diane eastabrook reports. >> reporter: marco rubio got a super star welcome in michigan one day after a bruising super-tuesday, less than a week before the michigan primary, the florida senator appealed to a crowd of nearly a thousand near detroit to block donald trump's path to the republican presidential nomination. >> what people are saying is please, everyone get together so we can keep this front runner from winning and destroying the republican party. [ cheers and applause ] >> believe me i am a unifier. >> reporter: trump is on a roll. he also has a commanding lead going into michigan's primary next week. stopping occasionally while

and diane eastabrook reports, the african american vote could be divisive. >> reporter: when it comeso campaigning for candidates. >> hi. >> hi. >> i'm out canvassing for bernie sanders. >> reporter: she has been doing it since she was seven. >> i have been campaigning over 35 years ago for jimmy carter's reelection. >> reporter: now a bernie sanders supporters she is trying to work her magic in milwaukee east african american neighborhoods. it's not going to be bernie? who is going to be? >> hilary. >> that sends chills down my spine. >> reporter: why are you supporting bernie in bernie speaks to my heart. it's time for economic justice. i am for economic justice, and that's what bernie speaks. >> reporter: with 96 delegates, wisconsin could be important to the sanders campaign, while hillary clinton lead sanders by nine points last november in a poll, sanders pulled ahead of clinton slightly in the most cent poll. >> a win in wisconsin which stands alone between the earlier primaries and the later, gives him an opportunity to reemerge and show that he can win in a midwestern state.

diane eastabrook has more. >> he referred to my hands, if they are small, something else must be smallguarantee you there is no problem. >> reporter: donald trump was on defense thursday night, standing up for his manhood, his policies, and his business decisions. >> he has spent a career of convincing americans that he is something they where not, now he is trying to do the same in exchange for their country. he talking about these great businesses that he has built. he inherited over a hundred million dollars -- >> wrong. >> reporter: trump faced a line of attacks as they teamed up in a last-stitch effort to top him. cruz challenged the businessman on his conservative credentials ] >> donald trump has written checks to hillary clinton, not once, not twice, not three times, ten times. >> reporter: the sharpest criticism of the night came from fox news moderators who did some digging. >> the deficit this year is $544 billion, your numbers don't add up, sir. >> i'm saying saving through negotiation throughout the economy, you will save $300 million a year. >> reporter: the moderators al

diane eastabrook reports. >> reporter: marco rubio got a super star welcome in michigan one day afterruising super-tuesday, less than a week before the michigan primary, the florida senator appealed to a crowd of nearly a thousand near detroit to block donald trump's path to the republican presidential nomination. >> what people are saying is please, everyone get together so we can keep this front runner from winning and destroying the republican party. [ cheers and applause ] >> believe me i am a unifier. >> reporter: trump is on a roll. he also has a commanding lead going into michigan's primary next week. stopping occasionally while supporters chanted his name, rubio blasted trump for praying on voter's fears. michigan has shed more than 200,000 manufacturing jobs in the past decade. >> these jobs are being sent to other countries, or they just don't pay enough anymore. times are difficult. we have to acknowledge that reality, but we should not take advantage of that reality. >> michigan defies easy labels, it is a traditional blue collar state, but it also is a state with a lot of

but as diane eastabrook explains, some of the teachers are questioning whether the union is doing the right thing. >> as the chicago teachers walk off, the parents have to make alternate plans. >> do you think that it's going to be inconvenient for parents. >> yes, but my daughter has special needs, and i'm going to keep her home on prism there's not of we can do. >> she thinks that it's necessary. >> we're showing that it doesn't matter, and the schools need to be funded and we can't take any more cuts here. >> reporter: it's a walk out over funding between rohm emanuel and the teacher's union, when the city closed six public schools. the latest battle is over a contract, the latest one was last spring. by law, the teachers can't strike until may, when a fact finding is completed. last year, they cited unfair labor practices. the union's president said that many delegates wanted a full-blown strike. >> we felt like, why don't we do a real strike now, and be done it. >> reporter: the chicago public schools said if there's a strike friday, the teachers will be breaking the law. >> when

>> reporter: diane eastabrook, al jazeera, milwaukee. >>> utah held its caucus on tuesday.t was donald trump's worst loss of the primary season. he got only 14% of the vote to ted cruz's 70. more moms were disgusted by trumps comments about muslims as michael shure found out, the two very different religions have forged an unlikely relationship. >> reporter: many americans associate utah with religion, though this isn't the religion one first thinks of. utah is nearly 65% mormon. here the dominance of that one religion has promoted a tolerance of islam. >> both of them, i guess the billions of muslims throughout the world, i think they are probably peace-loving people just like you and me. >> we believe that everyone is a child of god, and we believe in i think the same god. >> reporter: being muslim in america often means being viewed skeptically and having to answer for the action of a few. >> if you had an experience in your faith being mischaracterized, then you start with a certain scepticism. >> reporter: jim represents the mormon church on the salt lake interfaith ro

diane eastabrook is in chicago for us. ow big of a role will the economy play in tomorrow's primary? >> reporter: well, it could play a very big role. think about a week ago about what happened in michigan. bernie sanders hammered hillary clinton on jobs, trade, and the economy. and we carried that state, and in many respects the situation in illinois is more dire than it is -- excuse me -- in michigan. unemployment here is -- we have one of the highest unemployment rates in the nation, and the state is hemorrhaging jobs, which is causing a lot of frustration here. one day before illinois voters head to the polls, the first round of layoffs began at this plant in chicago. >> i have a daughter in college, and we have to scramble to figure out what we're going to do. >> reporter: that the plant's parent is moving the jobs to mexico rather than restoring this facility. >> when a company decides to leave, like nibisco is leaving, and they have gotten benefits from the city of chicago. >> we have to stop it, folks. i know how to

>> reporter: diane eastabrook, al jazeera, milwaukee. >>> about 250 people are now headed back to theiromes in northwest minnesota after a train derailment, tanker truck burst into flames after colliding with a freight train on thursday. it happened about 50 miles east of farfoe, north carolina. >>> this fall more than states plan to vote on possibly legalizing marijuana. the study is raising questions about long-term pot use. jake ward has more. >> reporter: states are making long-term changes to marijuana laws without knowing much about the long-term effects of the drug. and that's just because the research has not been done. >> we know way less about marijuana than we do tobacco and alcohol. you know, the -- the -- when a product is legal, it's -- in addition to being a lot easier to use, it's a lot easier to study. marijuana has always been a struggle, because people don't want to say they are using it because it is illegal. so we know far less than we should given how widely used it. >> reporter: while researchers have been able to look at something like alcohol use and it's relati

diane eastabrook, al-gaza strip, detroit. >>> the latest job numbers are out today, and they are positivebut it appears while you might be able to find a new job, you will likely be paid less. nobody wants to hear that? >> no. let's take a look and break it down. the economy added 242,000 jobs last month. that blew away analysts expectations. most economists were only looking for around 190,000. the unemployment remained unchanges at 4.9%. and what was encouraging about that is the number of people actively looking for jobs, that actually went up. however, there was a big sting in the tail with this report, and that was average hourly wages. they dropped $0.03 to $25.30 an hour, and when you look at the type of jobs that were created, a lot of them were in health care, and jobs that don't pay very well. so while the jobs machine is still humming along and really going at gang busters in the last month, is still the problem of wages. >> we're in the thick of a presidential race, how is this going to play out against that. >> you are likely going to see democrat take credit for the jobs mac

diane eastabrook is in chicago. diane? >> reporter: well, john, we saw last week in michigan how issues like jobs and trade can influence the voters, and we could see that play out again tomorrow in illinois. one day before illinois voters head to the polls, the first round of layoffs began at this plant in chicago. >> i have a daughter in college and we have to scramble to figure out what we're going to do. >> reporter: the parent company is moving half of the plant's 1200 jobs to mexico rather than renovate this 60 year old facility. the move is drawing fire from presidential candidates on the left and right. >> you know, when a company decides to leave, like they are leaving, and they have gotten tax benefits from chick and illinois to stay there, i'm going to claw back those benefits. >> we have to stop it, folks. i know how to stop it. >> reporter: jobs and the economy are front and center for many illinois voters this year. unemployment here is 6.1%, more than a percentage point higher than the national rate, it is a

. >> gotcha, diane eastabrook in detroit for us. >>> governor rick snyder is trying to fix the water crisis in flint. he said that the price tag has already topped $140 million. and he's asking for money to repair the infrastructure and make up for the hit economy. utah senator, mike lee, is stalling a bill. he said that lee has put a secret hold on the bill. nancy pelosi is about to lead a group of 20 on a fact finding trip to flint. the debate is being held in flint. >>> north korea is being provocative after sanctions. according to a south korea news agency, leader king jong un has ordered the nuclear arsenal to be placed on standby. yesterday, they fired two rockets into the sea toward japan. >> the news conference, the ministry of defense said a number of projectiles have been fired into the sea of the korean peninsula, but in south korea, they're reporting more fully. sometimes they get briefs from unnamed military officials and they're talking about a range of 100 to 150 kilometers, 8-9 projectiles, and it's unclear if they were short range missiles or perhaps a multi-rocket l

diane eastabrook is in detroit. >> hi. well, expect a spirited exchange inside the fox theatre, and there has been a spirited exchange outside the theatre. about 300 protesters have been out here for the past hour. demonstrating against donald trump. there are some people here that are in favour of john kasich, some demonstrating against the city of detroit for the way it's handling schools and against michigan governor rick schneider over the way the water crisis has been dealt with. they have primaries coming up, and it's crucial to win the states. rubio has only one minnesota. it's - so a lot of the political strategists that i talked to hope that the focus will be less on name calling that we have seen in some of the previous debates, and more focus on issues like immigration, and the economy. the debate will get under way in less than an hour or so. expect to see some fireworks inside of the fox theatre, in little less than an hour. >> cold outside, hot inside. all right. michigan has some real changes. what issues do

it's hard to say what might happen, that bernie sanders can pull it out here. >> diane eastabrook incago. thanks. >> let's go back to david shuster, for the latest numbers in the result center. political reports need to brush up on their maths. it becomes about the numbers of delegates. we have declared donald trump the winner. the splits by congressional district will term all the 69 delegates at stake. if he wins every congressional district. that will be important in terms of the number. here is the latest number in missouri. you can see too close to call. let's call it even. because missouri's proportional. because they split the 52 delegates, they both get closer to the numbers they need. here is the overall count. this is something close to watch. donald trump with 150. by the end of the night. around 7-00. 720. keep in mind na there's 900 delegates to be awarded the rest of the way. there's 19 contests. eight of them are proportional. let's assume for arguments sake that ted cruz was to win every of the winner take all and all the proportional context. because he's winning 45%