ted lou of los angeles is one of the sponsors of the bill in congress. he said smartphone encryption should be legislated at the federal level to make it consistent nationwide. police say banning encryption will help fight crime and terrorism. >>> a state lawmaker from the north bay believes medical marijuana could be a moneymaker for california. democratic senator mike mcgwire introduced a bill that would impose a 15% tax on medicinal pot sold in california. many medical marijuana dispensaries already pay california's 7.5% sales tax. last year that alone generated nearly $5 million for califor a california. >>> virgin galactic plan to roll out space ship 2 later this month, a new vehicle the government hopes to one day take tourists into space. it comes 15 1/2 months after an earlier incarnation was destroyed in a test flight killing one of the pilots. despite that, the dream of sending tourists to the edge of space and beyond is very much alive. space tourism companies are employing designed including winged vehicles, vertical rockets with capsules and

lou: from the campaign trail, joining us the communications director for senator ted cruz, rick tyleru with us. >> lou, how are you? >> i'm great. and thank you for asking. i know you're great, you're looking at some numbers that show some movement in south carolina. you're still 16 points back. are you confident you can close? >> we've got a great ground game in south carolina. 10,000 volunteers, average 10,000 door knocks a day, 27,000 phone calls and 14,000 door knocks. that's how we won iowa and placed third in new hampshire. hoping for a good ahead. donald trump is quite out ahead, we'll be working hard. we said we would win in early state or place second out of third in two of three. we gotten third and won one of the states, we're confident where we are. lou: as you well know but to bring the audience up to date, donald trump saying today he's suing senator cruz on the basis of eligibility. your reaction. >> frankly, i don't believe anything donald trump says he's going to do or do, i'll believe it when i see it, his words seem to be awfully empty. so he's got nothing to sue fo

lou: ted cruz is dismissing the criticism. >> i hardly think is -- donald trump is insulting me. he can have his criticism that is fine. lou: also tonight bernie sanders, he is a little upset with hillary clinton, over who is more progressive, listen to sanders answer a question about whether he sees clinton as a progressive. >> some days, yes. except when she announces shia -- then i guess she is not a progressive. i think it hard to be a real progressive, and to take on the establishment in the way that i think has to be taken. when you become as depend as she has threw her super pac and other ways on wall street. lou: clinton firing back on twitter, a 40-year-old record of progressive results boil down to quote, some days. election season getting heated we take it up with former reagan white house placal director ed rollins. matt slap and conservative commentator. cathy lynn taylor, and florida governor rick scott tonight declaring a health emergency in 4 florida counties, because of the zika virus. at least 9 cases of the mosquito-borne illness have been reported there. we exa

ted cruz's renee. what may turn out to be the most numeral is here the bible has upstaged the city. lou: thank you very much carl cannon. coming up we will be taking up the likely effect of trump counter attempts with pope francis on this race. here's pastor robert jeffers with his assessment. first of all i highlighted trump's position on wanting to keep america safe with border security and look i think a lot of americans have great respect for the pope that both catholics and evangelicals want to keep this nation safe and when it comes to doing that i think they are going to depend more on trump's policies in the pope's policy of an open border. lou: we will be talking with the pastor later in the broadcast. you don't want to miss it. a busy day for president obama he spent much of the day lecturing governors about the need for you guessed it, more gun control. earlier this year i took some steps that will make it harder for dangerous people like this individual. clearly we need to do more. we are going to keep innocent americans safe. that's an area where we also need to partner thi

lou: the medieval issue. >> they were attacking frontrunner now ted cruz is doing it, what a shame, wek at jail time. >> i feel that barbie or doll looks like a hybri a hybrid between ted cruz and donald trump, if you were a child you could confuse that doll. lou: last thing you want is confusion over dolls. >> easy way to remember trump is one that tried to take old lady's property it build a parking garage for his limb seeps. limousines. lou: but relented and as i understand. >> relented. lou: he was told to back off. >> by the court. lou: she took a half million, which is less. >> charles manson has relented from killing people. lou: if he ran this year, manson, i would be more interested in talking about him with you, you pop culture savant. on sanders and basketball. this is historic. here he goes, one -- and their. it would be nice if we be see the whole -- there you go. take my word for first 2. look at this man, he is a machine. unbelievable. >> and you thought rubio was a robot. lou: i beg your towar pardon, you tooka wonderful athletic% operformance and sully it with an insul

ted cruz. the sec primaries were supposed to be to his big deal. lou >> the south is supposed to be his area. if he only wins texas and underperforms and doesn't win in any other state in the south -- which, unfortunately, i would expect -- it's still going to be a pretty bad night for him. lou: yeah. it's stunning to see those numbers out of florida. marco rubio has got to be just pulling his hair out here to see a 16-point lead for donald trump in his home state. >> right. and this is another poll that blows through the idea that there's a trump ceiling at 30 or 35%. now, there's another -- lou: by the way, a very narrow feeling amongst the commentary. i don't think many folks in the real world bought into that. >> well, yeah. it always seemed a little unlikely to me because every front runner in a multi-candidate race gets about 33 or so. that's what mitt romney was winning. and then as you rack up the momentum, you go hire. now, there's a florida poll that showed it closer, seven points, but he's still behind in his own state. i think what's likeli

lou: get ready. tedruz sounding like a trump supporter during a campaign stop in greenville, south carolina today. the senator from texas explaining the appeal of trump and why, as he put it, he gets it. >> look, everyone gets why someone would support trump. you're ticked off, ticked off at washington, washington is corrupt, and trump feels like a way to tell washington go jump in a lake. i get that. that makes sense to me. lou: there it is. the rationale for supporting the front-runner. joining us political reporter for "daily beast" betsy woodruff. good to have you here. editor of "national review," fox news contributor, rich lowry, and catholic league president dr. bill donahue, and it is great to have you, bill. >> thank you so much. lou: let's start with first, and betsy, i turn to you first. this idea that trump has somehow had a bad debate performance -- la-da-da-da. every piece that tries to take him down are total fiction it appears, is there a portion of the political press covering his campai

lou: that wasn't because cruz stole all the caucuses? >> tedes, the caveats here. people attacked him, it didn't happen in new hampshire. cruz has effective ads against trump, going at populist appeal the way he tried to take this poor woman's house for a limo parking lot at one of his casinos, and that's i think if you are going to dent trump, that's what you have to do. lou: it's sort of interesting. you're going to have the spectacle of jeb bush, a moneyed scion of a vastly powerful political family in this country, going after donald trump for being, what, successful? is that what we're saying here? >> he's tried a lot of different tactics. attacking donald trump for not being sufficiently conservative or conservative at all. i'm reminded of bill clinton. lou: i don't know that there's a great claim to be had for donald trump being conservative. >> he doesn't make it for himself now, apparently the latest tweets. he thinks the conservatives have disappointed the bait. lou: what do you think? >> zero case for him being conservative, but a lo

lou: ted cruz got a little fouled up on this issue.alking about an appointment anthony kennedy in 1988 he was the fact nominated and approved; correct? >> we went through three attempts at that point in time. the vacatecy had been there for three years and he was third one. lou: and considered the great tragedy. and you wanted bork to go first. >> i wanted bork to go because i thought it would get the second judge -- the third judge would be the tougher battle. i thought the first italian america could settle through and be the choice on bork. brilliant lawyer. unfortunately, he had too much stuff and they took him out pretty easy. lou: and do you know the republicans will hold the line on the line that mitch mcconnell and senator chairman of the committee? >> any republican who walks away from this line will basically pay a very heavy price. i think this is going to be the battle of the next -- i hope whoever they name has a full-time job because they're not going to get -- i think to a certain extent will be a big part of the campaig

ted cruz. we take it up with michael goodwin and rebecca berg here next. lou: donald trump attacking ted cruz ahead of tomorrow morning's debate. ted cruz tweeting this. lying cruz put out a statement. trump and rubio are with obama on gay marriage. cruz is the worst thrier or crazy. how can ted cruz can an evangelical christian when he lies so much. the pulitzer freeze-winning columnness. in all of this, trump is following an approach, a strategy that has worked brilliantly for him. >> cruz is canadian. remember that? that was one of the earlier lines. he dropped that one. lou: i think the class is paying attention. >> obviously he reads the polls like everyone else and sees cruz is probably the on person who can threaten him in south carolina so he's going right at him to push him back. >> as we look at these polls, cruz is the closest. >> closer but not close. >> again we are talking 16 points. but rubio and bush -- >> i think trump has such a lead among all the demographics including many of the evangelicals that he pretty much cut everybody else off from

ted cruz as well. it would prove to be a distraction and she may be successful with it. lou tim cook is playing sort of a tough guy for corporate america saying he's bigger than the governor defying a federal court order to help the f.b.i. in a case of obvious national security. your reaction? >> look, i'm colling to you via an apple. i have got i phones in my pocket. there is a delay on that apple product, by the way. >> oh, well. i mean, i don't want tim cook protecting a terrorist. i have apple products. i rely on their ability to keep me secure in my information to what extent that's valuable. but there is no flown the world we can't figure out who else syed farook was talking to. if it's on an apple phone, i think it's tim cook's obligation to somehow get that information to the f.b.i. if he has to shoot the programmer who did it or burn the building down, i don't care. lou: i agree with you, by the way. i don't know about the latter part of that. >> i err on the side of privacy with all things like this. that's just my nature. but there has to be way to do this properl

lou: quickly now, senator ted cruz is holding a rally in piedmont, south carolina, as i said, listens saying right now. >> we will do it together. [cheers and applause] >> in the days that follow, i will go to congress, and we will repeal every word of obamacare. [applause]. lou: tell you one thing, the folks in piedmont are pretty revved up and energized around the cruz candidacy. standing ovations, we haven't seen a lot of it. seen huge crowds but to see standing ovations looks like good indicators for the senator from texas. >>> joining me now forbes media editor and editor in chief, steve forbes. this has to bring back old times to you, on the campaign trail trying to revthem up and get them out to vote, which is precisely what cruz did in iowa, impressive ground game performance? >> it's going to be studied in the future, those who want to caucus states what cruz did starting 2 1/2 years ago, getting names, people on the ground. something rubio didn't do to a great extent, and trump hardly did it at all. lou: and now, with trump in second place, it becomes a somewhat more impres

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lou: gracious of you to say that. >> thank you. big night for ted cruz wherever he falls.ause he does not want this to be a cruz-trump-rubio race. he wants the so-called establishment line to be as confused and crowded as possible. and looks like that's what we're going to get tonight. lou: all right, thank you, both for being here. >> thank you. lou: and don't forget to follow me on twitter at lou dobbs news, "like" me on facebook, follow me at lou dobbs tonight. >>> incredible video now coming out of mexico. eight gopro cameras were able to capture the moment that a former mexican navy battleship was deliberately sunk. that noise you heard, the beginning of that sad ending. the ship to form an artificial reef at the rosarito underwater park. the first of four ships to be sunk to form the park where divers will dive on the reef and enjoy the tourist attraction that's about to be created. the park will feature pir missed and underwater atlantis and a tribute to the titanic. up next, fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt with us, as early results come in from new

lou dobbs. donald trump and ted cruz are on the attack with just 12 hours to go before polls close in south carolinather, open. trump is trying to make sure he wins by double digits as polls suggest he will. and cruz is hoping that the conservative coalition that boosted him to victory in iowa will do the same tomorrow. and the attacks, they just keep coming. >> you talk about people that lie, this ted cruz, this is the biggest lie year i've -- liar i've ever seen. i'll tell you what was good, even marco rubio said he's a liar. and when a politician says another politician's a liar, i never heard that before.

lou dobbs. donald trump and ted cruz are on the attack with just 12 hours to go before polls close in south carolina trying to make sure he wins by double digits as polls suggest he will. and cruz is hoping that the conservative coalition that boosted him to victory in iowa will do the same tomorrow. and the attacks, they just keep coming. >> you talk about people that lie, this ted cruz, this is the biggest lie year i've -- liar i've ever seen. i'll tell you what was good, even marco rubio said he's a liar. and when a politician says another politician's a liar, i never heard that before.

lou: i have to say ted cruz said that marco rubio is the anointed one by the national media and the nationalfred. and you can brush that aside until you look down at the copy. when trump had 38%, he was frozen at 38% according to the new hampshire media, and now that he's losing some, you know, a few points he's losing ground. you know, this would drive any candidate nuts, but in particular trump. what more do you think we will be witnessing here? >> well, look, i mean, trump needs to win in new hampshire. i think he will. the bigger the margin, the better he is. he's ahead in all the polls in all the other states, he's ahead in south carolina, that comes next, and he needs to do well in new hampshire. his lead is so big that it's very hard, i think, for marco rubio or anybody else to cut in it in a way that really would jeopardize trump's chances of winning. but, look, trump has to be careful. i think he made a big mistake by using the f-word and things like that while campaigning and speaking in public. i mean, just because he's been able to do things that other candidates can't -- lou: it

ted cruz hasn't shown his either. so you are opening up a can of worms. taxes. what did i say? lout like to know whose idea it was to send the after and attack dog mitt romney on to the campaign trail. >> it's over, trump is the no knee. i have seen people couple with waves, if this happens and this happens then rubio will be the no knee. it's over, forget, it's trump. >> i would like cruz to drop and all the votes go to rubio. lou: do you think rubio would be a great president. >> i'm torn. define great. you are great, but no one can measure up to you. lou: thank you very much for that. moving ahead. in our online poll, 7% said the f.b.i. and the justice department do not have sufficient integrity whether to decide to prosecute hillary clinton. good night from new york. kennedy: i'm watching the unmanageable become real. if you told me zombies would walk among us and snack and time fas square brains i would have considered that more likely than the transcendence of donald trump. as the sweet nectar of nevada dribbles down the chin of your next president. donald not only won among

. ♪ lou: republican presidential candidate ted cruz turning his attention from rival donald trump in iowa ad. cruz is now targeting rubio, labeling him the gop's answer to president obama. >> they called ted cruz obama's nemesis because cruz fought obamacare, said no to big spending, stopped amnesty in its tracks. caucus for cruz to undo obama's damage. marco rubio's different. the republican obama, who championed obama's amnesty and led the "gang of eight." lou: that to me is confusing ad but that is just me. former reagan white house political director, republican strategist ed rollins will help us straighten that out as will pulitzer prize-winning columnist for the "new york post," michael goodwin. good to have you here, gentlemen. that is lousy ad, what do you think? >> point fingers with whole lousy ads with here bush spent over $70 million, and not one single ad i can remember, most money of anybody in the campaign. lou: only i've been keeping track of which ads have exclamation mark after jeb apwhich don't. >> do not matter. none of them worked. rubio starting to make strack s

lou dobbs. donald trump and ted cruz are on the attack with just 12 hours to go before polls close in south carolinather, open. trump is trying to make sure he wins by double digits as polls suggest he will. and cruz is hoping that the conservative coalition that boosted him to victory in iowa will do the same tomorrow. and the attacks, they just keep coming. >> you talk about people that lie, this ted cruz, this is the biggest lie year i've -- liar i've ever seen. i'll tell you what was good, even marco rubio said he's a liar. and when a politician says another politician's a liar, i never heard that before.

lou dobbs. it's been 48 hours since donald trump conceded iowa to ted cruz. but not so fast.tion to be held or cruz votes to be nullified. trump and carson and others accusing the cruz campaign of dirty tricks. cruz campaign told voters ben carson was exiting the race. cruz calls it all a misunderstanding. trump says no we need a new caucus. >> what he did is unthinkable. he said the man tlaefts and said it duri

lou: 71% of you say governor abbott's endorsement of ted cruz will do no more to help him than governor haley's did for marco rubio. kennedy: well, you have to be out of your mind to run for president. and i'm watching an also ran try to trip up the frontrunner in a crazy sprint. mitt romney is going after donald trump after taxes and the irony is so rich it may name a building after itself. rich people don't like anyone peeping into their finances. when romney lagged with his finances in 2012, harry reid took to the floor to start big foot rumors that romney had been funneling his money. >> the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for 10 years. he has money hidden in bermuda and the kay main islands. -- and the cayman islands. kennedy: if romney is going to ride his lily white horse into the battle it seems he would have picked a different battle. >> we have reason to believe there is a bombshell in mitt romney's taxes. either he isn't as wealthy as he says he is or maybe he hasn't paid the taxes he's expected to pay for maybe he hasn't given the money to the vets that he says he has.

lou and sore real has more on the messages coming from new hampshire. >> reporter: ted u.s. cruz is trying to convince voters he is not a one state wonder. >> the way we did it in iowa is how we're working to do it in new hampshire, is how we're working to do it in south carolina. >> reporter: governor christie is pulling out the punches on senator marco rubio saying he is a first term senator who never managed anything. >> he has been a united states senator for five years. five years. and for two of those years he's been running for president. >> reporter: analysts say rubio is looking more like the mainstream candidate. >> vote for me because i will unite the republican party. movement. we will have differences. we're walking through them right now in the primary but we cannot win if we're divided. >> reporter: donald trump is dominating the polls polls in new hampshire. >> i was told by everybody do not go to iowa. you could never finish even in the top ten. >> reporter: governor jeb bush is looking for any kind of momentum. >> new hampshire has a tendency to reset the r

lou dobbs. it's been 48 hours since donald trump conceded iowa to ted cruz. but not so fast. he ae's callint dirty tricks and saying carson is exiting the race and saying, no, we need a new caucus. to be happy that we won iowa! hkt over who is more progressive. listen to sanders answer a question about whether he sees clinton as a progressive. >> he has great pause to be a -- she has big pause to be a progressive when you become dependent on her super pac and other ways on wall street. >> clinton fired back on twitter tweeting a 40-year-old record of progressive results boiled down to some days. we'll take it up with ed rollins and conserve union, and conservative taylor tonight the florida governor calling an emergency because of nine viruses and checking to see whether the obama administration is doing anything at all to protect us. we're joined by fox news trirbt, ed rollins. you've seen more than a few of these. what do you think? >> trump is going to win in new hampshire, i'm sure of that. his poll numbers are big and bernie sanders will win there and a lot of campaigns

ted is tougher. i'll tell you he's actually tougher and smarter in all fairness. lou from the front-runner. executive editor from the weekly standard and fox news contributor fred barns and former white house advisor kathy lynn taylor. good to have you both here. >> thank you . >> thank you. lou: and the great news of the day was the stunning endorsement from chris christie of donald trump. your reaction. >> well, i think it gives chris christie a job in the private sector at the end of the day. and i don't think it's as notable as folks are making it out to be. chris christie is coming off a campaign with pretty unfavorable ratings at home. lou: uh-huh. >> and he's an establishment gop, and i think he figures i'll align myself with the front-runner. if it works out well -- lou: i thought you bushies were all compassionate conservatives. >> from some point of view of course he doesn't deliver much. he doesn't deliver a big delegate state, i don't think it does a whole lot for trump something. charles: do you agree, fred? >> no. i don't agree. here's what christie deli

. >> hey, lou, where is ted cruz in all this?ad of super tuesday, texas being critical with 155 of those critical delegates for the cruz campaign. >> i think if he gets a majority in texas, i would be surprised. i think if one wants to speak about temperament and the ability to forge relationships, ted cruz is certainly not one person who has been able to do that in his career. i think that senator cruz is a very intelligent guy but i think he lacks the basic skills necessary to be able to do the kinds of deals that are necessary in government. i don't think he'll be able to foster those relationships. in the senate, he has not been able to do it. he hand gotten one u.s. senator to even endorse him. you would think somebody who sits in that chamber would have that ability to do. and that really speaks for it. so i think he is in trouble and i think the people of texas are -- >> we have to leave it there. lou, thank you. katie, appreciate your time. i home you both have a very nice weekend. what an unbelievable day on the campaign

lou dobbs. it's been 48 hours since donald trump conceded iowa to ted cruz. but not so fast.ula 1 is calling for a new election to be held or cruz votes to be nullified. trump and carson and others accusing the cruz campaign of dirty tricks. cruz campaign told voters ben carson was exiting the race. cruz calls it all a misunderstanding. trump says no we need a new caucus. >> what he did is unthinkable. he said the man tlaefts and said

. >> good evening, i am lou dobbs it has been 48 hours since donald trump conceded iowa to ted cruz, now the republican frontrunner is calling for a new election to be held or cruz votes to be nullified. trump and carson and others accusing the cruz campaign of dirty trick, cruz allowing his campaign to tell voters that ben carson was exciting the race and to vote for cruz, cruz calls it a misunderstanding, trump said, no, we need a new caucus. >> what he did is unthinkable,