florida, 69 % of the vote counted. fast count in florida. in the marco rubio war-room and looking at these numbers, that's incredibly steep math to look up when you're at 70% of the vote. donald trump filling in the map everywhere except marco rubio's home, miami-dade county, marco rubio is from west miami. 75% of the vote in there. marco rubio with a healthy lead back home here. if you look at the rest of the state, it's quite bleak. i was talking to people earlier today who said, wolf, actually marco rubio a couple weeks back got warnings from friends that the florida operation wasn't in top shape, checked in his staff and told him not to worry. if the results keep up like this tonight, senator rubio not a happy camper. can he stay on if the numbers hold up and has a disappointing huge loss in his home state in the expectation is that will not be the case. if you flip over to the democratic side, this is filling in just as hillary clinton would have liked it. it's a big basket of delegates. she's winning just about everywhere. some bernie

its primary day in florida. this winner take all state is the biggest price for the gop. >> it's also do or die for marco rubio and governor john kasich or try to win their home states. marco rubio is a distant second place. donald trump has 43% and marco rubio 24%. >> marybel rodriguez is at a polling station with details. >> reporter: volunteers are getting ready for the voters to arrive at 7 am. and regardless of the pulling numbers he remains optimistic to win his home state. he be -- met with supporters all over the state yesterday. he arrived home in west miami to a roaring crowd. the ultimate -- he was optimistic he came in florida. >> i wanted to be part of this and i cannot wait tomorrow to say before you and give thanks for helping us win florida. >> reporter: he chose to spend what could be his last night as a candidate blocks away from where his political career started as a west miami commissioner. his homecoming to not come without drama. first producer kenny holtz took to his truck to announce rub

it comes down to florida. it always comes down to florida. 99 delegates will be award next monday here in florida. 99 delegates. all at tbhuns one place and a need to you come out and vote. if you come out and vote. we are going to win fla flamplet we'll take 99 delegates and i'm going to be the nom neef the republican party. >> now there are people spreading rumors we're going to end our campaign. let me tell you somethingly. be on the ballot on tuesday. iebl campaigning as long as it takes. and we're going to the w wte house. we're going to win this nomination. >> reporter: and take a look the ability board here at the stadium. time rung out for marco rubio. if he is going to overtake donald trump in the. >> primary and 45 the nun number the president, if he succeeds president obama. >> we're coming up with more on 7 news. i'm live in hialeah. alex diprato. 7 news. >> >> belkeys: govenor kasich campaigning in illinois this afternoon. >> craig: he is hoping for big wins in the midwest including next tuesday.

in florida on tuesday. >> god bless miami. >> i'm not spending time in florida. we are going wig with team 7 coverage. >> right now on south florida's the. >>> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever and while today my campaign is suspended t-the fact that i have even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is. >> you heard it there. it is over for florida's junior senator. he was banking on a victory inhis home state. hello everyone. >> this contest not even close. donald trump didn't just win. he dominated florida.( hillary clinton made it look easy as well with nearly double the amount of votes as bernie sanders here in the sunshine state. we have coverage from miami-dade all the way up to palm beach butp we begin with patrick frazier and the latest numbers. patrick. >> all right. state of florida turned their ba on rubio and pointed the finger at donald trump. donald trump won the republican florida 46-27 nearly 19 percentage points ahead of e u.s. senator from florida a surprisingly easy victory for donald trump. n

the demographic for florida presents florida as an entirely different and new landscape. in fact, it has been the case that there has been a declining number of hispanics in florida registers as republicans. the states that are going to be important in this election, in addition to florida, are colorado, nevada and new mexico. sates with sizeable increases in latino population, and how it is that they will vote, and guarantee the chance that either a republican or a democrat will win in those very critical states. >> very quickly before we go to another break, evelyn, if i gave you a lot of money, could you raise the hispanic turnout in florida? is it just investment or is it investment plus other things? >> well, i'll give you a perfect example for today. governor rick scott, our florida governor, endorsed donald trump. well, if we look at 2014, it was something that nobody ever thought he would have a chance of winning. but he invested so much in the media, and the media in spanish, and actually, he started early. a lot of the media in spanish in florida are asking why

that starts in florida. we're focussed in winning on florida.co can win here on tuesday, then we can stop donald trump and marco can be the republican nominee. >> i want to put a fine point on it. to be clear, pause you're calling on kasich and cruz voters to vote for rubio. will you right now tell supporters of marco rubio in ohio to vote for john kasich? >> yeah. i think i'm just stating the obvious. if you're a republican primary voter in ohio and you want to defeat donald trump, your best chance in ohio is john kasich because he's the sitting governor and close to trump in some of the polls. the same is true in florida. if you want to defeat donald trump in florida, there's 99 delegates at stake, you need to vote for rubio. he's the only one with a mathematical shot, and a good shot of beating trump here. >> your answer to john, and rubio supporters in ohio should vote for kasich, your answer is yes? >> my answer is john kasich is the one candidate in ohio that can beat donald trump. that's stating the obvious. if you're a voter primary vote

florida.inois and missouri also closing at eight. so let me say good evening, everybody, i'm lou dobbs, and welcome to what will be a fascinating evening, we are sure. high stakes tonight for the republican presidential candidates, particularly front-runner donald trump. he's already added the northern mariana islands' nine delegates to his side of the ledger. if trump is able to win florida and ohio, it would put significant pressure on establishment rivals like marco rubio and john kasich to drop out of the race. and while trump is running close to kasich in ohio, he believes he can pull out a win. >> be he has lost -- he has lost every single state he's been in, and i tell you what -- in terms of the presidential. he's done very, very poorly, and i've spent a lot of time in ohio. i was there last night in youngstown, and i want to tell you, he is not such a popular guy. he approved nafta, he's now trying to approve tpp which is a total disaster. nafta destroyed ohio, took the businesses out

if you look at florida and cut it in four slices, you have south florida, central florida, the panhandle confident with south florida. he's working feverishly in central florida. with his win in puerto rico, he feels he has some momentum. yesterday, good news for marco rubio in terms of some of the puerto rican leaders there, they gave their support to senator rubio, and today, this morning, as a matter of fact, the venezuelan community is also behind senator rubio. good news for him today. >> patricia, you been tweeting about the rubio's early voting push in his neighborhood. realistically, does he have a shot? also, early voting including the ballot included jeb bush in there. and a lot of folks who voted for him essentially can't vote again, you can't vote twice, most of the time. does he have a shot? >> early on, rubio's campaign, while bush was in the race, and the absentee ballots had been mailed, tried to go on radio and tell people we still have contests to go. don't rush in your ballot. if you're on the fence, because maybe your candidate will be gone by the time that florida co

see, with all the places i could pick, i picked florida. i want to pick florida. so, we all love florida. but i hear these people and they talk about the general election. look, the general election's very important, but i'm the one that's going to beat her. and i will say this, the one person that she does not want to run against is trump. you know, she got a dose -- i didn't -- i haven't even -- folks, i'm beating her in many polls. i'm beating her in many polls. and i haven't even started yet. i haven't started with her yet. only once, only once, four weeks ago she said something about me being sexist. remember? and i'll tell you the press treated me very unfairly. because right after she said that i attacked her and bill -- and bill. we talked about the word. we came up with the word, a very true word, enabler. do you know what enabler is? and we talked about bill you mean to tell me i'm bad but her husband's okay? maybe one of the worst in the history of politics, right? and i had to put up -- okay. this was a disaster for them. i guarantee you they had one o

from donald trump's florida home. this room inside the palm beach county convention center will soon turn into a rally. democratic toronto runner hillary clinton in north carolina for part of this primary day, sounding confident for her lead in the polls and taking aim at front-runner donald trump. >> for the bigotry that he's emplifying on the campaign trail is disturbing to most americans. >> reporter: clinton would come closer to locking up the democratic nomination with a win tonight, and taking to social media earlier today, urgin voters to find their friends on facebook and make sure they get to the polls today. a big night all around. more than 200 delegates up for grabs on the democratic side. and for the democrats, it is not winner take all. let's talk about hillary clinton's opponent, senator bernie sanders now, his supporters at a watch party down in miami, where dan krouth is. hey, dan. >> reporter: hey, steve. i'm standing inside his campaign headquarters right now. this place is usually packed with volun

it always comes down to florida. 99 delegates are going to be awarded next monday here in florida. in one place, i need you to come out and vote. if you come out and vote we are going to win florida, we are going to take 99 delegates and i will be the nominee of the republican party. don't know what is happening this year, these people are obsessed in iowa they were saying ben carson is going to drop out, now people spreading rumors we are going to end our cam paper,ly will be on the ballot on tuesday and campaign as long and as hard it takes we are going to the white house, we are going to win this nomination. we worry about the dirty trick, so if anything calls you and anyone tells you, marco rubio is getting out, you tell them you heard it from me, they are lying to you, we are going to work as hard as it takes, we are going to win florida and win the nomination. it's worth it. because what is at stake is the future of america. it always is in these elections after 8 years of barack obama america, if we don't deal with it now, it maybe too late. i know of no community that under

florida is critical. whoever wins florida in my opinion, whoever wins the primary on tuesday in florida is probably going to be the republican nominee. >> you said if it doesn't work out. if you're no the winner on tuesday in the state of florida, until the convention? yet. and hopefully won't have to make that decision because we'll win florida. i do believe -- do, the winner nominee. it is a state that awards 99 delegates and one big chunk. up to this point, for example, in virginia, i lost to donald trump by a point and a half but i got 16, he got 17. in florida, if i win by one vote, i get 99 delegates all atat once. that's how important florida is. >> every vote counts. > every vote counts in florida. and that's why we need high turnout in south frida especially. >> let's'salk about a brokered convention. what does that mean and what % would happen? >> that's a misnomer. there is no such t`ing as a brokered convention. you have a contested conventn. nobody has majority of the delegates, so second bal

now all eyes onon florida. three candidates here in south florida. >> florida, florida, florida. winner takes all march 15th. you have florida and ohio up. i believe that there's a calling right now thatt looks like minnesota has opinion called for senator marco rubio. that's according to the associated press. this is critical he can have one win and we have ted cruz that have three at this point. winner takes all. we're talking about 99 delegates. naks a difference. not taking this for guaranteed. you can expect a big battle between donald trump and marco. >> we've heard everythinin can marco rubio still do th? only one state if it is projected to go in his favor. can he still do it? >> it's possible. politically, it's nothing is impossible. it is quite a challenge. you look tonight that if he look at numbers as they stand, donald trump has 247 delegates. ted cruz 175. marco rubio has 120. he could do it but he can't afford any mistakes. it's not necessarily mistakes. we see 50% of those voting today who are republic say they are very angry with the republican party which means

in the state of florida.ad to the half hour where we may be able to reveal the first winners of the night. when polls are closed down in ohio and north carolina. the presidential candidates in both parties are battling for nearly a third of the delegates needed to win their respective nominations. it's a critically important night. we're watching all of this very closely. jake, i've got to tell you, we're going to get the official numbers very, very soon. the first official numbers released by the state of florida. >> that's right. any minute now. on this make-or-break super tuesday, we have correspondents at all the candidates' headquarters, they're standing about i right now. let's go to jim acosta at trump headquarters in palm beach, florida.

even whe it reaches florida, it is expected to wash out before crossing through south florida. that front will not be able to bring us cooler temperatures next week. we expect drier air. that'll be good, but no cold air expected with that front. you can see just aowhow clear the skies have been today. here's a look at your forecast for the next seven days. not as windy tomorrow. saturday looks to be partly cloudy. maybe a 10% chance of a sprinkle. sunday though 20%, 25%, maybe 30% chance of rain on your sunday. 83 will be a high. still a chance for a shower on monday. it dries out, but it stays warm. temperatures still in the mid 80s. >>> thank you. >> there are new cases ofhe zika virus right here in florida has people calling the . >>> six new cases of the zika virus r rorted today. that brings florida's total to 58 travel-related ses. more than half are here in south florida. >> that's made more people aware about the potential for mosquito breeding grounds. >>e are here with more on the calls we've been getting from people concernen about abandoned tires and green swimming

mid 70s central florida. cooler mid to upper 60s around the big ben and panhandle. 60s for atlanta, memphis, 70s new orleans and houston, 40s in dc, big apple, there is the cold air as high pressure is taking over the western half of the country. 30s denver, salt lake city. west coast, 55 la, 39 in seattle. it is a mess across portions of the carolinas, midatlantic and the west coast is getting drenched, especially the pacific northwest and rockies. the threat for severe weather will be across the midwest and great lakes region and we are seeing tons of wintery weather across the northeast and new england areas . quite the contrast here in south florida as it will feel spring like, almost summer like with when you factor high humidity it could feel like 90s. a couple showers could sneak in here or there. boater seas 1-2, light chop, around 70 degrees. this week we stay warm, 60s and low 70s. st. patrick's day thursday, 85. we have the fair opening up and into friday, we will start to see a slightly better cha

people at a florida a&m event. mr. clinton was trying to win over as many as florida's youngest voters who will be taking part in theirjfirst election this year. >>> the stakes are high in tomorrow's floida primary. it's a make or break situation for the candidates on both sides, but for republicans it is a winner take all battle for 99 delegates. what does that mean? it means whoever gets the most votes winning by a margin of one or one million, that candidate nabs all 99 of florida delegates. we're tracking the delegates. so far donald trump has 460, cruz 370, rubio 163, kasich 63. 1,237 delegates with neede to get the gop nomination. 2,383 delegates are needed to hillary clinton holds 1,231. you can access the delegate tracker anytime from the palm of your hand on the nbc 6 news and weather app. it's in our decision 2016 section. plus, it's the best place to get in-depth write-ups about the presidential election. tonight, we will have live team coverage in a spial edition of "impact" at 7:00 p.. send us your pics us

city to the sweet 16 against florida in dallas. they were the cinderella story. last night the eagles returned to the big dance with a playing game that beat fairleigh dickinson. >>> nit tourney, gators with a blowout over north florida and fsu beat davidson 84-74, take my word for it. and finally the rays put infielder logan forsyth on the day-to-day list. he was beamed in the left arm by a fastball. nor siege was in obvious pain. he'll be out for a few days. phillies beat the rays, final 5- 2. that's your morning sports update. enjoy your day. >>> derailment cause. coming up at 5:00 -- the unreported crash authorities are blaming for the train derailment in kansas monday. >> a tragic accident, just ahead, the simple movement one little girl did that could have her spending life in a >>> for the forecast in pinellas, you're still in school spring break, not until next week. so the fog issues. still there. very early, sunrise, 8:00 70 degrees. no rain today. 81 as we head into the early afternoon hours. extended forecast and a lot

guns off the street in south florida. a violent sport is taking a stand against gun violence in hopes of making our neighborhoods safer. >> reporter: trina, saturday morning this parking lot here at the jordon grove missionary baptptt church will be crowded with people turning in guns in exchanan for money. in the wake of so many shootings involving young people in the community in the past year or so, this is an effort to get guns out of circulation and the organizers are pulling no punches. so much agony. we all see it these people are trying to do something about it. >> we need you gys to turn in guns. we need the community from all over miami-dade county to show up and show out because too many young people have been shot or killed by senseless gun violence. >> reporter: reverend jerome buyback events since last year when his niece was killed by a stray bullet years ago. >> it's a shame that a kid has to be killed for t t community to get involved. >> it's everywhere. let's not w wt until the problem comes to your bac

today it is florida's turn. voters will head to the polls today for the florida primary. it's a big day. we we're lex team coverage. maybe you're fighting with the kids to get them out of bed, but in the meantime thinking about heading to the polls todaynd at what time u'll be able to get to your polling place. >> first we want a check with your weather. ryan, should they expect any problems as they are heading the the polls? >> the only problem early this morning, just within the first few hours of our day, patchy fog developing overnight and now laying low across southwest that's the hot spot for this. visibility now reduced. we've got zero visibility report just in now in the homestead and florida city area. just use some caution here on the turnpike coming out of southwest miami-dade. you get into miami. visibility is okay. over five miles there. that's much the same across broward county. so no widespread dense fog. the visibility is just fine looking towards the aaa. skies are clear in ft. lauderdale and miami-dade. a few clouds in key west. that's about it. that br

florida, illinois and north carolina. missouri still undecided. >> hillary clinton winning florida, north carolina, and ohio. illinois and missouri on the democratic side still too close to call. >> and another big win of the night governor john kasich winning his home state of ohio. >> donald trump declaring victory at his private club >> let's go live to mike signen tonight. >> good evening from the club in palm beach where it really just was an incredible night for donald trump. he clearly was the winner in taking all 99 sell gates in florida and then picking up illinois and north carolina as well. really, it was interesting to hear him speak tonight for once he was very gracious to marco rubio a man he has belittled if i can use that phrase, by calling him little marco repeatedly yet he was very kind tonight saying he has a great future ahead of him. but really what carried the day for donald trump here in florida was just a swell of voters like you don't normally see in g.o.p. primaries. a lot of those being new vote

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i believe florida will be the republican nominee and i believe i will win florida. we're working hard and feeling good about the progress we're make ng fling in florida. >> don't forget to watch marco rubio. he's in a town hall meeting with chuck todd. that airs right here on msnbc, 8:00 eastern time, 5:00 pacific. i want to talk to charlie crist, and just for the record, you do support hillary clinton but you're not working for her campaign, just to get that out there. >> that's right. >> we have to talk about what's going on with marco rubio. if you look at his night last night, 5% of the vote in mississippi, 9% of the vote in michigan, worst performances across the board for him so far in this election. he's still saying he's going to win this state. i know you don't work for the republicans, but as an observer of all things political here, is there any chance? >> no. and at this point, i would love to spike the football. i consult for governor crist, too. marco rubio nudged his way into the senate seat. the republicans are trying to rebut rumors that rubio is go

clinton will remain in florida. she has a campaign event in tampa. >>> a big change in the state of florida. governor rick scott signing into the law. >> the supreme court effectively put the sentence on hold. the justices decided that florida's system of giving judges and not juries the power to impose deafght sentences was unconstitutional. at least 10 jurors need to be in favor now. it used to be nine. the@ house insisted they would justice. >>> the magic fly out west to take on the defending nba champion. >> reporter: not only did the imagine magic have to play a and they had to play without nik vucevic.dt6 the warriors got off to a good` start. the magic played tough. gordon with a huge night.@ 20 points and 16 rebounds. and setting curry had 51 at amway, and he is 41 last night. golden state won it, but a goodw effort by the magic.l@o warriors win their 45th home game, which is a record. >>> peyton manning officially riding off in the sunset. he was emotional from the start when he announced that his nfl caree

he will win florida. reporter: marco rubio' s uphill battle got a little tougher this afternoon, donald trump unveiling another set of attack ads in the state of florida against rubio, so he has both testers and donald trump going after him. -- both ted cruz and donald trump going after him. he will rally in the sarasota and st. johns county tomorrow as she really does put all of his effort in the home state leading up to the primary, march 15. summer: thank you. a new poll of florida republicans shows marco rubio him and donald trump. this was conducted over the weekend with registered republicans and they were asked, if the republican primary for president was today, who would you vote for? 38% said donald trump, and 30% marco rubio. in the last round of polls, he had been trailing trumped by 16 points. meredith: florida is very important for those candidates, tomorrow. hawaii holds its republican caucus while ohio holds its primary. stay tuned for all of your 2 news. summer: police in daytona beach are

north florida. it's quiet on the radar. potential for a few showers later this afternoon similar to yesterday. 4 pm cannot be ruled out. it's a mess across portions of the carolinas and mid-atlantic. and also portions of the central us and the west coast is getting drenched. here in south florida upper 80s and will feel more like the 90s because of the humidity. a light chop on the bay. tonight mild again with lows in the 70s. highs continue to be warm with low to mid 80s. a better chance of wet weather into the weekend. >>> broward county we have live shots./e-waste 95 northbound south of sheridan street. it's not affecting lanes. travel lanes are open. a number of lanes were blocked off northbound. that has since cleared up. into miami dade 95 n. w. 95th st. headlights are heading southbound. there are no accidents or construction slowing anyone down. there's no accidents yet all across south florida. 826 this is palmetto at us 27 southbound. >>> this week the palmetto 75 are shutting down and lej

we've had a tremendous i'm in florida right now. i'm always in florida, like my second home. i understand florida. we need jobs, we need strong rders because the borders are like swiss cheese. you see what's going onality the@ stougt earn border. it's terrible. we have to work on the drug problem because so much drugs, so many drugs popoing into florida and into the united states. 'll work on health care, get rid of obamacare which is costing everybody a fortune. it's a total disaster, total failure. we'll repeal it and replace it. very importantly we're going to bring education locally. right now your education is run out of washington by bureaucrats. we're going to get rid of common great. i think the people of florida are reallyoing to -- i've been polling really well, leading by quite a bit in the polls. i'm going to do a great job for the people of florida. that i can tell you. >> all right, mr. trump talking beach. thank you for your time. we appreciate you being with us here this morning. we move forward. the stalled always plays such an integral role in the election,

he's losing in florida.orsement by carly fiorina is really probably one of the most meaningful endorsements that we've seen all cycle going into florida's -- >> why? >> because she adds a different perspective to -- or a different side of ted cruz that i think most people don't -- makes most people uncomfortable. so seeing a woman by his side speaking for him on his behalf really does make a difference and i think people -- and a lot of people liked carly. they liked what she said and couldn't get any team, mostly because she didn't have any money. >> kelly, one of the things that happened that was interesting last night, your guy, ted cruz, he finished second in michigan. >> yes. >> hillary clinton finished second. >> john kasich badly wanted to finish second in michigan going into ohio. he tried very, very hard. what do you think that does for the ohio race? does that give donald trump a bump? >> it does. to governor kasich's credit, he got re-elected in ohio 16 short months ago. that's the difference betw

we will work hard in florida, win florida. if you vote for john kasich or ted cruz, you are essentially voting for donald trump. the only one who can beat him in florida is me. brett: a lot of analysts say you can only win in florida to -- if he does not win in florida, he cannot stay in the race. trump leads the polls, rubio second, -- he will show up at a bakery today at 9:00. after that, he is crisscrossing the state. you will be on the west coast in sarasota tonight, starting at 5:00. three hours later, on the east coast, just south of jacksonville. jason, back to you. jason: today, other states will choose their nominee today. it could be a defining point forward democrats. >> today' s michigan primary could be bernie sanders last chance to be hillary clinton. he is disputing her claim that industry. sen. sanders: what i did not vote for it was a middle-class street. >> clinton reached out to standards supporters. i hope to -- sen. clinton: i hope to win the nomination, and work with him. mr. trump: raise you are right ha

marco rubio must win florida. he campaigned in his home state all day. >> we believe. >> i believe too. reporter: of the five mega tuesday states, florida is winner take all for republicans. >> we're going to win the 99 delegates here in florida. donald trump. you like rubio. you like kasich and cruu why trump? >> i like trump better. i think he'll help make america great again. carolina. demonstrateors inside and outside. days of confrontation that critics charged trump encouraged. >> because of that, people say, there isn't violence. there's a love fest. >> he has the kind of record that you want in washington. that's why i'm convinced you're going to do the right thing tomorrow. agreed? >> reorter: kasich found to beat trump. >> we're ahead and going to win tomorroro >> if you want a candidate who will defeat trump or some other republican, you are looking at him right here. >> reporter: but in total delegates hillary clinton still figures to best sanders in the five states. >> the message love, trump hate. cou

there is the southern florida and then a northern florida. and both of them vote completely different. southern florida tends to be more moderate and northern and central florida -- well, lake okeechobee upwards very much to the right. very radical. marco rubio won that in 2010, because he had frankly a lot of the same talking points that trump has today. those talking points have changed for marco rubio. so those northern floridans are disilutioned with marco rubioo at this time. he ran on the arizona style bill. he ran on a lot of things trump is saying right now. anti immigration, those people voted for him. he didn't come through. he turned on them. and so they're extremely disilutionlutioned with him. i don't see him taking northern florida. >> brendan, i want to turn back to donald trump and talk about what we have been seeing at recent protests, what we witnessed yesterday, interrupting trump several times during a rally. this one from new orleans last night. take a look. >> oh, no. not another one of these -- get out of here! get out!

florida. >>> our news team coverage moves to ted scouten. >> donald trump will be holding a news conference later tonight. >> reporter: donald trump is now heading to south florida. he's going to be here at the mar-a-lago club in palm beach others are planning rallies with the supporters instead he has a news conference these going to have tonight but already today has been busy. donald trump leading a rally in columbus ohio where the primary vote is still two weeks away the same day as florida. him being there shows the importance of both states. in the midst of his ugly republican contest he is calling for americans to work together divided it's divided politically . it's divided among white and black. it's divided in so many ways. we're going to bring our country together >> reporter: and back to the trump we have come to know hitting his republican competitors with insults. he's hoping to be ted cruz in texas crews's homestay. >> the same thing with ted cruz. the common lying tech we will

winner take all here in florida. reporting live in palm beach county tonight, will hard shepard, nbc 6 news. >> john kasich is confident he'll do well tonight in the about uk eye state. >> i feel great. we're going to win. i feel terrific. it's great. do i seem like m nervous or uptight? i'm having a great time. >> the ohio goverror cast his ballot for himself in his state's primary today. he voted in westerville near columbus. he believes he probably missed opportunities to get attention early on, but believes he's positivity. ted cruz will be watching from his home state of texas. since he is unlikely to win florida or ohio, cruz wl be looking to pick up delegates tonight. >> hillary clinton will be watching the vote count for today's primaries. that's where we find steve litz, coverage from west palmbeach. steve? >> reporter: hey, jawan.. we know hillary clinton is going to come to the palm beach county convention center later tonight to deliver a speech. she expects a big win today. she's already in the neighborh

florida. let's begin with 7's jefef lennox he is live in palm beach where donald trump willspeak later on tonight. jeff. >> reporter: danielle and lynn, we can tell you that over the last couple of weeks, donald trump has been on an all out blitz across the five states voting on this tuesday. north carolina, illinois, missouri and ohio and florida fla but his primary focus has been on ohio and florida. those are the two winner take all contest on this tuesday n. ohio we can tell y y heaz been going hard off john kasich, ot hi o govenor hoping to thaij out of race. they are in a dead lock heat as those polls look to close at 7:00 tonight. and here in the sunshine state donald trump has had several events over the last couple of weeks and hitting riewb hard hoping that after tonight rubio >>> >> we're gng to make america great again folks. we're going to make ameca great again. >> reporter: can anybody stwp donald trump? that's the questions the billionaire opponents are asking? today raises in

jose, as you know, florida, florida, florida. all important about how everybody feels, about who they want to see go through. this state typically punches the ticket to the general election. we spoke to people today who were undecided right before going in. some folks who are trying to stop trump, and one person who was pretty honest about the fact that they're voting for hillary clinton but they know that she has had missteps. however, they feel she is best suited, most qualified for the job. jose, back to you. >> thomas roberts along with trymaine lee and tony dokoupil, thank you very much. >>> up next, the heat is on for marco rubio, and if the polling is accurate, the florida senator could lose his home state of florida. 99 delegates at stake here in the sunshine state. we're live at another polling place in florida next. you're an at&t small business expert? sure am. my staff could use your help staying in touch with customers. at&t can help you stay connected. am i seeing double? no ma'am. our at&t 'buy one get one free' ma

state like florida can help him a lot there. on the other side the demrats 8 83 for hillary clinton but needs 2383 so she has long way to go. now we mention all the state's with winners and three states where it's too close to call right now. vermont look there. donald trump 32-31 over john kasich. he might win his first state but right now trump is ahead. call so we have to keep an eye on that one. in massachusetts hillary clinton 51-48. she's getting close where we might be able to call it see if we can do it in the next half hour but right now hillary clinton leading in massachusetts. and ruo doesn't have a victory tonight this might be his victory. getting close at the end almost all the results in n d there you see rubio up 37-28 over tedcruz. marco rubio needs some good news to go to bed with tonight. this might be his good news as he wins one state but the numbers right now 6 for donald trump. 6 for minnesota. looks like bernie sanders is going to win that state. that one just came in. 5959-41 but it's not final yet. we d

race before florida, he's not getting out of the race after florida. >> even if he doesn't win floridagoing to win florida. >> let's say he doesn't. >> we cannot let donald trump become the republican -- become the nominee of the republican party. the best way to stop donald trump is for all your viewers in florida to go vote today, go vote early for marco rubio. >> there is early voting in the state of florida. you know that donald trump says he should get out. ted cruz -- >> of course, they're running against him. i think they should get out. >> they want kasich to get out. >> i wish everyone would drop out except for marco. that's not going to happen. we have a four-person race. that's the reality. it's going to be very competitive. marco will win florida and we'll be on our way to securing the delegates we ne, if not winning the nomination outright but winning the convention in cleveland. >> trump is really going after rubio, as you know. he has a new ad that he put out today. let me play a clip from that and get your reaction. >> thanks. >> rubio's been a total no-show in the u.s.

or after florida. >> and meanwhile ted cruz's push in florida may help donald trump and hurt marco rubio. >> >> we feel a vote for ted cruz is for donald trump. we are supporting rubio here in the city of miami and we want to make sure every one here turns out and votes for marco. >> disappointing finishes last night in primaries in michigan, mississippi, idaho and hawaii. marco rubio says this race now comes down to florida. we're live in hialeah. i'm alex diprato. news. >> craig: another republican in the wrais spending dmai@ midwest where he is hoping to do well next tiewssments lynn martinez has more on. that lynn snoo jie. >> lynn: and craig, kasich is campaigning in a town hall. he is noarpg big wins in the midwest include higz home state of ohio. in fact he is@ count lg on. that he highlighted his commment to blue color warkers because as he says, it's how he grew upn >> that's campaign goes on, i just feel more and more responsibility. you know, i'm just a human being. jun just one guy trying to dot best i can marnlings i can't leaf tape. i can't turn water into wine. i'm just a

florida senator marco rubio admitting winning florida on tuesday is crucial to him continuing in the race for the white house. governor john kasich is hoping to win ohio and senator ted cruz made some of his first appearances in florida this week. on the democratic side, hillary clinton is expected a win big here in florida but senator bernie sanders is hoping to pull off the upset. >>> it was a big week for endorsements, trump picked up the endorsement of dr. ben carson, cruz endorsed by another former candidate. former presidential can't carly fiorina endorsed the texas senator. she talked with a cnn reporter defending her previous tackia tacks. >> you would talk how he would flip. >> ted and i had disagreed on tactics. when the democrats were a majority in the senate, i didn't think we were going to succeed in repealing "obamacare." we never disappeared on goals. >> cruz is the only republican candidate who has a chance at defeating trump. >>> more big news for the texas senator, he picked up his first senate endorsement this week. >> i've decided to endorse ted for a number of re

florida has 99 delegates updown. florida has 99 delegates up for grabs.ave ohio which has 66. so what would the difference be in terms of who wins what? >> well, so i think, first of all, we've got two winner-take-all states. adds a big number to whoever wins each of them. if -- if kasich wins ohio and rubio wins florida, then the way the math adds up, it's hard to get to 1,237 delegates and gets the nomination for donald trump before the convention. so it throws everything into bait of chaos. >> okay. that is if he -- that is if -- >> if he loses both. >> loses both. what if trump wins both? >> if he wins both, it sends a message about florida and ohio. it also sends a message about the other races today. illinois, missouri, north carolina. he would probably do well. >> if he loses the polling, he's ahead significantly by, what, 20 points. >> in florida. absolutely. >> and tied with kasich in ohio. >> exactly. and i think it's the broader message you want to pay attention to. to date, trump has won less than 50% of the delegates out there. as of today, h

with the florida tags d- h-q-z-4-5. anyone who sees him-- or his car -- should call the orange county sheriff's office. new details this morning... on a shooting at an orange county restaurant. the sheriff's office just released this video from saturday night... in the parking lot of mister gyros off of colonia. deputies originally thought the suspects were shooting at them. but deputies now believe the people in the truck were exchanging gunfire with another car.. and those shots landed near them. so far no arrests have been made. only on fox.-- cries for help at a florida restaurant... a man is attacked with a knife.... only to have complete strangers come to the rescue. it happened at "baba's orlando restaurant" on orange avenue. about a week ago-- the owner says someone stole meat from the storage ` room. then on sunday.... it happened again. while the restaurant was slammed-- police say the suspect came back-- attempting to break in to the storage room. was armed with a knife... and slashed the owner several times.

no rain expected across south florida. the windsdsill be light. 86 or 85 to 86 degrees your high aftetea morning low of 64. still in the 80s for thursday andfriday, with partly to mostly sunny skies. sasds saturday, a smallhance of rain. it will cool down ever so slightly into the 70s. jmplgts you work hard but your the nbcc 6 investigators show us how south florida workers (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there'a big difference between making noise, (tapping sound) and making sense. (elephant sound) (donkey sound) when it comes to social security, we need more than lip service. our next president needs a real plan to keke social security strong. (elephant noise) hey candidates. enough talk. >>> all of these people have one thing in common. they came to the nbc 6 investigators complaining they didn't pay them. >> that's right. it happens to hundreds of people every year here in south florida. nbc 6 consumer investigator myriam is here to tell how they're fighting back. >> a growing number of workers are filing complaints ag

a lot of florida is closing in five seconds. and so we've seen states before that have stradled time zones, i'm trying to make it sexier. >> that was a good one. >> you may see some raw vote on the screen from florida. we are not recognizing. >> naked vote. >> the florida poll closing until an hour from now at 8:00 eastern. wow. when we will also have illinois and missouri, but everything that's going to happen, at least all of the exciting poll closings, are going to happen between now and an hour from now. >> that's right. we obviously don't know what's going to happen until it happens. we're led to believe by the polling, the data we've seen, we may have bunch of close races tonight. poll closing perhaps well before we're going to have a called winner in some of the races. but the florida and ohio results in particular are going to be more important than your usual state. not just because they're winner take all, and big piles of delegates, but they could spell an choice. watching the numbers, heavily relying on the correspon

reporting live here in florida. >> amy: florida voting one week from today. marco rubio is looking to try to make up ground. he is rallying voters for a second straight day. >> john: florida's results make it a make or break moment for the campaign. this morning marco rubio will be in kissimmee for a local stop at a bakery. gina benitez has the latest. >> reporter: yeah. he will be here around 9:00 this morning. according to the latest monmouth poll among voters who have strong lead. at 48%. 25 percentage points ahead of donald trump. but it's a different story for people who are planning to vote. trump still has an 8-point lead over rubio. ted cruz a distant third at 17%. and kasich 10%. these are people still planning on voting. at last night's rally in sanford, marco rubio had an uplifting message for attendee, saying that this country has a chance to create a new american century. he said if elected he would strengthen the military and address student loan debt. he criticized obama's policies and said hillary would bringed same. he never mentioned trump b

he's focused on winning florida. what's the senator telling florida voters tonight? >> reporter: well, first let me just talk about that "sun sentinel" article. it was really stinging. the editorial basically saying rubio, no experience. he's done little but run for office. not the kind thing you want to hear when addressing your rally supporters out here today. when he started out here in tampa, when he spoke to the crowd he said, look. this is all going to come down to florida. at which the crowd erupted. they know what's at stake here. this is do or die for rubio. this is a state that he must win if he has any hope at all of moving forward. so what he did tonight anderson, basically staying on message. some of the same things we've heard before. i'm the one that can unite the party. trump is a fraud. a vote for kasich and a vote for cruz is basically a vote for trump. all this now, anderson, as there are increasing calls for him to drop out of this race. >> trump started running an attack ad today against rubio. trump has been saying he should drop out of the race

florida. a beautiful day here in the sunshine state. i'm thomas roberts, coming to you live from the bay side marketplace. we're located here in beautiful downtown miami. we have some folks that came out to see the show today. how you doing? we have a lot packed on this show this hour for you. what could people decide today? a huge game changer for the 2016 race. we've got it all monitored. right now, voters heading to the polls in five states on this super tuesday. illinois, missouri, north carolina and the delegate rich states of ohio and florida. donald trump could run the table tonight, virtually locking up the republican nomination, if he can secure the winner takes all delegate states of ohio and florida. and for marco rubio and john kasich, it's do or die in their home states. polls showing rubio trails trump by at least 17 points in florida. and florida's division of elections is reporting nearly 2 million voting. much closer race in ohio, where polls have kasich ahead or tied with tru

florida is going to award 99 delegates to the winner in florida. so you look the a statement with that many delegates, a place where i'm from and you have a great campaign team, that is what we're focusing on now. we win florida tuesday, this election changes and gives us momentum to go forward and win the nomination. >> there is a report today, by the bush team that jeb bush is meeting with today and governor kasich and ted cruz as well. all of the non-trump republican candidates, basically. >> i met with him and he's friday friend, we'll always be friends. even in the time he was in the race. i have tremendous respect for imhim. i don't discuss private conversations. he's probably the greatest governor in florida's history, jeb bush. >> we all know jeb bush does not want donald trump to win as republican nominee. >> i think most republicans don't want donald trump to win. >> can you say whether it was a strategy meeting or whether about the possibility of an endorsement? >> i'd love to have his support. i don't know if he is going to support anyo

and pensacola beach, florida. as we have been canvassing this area after being here for a couple of days and seen a lot of different supporters. but as gabe points out, ted cruz using the momentum of coming off that caucus win in kansas, coming off the straw poll win from cpac, that could work to his benefit as it was announced yesterday that he opened up ten field offices here throughout the state of florida. is trying to take that ground away from marco rubio who has given that message until wait until you see how we do in florida and wait until you see how we do there. he has put emphasis on winning his home state. a lot of people question whether he can do that. this is the panhandle area and some people consider it to be trump country because they call this la, lower alabama. alabama went decisively to donald trump. we attended a gop dib dinner in santa rosa county, just one county open and a bit of a torn emphasis on which candidate they really want to support as a competent gop nominee. >> i really like ted