3 pattie it is super tuesday-the first day multiple states vote for a presidential nominee...and this all comes in the middle of a wild race to the white house. whit early states narrowed both presidential fields, but frontrunner donald trump and hillary clinton are hoping to tighten their grip on their parties' nominations today. stephanie ramos reports from alexandria. stephanie? 3 3 3 super tuesday is here?3 the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election.voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16- hundred and 10 delegates at stake.hours before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the country holding rallies trying to nab those last minute votes in order to snag their partys nomination.cruz "let me tell

this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights."ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme court nominationnats rubio rally -"you know what they say about a man with small hands..." marco rubio's barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day ?.but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45get em out of here please. a large group of student protestors?mar ched out of the event. and as they pass?a photographer from time magazine?thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating.sot hrc "america's already great- make it whole again" hillary clinton - hoping to keep her lead over bernie sanders? sanders "now it is time for massachusetts to lead the political revolution."but a fundraising email from clinton shows her looking beyond sanders and targeting gop frontrunner donald trumpthe latest national poll showing - 49 percent of republican

president trump.tag- here in virginia -voter turnout today is expected to be huge - much more than the last time both parties held presidential primaries. stephanie ramos abc news alexandria, virginia 3 whit tight and in just a moment.. we're going to take a closer look at just what happened at that donald trump rally at radford university. make sure to stick with us for that. 3 pattie you can get all the updates about super tuesday tonight at wset.com. tonight, from 9 p.m. until 10 -- we will live stream a.. your voice.. your future.. super tuesday election special. there will be election results.. as well as live analysis from a panel of top political experts.. and live reporters at key campaign locations across the nation.. included in the coverage.. former virginia congressman jim moran, members of congress, and others. 3 whit tight at last check, the limited polling available in virginia shows donald trump ahead in the republican primary.. and hillary clinton leading in the democratic race. virginia does not register voters by political party.. as such, voters must indicate the primary they

the right ballot. polls will open soon at 6 a.m. saty open until 7 p.m. you'll need an acceptable form of photo i-d to vote. 3 pattie tight and a note this morning for those in appomattox.. since the tornado damaged central baptist church- you will need to vote at friendship baptist church. that church is on woodlawn trail. for any questions.. you can call the appomattox's voter registrar for information. 3 3 highs will climb back into the upper 60s to near 70 this afternoon with breezy south winds. the day will start out with abundant sunshine, but clouds will increase throughout the day. a cold front arrives tonight, bringing rain back to the forecast. our "rain window" will be from around 8pm tonight to 5am tomorrow morning. most rain totals will fall between 0.05" to 0.40". behind the front, cooler and drier weather returns. we'll see increasing sunshine tomorrow, but highs will only reach the upper 40s to near 50. highs stay in the mid to

3 pause for nats 3 of chanting, screamingget em out, get em out. butt to (donald trump (r) presidential candidate) ""alright folks you're going to hear it once...all 3 lives matter." whit that was the scene at donald trump's rally at radford university ahead of super tuesday. trump was interrupted by protesters several times. security had to escort many people out of yesterday's rally. 3 whit tight one person was detained.. but it wasn't a student. security was escorting a group of political

rally.. when everyone's focus switched to this.nats (bleep you)whit this video shows time magazine photographer chris morris in an altercation with one of trump's secret service agents. before the event.. trump's media manager explained.. journalists could leave their area.. called a pen... until 20 minutes before the event started. then they needed to go back in the pen until trump left the building. morris says he took a few steps out.. to get a picture as students were being kicked out. morris is heard cursing at an agent.. who then grabbed morris and took him to the ground. the end of the video shows morris reaching up to the secret service agent's neck. (chris morris, photographer)"i never punched him. i never touched him. at the very end, i tried to show haley, the press lead what he did and i said he choked me and so i put my hand on him and that's when i was arrested." whit morris says he is not pressing

said it had not heard about the incident.. but his media manager can be seen on the video.. just inches from where everything happened. 3 3 pattie tight over at george mason university.. hillary clinton spoke to a huge crowd in fairfax. both governor terry mcauliffe and senator tim kaine introduced her. nats hello virginia, hello george mason.. pattie clinton shifted her focus from bernie sanders to the republicans. she criticized the republican primary field on everything from health care.. to "hateful rhetoric" and gun control. she even took a shot at donald trump's proposal to temporarily ban muslims from entering the country. and his plans to deport millions of undocumented immigrants from the u.s.(hillary clinton/(d) presidential candidate) at some point you cant just say whatever pops into your head if you want to be the president of the united states of america. people 3 around the world actually

for president say.pattie tight clinton is spending super tuesday night in florida. that state hosts a pivotal contest on march 15th. 3 3 whit box a judge in new york says the u.s. justice department cannot force apple to provide the fbi with access to locked iphone data in a routine drug case in brooklyn. the decision follows a judge's order requiring apple to create software to help the u.s. hack the iphone of a shooter in the killing of 14 people in san bernardino, california. in october, the new york judge invited apple to challenge the government's use of a law to compel apple to help recover iphone data in criminal cases. since then, lawyers say apple has opposed the requests to help extract information from more than a dozen iphones in california, illionois, massachuetts, and new york. 3 pattie take a look at these heels.. the gun themed stilettos forced an air traveler in baltimore to make a detour. tsa agents

bracelets in a carry-on bag. the woman was instructed to check the 'get up' because the agency does not permit any replica guns or ammunition past checkpoints. she was forced to leave the items with tsa because it was too late for her airline to check the added luggage. 3 whit still to come on good morning virginia... colleges often times send goody bags to prospective students.. one local college actaully has a gift for pre-schoolers.

and... 3 3 3 3 highs will climb back into the upper 60s to near 70 this afternoon with breezy south winds. the day will start out with abundant sunshine, but clouds will increase throughout the day. a cold front arrives tonight,

forecast. our "rain window" will be from around 8pm tonight to 5am tomorrow morning. most rain totals will fall between 0.05" to 0.40". behind the front, cooler and drier weather returns. we'll see increasing sunshine tomorrow, but highs will only reach the upper 40s to near 50. highs stay in the mid to upper 40s thursday and friday. the forecast is dry through thursday night. we're tracking a rain/snow mix for thursday night and friday morning. overnight temperatures will range from 30 to 40, making exact totals difficult to gauge. our preliminary forecast is 0" to 1" snow totals for most. we will keep you updated throughout the week. overall, the weekend looks quiet and cool with temperatures in the upper 40s on saturday and into the low to mid 50s on sunday. monday

3 pattie a local college is giving the gift of music.. to pre-schoolers. averett university announced a new music initiative.whit it's called growing up musically. tola adamson shows us how it all works. 3 nat (.3 ) music twelve pre-school classes in danville.nat (.2). music are now integrating more music in their curriculum.(.16) janet phillips, assistant professor of music at averett university, "research informs that a lot of preschool teachers do not have music training, or don't have a lot of it. the most significant finding was that they didn't' feel comfortable leading music activities because they didn't feel qualified because they weren't musically trained." 3 so averett university's new music initiative- growing up musically- also known as gum- swoops in with instruments in tow.nat (.3) instruments each week instructors use songs kids already know and develop their

janet phillips, assistant professor of music at averett university, "we have these instruments called boomwhackers, they are plastic tubes that are pitched in he major scale... do re mi fa so la ti do and they cans sing a major scale and they're three and four years old." but experts say each activity means more than just music time.(.9) tara martin, head start director, " exposing children to music early ignites all areas of child development: intellectual, social, emotional, motor, language and literacy."nat (.1) you made a bridge!(.11) janet phillips, assistant professor of music at averett university, "the practice of music increases communication between the left and right hemispheres. if your brain is function better you're going to do better in school. they haven't found any other art hat's does quite that 3 same thing yet."nat (.2) 3 pattie tight after each weekly visit, averett music instructors leave lesson plans so teachers can reinforce what the kids learned throughout the rest of the week. this is a 12-week pilot program. if it goes well, leaders say

preschools in danville. 3 whit still to come on good morning virginia... we've seen some serious bickering ahead of super tuesday... a look back on some of the highlights - or we should say "lowlights" - of the battles on the campaign trail...

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in the 30s. highs will climb back into the upper 60s to near 70 this afternoon with breezy south winds. the day will start out with abundant sunshine, but clouds will increase throughout the day. a cold front arrives tonight, bringing rain back to the forecast. our "rain window" will be from around 8pm tonight to 5am tomorrow morning. most rain totals will fall between 0.05" to 0.40". behind the front, cooler and drier weather returns. 3 keydets played their regular season home finale last night, hosting southern conference leader chattanooga. the keydets had won three of their last five coming in. first half, fred iruafemi with the monster block, one of seven from him, keydets down just one at the half. late second, qj peterson launches the rainbow three! he scored 11 straight down the stretch to draw vmi within one. last chance shot for peterson falls short. he had 21. but the keydets fall 67-65, mocs clinch the socon title, the keydets face samford friday at 5 in round one of the socon tournament. 3 dennis the virginia cavaliers dropped one spot to

kansas returns to number one with michigan state up to second. carolina is now 8th. virginia plays at clemson tonight at 7, the cavs look to improve on a 4-and-6 road record. tony bennett, cavs 22-6, 11-5 in acc - "do what we do and do it well, that's it. you know i talked about it before the carolina game, do the simple things well for us and simple doesn't mean the easy...it's not easy but it's just the clear things that make us effective."3 3 cavs senior guard malcolm brogdon earned acc player of the week honors. he averaged 27 points, nearly five rebounds and two steals in games against miami and north carolina. 3 senior night in chapel hill, the tar heels bounced back from saturday's loss at uva to beat syracuse. marcus paige great pass to isaiah hicks for the dunk!

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fight for the presidency. (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "i call him little marco, that's what. he's little marco." (marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "he's always calling me little marco." (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "little marco rubio."(marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "have you seen his hands. they're like this." (donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "little mouth on him bing bing bing bing bing bing."(marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "and you know what they say about men with small hands...you can't trust them." (the three stooges) "who started this?"(the three stooges) "i don't know. you started it."but instead of flinging mud...the donald is flinging water bottles, imitating a dry-mouthed rubio, with a tendency to sweat bullets.(donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "and i looked at the puddle on the ground and i said 'what is that, what is it?'(marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "he doesn't sweat cause pores clogged from spray tan he uses"(marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "donald is not gonna make america great, he's gonna make america orange."some compare the race to mean girls.(mean girls) "you're plastic, cold shiny hard plastic."what's next? will the bitter rivals start rapping their insults? (eight mile) "is that a tank top or a new bra?"the candidates may hate the press

like anchorman.(anchorman) "your hair looks stupid." (marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "but he's flying around on hair force 1" at least rubio and trump...aren't whacking each other with antennas...yet.jeanne moos (marco rubio, (r) presidential candidate) "donald trump like to sue people, he should sue whoever did that to his face." cnn(donald trump, (r) presidential candidate) "he was putting on makeup with a trowel."new york. 3

upper 60s to near 70 this afternoon with breezy south winds. the day will start out with abundant sunshine, but clouds will increase throughout the day. a cold front arrives tonight, bringing rain back to the forecast. our "rain window" will be from around 8pm tonight to 5am tomorrow morning. most rain totals will fall between 0.05" to 0.40". behind the front, cooler and drier weather returns. we'll see increasing sunshine tomorrow, but highs will only reach the upper 40s to near 50. highs stay in the mid to upper 40s thursday and friday. the forecast is dry through thursday night. we're tracking a rain/snow mix for thursday night and friday morning. overnight temperatures will range from 30 to 40, making exact totals difficult to gauge. our preliminary forecast is 0" to 1" snow totals for most. we will keep you updated throughout the week. overall, the weekend looks quiet and cool with temperatures in the upper 40s on saturday and into the low to mid 50s on sunday. monday brings back highs in the 60s.

next half hour of good morning virginia... the man accused of killing a woman inside her madison heights home and severly injuring her son is back on trial for the second time.. what a witness in edward marshall junior's trial said about the chilling phone call she got from one of the victims in the attack.whit plus, three thousand people in appomattox may not have gotten a warning from the county's alert system

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poles will be open today until 7:00 you need a photo id to vote. >> patti: 13 states will vote for a nominee and it come in the middle of a wild race to the white house. >> whitney: some early voting states are their oath down the field ss. we're joined by stephanie robin. >> reporter: it is super tuesday and voters can cast a ballot starting at 6:00 this morning in alexander, virginia here the doors opened a view minutes ago. once poles close we could see nominees for both parties. >> super tuesday is here the big of the voting day of the year leading to the general election. voters in states and u.s. territory will go to the poles today with 1610 delegates at state. they are holding rallies trying