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ted cr apologized to him today for mistakenly telling people carson was dropping out of the race. mg abc news, nh jenna: hillary clinton received an extra iowa delegate tuesday... thanks to a coin toss. clinton and bernie sanders ended up in a virtual tie after monday night's vote. this video captured by a univision reporter shows officials resorting to a coin toss to decide which presidential candidate would receive the precinct's fifth delegate. according to the rules for democratic precincts-- ties between two or more candidates can be broken by a coin toss. the des moines register reported at least two instances of decisions by a coin toss.... all breaking for clinton. jenna: despitityour political persuasion, you've got to be impressed with this woman's dedication. a 102-year-old woman was among those caucusing for hillary clinton in iowa monday night. ruline steininger was born seven years before women were granted the right to vote. and she's participated in 20 presidential elections, always supporting democrats. and with the possibility clinton could become the first woman

ted cr,z making husband rounds. he's going to be in fernly, minden as well as carson city. now there are 28 different predrinks for tonight's caucus. if you want to find out where to our web site. make sure you arrive at that location between 5 and 6 p.m. make sure you do have a government issued photo i.d. if you do want to participate. the republicans use a paper ballot. however, officials do encourage you to stay and talk about the candidates before casting your vote and leaving. >> they may discuss the candidates. because it's not an election, there will be representatives from the campaign there. the people can wear their shirts, buttons, because it's not a regular election. this is a party function. >> reporter: unlike the democratic caucus we saw on saturday, there's an end time for tonight's caucus. it's going to wrap up around 8:00. as soon s we get those final results, we're going to have them on our later shows on news 4. stay tuned for the very latest. reporting live i'm alex kni the,o. back to you. >>> the nevada highway patrol still searching for a suspect aft

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republican ted cr,z criticized his main rival donald trump on abc's "this week." . >> anyone that writes checks to chuck schumer, jimmy carter, hillary clinton does not care about conservative justices on the court. >> reporter: trump struck back by criticizing chief justice john roberts. >> he voted in favor of obamacare. he got there, because ted cruz pushed him like wild. >> reporter: on cnn's "state of the union," j ex-b bush took a more measured tone. >> i think president obama is going to submit a nominee, and in all likelihood, this person will be out of the mainstream and be rejected by the senate. >> reporter: marco rubio dismissed concerns about months with only eight justices. >> so let's let the voters weigh in in november, and then we'll have -- the court can function with eight justices. it does it all the time. >> reporter: candidates on the other side of the aisle accused mccon nell and republicans ofth warting the constitution. >> i don't think mitch mccon nell has it right on this issue. the constitution is pretty clear, and that is it is -- of the united states to appo

with me now, ted cr ted cruzzal advisor. how are you holding up? >> excellent.be here. >> is ted cruz feeling the heat or momentum? >> feeling both, i think. exciting time in the primary. we were thrilled with iowa. historic victory. more people came out to vote than ever before and as a historian of democracy, this is a wonderful moment to participate. >> how does ted cruz feel particularly the foreign policy advisor. how does he counter a hillary clinton who right now crisscrossing the state of new hampshire, right now holding an event in concord just up the street, you know, with the likes of the former secretary of state, madeleine albright in her corner, and as the former secretary of state herself, hillary clinton, how does ted cruz convey to new hampshire voters or even the country, that he's got the chops to go up against her, if he were to win the nomination? >> that's a comparison -- >> if she was to -- >> indeed. all questions at this point. a question he's very eager to discuss. look at secretary albright's record, her tenure culminated with the deal

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senator ted cr@uz forcing out his campaign spokesman over a report that falsely accused marco rubio of insulting the bible. it's another twist in an unorthodox race in the white house. meanwhile frontrunner donald trump is going ahead with a strong lead in the polls. we're following the campaign trail. >> reporter: donald trump is tomorrow night i i nevada will give him insurmomotable momentum next week as the gop primary race goes nationwide. >> you tell me who stops him? >> reporter: south carolina turned the republican race into a three-man contest. it's a fight that's getting even more personal. >> every single day something comes out of the cruz campaign that's untrue. >> reporter: this afternoon cruz acknowledged the video was false and asked h h communications director to resign. >> this was a grave error of judgment. >> reporter: cruz questions rubio's ability to win. >> there are only two of us who have won a state so far, me and donald trump. >> reporter: march 1st super with nearly 600 delegates up for grabs, including those in virginia, where john kasich is being forced to

marco rubio edginout ted cr. and any hope of another bush presidency now over. jeb bowing out. here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: donald trump is now he turned over the mike to his wife melania. and his vereryregnant daughter ivanka. >> the momentum since the beginning of this campaign has been unbelievable. >> reporter: it was a clean sweep, scoring all 50f the state's delegates. he even came out on top for evangelical voters. >> it was record-setting stuff. >> reporter: with jeb bush calling it quits, now the two cuban-american senators are up against each other. while both were beaten badly by trump, rubio sees reason for hope. >> over 70% of republicans have said, wewe're not voting for donald trump. >> reporter: donald trump ineligible to run for president because he was born in canada. and suggested that rubio is also ineligible ineligigible. >> you're really not sure? >> i've never lookeded at it. somebody said he's not, we retweeted it, we started a dialogue and it's very interesting. >> reporter: rubio laugheded it off. >> your response? >> well, this is, look, this is

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based on our vote analysis, it is a two-person race for second between marco rubio and ted cr. a win for trump will make three victories in a row after took first prize in surlsouth carolina and new hampshire. people said they were in favor of the outsider and of those voters, 70% said they supported the billionaire businessman. >>> we now turn to a high stakes war against trafficking. world more than gold, cocaine, even diamonds. the coveted horn of the rhino. but now a new military grade piece of machinery is being deployoyed in th fight againinst ruthless poachers. we go to the south african bush. >> in the pitch black of the south african bush, these rangers can only listen and smell for any sign that's the enemy is near. will pick you up first. >> they hunt for rhino here every night. >> we need to protect them from being sh. >> tonight our patrol has eyes in the sky. we're on the front lines of a modern war. over an ancient animal. the future of the rhino is i in the balance. according to the world wildlife fun, in south africa alone, rhino poaching has skyrocketed 9,000%

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. >> reporter: tru hoping a win he will choke y ho from rivals liksenar ted cr. >> ts guy, ted cruz, is the single biggest lia i have ever dealt with in my life. >>eporter: theop frt-runner, relishing his fight with cz. >> he is like a little baby. soft, weak, littleabby comparison. for lying, he's the best i' er seen. 'she best. >> reporter: but todaycruz fighting back. >> wow it souke donald is really getting worried ange scared. you knys have a barometer to how conceed donald iy how much he's insulting and just how rattled hes. >> rorter: but as he battles cruz, trump refusingo lay a finger on senator marco rubio, who ntinueto w enrsements from establisent leaders. >> mar rubio is niceoung n. he has not hit me, i'm treating him nicely. when he hits me --oh, ise going to hit. nasty,hichin which case, you know, fine i hope he does becse it's more fun, right? >> reporter: rubio has momentum, t he has yet to win a single state. if you don't winonight i nevada, what proof do yohave, what evidence, whacan you show to your supporters that you'll any state at all? >> you have haajority of

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and the debate over ted cr's eligibilty to be presidents moving from the campaign tra cadian born cruz is under the microspe... and now uits challenging his elibil have been filed in severastates including illinois, inan new york and alabama. donald trump has also threatened legal acon. cruz mntains he is eligible to run fopresident because his moer was a-s citizen whehe was born. the can is clarifying mments made by popfrs on friday... regarding donald trump. they n say when the pope sd mee who want build a wall and not a bridge, is not chstian,...it was not a personal attack. the coents came aftea week long trip to mico...including a special mass near the s. mexico border. meanwhile... nald trump is nourging pporters to boycott ape products uil the company es to help the f-b-i un the i-phone used by o of the san bernardino shooters. what ihink you ought to do is ycott apple until ch time as they give that security number. i just tught of that. ycott the off-the-cu comment came as trump was taking questions during a campaign event in south carolina. speaking of the ipne iue.... the ma

nald trump was at e center ofighl arged exchanges th jeb bush and senator ted cr. trump accused former president george wush ofailing to keep america fe in the lead up to the 9/acks. senators marcoubio a ted cruz cla oveimmigration.. with rubio calling cruz a li, and en cllenging hisbility peak spanish. ohio goverr jo kasic condemd thattas. before i get to that, th is the ninth or ten debat i've been watching here, this bacand forth, and the attacks, some of them are personal. i think we're fixing to losehe election to hillary clinton if we don stop this. applause the nextopebate ischeduled later isonth i this morning. a miissippi police officer remains inrical condition aftebeing shot during a bbery investigation. corporal "derrick couch" was shot in the ad yesteay.... after witnsay two masked men convienc store.. thatening customer's lives. right now a 19-year-old man is in cusdy. poliay h fatheturnedim in. right now. the f-i isnvestigating after an explosive device w found attached to a rerned rental ca yeer.. thoritieshut down the rental r fality near th albuque

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, but is he the fighter for deep thinking principles of the conservative side like marco rubio or ted cr cruz, no. >> i don't know if we know that. >> and the sense that he is a businessman and when did he have the opportunity to prove it? >> well, he has been constantly c controe dikting it. >> and rubio is conflict conservative, and cruz is a limited candidate, and south carolina was cruz's state, but he lost and he should be out in two weeks. >> and maryann marsh says donald trump. >> and it is tea leaves and it is too early to call it february 20th. >> and mccain won south carolina by four points, and he is -- >> totally different rules. and you can't compare them. >> and why is this different? because the rules are different. >> winner take all, and you won't catch up. >> and now, before we go to the break, i want to explain to the viewers the difference and i don't know who can do it in the simplest way, but the difference of the super delegate ss and th delegates in the republican and the democratic primaries. >> and in republican, we don't have super delegate per se, and the bigg

. >> i have never met a person that lies more than ted cr i have never ever seen anything like it ands around saying he's a christian i don't know you have to study that. >> you're not entirely --. >> the cruz campaign responded by saying donald trump does not know what he actually believes so he can't really be expected to defend himself with reasons and facts. >>> all right. coming up why adele took to twit to apologize for her grammy perform sglans this accident. really bad one on western avenue. as you can see there the car burst into flames. it's icy out there folks, please, please, please, be careful. we'll have an undate next. ♪ oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh ♪ hearts are made for sharing. spread some sweetness with dunkin' donuts' cookie dough and brownie batter donuts. heart-shaped happiness too sweet not to share. america runs on dunkin'. sxwlv i believe this is a live picture of western which has been closed because of a severe accident there that caused a car to burst into flames. there's the car. you can see it there

. >> ted cr is theost dishonest guy i think ie met i' ner heard another -- >> when bo marco rubioand naldrump scream liar, liar, li. >>> then t music's bigge night. at hneto adesretu nce?and e ltiplerites th brghdown the house. >>uskeathe causes around the u.s. >>d a creature from the depths o the polar vortex. "early today" startsight now. >>> go morning, i' dara brown. the battle lis have been drawn beeen democrats and republicans over who suld fille supreme court jusce positi after antonin s nrksantonins skia's call. allow it to happen. on the other side of the aisle, democrati are holding true that it's present obama's responsibility. >> for the president this boils down to something mple, doing hijob and we expect the sente do the >> the w >> the whi hse adsat the president will not announce a nominee unl congress return om break weekd does not plan makecess appointmt,t least for t time being. tracie potts joins us fr washington. >> reporter: we have to find out who the president is considering. but the top decrat ss that he does have a lisd names to talk abo with president a. b

ahead and start on the republican side more movement here now with 7 percent of precinct reporting ted cr holding ontoto his lead but he's at 20 percent now followed by donald trump at 25 percent marco rubio bumped up is now two percentage points then carson at nine percent rand paul five perct jeb bush three percent. again was 75 percent recent reporting john kasich carly fiorina mike huckabee all at two peent right now. and chris christie also at two rick santorum at one and jim gilmore at zero. democratic side we have 81 percenof the precinct reporting now hillary clinton still technically leading bernie sanders but by the narrowest of margins s st a o percentage point and martin o'malley as we found out is going to announce probably in about 15 minutes but it's going to be dropping out of the race right here ithe middle of caucus night let's go to our instant results center with lucas casey to give us more information about numbers martin o'malley. where the confirm from our friendnds at abc news a f minutes ago martin o'malley will suspend his campaign tonight we actually have a mess

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we know the republican establishment depispises ted cr, and they don't really like donald trump. why isn't the establishment -- we know he's new to the establishment. he said hillary was great, said the economy does better under democrats. but don't you realize the customer is always right. >> i think they're having a hard time coming to terms with it because it's basically the merger of the reality show america with national politics and the people who spent a lifetime in politics are just, you know, flabbergasted at that. increasingly the question isn't, can trump be stopped? can we live with trump. i hear more and more people -- i never would have heard three months ago, i can live with trump. i think he'll be okay. he'll come to the center during the campaign and he'll actually be more responsible in office than he has been on the campaign trail, and he says all these crazy things i don't agree with but i don't think he means it. that may be self-justifying but i think you're seeing the republican party come to grips with the fact their nominee may not be somebody on their sc

so if you're ted cr, you want to be john kerry in 2004. at year kerry trailed howard dean everhere, including in the new hamps poll. kerry dean finhed third followed by the deanscream, a kerry surge. kerry wound up winning big in new hampire. dean was soon out of the race. this is wha you want if you're ted cruz turn your big iowa win into new hampshire gold. next,he mar rubnd ry heart scenario. in '84 hart trailed walter mondale ndale bly. gary hart still ceeded, quote, expectat, d be t big natial story ne. sound fami, sator ruo? well, it worked. hartent onto aig victory in w hampshire the flowing wk and became the chief competitor to moe fothe rethe season. finally, we ve dond trump chlts he. he wants to the georg h.w. bush in history. 1988 bh was ahead up over bop bob dole by ten points. li bush on monday he had a disappointing showing i iowa. he actually finhedhird to do. handng whush slipping in the po. whatpened in new hre? he hung on in the end que nicely. heon new hampshire and ont wiing the entireepublican nomination and of course

. >> ted cr,z is a total liar. i am so against obamacare. >> donalden gauges in insults because he can't defend his substantive record. >> reporter: a recent poll shows trump points ahead of cruz. but with other gop contenders in single digits, scooping up other candidate support could be vital. the same polls showed hillary clinton with a 3-point lead over bernie sanders. if martin malley supporters can't bring together 15% of the vote in any caucus site, the clinton and sanders camps will fight for those votes to push themselves over the top. >> for those of you still weighing your options, i hope i'll be able to persuade you. >> reporter: on both sides it's battle between enthusiasm and freeway, with trump and sanders hitting a wave of nonestablish. fervor, while clinton and cruz organize highly organized campaigns on the ground. >> we will have coverage from iowa throughout the day. >>> two virginia students charged in connection with a virginia girl whose body was found saturday in carolina. a vigil was held s