. >>> before we go, mark -- on twitter i said rename the snowflake era and rick tweeted your name should be mark el nino johnson because of all your hot air. thank you rick wright you are on my side. >> i didn't have enough time to respond. >> brought to you by the ohio

rick tyler took down that tweet overnight sunday into today. he apologized. and then thought it was done but not so much. rick tyler was fired very quickly today by senator cruz. here he is today, explaining why he called directly for rick tyler's resignation. >> yesterday a staffer from our campaign sent out a tweet that tweeted a news story that purported to indicate marco saying something negative about the bible. the news story was false. that staffer deleted the tweet, apologized and pulled it down. although i spent this morning investigating what happened. and this morning, i asked for rick tyler's resignation. i had made clear in this campaign that we will conduct this campaign with the i very highest standards of integrity. >> i thought that was so notable right there, what you just heard from senator cruz. injecting himself personally into there story. you heard him say i called for his resignation after i did this investigation. very clearly the candidate himself here, really trying to regain control of his campaign. >> absolutely. so donald trump ca

governor rick scott tweeted a couple of hours ago on trump's victory in florida. he tweets, "congratulations to my friend @realdonaldtrump on winning fl! make america great again!" throughout the day you may hear even more people joke about moving to canada if the candidate they voted for didn't win. online searches for "moving to canada" skyrocketed in the days leading the presidential election. we checked canada's immigration a few hours ago, and this is what we found. the website actually crashed as trump's election lead grew. we talked with some canadians and they think people's reactions are just a bunch of tough talk. even if you it's not as simple as you would think. in fact the canadian government has an online survey which can tell you whether or not you are eligible to immigrate to canada. we posted that survey on our website, w-t-s-p dot you can get 10 weather updates on the road - with our 10 weather radio partners. in tampa bay, catch us on magic 94- point-9.... and the dove 105.5 f-m on sarasota talk radio, listen to wsrq 106.9 fm. and hear 10 weathe

clear clearly he wanted to get out front. 24 hours from the time rick tyler tweeted that link out, he was fired by cruz. here is senator cruz who is calling for his resignation. >> rick tyler is a good man. this was a grave error of judgment. it turned out the news story was false. we are not the campaign that will question the faith of another candidate. >> reporter: and senator cruz trying to insert himself into the controversy saying he looked into the investigation of what went wrong and he called for the resignation trying to take control of what is going on within his campaign. the cruz campaign is sensitive and very aware of the fact that there is a narrative building around their campaign. pushed by many rival campaigns that their campaign is one that engages in dirty tricks and tactics. going into caucus night, this is what the cruz campaign does not want to focus on. john and christine. >> sunlen serfaty, thank you. >>> this morning, marco rubio going hard after establishment endorsements and money. his campaign purchased the e-mail list of chris christie. including donors a

someone named rick tweeted -- in new jersey also, what's that about? >> one of the best things about new jersey is i don't have to pump my own gas. the prices are low, and i don't have to pump it. >> no, it's cheaper because the tax is three cents in new jersey and 40 cents in new york. >> right, and i don't have to pump it there. john: it would cost ten cents less if you could pump it. this is what galls me about the left-wingers, the way you use the word have. >> i'm a moderate. [ laughter ] >> you don't have to pump your own gas. what about voluntary versus force? >> that's a state regulation. the people of new jersey elect representatives, if they don't like, it elect people who change the law. john: but the legislators are taking money from the service station lobiers. >> from the guy who pumps the gas, you think he's got his own lobby. john: yeah. >> somebody had a lobby that the only two states are the ones it's not allowed. the original argument is we're so stupid we'd blow ourselves up. in the 48 other states they don't and the two states hang

beginning of this campaign that he we are going to operate from the highest level of integrity and rick tweeted story that falsely attributed to marco some comments about the bible it turned out the story was false. but, regardless, we are not going to call anyone's faith in to question. that's a standard i set from the very beginning. and that's why i asked for rick's resignation. we are, instead, from the beginning, running a campaign where we are taking the high road and not engaging in the insults and attacks of the otherç%races. rather than keeping the focus on issues and substance. >> some of your opponents today weighed in with your campaign is dishonest, blah blah blah, that kind of stuff. donald trump was in the lead on that as you probably know. do you have any comment on trump saying that, you know, your campaign is dishonest. you are a bad guy? you know what the drill. >> well, you know, bill, it's a very strange dynamic where two of the candidates in this race donald trump and marco rubio, when anyone actually points to their actual record, they won't defend their record. they just

. >> rick tweeted out a press story that falsely attributed to marco, some comments about the bible. turned out the story was false. regardless we are not going to call any one's faith into question. that's a standard i set from the beginning that's whey i asked fr rick's resignation. >> not one to be left out of a fight donald trump laid in on to twitter and quote ted cruz apologized to ben car on and cruz for dirty tricks. no wonder he lost the evangelical support. make no mistake this is not the kind of story cruz wants to talk about heading into the caucuses in nevada. >> no, he does not. kristin fisher live for us. we will check back with you, of course. ted cruz' campaign has been called out from rubio for dirty tricks. firing rick tyler doesn't solve the problem. >> certainly the cruz campaign has increasing scrutiny about the ladies and gentlemened dirty tricks in the campaign. it showed up in the exit poll in south carolina with 33 percent of voters who answered exit polls talking about the cruz campaign was the dirtiest campaign. this was such a preposterous hit to say marc

. >>> governor rick scott tweeted this picture this afternoon showing scott and president- elect trump together at trump tower in new york city. i'm pretty sure the governor took the selfie. it also included a caption from the governor said that -- saying that it was great to see his friend, donald trump. >>> there are simulation swirling around governor scott today. feeling predictions that the governor may be offered a position in trumps administration but as mike twitter page says he went to the big apple to meet the president and offer his help. still, the trip fuels prediction -- predictions scott will be interested -- in the running for a job. he says he isn't interested. >> i will do what i can to make donald trump successful but i like this job and i want to finish this job. >> reporter: a top adviser says nothing has changed his mind. >> he has a job he wants. >> reporter: scott this week acknowledged what has been speculated for more than a year, he is eyeing the u.s. senate seat up for grabs in 2018. while scott has a pass to another statewide office, pam bondi may not. maki

this, after spokesman rick tyler tweeted a story that falsely accused marco rubio of insulting the bible. michael: cruz says tyler is a good man, and deleted the tweet once he found it was false. carol: it was a gop primary south carolina voters won't soon forget. michael: not only did donald trump dominate the primary, voter turnout in this state may have reached new heights. with the numbers. tim? tim: voter turnout on saturday , michael and carol, was impressive to say the least. check this out. 25% of all registered voters in south carolina cast a ballot on saturday for one of six gop contenders. that's a 4%4%igher turnout than what we saw in 2012, when 22% voted. and look at these comparisons of voter turnout on saturday, to the 2012 gop primary in union, cherokee, pickens, laurens, and anderson counties. massive numbers of voters went to the polls this year. the same story in abbeville, spartanburg, greenwood, oconee, and greenville counties. 4 years ago, 8 years ago, these turnout numbers were unheard of. the turnout on saturday was even greater than the record-setting turnout by

governor rick snyder tweeting out a message and offering prayers. >> i lost some friends today, so i appear with a heavy heart. >> reporter: this latest incident brings the number of law enforcement officers shot to 15, up from 16 a year ago. at a late news conference this afternoon, authorities [000:02:58;00] cell inside the courthouse and was on his way to the courtroom when he op opened fire. he was able to wrestle the gun away from the bailiff and open fire. >>> this happens as dallas is on all our minds. there are new details about the ambush that left five police officers dead. we're learningmore about the sniper who turned downtown dallas into a car zone on thursday night. this time his parents are speaking out. >> reporter: the cop killer in dallas was no novice, the police chief said today, micah johnson knew what he was doing. >> this person obviously had some delusions, this person also was very committed to killing officers. >> reporter: now investigators are combing through 170 hours of body cam footage, 300 witness interviews and johnson' personal arsenal to piece toget

governor rick snyder tweeting out a message and offering prayers. >> i lost some friends today, so i appear with a heavy heart. >> reporter: this latest shooting brings the number of law officers shot to 15 this year. at a late news conference this afternoon, authorities say that the inmate, the gunman was being transferred from a cell inside the courthouse, never made it there, he was able to wrestle the gun away from the bailiff and open fire. >>> this happens as dallas is on all our minds. there are new details about the ambush that left five police officers dead. for the first time the gunman's parents are speaking out. >> reporter: the cop killer in dallas was no novice, the police chief said today, micah johnson knew what he was doing. >> this person obviously had some delusions, this person also was very committed to killing officers. >> reporter: now investigators are combing through 170 hours of body cam footage, 300 witness interviews and johnson's personal journal that tells what drove johnson to kill five officers and wounding two others. >> this wasn't an ethical dilemma

rick is tweeting, commenting on facebook from iowa. >>> police in bethlehem say two teenage boys were shot while walking down the local street there. it happened at 6:30 this evening in the 1500 block of east sixth street. police are only identify victims as a four and a 16 year-old. both underwent emergency surgery at st. lukes hospital. at this hour one is listed in critical condition. the other is in serious condition. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> at this hour police in philadelphia continue to search for the the man who stabbed a fellow passenger on board a septa bus. the it happened yesterday, in the city a's frankford section as the whole thing was caught on camera. "action news" reporter jeff chirico is live at temple hospital where the victim is recovering tonight. jeff? >> reporter: hi walter, police have not released the victim's name but they say he is in critical but stable condition. meanwhile detectives hope releasing that video from inside the bus will drum up lead, to track down that knife wielding attacker. >> nothing at this point. that is why we putting th

. >> let me get on donald trump's tweet here, rick. he tweeted out the united nations has such great potential but right now it is just a club for people to get together, talk and have a good time. so sad. you worked at the u.n., tell us about it. is he onto something here? is the u.n. increasingly losing its ability to effect change and with this -- how should we be reacting to this latest move? involved and just abstaining, we know that this has happened. i look to the french ambassador to the u.s. who told me that he was trying to work out some language so that the united states could go along with this resolution, so clearly the u.s. has been involved from the beginning. trish: you think the israelis are onto something that they have proof they're going to share with the new administration? >> i think we all have seen the proof coming out the last weeks and months. trish: rick, thank you very much for your perspective. >> thanks, trish. >> the markets are close, to 20k, hanging in there at 19,957. all the indices trading higher as w

cruz communications director rick tyler tweeted a link to a subtitled video from a pennsylvania college newspaper purporting to show rubio mocking the bible. it was quickly discredited -- and, tyler apologized, but, cruz went a step further. cruz says "..this morning, i asked for rick tyler's resignation." cruz, meantime, hoping his support among evangelicals and staunch conservatives will help him today in what could be a final effort to blunt the rise of donald trump. on cam tag this race in nevada may be decided by a relative handful of voters. turnout today expected to be in the range of ten to fifteen percent. in washington, doug luzader, fox news. still to come rain and snow showers are heading our way.... when they'll hit our area.. coming up in jeff's forecast plus... carrie underwood surprises a family before one of her shows what they had to say coming up next (vo) shop all makes, models and colors in your neighborhood... all with worry-free ownership. head to your neighborhood enterprise car sales and let the people who buy more vehicles than anyone... shift your thinking abo

just minutes ago former pennsylvania senator rick santorum tweeted that he's ending his campaign. santorum finished 11th in this week's iowa caucus. four years ago he came in first. rand paul is also out. the kentucky senator said he's turning his attention to a senate re-election campaign. rand paul finished fifth this week in iowa. so what about the front-runners? donald trump wants a do-over in iowa. and hillary clinton and bernie sanders on the democratic side unleashing their harshest attacks against each other right now. lester holt joins us on "nightly news" at 5:30. >>> the skies are changing. a live look of san francisco. dry for now, but not for long. >>> that's right. good afternoon. i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. our latest storm system is just off shore. we have some scattered areas of rainfall we're tracking on doppler radar. we'll let you know how long this lasts. >>> and verizon is going after the super bowl committee after the company was forced to take down that huge ad. the demand that verizon is now making. >>> also, fallout from a freak accident that ch

. >> reporter: michigan's governor rick snyder tweeting, "horrible news out of berrien county just now. i am monitoring the situation closely and by heart breaks for everyone affected." and david, we're now learning the inmate was being sent to jail when he grabbed that gun. meanwhile, the wounded are still recovers tonight. david? >> gio benitez leading us off tonight. gio, thank you. >>> and this evening, there are also new images now emerging of the horror in dallas. what appears to be the gunman on the sidewalk, taking aim. we'll show you in a moment, and it comes after pictures like these already. police running in to help the protesters once the gunfire began. five officers were killed. we are also learning more about the gunman, his final words to the negotiators and what he wrote in his own blood. president obama arrives in dallas tomorrow with the first lady and former president george w. bush. abc's matt gutman in dallas tonight with those haunting images now coming to light. >> reporter: tonight, a harrowing moment coming to light. you can see the gunman approaching one of t

this is governor rick scott tweeting out that 15 of the trucks on the way from the sunshine state. see the sticker on the back. an ad campaign, hating the snow, moving to florida, sharing the sunshine it says. this was posted on the wusa 9 facebook page, good samaritan alert, a fedex man and woman was shovelling my neighbor's walkway because they can't. respect. well done there to the fedex crew. they're on deadlines, so that's pretty solid. okay. you know, the struggle is real. for management as well. this is from our assistant news director carlton houston, who at 7:45 this morning tweeted what it looked like, the line for him to get on the metro bus. 7:30 at night, bus -- snow day line. the blizzard aftermath. also, this one, too, a woman named allison tucker shared this with us, open a can of birdseed, put it in a bucket and ended up with four squirrels hanging out because they were hungry. show us what you're seeing out there as we begin digging out from the blizzard of 2016. post your photos and tweets using snow day 9. share them on our wusa 9 facebook page. >>> all right. d

the decision comes after rick tyler tweeted a story that false falsely claimed marco rubio insulted the bible. so rubio has blasted cruz for the incident and asked whether c cru $would firer vo. on the democratic side bernie sanders taking his campaign to boston with a message for hilary clinton and the g.o.p. kimberly bookman is at that rally for us live in boston right now. kimberly, what do you know? >>> well, it just wrapped up in fact and i can tell you this much. with just about a week until super tuesday when the massachusetts voters will head to the polls, bernie sanders came here to south boston to the iron workers hall. and he received an endorsement that he considers very important important. it was have people's politics, a national grass roots organization that fights for racial and economic justice. it comes after he lost the clinton but he says he is still very much in the race and the investigate senator thinks he has a good chance of winning in neighboring massachusetts. >>> we are behind 30 points in new hampshire. we're behind 25 points a month ago in nevereda. questi

that rick tyler tweeted out.cruz has said you know that, this is awful and he's fired him. let's listen to it right now. >> this is a lot. >> okay. so first to you, matt. you say the cruz campaign may need a reboot. this being one of the reasons. was cruz asking for his spokesman's resignation, was that enough to change the narrative here? >> well, i think he's trying to make the point that these charges, that maybe having some kind of rogue campaign tactics won't be accepted by the candidate. and when the candidate gets in these situations he's got to do something to set the stage and kind of reboot, as i said. i think that's what ted is trying to do and i think this is the right step to try to get that done. >> let's show how marco rubio reacted to the campaign's initial apology. here it is. >> for them to take a video and to transcribe words on it that are the complete opposite of what i said, it's incredibly disturbing. you guys have to be seeing this. every single day something come out of the cruz campaign

rick prosecute donald trump. although he still denies he's interested in a cabinet position. good morning. governor scott tweeted about this meeting, what did he say is it. >> reporter: good morning, gene. rick scott tweeted he is looking forward to seeing mr. trump to congratulate him on his big win and to offer his help, quote, reinventing the federal government. he's reportedly or repeatedly said he doesn't want to leave his job as governor, but there have been constant rumors about department of health and human services. with republicans now in control of the white house and congress, the party can act on its vow to do away with the affordable care act. scott historically has railed against president obama's health care reforms calling it a disaster and a lie. >> he said you've got to keep your doctor, you don't. owe can kay. they said costs would go down, they went up. any time goes up. >> reporter: governor scot is a former healthcare executive. meanwhile the same agency that governor scott is rumored to become the head off, that's the department of health and human services, reported this week that sign-

ted cruz asking that his communications director, rick tyler, resign after tyler tweeted a link to anbout marco rubio and the bible. all this coming as the candidates head into two crucial weeks that will determine what happens next. "the lead" starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." as i said, breaking election news. senator ted cruz asking his communications director to resign after a false tweet and facebook post. we have some breaking news coming to you as the candidates head into two

rick scott did tweet out he would help president-elect up with [ indiscernible ] also speculation that skies be looked at as health and human services but when asked about training trump administration he repeatedly said he was focused on his final two years as governor. scott's team has not said when he will take off for new york but he is expected to travel today. the meeting will be held on trump tower on famous fifth avenue. >>> the vandals that drew swastikas and white supremacist symbols at a st. petersburg church. king of peace metropolitan church has 300 members mostly lgbtq. the pastor believes supporter of president-elect donald trump targeted them. the letters for make america great again along with swastikas and state supremacist -- white supremacist symbols were written in chalk. >> the one thing that said over and over. so we cannot live in that place of fear. we have to move out of that. and live in a place of love for all people. >> she says her church always try to send out a message of love. >> hateful messages are a disturbing trend from coast-to- coast. 437 cases of

a former rick perry aid tweeted my during the debate -- party is committing suicide on national television. that is in the hill this morning. more articles about donald trump in the papers this morning. here is the washington times -- romney works to kill gop hopes again, and under that is a picture of donald trump. the wall street journal, their lead editorial, it is on donald trump and trade -- trump on ford and nabisco. on the opinion page of the wall street journal, the governor of louisiana bobby jindal, president obama created donald trump is the name of the op ed that he wrote. cordell in pennsylvania, tell us a little bit about yourself. caller: my name is cordell harris. i am a small business entrepreneur in columbia, pennsylvania. host: why are you supporting donald trump? caller: because of that simple fact, i am an entrepreneur. i have been working on my small business since 2006. register forve to food stamps at the same time. americans need money. going out and doing all the marketing possible, i have loans signs in different languages. signs so the same lawn i could market t

suspended said they have no warning and they haven't tweeted anything recently that provoked action. >> a win for the red sox. this is pitcher rick porcello congratulated by family after this. justin ver lander, engaged to kate upton. kate upton tweeted, sorry, rick, but you didn't get any first place votes, you didn't win. mlb, keep up with the times and fire those writers. to the contrary, rick porcello did get votes. >> for 45 years the canadian in thank boston for the city's massive response to the 1917 halifax explosion. that large tree traveled 700 miles on a flat-bed truck over the course of the next several days and should arrive tomorrow. you can watch as the tree is lit on december 1. wcvb will host the holiday lights festival on channel 5. school buss in massachusetts are getting an upgrade. >> communities are going green. we have expert advice from police, including one thing your child should always have. >> and we invite you to check out the new wcvb.com. the upgrade is designed to deliver breaking news and weather not only faster, but using new technology to give you a better experience every time. the latest weath

republican candidates are again escalating. ted cruz fired his communications director, rick tyler@ today for tweeting a pennsylvania college newspaper that erroneously depicted marco rubio as insulting the bible. >> this morning, i asked for rick tyler's resignation. i had made clear in this campaign that we will conduct this campaign with a very highest standards of integrity. >> rick tyler's a good man. this was a grave error of judgment. >> tyler had already apologized for tweeting the inaccurate report. robio today said it represented a pattern of deception and made it clear because it was about his faith, he would not let it go. >> who's going to be held accountable for making up this video, lying about ben carson, the robo calls and the commercials on television that they had to pull down. so again, i think it's a very disturbing pattern of desettlementive campaigns and flat out just lying to voters. >> donald trump toteded, wow, ted cruz falsely suggested marco >> we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. >> the controversy rocked the cruz campaign interna

tweeted out a story from a university of pennsylvania student newspaper, accusing rubio of telling a cruz staffer in south carolina there weren't many answers in the bible. cruz communications director rick tyler tweeted out a link to the story. tyler apologized this morning on fox, but cruz took action a short time ago. >> a grave error of judgment. it turned out the news story he send around was false but i tell you, even if it was true, we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. even if it was true, our campaign should not have sent it. that's why i've asked for rick tyler's resignation, because the standards of con community the campaign have been -- conduct have been made absolutely clear. >> donald trump has taken to twitter, accusing the cruz campaign of more dirty tricks and accusing ted cruz of being the biggest liar in politics. neil? >> thank you very much. wore monitoring closely whether marco rubio will say anything about this. it comes ahead of the big caucuses in that state where a lot is on the line average reaction to all of this from real clear politics catlyn burns. i'm sure the ben carson people want know where the pound of flesh w

so rick tyler's tweets really fell perfectly into that narrati narrative. and there was a sense they to do something. that's why we saw senator cruz personally come out and announce that he had called for his resignation. senator cruz really personally inserted himself into the controversy today saying he himself went through and did his own investigation into what wrong this morning. and i do think that speaks volumes to where they feel, how they're hit by the allegations that they are spreading rumors, and really trying to regain control. take back the narrative so they don't get branded as being the campaign that engages in dirty tricks. >> it's also interesting, cruz described him as a staefer. in reality,s he's a stop forward and he was put forward by the cruz campaign. we've had him on this program many times. >> that's right. rick tyler is a close aid of senator cruz, or was a close aid of senator cruz. he was in his inner circle letting on strategy meetings, and as you noted, he is all over tv all day. speaking with authority for senator cruz. so, h

rick is tweeting and commenting on facebook from iowa. good morning will have coverage from iowa starting at 8:00 a.m. >>> 7:06. this morning philadelphia auto show continues at the pennsylvania convention center and you will get a kick out of someone on hand out there. let's go live, the "action news" cam live at the auto show. 700 awesome rides will be displayed all week long. doors open from 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. tonight. another incentive to go out, delran, new jersey, carli lloyd will host a soccer camp. she is a two time olympic medal ist. >>> something that happened 40 years ago is helping to shed light on our moon. >>> three inmates are back in jail this morning we'll tell you how police calling them and how a google map played a role in their escape. >>> driver pulls over a police officer, cruel hear -- you'll hear about the confrontation next. >> reporter: mild temperatures flood the eastern seaboard, i'll let you know how mild it gets right after this. when you're told you have cancer start with a team of experts who treat onl

. >> michigan governor rick snyder tweeted his response saying, political statements and finger pointingl candidates only distract from solving the flint water crisis. msnbc's tony decopola is in flint. this emergency declaration and response teams visited the families and presidential candidates are weighing in. any reassurance to those families as they are coping? >> not as much as they would like, frances. i'm here in ward five which is one of the hardest hit areas of flint, right along the flint river which is behind me. that's the source of this problem. i talked to a half dozen residents in this zone in the center. they say they haven't had any knocks on their door. while the governor's task force is making progress it hasn't made quite enough. i want to bring in one of the residents here struggling with the water problem. arianna, she's 25, a mother of two with one on the way. can you just let people know what it's like at present to deal with the household where you can't use the water from out of your faucet? >> it's complicated. it's hard. we shouldn't have to go through it but

one of those candidate, texas senator ted cruz, has fired his communications director, rick tyler. tyler tweeted out a false news story from the daily pennsylvanian. the university of pennsylvania student newspaper. the story showed video and subtitles which misquoted senator marco rubio accusing him of making a disparaging remark about the bible. >> we are not a campaign that's going to question the fate of another candidate. even if it was true, our campaign should not have sent it. that's why i have asked for rick tyler's resignation. >> every single day something comes out of the cruz campaign that's untrue, in this case goes after my fate. >> the daily pennsylvanian decided to repose the video but without subtitles. they say they can't say for sure if their interpretation was accurate. >> democrats are trying to get out the vote in south carolina. it is primary day on saturday. hillary clinton will stop in columbia a yesterday she was fundraising in northern california. >>> no word yet on funeral plans for the former miss new jersey winner killed in a car accident. twenty-four year old cara

former warrior rick berry tweeting, "so proud, one to go." and finally, we're going to cross sports lines and get the view from joints mascot lucille, saying congrats, amazing job by steph curry and company. >>> one player wasn't sure he would live to see the season. in october a bay area man was attacked by a shark while in hawaii. he fought back and survived. abc news reporter melanie woodruff caught up to tony leigh as he cheered on his favorite team. >> reporter: in a sea of warriors fans, we found an ocean warrior on his feet. >> it's amazing. absolutely amazing. >> reporter: this was tony lee in the hospital in october. >> i was out in hawaii swimming. a 12-foot shark came up behind me and took one of my legs. >> reporter: doctors reconstructed his other leg with muscles from his back. tony says a season ticket rep let the team know one of their biggest fans needed a little inspiration. >> steph curry signed a jersey for me, the team signed a card. just to know they're out there and that they cared, it really meant a lot. >> reporter: i

florida governor rick scott tweeted just minutes ago that we will devote every resource available toigation. he says prayers are with the victims and their families. that's the latest here from the live desk. i'm darcy spencer. >>> another hot day under way here on this sunday morning. reagan national temperature just jumped up to 88. not even quite 10:00 in the morning. elsewhere generally in the low to mid-80s. and it will be a drier heat as we get into the afternoon. it will be the kind of heat where you can quic dehydrated, so drink plenty of water, reduce your physical activity and make sure you wear the sunblock, as well. a look at our next chance for storms, that is coming up in a couple minutes. >>> this friday marks would be year since the charleston church shooting. on june 17, 2015, nine members of mother emanuel church were shot and killed during bible study. ♪ >> while preparing to remember the events from that tragic day, people in columbia came together saturday, not only to mourn the dead, but to look to the future. artists from across the state performed while honori

meantime texas senator ted cruz today fired his communications director rick tyler. tyler tweetedut a false news story from the university of pennsylvania student newspaper much the story showed video and sub titles which misquoted senator rubio accusing him of making a disparaging remarks about the bible. >> we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. even if it was true, our campaign should not have sent it that's why i've asked for rick tyler pour pours resignation. >> every single day something come out of the cruz campaign and in this case goes aft my faith. >> the daily pennsylvania excited to repost the video without subtitles. they can't say for sure if they're interpretation was accurate. >>> on the democratic side the south carolina primary is saturday. former secretary of state hillary clinton spent much her day fundraising fresh off her victory this weekend in the nevada caucuses. vermont senator bernie sanders campaigned in massachusetts today. voters head to the polls on march 1st which is super tuesday. >>> a former miss new jerse

rick tyler's tweet fell into that.t's why we saw senator cruz personally come out and announce that he had called for his resignation. senator cruz personally inserted himself into this controversy today saying he himself went through and did his own investigation into what went wrong this morning. i do think that speaks volumes to where they feel, how they are being hit by these allegations they are spreading rumors and really trying to regain control, take back the narrative so they don't get branded as the campaign that engages in dirty tricks. >> cruz described him as a staffer. he's a top staffer, a guy put forward by the cruz campaign. we've had him on this program many times. >> rick tyler is a close aide of senator cruz, or was a close aide. he was really in his inner circle. let in on strategy meetings. he is all over tv all day speaking with authority for senator cruz. he certainly was more than just a staffer. of course that's a very intentional point to try to downplay his importance in the campaign and try

meantime texas senator ted cruz today fired his communications director rick tyler. tyler tweeted out a false news story from the university of pennsylvania student newspaper much the story showed video and sub titles which misquoted senator rubio accusing him of making a disparaging remarks about the bible. >> we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. even if it was true, our campaign should not have sent it that's why i've asked for rick tyler pour pours resignation. >> every single day something come out of the cruz campaign and in this case goes aft my faith. >> the daily pennsylvania excited to repost the video without subtitles. they can't say for sure if they're interpretation was accurate. >>> on the democratic side the south carolina primary is saturday. former secretary of state hillary clinton spent much her day fundraising fresh off her victory this weekend in the nevada caucuses. vermont senator bernie sanders campaigned in massachusetts today. voters head to the polls on march 1st which is super tuesday. >>> a former miss new jer

ted cruz fired his communications director rick tyler for tweeting a video that a wrongly suggested marco rubio made a negative comment about the bible. we are not a campaign that going to question the faith of another candidate. rubio says it's a pattern with at cruise campaign. every single day something comes out of cruz campaign that deceptive and untrue. donald trump harped on cruise's tactics since iowa and slamming cruz on twitter again. more dirty tricks he got caught in so many lies is this man crazy? >> it's something some female voters are asking about john can sich after he made this content of a support among women when he was running for office in 70s ma kitchens to go out and go door to door and put yard signs up. >> we don't have a super pac. you are our super pac. >> with slim chance of winning in south carolina bernie sanders turned his attention here to massachusetts trying to differentiate himself from hillary clinton. secretary clinton month after month after month seems to be adopting more and more of the positions that we have advocated. i think i saw a tv ad i thou

which serves some of the communities tweeted it expects to restore power to most of its customers within 24 hours after the storm has cleared. florida governor rick scott tweeted florida national guard has more than 6,000 personnel ready, fwc, which is fish and wildlife conservation department has operations standing by with boats and search and rescue equipment. while florida is still dealing with the storm other southern states are bracing for its impact. the storm is expected to cross across -- to cross portions of south georgia, also portions of south carolina. so those states are preparing. and then as the storm is expected to skirt can up the atlantic coast it could continue causing headaches and hazards for many americans going into this long holiday weekend. anna and jackie, back to you. >> jonathan, live there in florida for us. please be careful out there. thanks for that. >> let's go to janice who is tracking latest in the weather center this morning. hi, janice. >> hi, ladies. we had landfall a couple of hours atlantic east of saint mark, florida. we had a caller earlier on from tallahassee. wind gusts in excess of 50 miles per hour.

rick tyler's resignation. sally: ted cruz says his national spokesman tweeted out a misleading video about rival marco rubio sunday, falsely accusing rubio of making a negative comment about the bible. >> it turns out the news story he sent around was false, but i tell ya, even if it was true, we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. sally: earlier, rubio blasted cruz for campaign dirty tricks. >> it's incredibly disturbing. i mean, you guys have to be seeing this. it's every single day that campaign that's deceptive and untrue. sally: after his decisive win in south carolina, >> let's put this thing away. sally: polls show donald trump is favored to win nevada, where

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rick tyler... for tweeting a story that falsely alleged rubio had insulted the bible. rubio's campaign says that cruz is the one responsible for this campaign "infected with a culture of deceit." residents in 33 lower richland county are still fired up over a multi- million dollar sewer project. county leaders want to break ground by may. the department of health and environmental control held a public meeting about the sewer line last night. residents voiced their frustrations over costs and over how the sewer project of life. the county's 13- million dollar plan would offer an alternative to the wells and septic tanks currently serving the area. 33 officials say there is a four-thousand dollar tap fee and a 38-dollar monthly charge for using the system. the county says residents are not required to connect to the new system unless mandated by d- hec. still to come... it's a messy morning commute in paradise. we're talking high tide on the highway in hawaii.cloudy and mild for now but more rain is on the way. and gervais. these >>> good morning. topping "america's mon

sanders with fire anybody who knew and did not act appropriately.d it was michigan governor rick snyder who sent a tweet saying i am taken responsibility. he goes on to say i want to get this done. while the hopefuls call for change in front they started to work to replace the lead pipes this massive project will cause of millionsns of dollars they have to removeol miles of old waterline in the meantime thick candidates during last night's debate.t if you're going to talk they been explained why he is post the car industry he also said noo to the franking well clinton said there would not be manya places that it would be okay. they have issues there focusing on thosehe issues and not insulted each other like last week's gop debate. todd is live in the newsroom force. in other news this month their meeting for in a somewhat thousands of migrants are camping in sales a great hopingop macedonia many are trying to escape the fighting and the syrian werere el nio once again battering california it with a powerful storm police say a woman died when i man she was with drove around a barricade on a close roads

. >> reporter: rick, this morning the tweets were flying out of trump tower, donald trump said in one quote, the shackles have been taken off and can now fight for america the way i want to. >> that long simmering gop civil war just reignited. >> we are a divided country now. >> and a divided republican party, last night trump was in pennsylvania holding mini trump. >> you want to go back to them or stay with donald trump. >> trump. >> but this morning, he was on a twitter attack against house speaker paul ryan saying he would ditch campaigning for donald trump. -- his members went wild with his disloyalty. and trump said despite winning the second debay in a landslide every poll it's hard to do well when paul ryan and others give zero support. hillary clinton is leading donald trump by 11 points in a recent poll and women by 22 points. >> if they want to release more tapes, saying inappropriate things we'll continue to talk about bill and hillary clinton doing inappropriately things. >> if he wants to talk about what we have been doing the last 30 years bring it on. >> and polls have

michigan governor rick snyder tweeted that police have secured the scene of the courthouse and have now investigation. >> a crash in bucks county tied up traffic on i-95 for part of the afternoon today. chopper6 was over the wreck in the northbound lanes in bensalem. the four vehicle crash happened around 2 o'clock this afternoon and you can see the huge backups on the road as crews try to clear the wreckage. we're still working to find out if anyone was seriously hurt. >> a neofficials in seaside heights estimate there are hundreds of cats in a 16 block area. they say that's too much in too small a state. nora muchanic has more from both sides at a live on the boardwalk. hi, nora. >> reporter: hi there, brian. well, the borough administrator says some morning there are so many cats out roaming on this boardwalk it looks like a disney movie but this is reality, not fantasy and local officials want to control a feral cat population they say has just gotten too big. seaside heights is just 16 blocks long and five blocks wide. but the borough administrator estimates a feral cat population

. >> the spokesman for the trump campaign, rick tyler, tweeted a few days ago a chart comparing ted cruz with trump on a number of issues. one of them was number of marriages. ted cruz 1, donald trump 3. is that fair game, do you think? >> any of that is, although the cruz campaign has not made an issue out of that. that's the first i've heard of that. so i think that there's been a hands off of donald trump. people have looked into his private life very deeply, although there are a few things out there that have trickled through that i see on the internet. so i think they have been very velvet gloved with donald trump when it comes to his personal life. >> but you think it's fair game? >> it is fair game. and we're about choosing the next leader in the free world. everything is fair game as long as it's true and right and factual and just. >> your congressional district here in iowa, probably the most conservative and very interesting in the recent "des moines register" poll showed that trump and cruz were neck in neck. that surprised a lot of people. they'd think with all the evangelic

rick tyler tweeted out the video saying, watch marco rubio's awkward remark about the book. book has all the answers in it. tyler took down his post and apologized to senator rubio, but the damage was done. cruz asked for his resignation on monday afternoon. cruz talked about firing tyler in an interview with showtime's "the circus" set to air this weekend. >> a campaign is like a family and it's a close team. and so that's difficult. rick is a good guy. but he made a serious error in judgment. and it was not one that could be justified. and so we had to take action. and it's -- i feel bad for rick and his family that it occurred and it was -- it wasn't done out of malice, but it was a serious error of judgment. >> here with me now is rick tyler. he's now former cruz communications director. but he's also our newest political contributor here atç msnbc. rick, welcome. >> good to be here, chuck. >> i know we're ripping the band-aid off of here a little bit. so that version of events, where do you start with your regret? >> well, senator cruz is right. he had to do what he ha