, absolutely. heather: gregg, thank you. >> good to see you. heather: good to see you. jon: a new social media danger to tell you about as a local sheriff explains what can happen to kids and teens who post certain kinds of selfies online. we're live with more on that. plus, chaos on the campaign trail as skirmishes break out at rallies for donald trump. but is the media coverage fanning the flames? our media panel weighs in.

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jon: right now quick look still what is to come this hour of "happening now." he has been out of the public eye for some time but exercise guru richard simmons is speaking about setting the record straight regarding very bizarre rumors. a policeman ambushed outside after police station. what is behind the deadly attack. a younger other sister could impact your child's health. we'll explain this new research. heather: thank you, jon.

breaking in los angeles the county sheriff talking about danger to kids and teens and private nude photos could fall into the wrong hands. predators and pedophiles search the web for pictures and use them for exploitation and extortion. national correspondent william la jeunesse live in los angeles with more. william? reporter: heather, you know these teens don't know it providing fuel for illegal industry, underground network of child molesters and perverts. the photos don't die and kids forever pay the price. l.a. county sheriff jim mcdonald in an open letter said they investigated 500 cases of boys and girls as young as eight, posting nude photos of themselves. this year alone, more than a case a day. all too often these images end up on the internet or in the hands of child predators some who actually make contact with these children with the specific intent of luring them into a

relationship, extorting them for additional photos and videos or in some cases even money. >> from the time i was in high school to now, things are changing. like the times are changing. it is getting worse and worse. >> i think it is good parents being aware of it. a lot of parents don't assume their kids are doing it. reporter: why is it happening? no surprise celebrities are doing it. role models like kardashian, lindsay lohan, justin bieber, dozens of hollywood a-listers begging for attention, post naked photos of themselves, telling parents contrary to what they think, the photos do not disappear. >> i have a 15-year-old daughter, that is terrifying. i will talk to her about that. i don't think my son is the one i would have to worry about really. but, yeah, that's terrifying.

reporter: isn't it funny, heather. sound like common sense. as we know a lot of 12-year-olds and adults don't have common sense. the parent says i don't think my kid is doing this. most parents don't and they might be. back to you. heather: showing bette midler. she has not to my knowledge sent out a nude selfie. she was talking about kim kardashian, saying if we wanted to see a body part of hers that weed hadn't seen, she would have to swallow the camera. >> i'm even embarrassed. jon: there is fallout after the rum trump campaign rallies take a violent turn. one event in chicago canceled because of security concerns. still his supporters clashed with protesters and while trump refuses to tone down his rhetoric, we have the question, are the media, is the media coverage of the violence playing a role here in helping fan the flames? joining us now, tammy bruce, radio talk show host,

tammybruce.com, fox news contributor. brian joyce, radio host of the brian joyce show. tammy, if there is violence at a donald trump rally, dot media share the blame? >> look i think that it is news worth think. it is coverage. it's something that is happening that deserves to be covered. at same time this is something we've seen for seven eight years under current democratic leadership. this is one of their dynamics when it comes to the campaign season just in general. this is not surprising. seen it on campuses. seen it in the streets. murders of the police, ferguson, baltimore. to suggest one individual is suddenly responsible for what is occurring, that is the problem. none of the media, with the exception of "politico" finally came out with a story about the groups behind this are asking the right questions, who is funding this? how did it get organized so quickly? who is behind it? where are the leadership? how did they advertise it? those are questions should be asked.

media covering it like reality television. that is mistake. everyone is throwing their lot in with the main narrative, which is that donald trump is responsible. look, donald trump has not been doing this for seven years. we've been seeing this all over the country for that long. jon: brian, give us your take. >> first of all i agree with tammy. number one this is donald trump's fault. outside agitators they have been talking about, showing up to campaign rallies and events all year long. show up to dozen dozen of them. only at donald trump's rallies where we see this level of violence. just a couple of months ago "black lives matters" protesters literally booed bernie sanders and hillary clinton off the stage. there was no violence or bloodshed or punching and ticking. donald trump is to blame for the violence going on at his rallies right now. that being said, the media alls plays a little bit of a role. like tammy said we have to cover these events.

campaign violence, mass shootings, terrorist attacks. is is our job as tv hosts and radio hosts to cover events. every time we do that we give the events more attention. jon: joe concha, a frequent guest of ours on this media panel wrote over the weekend. this is not about free speech. this is about scorched earth and creating chaos on the campaign trail. tammy? >> this is what is interesting. this is not going to end, whoever the nominee is, this is what is going to occur throughout the republican season. you will see this through the summer. they say now the excuse it is donald trump. let me suggest, i agree in part with the notion they have been out all this time, these agitators, but isn't it interesting, donald trump has been making these comments for months and suddenly, just before super tuesday, is when this begins to emerge in this fashion. his rhetoric is nothing new. yet there hadn't been. even when may be a half a million people have gone out to his rallies and horrible instances which we all agree

should to the have occurred but maybe three or four involving the press and that one jerk who sucker-punched protester. those are unacceptable but considering the number of people at these rallies, that there are so few instances. then all of a sudden this occurs, that should be the story for media. that is one of the elements looked into. why now? who is doing it and what made the factor different? again it is also about freedom of expression of course and conflating this notion that the victim or the target is responsible. it is also not right. jon: campaign season, brian, which social media makes it so easy for people who have a cause to get together and rally all of their supporters to come do the same kind of things they want to do, maybe disrupt. >> right. tammy is right, the media plays a little bit of a role. that punch at the rally in concord, north carolina. i guarranty a lot of protesters in chicago they saw that punch.

saw it on twitter and saw it on social media. they see it when they tune in to cable news. yeah i have no doubt they're taking their cues from that. they have seen footage of trump and his supporters getting violent with protesters. so they showed up to chicago ready to get violent. yeah, there is a lot of flames being, a lot of flames being inflamed every single day it seems. jon: but the media, what are the media supposed to do, tammy? not cover it? >> context, you guys, right? of course we cover it. the difference having this conversation is the context that we just had about few people that have done it with trump. the nature of how these agitators have been out for years, not just for the last one year. who is behind it? what, how it will continue regardless of who the nominee is. all those elements of context are important within the coverage. jon: we're going to have to leave it there.

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♪ >> some of you may have read just a few hours ago that mr. trump said that he is prepared to pay the legal costs of an individual who sucker-punched somebody at a recent event. he is going to pay the legal fees of somebody who committed a terrible act of violence. what that means is that donald trump is literally inciting violence with his supporters.

>> donald trump is responsible for what happens at his events. [applause] he is the person who has for months now been, not just inciting violence, but applauding violence. heather: well they are democratic opponents but both bernie sanders and hillary clinton united to blast gop front-runner donald trump after a weekend marked by violence at his rallies across the midwest. sanders and clinton held their last democratic town hall in ohio last night before super tuesday. both of the candidates made their cases to the voters. will weatherford, former speaker of the florida house of representatives. jessica ehrlich, former congressional candidate and democratic strategist. thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. heather: we'll talk first about hitting donald trump during this town hall meeting. clinton called him bigoted, alleged he perpetrated political arson.

you heard bernie sanders there, called trump a pathological liar. jessica, who benefits when this is the last town hall before super tuesday and you spend this amount of time on donald trump name-calling? >> well, we've seen this actually from basically every presidential candidate except donald trump, be it republican or democrat, roundly condemning what we saw over the weaken which i think was upsetting, disturbing and you know, not something anyone wants to see in a civil process of political process. and that you know, in general we've already seen where the democratic debates, particularly with hillary clinton, she has been already going after trump because they view him as the republican nominee presumptive. they're already moving towards that general election but i think universally he has been condemned whether rubio or cruz or hillary, bernie. everybody is saying this can not

go on. heather: will, condemnation, not a lot of solutions. do you think it was wise on their part not to really talk about the issues and get into it over donald trump? >> they did get into it. >> talk about their issues, i'm not a big supporter or fan of donald trump candidly. i think he has been very divisive, you can't blame him for protesters showed up. what you can blame him for how he handles the situation. instead of being magnanimous, being a unifier to bring peace it is really his job as a leader to calm the waters. he hasn't done that i think it is unfortunate. it shows he doesn't have the maturity to be president of the united states and i think we all should be concerned as republicans about that. i would say conversely with hillary clinton and senator sanders, our party is having its own challenges in this nominating process but choosing between someone under federal investigation and a socialist. i like where we stand. heather: they eventually did get to the issues when they tried to

hit the issues. hillary clinton tried to talk about health care specifically when it concerns, bernie sanders she talks, you know, where was bernie sanders back in the '90s when she was talking about health care. apparently she was standing right slide him. look at this. >> i am grateful congressman sanders would join us today from vermont. i'm particularly pleased that -- heather: yeah that was from a news conference back i believe in 1994. sanders of course has, '93, has made, single-payer health care system a signature part of his campaign. he also pivoted toward trade. so when it comes to the issues, jessica, who do you think did better last night? >> well i think actually it was interesting the point that hillary made where she said that really there is a lot of similarities between her positions and bernie sanders on many factors but she has the ability an leadership and capability to get more accomplished. actually in washington which as we all know what has been the

main frustration for, you know, democrats and republicans. just everyone, even if you're independents in the united states. so, you know, i think that really resonates with people. certainly it does within democrats. we've seen that many times, a lot of people are concerned as, to yes, they like the ideals that bernie sanders has but does he have the ability to actually go into washington to work with congress and make any of these things reality. heather: will, he has made some inroads, scored some points you could say on issue of trade but when it comes down to the certain demographic he is dealing with or will be dealing with tomorrow, who do you think will come out on top. >> hillary is the defacto nominee. hillary is the defacto nominee for democratic party. she will win big in florida, everybody knows that i think she will win in ohio and winner-take-all states. she will be the nominee for democratic party. bernie sanders will drag it out

a little bit and he probably will. but she will be the nominee. what happens on the republican side, if tomorrow goes the way as people are anticipating does this become a two-person race between donald trump and senator cruz? if so does cruz have the opportunity and time to catch up. heather: cruz spoke earlier today, said it is already a two-person race. we'll see what shakes out on both sides of the aisle. will be a big one tomorrow. >> very exciting. ready here in florida. >> thank you. heather: thank you. jon: young prefer gunned down in the line of duty. investigators are searching for a motive in this brazen attack. unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. flonase changes everything.

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plane was delayed. sitting with him, his former rival, chris christie, former new jersey governor. >> it is underschedule. we're way ahead of schedule. it will open in september. it wasn't supposed to open for many, many months after that and it would be great when we do the infrastructure of our country we could be under budget and ahead of schedule. that is what we want to see. [cheers and applause] >> and i think that relates to one of the big issues you brought up in this campaign is trade. how would you bring the same kind of principles you brought to building greater properties, managing a great company to our relationships with trade around the world. >> right, chris. one of the biggest problems we have in our country is trade. we are bad traders. we have the worst people representing us. no, we have political hacks. we have a trade deficit with china this year, 505 billion, billion dollars. think of it.

$505 billion. we have trade deficit with japan that is shocking. we have, with, by the way with mexico, i have great relationships with mexico and with hispanic people. i have, i employ thousands of hispanics. they're great. but we have with mexico a $58 billion trade deficit and when i say we're going to build a wall, which we will by the way -- [cheers and applause] they love the wall. we love the wall. we love the wall. [shouting] going to build a wall, folks. we're going to build a wall. are you ready? who is going to pay for the wall? >> they are are! >> 100% correct, okay? and you know when i get offstage with like marco and i get offstage with kasich and -- [shouting]

[booing. [shouting] [booing] [cheering] >> usa! >> usa! usa!

>> usa! [cheering] >> all right. [cheering] [shouting] >> trump! trump! trump! >> thank you. >> all right. [cheering]

>> you know it is amazing though. we have rallies, we have tremendous rallies, sometimes 25, 30,000. we had one two weeks ago in alabama, 35,000 people. no disruption. no nothing. but the press is now calling this thing, oh, but there is such violence. you know how many people have been hurt at our valleys? i think like basically none. other than i guess maybe somebody got hit once or, there is no violence. and you know, in chicago we canceled because i didn't want to see it. huge group of people formed, like 3,000. we'll have 25,000 people in chicago. they have given me a lot of credit, chris. rather than having rally and having people fighting, because we feel great. the people that are supporters of donald trump want to see america be great again. that is what it is. that is what it is. [cheering] it is simple.

so, rather than fighting in chicago, i did something that was a good move, a good decision because i don't want to see anybody be hurt. what happened, and we've been given so much credit for that decision, nobody hurt. no problem went away. but because of that, people say, well, is there violence. there is no violence. there are love-fests. these are love-fests. every once in a while, i mean sometimes like you just had somebody will stand up and say something. the police who are so great by the way in all cases. they're great. [cheering] but somebody will stand up and they will say something and a lot of times they are kids and they don't know where they're coming from and have a bernie sign. bernie is going nowhere you know that. [booing] probably given to them by bernie. they're bernie signs. they're made by machine. made the same signs that you see. you know possibly or probably giving to them by bernie's

people. there is little disruption. no violence. none whatsoever. i tell you what, we go these things are so incredible. it is a movement and love-fest and we love each other and we'll do so well. by the way before we forget, chris. so important tomorrow north carolina, you have to go out and vote. have to vote. [applause] >> absolutely. and you've talked a lot at recent rallies about how you want to unify the country and how divided country is now by this president and how you want to unify them and i think people would love to hear that. >> country is so divided and it is very sad when you look. even when you have some of these protesters, the level of anger from all sides, including the anger from our side. we're angry. now we're not angry people. i'll tell you that. we're not angry people. we're good people. but there is a lot of anger.