mr. tron: first of all, this guy is a choke artist, and this guy is a liar. factors. reason -- typical. mr. trump: and he cannot do it because he cannot tell he triggered other than that, i rest my case. erin: with only days to go before super tuesday, the candidates must make a last-ditch effort sparring over issues from immigration to health care, the economy and foreign policy cured on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are campaigning in south carolina today. recent polls show clinton with a the nevada governor ida as a potential nominee for the open supreme court justice he says he is not interested. in a statement, republican governor brian sandoval says he does not wish to be considered as the obama administration' s nomination at this time. denomination has been a hot topic between democrats and republicans following the death of justice antonin scalia. new details on a deadly shooting in kansas. still ahead, what officials have learned about the suspect and how th

tron supporters are not successful? sec. earnest: i think the president was is making a comment about the process. i know there has been back and forth between the president and mrtrump. back to the go super court list. what is different now than before beyond the obvious? sec. earnest: the obvious being that there is now a vacancy? >> know, beyond the obvious that republicans are screaming about this short window. sec. earnest: i don't think republicans are suggesting it is a short window. it will be a tough case to make because the president will be in and theor almost a year average time that is taken to confirm someone who has been nominated to the supreme court justice is 67 days. that is why you continue to hear me in the president indicate that there is ample time for this to get done. the argument that republicans are making is one that is rooted in the observation they have made that this is a presidential election year. precedent there is a for nominees being confirmed in a presidential election year. that occurred in 1988 when nominated andan senate democrats confirmed 1988 tokennedy in early move to the supreme court. president -- a constitutional re