i'm brooke baldwin. more breaking news in the world of politics today. in the wake of the iowa caucuses, a couple of republicans have officially dropped out of the race. as you know, huckabee, and paul, and now we're learning from john king, according to two of his sources we now know former pennsylvania senator rick santorum will be dropping out of the race. he is expected to make an endorsement as he leaves the race. who will he throw his support behind? let me bring in m.j. lee who has been out and about on the trail. also standing by is daniel knew howser, a cornerer for the national journal for his respond as well. m.j., to you first. tell me more. what do we know about this rick santorum news and and i think rick santorum, the last time we saw him beyond iowa was standing behind donald trump at that fund-raiser the night of the debate. >> that's right, brooke. the ild field is starting to winnow at this point in the race. as you said rick santorum is going to drop out of the 2016 as our john king i

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. well, it took only about 19 hours but the iowa democratic caucuses are officially history. moments ago, the iowa democratic party released the final results and hillary clinton has edged out bernie sanders by the closest margin iowa democrats have ever seen. clinton claimed victory last night and shared her relief just a short time ago with wolf. >> well, as you recall, my luck was not that good last time around, and it was wonderful to win the caucus and to have that experience of all the hard work, the grassroots organizationing, pay off the way it did. i could say that i believed the democratic party of iowa ran a good caucus from everything that our people told me. there was an enormous turnout, which everybody said would tremendously favor senator sanders. if there are legitimate issues, both sides, i don't think the democratic party has anything from that. from everything we know, i won and i'm very proud of that. >> despite the narrowest of margins. for its

i'm brooke baldwin. the race for the highest office in america could be at its lowest now. the insults, they are getting uglier by the hour. any minute now, donald trump will take that podium there in south carolina for what we can only imagine will be another verbal shredding of his rivals. remember what happened right around this time yesterday? trump, fetch from calling ted cruz a basket case. the biggest liar he knows. a total of six times in 90 seconds. also threatening to sue him as well, don't forget that. ted cruz heading back, telling trump he's lost it. then marco rubio joining the "ted cruz is a liar" chorus. as for the usual staid and reticent jeb bush, he's at it too, telling trump he sounds like michael moore. all of this as we still have four more days until the real slaughter begins, the south carolina primary. let's kick off our coverage with jim acosta in north augusta, south carolina, where donald trump is set to take the stage. any guesses what could happen there in a matter of minute

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. here we go to the race for the next president. the current president was at center stage at the democratic debate between sanders and clinton. coming off her thumping, we'll call it, in new hampshire earlier this week. clinton used barack obama to boost her first prime-time shot at a comeback. >> i think president obama has set a great example. i think he has addressed a lot of these issues that have been quite difficult. but he has gone forward. president obama succeeded in doing was to build on the health care system we have. i think under president obama, we have seen a lot of advances. i understand what president obama inherited. so i think what president obama did was to exemplify the importance of this issue as our first african-american president. the fact is there was a great effort made by the obama administration. let's not in anyway imply here that either president obama or myself would in anyway not take on any vested interest. >> no doubt she

i'm brooke baldwin. you're of course watching cnn and you will definitely want to be watching at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight where hillary clinton will get her first face-to-face with bernie sanders after he beat her in the new hampshire primary earlier this week. we are simulcasting that democratic debate on pbs. as clinton prepares to seize her chance to derail sanders momentum, she gets a critical endorsement from a key democratic group. the congressional black caucus pac. no doubt her campaign is looking to the february 27th democratic primary in south carolina where, check the numbers with me, as of monday, 28% of registered voters. that includes all parties. are african-american. the lawmakers who endorsed her today also took some digs at bernie sanders. without mentioning him by name. >> so you judge a person by their results. and there is no question that the person that has obtained the most results and benefits for communities of color and everyone in america, in my opinion, but especially gettin

i'm brooke baldwin. so great to be here live in snowy new hampshire.t in the nation primary. voters are at the polls right this moment deciding who should walk away with some pretty big prizes. the candidates have been out doing what new hampshire elections are known for, retail politics, shaking hands, talking to supporters, banging on doors, working with volunteers, you know, whatever they can do to round up these votes. yes, it's cold out there. there is no snow falling but listen, we're in new hampshire, this is a tough bunch, they've got this. the new hampshire secretary of state is expecting a record turnout with more than half a million votes today. we're watchin

i'm brooke baldwin.et's get to it. four days, four, from the new hampshire primary. two breaking out with new attitudes. donald trump striking a somewhat softer tone while a tougher hillary clinton is fighting back. just days after trump accused cruz of stealing his caucus win in iowa, the republican billionaire had this exchange with anderson cooper about senator cruz. >> look, i'm into new hampshire now. it's just one of those things. it was sort of a lot of strange things. you know, i like ben carson very much. he got pretty roughed up frankly. although it affected me maybe more than ben. but i'm so much -- because i've been here now for two days. i'm so much into this, into new hampshire, that i just -- i don't care about that. >> and for the democrats, clinton call the out bernie sanders when he suggested during their debate last night that rich donor coss could rich donor coss coul buy her political favor. >> i don't think these attacks are worthy of you and enough is enough. if you've got somethin

i am brooke baldwin. we will be here tomorrow, same place, same time. tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. our long national nightmare is over. leo finally has his oscar. the lead starts now. >>> donald trump blaming his earpiece for refusal to condemn the klan, david duke, and white supremacist groups. they interrupt a trump rally. >>> the biggest day in the campaign, republican officials in washington in desperation mode trying to save the party as they know it. what will it mean to be a republican if super tuesday becomes trump tuesday? >>> plus. >> i made the worst mistake of my life.

i'm brooke baldwin live here in manchester, new hampshire, on this primary eve. it is pouring snow as i speak here in new hampshire. might that be a factor? we'll wait and see. we're just ten hours away from the proposed first votes getting under way here in new hampshire. donald trump still at the top of the pack of republicans heading into tomorrow's vote. but the big story here is the battle for number two. it is shaping up to be a battle royale. marco rubio, ted cruz, john kasich, jeb bush, in a four-way fight for second place. and look at this, the republican hopefuls swarming the state today in a last-minute push for support and less than a day before this first presidential primary, running war of words between donald trump and jeb bush, it is getting mighty personal. both of them talked to cnn within this last hour about this whole back and forth. >> i'm a joyful warrior. there's a difference between just sitting back and watching someone try to hijack a party that i believe will allow people to rise up again. we're in the heat of battle right now. we are

i'm brooke baldwin. i'll see you tomorrow. in the meantime we send it to washington. d with jake tapper" starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. i'm back from new hampshire. as donald trump might say, there was so much winning going on. "the lead" starts right now. there will be blood. donald trump moves on to south carolina with ted cruz in his cross-hairs. if you thought the race was chaotic and ugly before, wait until you see the tv ads running today. >>> going national. bernie sanders getting a huge fund-raising bump after his blowout win in new hampshire. can he break through in friendly territory for hillary clinton? >>> determined to attack. the top u.s. security official warning isis could strike inside the u.s. this year. and we may not see the terrorists coming.

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. here we go to the race for the next president. the current president was at center stage at the democratic debate between sanders and clinton. coming off her thumping, we'll call it, in new hampshire earlier this week. clinton used barack obama to boost her first prime-time shot at a comeback. >> i think president obama has set a great example. i think he has addressed a lot of these issues that have been quite difficult. but he has gone forward. president obama succeeded in doing was to build on the health care system we have. i think under president obama, we have seen a

liberty mutual insurance. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn.at to be here with you. we're here hours before super tuesday. the republican party is at war over trump and the rise likelihood he will become the party's nominee. tomorrow, check the map with me, 11 states here hold republican primaries or caucuses and trump already has wins in three sta

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. it took only about 19 hours but the iowa democratic caucuses are officially history. moments ago, the iowa democratic party released the final results and hillary clinton has edged out bernie sanders by the closest margin iowa democrats have ever seen. clinton claimed victory last night and shared her relief just a short time ago w

. >> and too brooke baldwin. >> hey, good to see you. listen, all of the folks i talked to who live in this state say they don't know who they are voting for tuesday. that's why this is so key. that's why watching the debate last night was so important. you just heard poppy's conversation with congresswoman comstock there. christie took the gloves off against rubio. we have seen that leading up to last night. and then you have what happened on the debate stage. christie feeling about about last night. he spoke to reporters here in new hampshire. >> plan was so go and talk about the thing i've been talking about all week. that there is a big difference between me and marco rubio. between my experience and his. who is ready to take on hillary clinton. who is ready to run the country. this is about the country and the country needs a president who is ready. seven years after president who wasn't ready for the job. i'm ready for the job. senator rubio is not. that's the pouint i was trying o make last night. what you bring to the table from

i'm brooke baldwin. so great to be here live in snowy new hampshire. the first in the nation primary. voters are at the polls right this moment deciding who should walk away with some pretty big prizes. the candidates have been out doing what new hampshire elections are known for, retail politics, shaking hands, talking to supporters, banging on doors, working with volunteers, you know, whatever they can do to round up these votes. yes, it's cold out there. there is no snow falling but listen, we're in new hampshire, this is a tough bunch, they've got this. the new hampshire secretary of state is expecting a record turnout with more than half a million votes today. we're watching so closely because it's not just win, place or show, a failure here to perform to expectations, to show your campaign truly has life, could be costly. leapt's kick off the hour with joe johns at a polling station in manchester here and brian todd is down in hudson. brian todd, first to you, tell me what you're hearing. >> brooke, this is a very dynamic scene. this is what we l

for viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> hi there, i'm brookey, monday. for you, any moment now, donald trump is expected to hold a news conference in all-important south carolina. and of course with every trump news conference we're not quite sure what the republican front-runner might have to say. we'll watch it, we'll take it live when it happens. meantime, as i mentioned, it is president's day today. but what i can definitely tell you is a seismic shift is happening for the first time in 12 years. one of america's most colorful, much maligned presidents is hitting the campaign

i'm brooke baldwin. the race for the highest office in america could be at its lowest now.getting uglier by the hour. any minute now, donald trump will take that podium there in south carolina for what we can only imagine will be another verbal shredding of his rivals. remember what happened right around this time yesterday? trump, fetch from calling ted cruz a basket case. the biggest liar he knows. a total of six times in 90 seconds. also threatening to sue him as

with that, i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. thank you so much for being with me. washington now. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. he's looking more like a politician today and less like -- well, less like donald trump. "the lead" starts right now. recalculating. republican front-runner donald trump making some tweets after his second place finish in iowa. he's pounding the pavement instead of his opponents in new hampshire today. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders both of them circling left like they're on a nascar track as they battle over who's the real progressive. but did clinton stumble on the $675,000 question last night? >>> plus, an nfl star's death that may help save the lives of future players. our dr. sanjay gupta gives us a look at your

i'm brooke baldwin. today is the day. this is a state where a winter blizzard is in the forecast, yes, and a political earthquake may just be on the horizon. we will see if upstart republican front-runner donald trump will live up to the polls. he has led nearly all of them on the republican side it but will that support and these surveys turn into real actual votes on the ground here in the hawkeye state tonight? at 7:00 central time, iowans will close the doors and swing open the caucuses to choose their presidential nominees. while trump, yes, he is in the lead for the republicans, ted cruz and marco rubio, let me tell you, they are pushing hard for every nontrump vote. a solid showing here could elevate either of them as the trump -- as the favorite trump alternative now that the primary season is olally in full swing. it's not just the republicans on the verge of a seismic shift. self-proclaimed democratic socialist bernie sanders could beat hillary clinton tonight. let me repeat, bernie sanders cou

for viewers in north america, "newsroom" with brooke baldwin starts right now. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this president's day, monday. for you, any moment now, donald trump is expected to hold a news conference in all-important south carolina. and of course with every trump news conference we're not quite sure what the republican front-runner might have to say. we'll watch it, we'll take it live when it happens. meantime, as i mentioned, it is president's day today. but what i can definitely tell you is a seismic shift is happening for the first time in 12 years. one of america's most colorful, much maligned presidents is hitting the campaign trail. i'm talking about george w. bush. and right now his brother, jeb bush, who is trailing in national polls, struggling with the big political baggage attached to his family's last name, he's finally in a place where his family is not at all a liability, south carolina. tonight, these two brothers, along with a former first lady, laura bush, they will take the stage. let's chat about the significance. mark

. >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. thank you for being here with us on this monday. so will tomorrow help turn donald trump into something that doesn't often come out of nevada? a sure bet. the republican caucuses are tomorrow evening. trump is now basking in the fact that every republican who's won primaries in both south carolina and new hampshire has become the presidential nominee. in this election, runner-up doesn't necessarily mean down and out. marco rubio's strong finish in south carolina may have just cinched him as the traditional candidate the republican party has been seeking. especially now that bush has dropped out of the race. rubio spoke just moments ago, how he feels, saying he feels good not just about tomorrow but moving into march and the dozen primaries that happen on super tuesday. >> obviously, ties to las vegas run deep, my time growing up here. the city has changed a lot. we have a lot of friends here, a lot of family. but i'm not sure that's going to be enough to be a factor in the caucus. i t

i'm poppy harlow in for my good friend brooke baldwin. antonin scalia lying in repose ahead of tomorrow's funeral. president obama is expected to make an appearance there today. we will bring that to you live when he does arrive. also happening on the eve of the south carolina republican primary, the gop front-runner, donald trump, taking on that stage, just walked on the stage and pawly's island, south carolina. all six republicans blanketing south carolina trying to earn last-minute voters in the first primary in the south. let's go to pawlies island. right off the bat, he goes after ted cruz, right? >> trump went in pretty hard against cruz as he has since coming in second place and a little bit before that even. this week, he's really ramped up his attacks on ted cruz. >> he tells people that i'm going to help you with wall street, big bad wall street is terrible what they're doing and yet he borrowed guarantee at a interest rate. he forgets to mention he's borrowed money from city bank, goldman sachs and the rate of interest is like

i am brooke baldwin. we will be here tomorrow, same place, same time. meantime, send you to washington. the lead with jake tapper starts now. >>> thanks, brooke. our long national nightmare is over. leo finally has his oscar. the lead starts now. >>> donald trump blaming his earpiece for refusal to condemn the klan, david duke, and white supremacist groups. they interrupt a trump rally. >>> the biggest day in the campaign, republican officials in washington in desperation mode trying to save the party as they know it. what will it mean to be a republican if super tuesday becomes trump tuesday? >>> plus. >> i made the worst mistake of my life. >> first on cnn, an american college student detained in north korea sobbing as he pleas for mercy. does he look like a spy working for the cia? pyongyang thinks so. >>> welcome to the lead. i am jake tapper. everything is on the line for republicans tomorrow, super tuesday. if the polls are to be believed, this time wednesday we will be talking about donald trump, the presumptive republican presidential nominee. in

eastern, i'm poppy harlow in for brooke baldwin. we're just hours away from the start of the nevada caucuses to select the republican nominee for president. the stakes are high but the suspension is likely even higher. will nevada play out as the polls show with donald trump earning a third win in a row, or will the silver state fulfill its reputation as a tough state to read, and deliver a surprise finish? certainly some of the candidates hoping for that surprise. what is certain at this point is the gop contenders are using these final hours to pick up as much support as they can. in moments, senator ted cruz and donald trump will speak live. we will bring you their remarks live as well. cnn national political reporter maev weston is near reno where trump is about to speak. polls have him ahead but the voters you're talking about say this battle is really for second place in their state. >> that's right, we've been traveling all over nevada over the last week, and honestly, of the many republican voters we've met, most of them are

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. countdown to a critical democratic debate right here on cnn. "the lead" starts right now. hillary clinton and bernie sanders set to battle tonight live on cnn. i stress the word "battle." details of clinton's new plan to get aggressive after that 22-point shellacking in the granite state. >>> the race on the republican side set to put the hospital in southern hospitality. candidates bracing for low blows as they all fight to stop trump. >>> plus he was once one of kim jong-un's closest advisers but now he's disappeared. north korea executing a top military chief and close advisor. what's going on inside that nation with an unstable leader and nukes? >>> good afternoon, everyone. i'm jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." we'll begin with our politics lead and what is shaping up to be a brutal competition for the african-american vote between hillary clinton and bernie sanders, with clinton deploying a major civil rights icon this afternoon who questioned where was bernie sanders during t

i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" starts now. >>> it's groundhog day. what do you say we do this all over again, this time in new hampshire. "the lead" starts right now. all of a second second place isn't just the first loser. who now will feel donald trump's wrath after his silver finish in iowa? >>> overtime, ridiculously close race between hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders. now we have a mathematical winner by the closest margin ever seen. but there is plenty of unfinished business. >>> plus -- she was just 13 years old, kidnapped, stabbed to death, left 100 miles from home. did two college students conspiracy to kill her? >>> hello, everyone, i'm jake tapper. welcome to "the lead." a momentous night for politics. olympics lead. first in the nation for the primary. each candidate claiming the wind is at his or her back. clinton just pronounced the caucus winner. relishing her victory and breathing a sigh of relief she avoided a loss that could have hobbled her campaign, yet, last night, bernie sanders showing he has strength, too. translate

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. have wonderful weekends but keep it right here. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. just in the last few minutes, donald trump threatening to sue ted cruz over his citizenship. the cruz campaign says trump needs to take a seat in the time-out chair. "the lead" starts right now. ted cruz yanks a new campaign ad after discovering the ad featured an actress with a history in erotic films. she'll join us live. we'll talk to her if cruz pulling the ad because of her past was the christian thing to do. >>> also -- >> there's someone who's really hurt. he's bleeding bad. >> a man swinging a machete goes on a rampage at a restaurant in america's heartland, a restaurant owned by an israeli. was the now-dead attacker inspired by terrorists? >>> plus, another terrifying turn for the zika virus. three deaths now possibly linked to the illness known for causing birth defects in newborns. could this epidemic seriously threaten the olympics? could it seriously threaten the united states? good afternoon, everyone. welco

i'm poppy harlow in for brooke baldwin.itical moment in the race for the white house. erin burnett is in greenville, south carolina. hi erin. >> reporter: it is a crucial moment here in south carolina. we are just hours away from our town hall with the republican presidential candidates gathering here to answer voter questions. coming as this race has gotten incredibly hostile and nasty. and i'll give you some examples of that in just a moment. first breaking political news out of the state. governor nikki hayley endorsing senator rubio, expecting to make her official announcement in just a few hours. it is a major endorsement. i want to go to sarah murray in south carolina where donald trump is going to be holding a rally in just a few hours. sarah, obviously that's a crucial moment as well because when you look at the polls, he wasn't expecting the governor's endorse men here but she is wildly popular among voters, the majority here are still leaning towards someone or undecided. and yet donald trump is the front-runner w

with that, i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. thank you so much for being with me. we're going to take you to washington now. "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. he's looking more like a politician today and less like -- well, less like donald trump. "the lead" starts right now. recalculating. republican front-runner donald trump making some tweets after his second place finish in iowa. he's pounding the pavement instead of his opponents in new hampshire today. >>> hillary clinton and bernie sanders both of them circling left like they're on a nascar track as they battle over who's the real progressive. but did clinton stumble on the $675,000 question last night? >>> plus, an nfl star's death that may help save the lives of future players. our dr. sanjay gupta gives us a look at your brain on football and a possible medical breakthrough against a crushing disease. >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we are in the thick of it, people, so of course we begin today again with our politics lead. donald trump i

i'm brooke baldwin. thanks so much for being with me. "the lead" starts now. >> thanks, brooke. the first snapshot of the south carolina presidential race in months, right here in seconds. "the lead" starts right now. it's dirty, it's raw, it's personal, it is south carolina politics. and in just four days it could be a battle for the republican party's very soul. plus, the other battle for the future, president obama coming out to speak about replacing justice antonin scalia who died suddenly saturday. shaping up to be one of the big of the battles of his entire presidency. >> conspiracy theorys in overdrive, blaming everyone from president obama, clintons, dick cheney, mr. spock for the death of justice scalia at age 79. which presidential candidate added tin foil to the proverbial hat? >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. breaking news. brand-new cnn polls laying out the state of the race in south carolina as the republicans like to say, south carolina picks presidents. so if your name is donald j. trump you might be grinning, four

brooke baldwin and john berman join me this morning. he is the one on your tv right.. a proud family mourns. the highest court is frozen. and the loss puts senate republicans and president obama on a collision course. conservatives calling for obama to wait until a new president is elected to fill the seat. a notion that would certainly make nino of laugh. obama making it clear he does intend to nominate a successor. >> with all three branches of government in play, the stakes couldn't be any higher this election. will vulnerable senators in swing states buck their party leadership if republicans decide to block this confirmation vote. and how will his death alter the major cases this term? joe johns live in

i'm brooke baldwin. you're of course watching cnn and you will definitely want to be watching at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight where hillary clinton will get her first face-to-face with bernie sanders after he beat her in the new hampshire primary earlier this week. we are simulcasting that democratic debate on pbs. as clinton prepares to seize her chance to derail

i'm brooke baldwin live in new hampshire. primary day in america, first primary in the nation.e at the polls. they're deciding who will walk away with big prizes here. there are no more rallies, no more town halls. it is time for the shaking of hands, pouring of coffee or if you're john kasich, the dinner, topping someone's coffee off this morning. doing what elections are known

my friend brooke baldwin is live for us in manchester tonight. brooke? >> reporter: hello, poppy harlow. last time we chatted last weekend it was iowa, this weekend all eyes on new hampshire a couple days away from the first in the nation primary. listen, i love being out and about and covering politics and talking to smart political minds. looking at someone you're about to see in a minute looking at me very funny. new hampshire could technically belong to any one of the seven top republican candidates because about a third of the state's republican voters tell us here at cnn that they have not made a firm decision on who they'll actually go out and support come primary night on tuesday. let me begin this hour with our political reporter sarah murray at the debate venue in manchester. i don't even know where to begin. do we talk trump, rubio, or the governors? you pick. >> reporter: brooke, the stakes are high for a lot of people on the stage. that's why it's so hard to decide who to start with. there are some people who are not going to make it out of

i'm brooke baldwin. definitely stay tuned to the town hall later this evening. meantime "the lead" with jake tapper starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. two nights ago we met gracious, humbled, chastenned donald trump. donald trump gives us the twitter tantrum we were expecting monday night accusing the cruz campaign of a serious charge and calling for a do-over in iowa. what they say tonight could make the difference in new hampshire. hillary clinton and bernie sanders get set to face off in a cnn town hall, and things are not getting any friendlier on that side of the aisle. >>> plus, flint, michigan, residents coming to congress. they have questions, they have rage, and they have hands full of their own hair. an intense emotional hearing on capitol hill over an imminently preventible tragedy. good afternoon, everyone, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. our politics lead now, donald trump making an explosive charge against texas senator ted cruz, that cruz cheated his way to victory in iowa, trump says. donald trump firing off yet another twitter tirade th

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. it is thursday. you're watching cnn.u for being with me here. five days out now from the first in the nation primary in new hampshire. the only two democrats remaining in the race for the white house, they're battling it out over the ideological direction of their party's future. bernie sanders is trying to spark what he calls a political revolution. while hillary clinton is trying to convince voters she is the best candidate to lead the democrats in what will be a post obama era. they laid out their cases. faced excellent questions from

i'm brooke baldwin live here in manchester, new hampshire, on this primary eve.ng snow as i speak here in new hampshire. might that be a factor? we'll wait and see. we're just ten hours away from the proposed first votes getting under way here in new hampshire. donald trump still at the top of the pack of republicans heading into tomorrow's vote. but the big story here is the battle for number two. it is shaping up to be a battle royale.

my friend brooke baldwin is live for us in

cruz apologized but blamed cnn causing brooke baldwin to call b.s. >> when senator cruz tries to throw my network and journalists under the bed, let me stand up for them. i'm going to call out b.s. if i hear b.s., and that's b. s. >> under pressure, cruz admit that "cnn got it correct." last night at the debate, he reverted to his previous position. he said this -- >> my political team saw cnn's report breaking news, and they forwarded that news to our volunteers. it was being covered on live television. i regret that subsequently cnn reported on that -- they didn't correct the story until 9:15 that night. from 6:30 p.m. to 9:15, that's what cnn was reporting. subsequent to that initial report, ben's campaign put out a statement saying that he was not suspending his campaign. i wish that our campaign staff had forwarded that statement. they were unaware of it. i wish that they had. that's why i apologized. >> senator cruz, thank you. >> in fact, the timeline indicates that that initial tweet from cnn was followed by another within one minute that clarified that i was not dropping out.

. >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin.e with us on this monday. so will tomorrow help turn donald trump into something that doesn't often come out of nevada? a sure bet. the republican caucuses are tomorrow evening. trump is now basking in the fact that every republican who's won primaries in both south carolina and new hampshire has become the presidential nominee. in this election, runner-up doesn't necessarily mean down and out. marco rubio's strong finish in south carolina may have just cinched him as the traditional candidate the republican party has been

i'm poppy harlow in for my friend brooke baldwin.al coverage of the debate which is, john berman, tonight. >> thanks, poppy. i'm john berman at the university of houston. right here in less than seven hours, you will see the smallest field of republicans on stage so far under the greatest pressure in this campaign so far. behind me are the great students of the university of houston. they were talking to cnn's jake tapper just a few minutes ago. you can s t

let's go live to new hampshire to manchester, where we find my friend brooke baldwin.isscrossing the country in the last week. >> listen. so many cnnors have been. blink, we're in iowa, the next thing, we're in new hampshire. first in the nation primary, and about a third of republican voters tell us here at cnn they still haven't decided which of the candidates they are going to support on tuesday. i was just at lunch with someone who is a republican, he said i think i'm going for kasich, i want a governor to run the country. he had not fully decided. they have the front-runner donald trump changing his venue, listen, two words here. retail politics. texas senator ted cruz and the accusations of dirty pool in iowa following him into the debate hall tonight. i could list them all but each of the republican candidates definitely has some sort of challenge to overcome with the good people here of new hampshire. sarah murray is at this location, the venue location for this debate tonight. so sarah murray, set the scene for me and talk about, you know, we keep saying the s

i'm brooke baldwin. i'll see you tomorrow. in the meantime we send it to washington. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. i'm back from new hampshire. as donald trump might say, there was so much winning going on. "the lead" starts right now. there will be blood. donald trump moves on to south carolina with ted cruz in his cross-hairs. if you thought the race was chaotic and ugly before, wait until you see the tv ads running today. >>> going national. bernie sanders getting a huge fund-raising bump after his blowout win in new hampshire. can he break through in friendly territory for hillary clinton? >>> determined to attack. the top u.s. security official warning isis could strike inside the u.s. this year. and we may not see the terrorists coming. hello, everyone, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. our politics lead today, new hampshire narrowing the republican field. carly fiorina announcing she is suspending her campaign today. governor chris christie expected to do the same. while tuesday spelled the end for some, it was a momentou

i'm brooke baldwin. today is the day.here a winter blizzard is in the forecast, yes, and a political earthquake may just be on the horizon. we will see if upstart republican front-runner donald trump will live up to the

eastern, i'm poppy harlow in for brooke baldwin.hours away from the start of the nevada caucuses to select the republican nominee for president. the stakes are high but the suspension is likely even higher. will nevada play out as the polls show with donald trump earning a third win in a row, or will the silver state fulfill its reputation as a tough state to read, and deliver a surprise ni

>> i'm poppy harlow in new york, my friend brooke baldwin. that does it for me tonight. our coverage continues here next live with erin burnett in des moines. have a good night. >>> a special edition of "outfront" we're live in iowa, one day before the caucuses, deadlocked between trump, cruz, clinton and sanders, tonight trump making a final pitch live tonight. plus donald trump's sons on new york values, their family's religion and why their dad never sleeps. with the clinton/sanders race too close to call right now. could it all come down to martin o'malley? let's go "outfront." >>> and good evening, i'm erin burnett, welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world tonight who are watching in this countdown to the iowa caucuses. this is a very special edition of "outfront" we're live from des moines, the capital of iowa. after seven months of one of the most unpredictable presidential campaigns in history. i don't know if we need to put the word "most," not one of, it is the most, we're a day away from the first real votes. tonight the race between th

i am a poppy harlow in today for my friend brooke baldwin. cnn's special coverage of a critical in the race for the white house. poppy i'm aaron burnett in greenville, south carolina today. top of the on cnn just hours from now where i'm standing republican candidates will face voters answering their questions in a town hall right here on cnn. this comes as an allout war has erupted between the front-runners, donald trump, and ted cruz. minutes ago cruz revealing trump

brooke baldwin and john berman join me this morning. he is the one on your tv right. up first, the death of justice scalia is terrible news on several levels. a proud family mourns. the highest court is frozen. and the loss puts senate republicans and president obama on a collision course. conservatives calling for obama to wait until a new president is elected to fill the seat. a notion that would certainly make nino of laugh. obama making it clear he does intend to nominate a successor. >> with all three branches of government in play, the stakes couldn't be any higher this election. will vulnerable senators in swing states buck their party leadership if republicans decide to block this confirmation vote. and how will his death alter the major cases this term? joe johns live in front of the united states supreme court. joe, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. a flag at the united states supreme court flying at half-staff. the body of justice scalia back in his home state of virginia. a few more details trickling out about the of the justice over the wee

brooke baldwin, steve smith hosting that tomorrow at 4:30 eastern here on cnn and like i said, tonight'sl go with a repeat in both. i think lavine defends his title and i think steph curry will put on an absolute show. >> all right. looking forward to it. stay warm out there. what's the temperature again? >> it is negative 11 degrees outside, guys. >> it's getting worse. >> i'm from texas, i can't handle it -- >> my gosh. andy, thank you. have fun with it. i think they always have fun, don't they. >> they do. >> we'll see you back here at 10:00 he's earn for an hour of if the newsroom". >> yeah, don't go anywhere, smerconish starts for you right now. ♪ ♪ >>> i'm michael smerconish. this week the former chair of the south carolina gop noted in iowa voter expect candidates to trudge through the snow and hold small meetings in diners. in new hampshire, they expected to come into the living room and have coffee but in south carolina, they want to see how you can take a punch and so, donald trump has called jeb bush a mama's boy and a lightweight and ted cruz a liar. now he's even ripping the

he sat down this week with brooke baldwin to talk about how donald trump became the gop front-runnerer coming in and really shaking things up. a lot of people i think at the beginning were waiting for mr. trump to crash and burn. it doesn't seem like he's going to do that. it seems like he's going to be there until the end. you know, for me as a guy who loves entertainment, this is all so entertaining and he's made it more entertaining. if he wins the nomination, i mean that's going to be something to watch. >> something to watch. rucker has not endorsed anyone yet but maybe he'll do that on stage. he just announced plans for his good for a good time tour. that kicks off in june. thank you all for joining me and erin today. "the lead with jake tapper" begins right now. >>> thanks, poppy. hope the pope has a good lawyer. "the lead" starts right now. just two days until the critical south carolina republican primary and donald trump going off on his holiness. after pope francis suggests that he's not christian. but could this only help trump in the bible belt? >>> senator marco rubio t