and alan fisher is live for us from west palm beach allen. the results that we've seen so far suggest that trump, despite all of his legal, was despite all of the court cases that he's facing, that he cannot be stopped from clinching the republican nomination, right? a zone, a glide pass to secure the nomination and he's going to do it and record time with the record number of delegates. he's got to get to 250, no man, but he is only last one contest and that was in washington dc. at the we can that only left thing, limited numbers in tomato lago, but there's a lot of people they are ready for the party. they're hoping to hear from donald trump in the next hour or so. certainly they'll be very pleased with his performance. i'm people that i've been texting with over the last couple of hours, are hateful that there will be a clean sweep of all 15 states and territories on super tuesday, which i think would be on handle 4. normandy to context, but doesn't include the incumbent. so you can see just how the big the support is for. for donald trum

and alan fisher is live for us from west palm beach. when trump is the republican front runner, but he's facing a lot of legal was he's facing numerous court cases. despite all that, is there anything that can stop him at this point as well, we're going to be looking very edlio and the results from vermont in virginia with the pulling close just in the last couple of minutes. that will be an indication on whether or not nicky healey can do any sort of breakthrough on super tuesday. the exit polls data suggesting that the me a lot of the people who voted in their public and primaries would actually either independence or democrats. in the case in virginia, what it is an open primary. and so nikki haley does well the then that might just cause donald trump to stumble, but essentially he's on a flight path to secure this nomination. it's historic what he's done. he's one virtually every single contest. the only one you lost was the dc primary on sunday . now of course, there were many people who thought they would be able to defeat donald

and alan fisher is live from west palm beach . our trump is a republican front runner, but he's facing a lot of legal lows and numerous court cases. despite all that. is there anything that can stop him a well, he's expecting an item celebration amount of lago, just over my shoulder, where he's gathering for a super tuesday. they'll be a watch party there. he's going to speak to the people that have gathered. many of them, of course, will be high profile high dollar donors as well. you remember this time last year everyone was saying that the republican candidate was likely to come from florida. it was going to be the governor roland desantis. he launched essentially a donald trump 2 point oh campaign where he was going to keep donald trump policies . but there was going to be a slightly different face to it. but simply didn't work. all of these people that decided that they were going to challenge donald trump all but one have eventually fall in by the wayside deal, thought the donald trump's legal troubles. remember he's facing

and alan fisher is live from west palm beach allen. the results that we've seen thus far suggest that donald trump, despite all of his legal, was despite the numerous court cases he's facing. this all suggests he cannot be stopped from clinching the republican nomination. right? he's certainly on a light pass to the nomination. it's been historic there on his side since he won in iowa. and nicky healey is managed to win just one contest. now donald trump had name recognition, he was essentially running as an incumbent. everyone thought he would run for the presidency again after 2020. and lo and behold, he did. now have you had the, the likes of the bargain marked him score to exhibit route with sammy know you probably haven't, it's only people who are full of politics like me that know those names. i could put a face to them. but for most ordinary americans, they have no idea who the donald trump benefitted from that name recognition. now, in the polls tonight, it looks as if vicky healey might just squeak out a when in vermont. but i

s. embassy in moscow wanted about the possibility of an attack. alan fisher has moved from washington dc. what is clear is that even though there is this distrust between the united states and russia at the moment, they are still sharing intelligence about incidents like this. and that has certainly happened in the last couple of weeks. the russians have asked for the us to send through early information that actually gathered. there may be some reluctance by the americans to do that because that could possibly reveal sources. but it's clear that the 2 governments, what costly together, particularly as in the last couple of hours the united states has said that i sole key where behind this attack, and that was the group. did one of the russians about more than 2 weeks ago. glen com is the us national security and foreign policy specialist, and he says america is still showing intelligence with russia despite strained donations. but i have a different uh, a way to characterize. however, the warning by the united states earlier and the incidents of terrorist attacks in jihad is kind of

as alan fisher reports, the pressure is on the president approved. you should be elected for another term. he's delivered to state of the union speech is but never have the stakes being higher, but a start for do a bite. and this isn't just the plan for the next 12 months. it's about laying out his case for re election in november. the president will outline and agenda that is about continuing to build on the progress that we've made over the last 3 years. the economy will dominate bite and believes he's a good story to tell low unemployment load inflation and rising salaries for the republicans on buying it. if you had to describe in one word what you believe the state of the union is. if you've heard the word crisis, you've heard catastrophe. i think maybe a summary is decline last year. bike negotiated with republicans right from the podiums by some when the boot is position over. continuing support for the country seniors, as we all apparently agree, the social security, medicare is off, is off the books now, not the right pardon the push for ren

bridge, diverse of waiting until it's safe to try to recover bodies from the twisted wreckage. alan fisher reports from the sea right the day they continued to set the broken bridge, the stranded ship standing overshadowing it all as it was just as the one sucked in the morning when the single pull registered cargo ship dally sent out to meet it. it it last propulsion, 2 minutes after leaving the port to baltimore, there was headed for the francis scott key bridge, a major transportation link on the us east coast. as it collided it, people were thrown into the water, too were rescued almost immediately. one of them badly injured, pressed into a bike and was kept informed of operations through the night. and so as the tragedy could have been much worse, personal on board the ship were able to alert the maryland department transportation that they had lost control of their vessel. as you all know, reported as a result, local authorities are able to close the bridge of traffic before the bridge was struck, which on dollars saved lives, the value was just minutes into a 2070 johnny. the owners

and alan fisher is in palm beach forest joyce's now lives. so here we are again, trump, the republican front run a block piece facing 90. 1 case is all in. is there anything that can stop it as well? those legal cases might just might cause him some real problems. certainly the people say and pause, they would be concerned if you was convicted of any of them. now remember that are 4 cases, one in florida, one in georgia, one in new york and also one in washington dc. 91 case is no former president has ever been criminally charged before on the term plan has been to delay these for as long as possible because there is an unwritten rule that the department of justice will not take action about 60 days out from an election and so donald trump would like to delete this one as long as possible when the election, and then make all the federal cases against them, just simply disappear. i need be able to do that as president, but many people be so thought because of his legal problems. he was vulnerable. remember, there were a number of republicans w

thanks so much. alan fisher to hold a surgeon migration at the us mexico border has become a focal point in the vote. publicans accused of by the administration of neglecting border security. democrats say republicans of sabotaging that reference to deal with the issue. highly. jo, castro, reports from texas, but candidates visit to the board of this week. the, it's still morning at the mercury. don't flea market in the gallon, but the sol sedan has already been playing for hours. the music drifts over the knickknacks and the produce to wear 18 year old on us is working at her mother's vegetable stall. she does so much to provide for our little family because it's just me and her. and i was born in the united states shortly after her pregnant mother across the border from mexico. she's asked us not to use her last name. she says the candidates in this election have all turned demonizing immigrants to get boats, and that hurts the immigrants are here to work hard and try their best to get into this when they help to basically our economy. we, she's looking forward to voting for the 1st ti

ranking member fisher for your continued leadership on this committee. it is a pleasure to introduce secretary alan today west alan a ate where he's our state chief election official. hired as election to current office secretary allen spent nearly a alabama probate judge which is the county senior election official. he was then elected to thea f representatives where he served as the vice chair of the legislature's constitution campaign and election committees. i know that secretary allen is honored to appear before the committee and offer knowledge on matters as he'ss made it his mission to make it easy to vote in safe and secure elections thank you for being here. >> thank you very much. if the witnesses will now please stand and raise the right hand. do youar that the testimony -- i will givee you a second. do you swear that the testimony you will give before the committee shall be the truth the whole truth and n truth so help you god? >> i do. >> thank you. you may be seated. you y will now proceed and will recognize you each for five minute statement starting with secretary benson and senator