when he wrote houston for help, houston asked him to come to new york to work a temporary assignment in the national naacp office. and in october of 1936, thurgood and buster left his crowded family home in baltimore for new york city. when thurgood and buster first arrived in new york, they stayed with relatives until they found a small apartment in harlem. they would now be alone and on their own for the very first time. inan office across town the naacp was still basking in the glow of their first victory integrating the university of maryland law school - which energized houston's education strategy and gave it momentum. marshall would now share a second floor office with houston to help him move it forward. jose anderson: for the first time in his career the full force of his intellectual ability was focused on destroying jim crow. how do we go about building the legal campaign. kimberle crenshaw: we're going to dream a possibiliy and we are going to do it with craft, we're going to strategize, we're going to do it with finesse, in these southern courtrooms. narrator: soon after

in houston. what do you see as senator rubio's biggest vulnerability? >> i think i'll save that for co tomorrow night. we will be prepared. people have not done well against me. so far everybody that's attacked me has gone down. >> i suppose the question isn't just donald trump will go after marco rubio, but if you think marco rubio will finally try to address donald trump. >> well, rubio and cruz are in the same place where they have to punch up to trump now. the chances they get as you pointed out earlier, the chances are driwindling. there are not a lot of debates left. the stage is shrinking. it looks like ben carson is sticking around in perpitutiy. trump can punch down. for trump, there is an easy one on rubio which they all have been going after him for a while. the immigration. the gang of eight work. you don't need something as ham-handed as a photo shopped picture where it appears he is shaking hands with president barack obama. i would look for him to punch down on immigration, possibl

it is cold in houston.nder 50 degrees here right now. >> you can barely move your mouth. >> it is very interesting. i was also eating an apple. you know the metaphor? this place is easily underrated. it seems like hype. everything's big. everything is high stakes. sometimes it is hype. this is not hype. why? decisions must be made tonight on the debate stage. will marco rubio make a decision to go at donald trump? you can easily analyze that either way. we will do that for you this morning. what will ted cruz do? he will go after rubio. they are very tight. will he? we will make the case for why and why not on his front as well. we will have preview and analysis of everything that can happen tonight and the mascinations. we have a issue on two fronts. what mitt romney suggested about donald trump's taxes. ironic with romney. nothing illegal, but hurt him politically. and then what is going on the weather events you were just talking about, christine. the country needs to pay attention. >> all right. chris c

decisivo y el Único que serÁ transmitido por una cadena hispana todo listo aquÍ en la universidad de houstonra que uno de los cinco aspirantes respondan a los temas, mÁs sobre esta carrera de la casa blanca pero antes otros titulares del dÍa. >> ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ vida tras las rejas el abogado de joaquÍn "chapo" guzmÁn lo visita en el penal del altiplano y asegura que la salud del narcotraficante corre peligro el gobierno rechaza las acusaciones. >> en ascenso alarma en estados unidos por aumento de caso de contagio por zika por transmisiÓn sexual mientras desarrolla un mÉtodo para detectar rÁpidamente la enfermedad. y sueÑo hecho realidad conoceremos a dos hermanitos salvadoreÑos que cruzaron solos la frontera y que hoy tienen mucho que celebrar junto a su madre aquÍ en estados unidos. ♪ (mÚsica) ♪ esto es "noticiero telemundo" con josÉ dÍaz-balart y maria celeste arrarÁs desde houston, texas. >> hola, ¿quÉ tal? le saluda josÉ dÍaz-balart desde houston, donde maÑana tendrÁ lugar el debate republicano que vamos a ver en espaÑol y solo por telemundo. marÍa celeste arrarÁs se encuentra en una asign

turns out he lives in houston. gracie and blanche and ronnie are on their way to houston and i'm on my way to bring them back. that's the truth. - you thought i wouldn't believe that. - that's right. - you're right, i don't. shake, partner. - okay, the boy at the door is a geologist and they're opening up an oil field in houston in an hour and i'm not letting anybody in on the deal, so goodbye ex-partner. - [operator] hello, airport. - look airport, you've got to get me out on the first flight to houston, texas. it's an emergency. i'll hang onto a kite, i've got to get there! ("i've been working on the railroad" plays) - i hope they have a nice room for us. - oh i'm sure they will. - mother, i'll see you in a little while. - whe are you going? - i'm going to check the elevator to make sure it's safe for you to use. - oh. now isn't he thoughtful? where could you find a son like that? - anywhere there's a pretty girl. - oooh! - oooh! - may i help you please? - we have a reservation, i'm mrs. george burns. - mrs. burn

de la escuela de mÚsica de la universidad de houston.rabajando con una organizaciÓn. >>> sÍ. >>> exactamente. >>> por quÉ comienzoaste a trabajar con la gente por quÉ te interÉsaste porque la vida no te ha sido facilidades? >>> no, muy difÍcil, y la cosa es cuando alguien abre sus ojos, yo soy la Única persona, hay mÁs personas, y muchas personas que a lo mejor no estÁn donde yo estoy en mi vida, a lo mejor estÁn un poco mas situaciones mÁs difÍciles. >>> cuando ves a polÍticos hablando soledad y cuando ves la contienda polÍtica quÉ piensos sobre todo que hay dos hispanos? >>> sÍ, pero no nos representan bien, pienso que no, pienso que necesitan que hablar mÁs de las cosas mÁs marimportantes y no he tÍos eso. >>> no sientes que representan tus necesidades? >>> exactamente. >>> quÉ te preocupa? >>> me preocupa nuestra ciudad, yo quiero que haya una ciudad mÁs mejor para mis niÑos, porque siento... hace falta las escuelas, educaciÓn, yo quiero que ellos pongan mÁs atenciÓn y esto, y solamente corte y no es bueno. >>> por quÉ crees que es m

jay gray, nbc news, houston. >>> well, amid national speculation, governor brian sandoval has issued a statement about the possibility of being vetted for the supreme court vacancy left by the late justice scalia. governor sandoval says in a statement i do not wish to be considered at the time for possible nomination to to the scout security of the united states. senator dean heller responded to the announcement only minutes later saying he believes governor sandoval is imminently qualified for the position, however, he supports his decision to withdraw his name from the nomination >>> let's get a look now t at how the evening forecast is shaping up. we check in with colin jackson and he has more on what we can expect as we start to look ahead at a time when we're heading into the weekend. >> we're way over the hump. it is friday tomorrow. how exciting! it will be a cold start for the kids in the morning, but not super cold. 37. that is not as cold as it has been and certainly not below freezing. we're live at sugar bowl and the setting sun. and a light dusting of snow on the way. an

in houston, texas.m now, the five remaining republican candidates will take the stage in the final republican debate before super tuesday. super tuesday, the single day when the most delegates are at stake this entire primary season, which means a lot is at stake tonight and in the next few days. joining me to discuss, maeve resten, cnn political reporter. and joining us as well, jason casellas, associate professor of political science at the university of houston. professor, you outrank us all so i'm going to start with you. donald trump, the man in the middle tonight. literally, he's been leading in the polls since august so he's been center stage of every debate. this time, with the wind at his back with winning three states. a new poll out today which does show where there could be some problems with him long term. i'm talking general election. that's among hispanics, where he is unfavorable to some 80%. then trailing hillary clinton, 73% to 16%. this is just what the republican party feared after 2

as the remaining republican presidential contenders gather to debate houston.. jay gray is at the university of houston n th a closer look at tonight's debate.. << (nats: trump rally) front runner donald trump travels to texas with growing momentum.. (s/ donald trump / r presidential candidate :04 - :07) "we might not even need the two months to be honest folks" and the rest of the republican field desperately trying to slow him down. (s/ chuck todd / nbc news political director / moderator of meet the press :13 - :16) "his three chief opponents all have to run in their home states and trump could beat t tm all." which means the stakeses and tension in tonight's debatatwill be high.. with marco rubio.. (s/ sen. marco rubio / r presidential candidate :22 - :25) "the vast and overwhelming majority of republicans don't want donald trump to be the nominee." and ted cruz.. taking shots at the front runner.. (s/ sen. ted cruz / r presidential candidate :30 - :36) "we can't be fooled by pt barnum. but many analysts warn the time for other candidates to block a trump no

lizzy morales, a houston mother, contracted zika on a christmas visit to >> you could see bumps in my lips. my eyes. my ears. you have no strength, no energy. like to do anything. not to even sit down. all you want to do is lay down >> reporter: she wasn't pregnant. her symptoms subsided. since the virus is believed to leave your blood when you reco should be fine. today florida governor rick scott declared a public health emergency in four counties where people have been diagnosed with zika. red cross is telling donors to hold off giving for 28've been somewhere that has zika transmission. yesterday the first confirmed case of zika transmission in the u.s. spread not by mosquito but through sexual contact with disease scientist, said blood transfusions and sexual contact should be the least of our concerns. >> the case of sexual of a red herring. our efforts need to be focused on preventing mosquito bites. >> reporter: hotez says he's very spreading in areas like this one, the heart of houston city limits. >> lots of discarded tires that are thrown out by the side of the road. these

it would mean moving to houston and that could cause problems between... well, why didn't she say anything? i guess she didn't want to make you feel... guilty. oh... you must have more on the ball than i thought to make her give up something that she wanted... so badly. hi, dad. darling... how are you? i'm just fine. has jack been entertaining you? no. excuse me, why didn't... why didn't you mention anything to me about that job offer in houston? 'cause it wasn't important. i'm going to turn it down. well, shouldn't you at least... consider it? i already did. and...? and i'm going to turn it down. oh. are-are... are you sure, though, you're doing the right thing? well, jack, do you want me to take the job? well, n-n... y-y... i-i just... but, jack, if i move to houston we'll never see each other. we'd still have weekends and holidays. weekends and holidays? you know, we really don't see that much of each other as it is. you're flying around all the time. i work all hours. what i'm trying to say is i want you to do what's best for you. i will. dad, could yo

houston is now one of the world's top 10 hot zones for tropical diseases.hat's why he is out every day checking some of the county's 268 mosquito traps. these are these mosquitoes enemy number one for you? >> because they are the ones that cause these illnesses. >> reporter: and it these illnesses are serious? >> they are serious. illnesses you are more likely to associate with subsaharan africa than houston, texas. >> all of the bottom billion. the billion people who live on no money has at least one of these neglected tropical diseases. >> reporter: including 12 million americans nearly all undiagnosed. according to baylor college's dr. pete he pita one of the experts in agree neglected trop dal diseases did he deflected because there is so little research being done on them and no medicines aura proved vaccines. >> i thought when we started finding widespread tropical see ceases bay year after i moved here in houston and texas i thought people will really care about this issue. it's just the opposite. nobody cared. >> reporter: why? because most victims

>>> que claro que sÍ, claro que serÁ un debate el gran debate, no sÉ pierda el debate en vivo en houstonl dÍa. un grupo de 22 niÑos desaparecieron de un albergue de morelos cerca de la ciudad de mÉxico. y autoridades notaron su ausencia despuÉs de dos operaciones fallidas para rescatar a los pequeÑos del refugio que es parte del sistema del departamento integral de familias, desde hace un mes las autoridades estatales investigan supuestas cosas raras y casos de maltrato en amor para compartir albergue y segÚn dicen allÍ habrÍan 75 menores bajo una situaciÓn irregular pero cuando fueron a rescatarlos faltaban 22. >>> segÚn fuimos mÉxico donde uno de los abogados de 'el chapo' guzmÁn visitÓ al capo de sinaloa durante 25 minutos en la cÁrcel del altiplano, despuÉs del encuentro josÉ refugio dijo que su defendido sigue sin dormir aislado y sin poder ver la luz del sol. >>> cuÁnto tiempo va a aguantar su cuerpo este estado de estrÉs al que estÁ sometido es inminente que si no cesa esto Él va a enfermar y estÁ en grave riesgo su vida. >>> bueno el abogado josÉ presentÓ dos oficio para permitir

bbc news in houston, texas. anchor: the making of ted cruz.o the sound which outraged politicians and had parents pulling their hair out. it inspired illegal parties and drug use in the 1980's on a scale not seen since the 1960's. if you were in the u.k., the epicenter was the nightclub. the venue is no more but the music is enjoying a comeback thanks to an unlikely source. colin patterson has the story. reporter: for a moment in time, the hacienda was the most influential club in the world. the place to be. the place to dance, or whole weekends would be lost to two tracks that became anthems. it is almost 20 years since it closed in a blur of drugs, and gangs. but the music lives on. although it has never sounded quite like this before. ♪ classics in aenda classical style. >> the orchestra, classical sound is very emotive. rock 'n roll tends to push and bite you. like dance music. this sweetens it. i told the conductor about the smoke machine. he said they won't be able to see anything. [laughter] reporter: it is quite a change from podium da

performers belting the national anthem before the big game, hoping to hit the high notes as whitney houston did 25 years ago. but first the "nightline 5." >> the bold nissan rogue with intuitive all-wheel drive. >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. the mysterious disease causing international anxiety. we're in brazil, ground zero of the zika outbreak, with disease detectives trying to stop the contagion from spreading. the world health organization emergency. here in the u.s. with at least 50 cases now confirmed there is mounting concern. here's abc's chief medical editor dr. richard besser. >> reporter: 3-month-old anna beatrice, who's like any normal baby -- but anna was born with microcephaly, an extremely small head, due to abnormal brain development. a devastating neurological condition that doctors suspect is linked to zika virus infection during pregnancy. one of thousands of families dealing with the virus. roughly 150 cases of microcephaly occurred in brazil in 2014. last year, there were more than 4,000. anna's mother bruna tells us her zika infection happened when she was 12

here's more from houston, all eyes on texas. >> reporter: that's right. thanks good evening from houston, where texas senator but will it be enough in the state tomorrow to overcome what a real cowboy in houston told me looks like a big push from donald trump. ted cruz is campaigning at home in texas, the only super tuesday state cruz figures he can win and must win. cruz vows to take texas tomorrow, and then catch fire. >> at that point it will become abundantly clear it's a two-man race. >> reporter: at the houston rodeo today the cowboys are divided between trump and cruz. >> he's more of a constitutionalist type, not a whining new yorker. >> reporter: donald trump was in virginia. >> believe it or not, we're going to unify this country. >> reporter: but he's being called a racist. >> all lives matter. >> reporter: claiming he couldn't hear the question, trump on sunday refused to condemn the klan. marco rubio is adding that >> he's unelectable now. he refused to criticize the klan. >> reporter: but trump got support from an ex-new yorker. >> when i wa

it happened outside a bus station in southeast houston. . part of the confrontation between officers and the man was captured on cell phone video you can see the man swinging a machete at a houston police officer. the officer deploys his taser but with little effect.... moments later, gunfire. the man with the machete is hit and dies. ((roxanne herrara, witness) "he had a machete in his hand he was hitting the glass of the window, he kept doing that.)) the officer wasn't hurt... the suspect used the wrong side in new york... coast guard officials get into trouble of their own while trying to help a fishing boat. the boat was taking on water, ran aground... called for help... and then the coast guard ship got into trouble. fortunately everyone made it out okay... the fishermen were lifted to safety by a helicopter... the coast guard members swam to shore. an update this midday to a 3 car accident in the central valley last night... it happened near valley view and twain. metro says one of the vehicles involved t-boned a taxi cab. cops had to

one cowboy told me in houston looks to a lot of folks in texas like a big surge by donald trump. ted cruz is campaigning at home in texas, the only super tuesday state cruz figure years s s he can win and must win. >> at that point it will become abundantly clear this is a two-man race. >> reporter: at the houston rodeo today the cowboys are divided between trump and cruz. >> he's more of a constitutionalist type. yorker. >> reporter: donald trump was in virginia. >> believe it or not, we're going to unify this country. called a racist. >> is all . >> all lives matter. >> reporter: claiming he couldn't hear the question, trump on sunday refused to condemn the kkk. marco rubio today is adding that to his trump attacks. >> he's unelectable now. he refused to criticize the klu klux klan. >> reporter: but trump got support from exnew yorker frank vick. >> donald trump financed our basketball team and helped us stay off the streets. he's not a racist. >> reporter: hillary clinton today is jumping on the republicans. >> what we can't let happen is the scapegoating, the blaming, the fin

houston belted out what many still consider to be the best pregame performance. and the home of the brave >> securing her place as a legend. but plenty of singers have fallen flat. at super bowl xlv, christina aguilera forgot the words. what so proudly we watched >> steven tyler delivered this rendition before the 2012 afc championship. the land of the free yeah! >> who can forget roseanne barr's performance. last gleaming >> something tells us lady gaga is on the edge of football glory. out on the edge of glory >> thanks for watching. tune into gma tomorrow. and as always we're online 24/7 on our "nightline" facebook page good night, america. dr. oz: how did you feel when you first heard the diagnosis. susan lucci and her daughter -- >> it was a very emotional place to go. dr. oz: share their private family health issue. susan: he was 19 months old. i knew something was wrong. dr. oz: and the accident that almost ended it out. susan: i had a hairline crack on my nose, gashes under here. he said if i didn't get every single piece of glass out, you will lose your

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i'm john berman at the university of houston.an seven hours, you will see the smallest field of republicans on stage so far under the greatest pressure in this campaign so far. behind me are the great students of the university of houston. they were talking to cnn's jake tapper just a few minutes ago. you can s t

a fiery night in houston. things heating up at the intense gop debate. >> donald frufrp with a target on his back as rathey aim for super tuesday. the biggest competition of this campaign so far. >> on the stage there are two from cuban origin and african american. we are the party of diversity not the democratic party. >> that is what this country needs, jobs, jobs, jobs. >> if you hadn't inherited $2 million you know -- >> no, no. >> first of all this guy is a joke artist and this guy is a liar. >> if he builds the wall the way he builds trump towers he would be using illegal immigrants. >> statue of limitations. >> are you going to attack me? >> i am here for the ratings but it is a little bit ridiculous. >> senior national correspondent is live in houston, texas with a complete rwrap up for us. >> good morning heather and heather. how about that line. fruit salad of someone's life that's what i would look at. ben carson has a way with words. donald trump found out what it means to be a winner. he was attac

he'll be here in houston holding what he calls a victory rally. >> reporter: a jump through houston today would give you no idea a battle was in bloom. texas is at least one presidential candidate's last stand. >> texas is make or break for the cruz campaign. he has to win here or the campaign has no future. >> reporter: he campaigned in dallas today and is banking on a win in his home state. >> republican leaders are running around like clickens >> reporter: the republican establishment is trying to confront the reality that donald trump could in fact be the nominee. sources say mitchell mcconnell says the party will drop trump like a hot rock if he wins the nomination. >> the even greater fear is that there would be collateral damage and he could cost the republicans the senate and potentially the majority in the house. >> reporter: houston is aceful today but this is where the battle begins. >> just because the delegate count is going trump's way does not mean he would be the nominee. question. with a vote that fractured, it could be a no-win situation for the republicans. >>> we have

estamos en vivo en la ciudad de houston en texas.epublicano transmitido por una cadena hispana. tenemos avance de los temas de lo que van a discutir los precandidatos. los 5 contendientes tienen que responder las preguntas que interesan a nuestra comunidad. estÁ siendo preparado, 20 minutos comienza este debate y hoy tenemos una amplia cobertura con nuestro equipo de reporteros y de analistas de ambos partidos polÍticos. quiero recordar que donald trump llega a este debate con 3 de las 4 competencias, 3 ha ganado. estÁ en el centro del escenario, mientras mÁs marco rubio y ted cruz esperan aprovechar la oportunidad para tratar de reducir la ventaja que le lleva el empresario multimillonario. el analista republicano, alfonso aguilar comenzara la cobertura especial. vamos a hablar, gracias alfonso por estar con nosotros. todas las expectativas de esta noche. donald trump llega como ganador de 3 de las 4 contiendas electorales. en el estado de en evada cruzÓ el 40% de los votantes, hasta la comunidad hispana republicana votÓ por Él. >>>

we are live from houston, texas. the five republican candidates for president are about to take the stage behind me in a crucial faceoff. this is the final debate before super tuesday when 12 states will vote and everything is on the line to want. center stage the frontrunner, donald trump. he'll be standing there. he has won three states in a row. in the lead by 65 delegates. ready to take him on his left and his right, the men running out of time to stop him. ted cruz is the only man so far to beat trump, but he's 0 for 3 after his iowa win and facing a must-win primary here in his home state. texas is going to be crucial. then there's marco rubio. the gop establishment rallying behind him even though he is yet to win a single state. his campaign is preparing for a brokered convention. trump is fighting with two people who won't actually be on the stage tonight. last debate it was the pope. this time it is former mexican president vicente fox. >> i'm not going to pay for that [ bleep ] wall. he should pay for it. h

losers now of five of their last as they played on the road this six afternoon at houston. the loss of adonys enriquez to injury certainly hasn' t helped. and it was expoxsed again this afternoon as the knights after leading 5-4 watched the cougers never really look back. cats led by 15 at the break and extended it to 23 in the second half. turnovers a bugaboo for the knights. 14 on the day, just 40% shooting while houston hit half of its shots. matt williams led the knights with 13 points, 16 off the bench for houston' s devonta pollard as the ucf slide continues. the final score was 82-58. stetson falls in a heartbreaker at south carolina upstate. alabama and florida at halftime with 27-23. we are going to talk about -- this iowa boy very nearly forgot to tell you about the mighty panthers who go to wichita state and defeat the shockers by three point. get this, wichita state has the longest current home running now this year, you and i -- uni has defeated this team. how about these teams are iowa? adrian: let' s put them in the tournament right now. features florida shri

super bowl li will be in houston. let the count down begin for reliant stadium.t will be interesting to see what theme they choose. here it was philanthropy. the mayor of houston and roger goodell and jed york will be in attendance at the ceremony today. levi's stadium was the most fortified place in the country last night. the terrorist attacks have heightened the response. and everybody from the chp to the army was in full tactical gear with a lot of machines, k- 9s, and snipers. 55 police and military agencies were here. it was a show of force meant to be a deterrent. for this one day, levi's stadium did not belong to the niners, santa clara or the state of california. >> it belonged to the united states. >> last year it was good as well. but it wasn't as highlighted if you will. the show of deterrents. >> this used to be the parking lot and now it's a huge structure that crews took more than two weeks to put up. it will take a couple weeks to take down. the handoff ceremony will be at the moscone center. >>> and turn out the lights, the party is over. >> the

the first since their son jeb dropped out of the i'm jay gray at the university of houston. now .. back to you. we'll have highlidhts from the debate tonight on the kwwl news at ten. coming up... widespred damage spreads from louisiana to canada after a winter storm. and... will apple unlock a terrorists phone? find out their next move in this legal chess match witit the fbi. that's coming up in just a few minutes. here's a live look at the storm track 7 live doppler radar. chief meteorologist mark schnackenberg has your full forecast next. --------- --------- --------- --------- weather information. here is additional forecast information from the kwwl is just a tease to what we can expect this weekend. temperatures in the 50s will monday. keep in mind it is still february. with that said, we are tracking the potential for snow in parts of iowa tuesday. there is still a lot to iron out, but model guidance is leaning toward a storm tracking across the middle of the country. right now the timing would be tuesday and tuesday night. the eaeay stages so there are not to many de

live in houston, texas, tonight, scott thuman, abc7 news. maureen: thank you, scott. still ahead at "abc7 news at 6:00" -- >> metro transit police outside of a metro station. some riders say it's something they rarely see. what transit police are doing to step up patrols. >> the severe weather is over. the big story now strong wind gusts and the chilly temperatures. chief meteorologist doug hill is back with the complete forecast coming up. erin: i'm erin hawksworth live in florida where i sat down with nationals manager dusty baker. find out what he wants to teach price harper later in sports. maureen: this is the water gushing from the street. they tell us a valve malfunction and sent the water in the valve is closed and repair and the streets are open. leon: we are recovering metro as it is recovering from violent incidents so including a shooting on the green line train maureen: the new manager paul wiedefeld said police are adding patrol to the train, buses and platforms. brianne carter has the reaction to it. forms. brianne carter has the reaction to it. >> they

this time, in houston, texas. chief political correspondent scott thuman takes a look at the night's big moments. 3 natsvo(cruz - "welcome to texas")vothe five remaining republican candidates rode into the lone star statea&as the debate began with a lone pleaa&sotsben carson, "marco, donald, ted, john, we will not solve any of these problems by trying to destroy each other." vobut destroy is exactly what ted cruz and marco rubio set out to do - to donald trump's with attacks on his signature issue - immigrationsotsmarco rubio, "you're the only person who's ever been fined for hiring people illegallya&" donald trump, "i'm the only one who's ever hired anybody." (cheers)ted cruz, "in 2013, when i was leading the fight against the gang of 8 amnesty bill, and where was donald? firing dennis rodman on celebrity apprentice."voeven questioning trump's republican credentialsa&sotsted cruz, "this is a man who, for 40 years, has given money to jimmy carter, to joe biden, to hillary clinton, to chuck schumer, to harry reid.m

i'm jake tapper, we're live in houston. it's debate night in america, quite possibly the most critical debate of the republican race so far. five candidates still standing five days before super tuesday. donald trump has decisively won the past three states in a row. will he go for the kill tonight? will he make the case that this is already over? will marco rubio and/or ted cruz with one win between the both of them stop attacking each other long enough to stop the guy that could bury them just five days from now. the best political team on tv is here to bring you all the highlights, arrivals, analyses and some of the bruising moments on the trail leading up to this big night. first, sara murray is standing by here in houston. she's in the spin room. sara, the candidates are arriving. the big question is whether any of trump's rivals will lay a glove on him tonight and perhaps even more so whether they'll even throw a punch. >> reporter: that's right, jake. the challenge is really two-fold. they have to stall donald trump'

sunlen surfati live from the debate stage in houston. so as senator marco rubio takes on trump there is another fight brewing. mitt romney now the latest republican to take on trump. he's warning there is, quote, a bam shell in the front runner's tax returns. >> i think there is something there. either he's not anywhere near as wealthy as he says or he hasn't been paying the kind of taxes we would expect or perhaps he hasn't been giving money to the vets or the disabled like he's been telling us he's been doing and the reason i think there is a bomb shell in there is because every time he's asked about his taxes he dodges and delay asks says well we're working on it. >> all rather ironic. right? because remember back in the day mitt romney dragged his feet on releasing his own tax returns because they did contain a bomb shell. romney paid percentagewise far fewer taxes than middle class americans so why put yourself out there mr. romney. with me to talk about this is chief political correspondent for usa today radio networks and also joi

here in houston, site of tomorrow night's cnn republican debate and tuesday's primary. one of 13 primaries and caucuses being held march 1st. which donald trump stands a good chance of winning. it was his third straight victory and fair to say it's shaken the republican party. in a moment, more of my conversation with donald trump. first jim acosta with a tour of the political landscape and political rumble. >> reporter: donald trump's first campaign event after his win in nevada says it all. eyeing the bible belt states up for grabs on super tuesday next week, trump appealed to trician conser christian conservatives by sitting down with pat robertson. trump talked about forgiveness, perhaps even for his arch rival ted cruz. maybe. >> i can forgive. every once in a while there will be something that went too far and things were said that were lies. i've got to be a good person today. at least for the next hour or so. >> reporter: trump isn't spending much time talking about his opponents. he's busy envisioning his days in the white house. he'd likely want a political in