former mayor surprised many when he rose to the top tier of candidates coming join 1st with wyvil bernie sanders in the iowa primary. is ending his bid after a disappointing performance in south carolina's primary on saturday. the move comes just before super tuesday when 14 states hold nominating contests that could produce a clear front runner. who just is expected to officially announce. this decision. for more let's cross to washington carla bleicher is standing by carla what more can you tell us who just was a dynamic presence in the campaign so why is he throwing in the towel no well many office supporters 6 were certainly surprised by this decision i was just in touch with one of his volunteers and she said she could not believe it. of course to charge has not been doing well in the nevada and south carolina primaries so 6. you know there was a question of for how much longer he could he could hold on and he canceled really where he was supposed to be in texas tonight texas being one of those super tuesday states and he is supposed to instead fly to his hometown of south bend indiana he r

former mayor surprised many when he rose to the top tier of candidates come in joint 1st with wyvil bernie sanders in the iowa primary who the church is ending his bid after a disappointing performance in south carolina's primary on saturday his decision comes just before super tuesday when 14 states hold nominating contests that could produce a clear frontrunner. what it's meant to day is a moment of truth after a year of going everywhere meeting everyone defying every expectation seeking every vote the truth is that the past has narrowed to a close for our candidacy it's not for our cause another of those values is responsibility and we have a responsibility to consider the effect of remaining in this race any further our goal has always been to help unify americans to defeat donald trump and to win the arrow for about. 4 more let's cross to washington carla blanker is standing by carla good to have you with us now but it was a dynamic presence in the campaign so why is he throwing in the towel now but it just hasn't been doing well in polls recently and he also did not fare well in the primarie