i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with major news. president barack obama choosing a nominee for the united states supreme court today setting the stage for a political showdown. merrick garland is his name. just becoming the most talked about man in washington. >> i have fulfilled my constitutional duty. knot now it's time for the senate to do theirs. presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. neither should a senator. >> fidelity to the constitution and the law has been the cornerstone of my professional life. and it's the hallmark of the kind of judge i have tried to go for the past 18 years. if the senate sees fit to confirm me to the position for which i have been nominated today, i promise to continue. >> a u.s. court of appeals judge in the washington, d.c. circuit. he is now president obama's choice to preplace the late supreme court justice antonin scalia. let's be clear here this. announcement is sure to set off a major partisan war. it really already has. republican senators ha

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i'm brooke baldwin. listen, right now, it's trump versus everyone else. some of his fellow conservatives today meeting behind closed door, talking about ways to take him down. you're about to hear from one republican senator who is now backing senator ted cruz for the party's nomination after joking about his murder on the senate floor. so stand by for that. but first the senate's top democrat blaming republicans for creating donald trump. each talking about senator harry reid. he laid into republican leaders today. saying their obstructionism, quote, created the drought conditions donald trump has simply struck the match. what is more here, senator reid challenged republican leaders to quote/unquote get some backbone and denounce donald trump outright. then there is this. perhaps even the best evidence that is an exceptional year for presidential politics. senator reid complimented ted cruz, the republican blame for shutting down the federal government, with regard to president obama's bobamacare. >> i

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i'm brooke baldwin.ing news here in the race for president because here's what we know now. live pictures here, cadillac, michigan. waiting to hear from donald trump. the breaking news is this, that we have just learned mr. trump plans to skip c pac, that is a majoon

brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. . >> thank you, brooke. isis has plans to hit europe again and soon. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news, a new warning from u.s. counterterrorism officials that more attacks are on the way as the manhunt for isis terrorists intensifies. >>> plus new information tonight from counterterrorism officials, including a second suspect now wanted in the brussels bombings, as we learn that isis leadership in the middle east may have been calling the shots for this cell. >>> plus -- >> donald, you're a snifling coward and leave

i'm brooke baldwin, and you are watching cnn. news just in to cnn that is extremely significant. jeb bush, as in the man who wanted to be president but who dropped out after south carolina. as in the former governor here in the great state of florida, jeb bush is set to meet with marco rubio, ted cruz, and john kasich here in miami ahead of tomorrow night's debate. what he is not doing is meeting donald trump. that's number one. the backdrop is of course the continue use of donald trump's domination. defying the republican establishment yet again. the front-runner sweeping three out of the four republican contests on this week's super tuesday. and snagging another 72 delegates with 57 going to ted cruz who did win idaho yesterday. 17 for john kasich who didn't win anything but came in at close third in michigan. marco rubio coming in last with an epic loss picking up exactly zero delegates. trump may be riding high right now. that is not to say his rivals are letting up. this morning cruz showed off his biggest new supporter, for

i'm brooke baldwin.ots of talk today we are following breaking news here in the race for president because here's what we know now. live pictures here, cadillac, michigan. waiting to hear from donald trump. the breaking news is this, that we have just learned mr. trump plans to skip c pac, that is a major conservative conference this weekend, he won't be there. who is there and who is currently speaking, you just saw a hot second ago, the governor of ohio, john kasich, who would like to beat mr. trump in winning the party's nomination for president. by the way, we will be speaking to this hour live. do not miss that. lots of politics to dive into. but first, let's get to this. this could be hollywood's greatest crime story, the grisly murders of o.j. simpson's wife nicole brown simpson and her friend ronald goldman. o.j. simpson was tried and acquitted for this infamously gruesome acts. the murder weapon, a knife, was never found. fast forward to just a couple hours ago. the los angeles police department

i'm brooke baldwin.uper tuesday number three. the most consequential day of this race up until this point. what if john kasich wins his home state of ohio? today ted cruz said all those votes would be wasted. but kasich countered saying at this stage of the race, anything is possible. >> look, with john kasich, it's real simple, it's impossible for him to become the nominee. he cannot beat trump. a vote for kasich or a vote for rubio is a vote that's thrown away. john kasich would take greater than 100% of the delegates to go on and have a path to winning. math actually matters. and we've had over 20 states vote. governor kasich has won zero. >> i'm not running to block anybody, but the math is real. and if somebody can't get the total number of delegates, and look, we have 1,000 delegates yet to go. you will see me pick up speed and have momentum. i may go to the convention with more delegates than any of them but probably not enough to win, so we'll see what happens. >> so let's begin with some simple

brooke baldwin.hank you so much for starting your week with us here. we begin of course with europe. europe on edge. the terror web expanding as the hunt intensifies for those responsible for the attacks in belgium. now told at least eight people are on the run, suspected in the attacks in both brussels and in paris. raids now spreading across, look at this, four countries now, nine people taken in for questioning just this past weekend. three of them are charged with helping terrorists. and breaking today, a big setback. investigators letting one suspect

. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. you're watching cnn special coverage of super tuesday elections, round three. we are in the midst of the most consequential day in the presidential election thus far. after the tallies come in together, there could be fewer republicans running for president. one republican, donald trump, may become the undisputed presumed nominee if he wins ohio and florida. mr. trump has already gotten off to a winning start, taking all nine delegates in the u.s. territory in the south pacific. as for the democrats here, any win by bernie sanders keeps hillary clinton's focus in the primary fight. taking type, taking resources from where many thought it would be by now the general election. so let's get straight to the voters. cnn's kyung lah is with voters in miami. cnn's dan simon is at a polling place outside of cleveland. dan, what's the turnout been like? >> turnout throughout the whole state has been solid all day long. we are here in north olmstead, ohio, cuyahoga county, the most populous cou

i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn. we'll call it super tuesday the sequel.oters are hitting the polls, which means we are mere hours away from knowing the answer to this question, will donald trump breakway with an even bigger lead or can an even bigger candidate slow trump's surge to ultimately party's nomination? ted cruz showed that was possible just a couple of days ago. today on the republican side, you have hawaii caucusing and then you have

i'm brooke baldwin. we may be on the cusp of a pivotal turn in the race for president.re we seeing the begins of the rise of senator cruz against front-runner donald trump? well, tomorrow could bring more clarity here. four states hold the republican nominated contests, 150 critical delegates will be at stake then and it may confirm a trend that happened saturday when

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i'm brooke baldwin.ant to welcome our viewers in the united states and all around the world. it is just about 7:30 local time in belgium. these are live pictures. we've got our eyes on a police chopper there, perhaps honed in on something or someone in the schaerbeek neighborhood outside of brussels. all this happening after a fatal morning both at the huge international airport at 8:00 in the morning where two blasts went off, followed by a fatal blast at the subway. again, when you think of belgium, this is the headquarters of nato, this is european union, and now victims of these apparent terror attacks. fred pleitgen is on the ground, watching these raids unfolding. fred pleitgen, tell me what you're seeing now. >> one of the things we just saw was there seemed to be a person inside that helicopter pointing a gun out of the helicopter. so i'm not sure whether or not they might have a sniper inside that chopper, but it seemed to us very clear someone was point something that looked very much like a ri

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. we're back with our special live coverage. millions are casting their votes in the most important battle thus far in this presidential race. 11 states on each side. let me show you here what's at stake. 595 delegates there at stake. almost half the number needed to clinch that nomination. without question, the crown j e jewel today, the state of texas. more than a third what is required to win that party's nomination. so with me now this hour, i have chris freights, in kentucky, cnn's brian todd, voting station there in northern virginia, and cnn's martin savidge in chattanooga, tennessee. but mr. freights, to you first, sir, where trump is about to hold his second rally of the day. just as he was in ohio looking ahead to that primary, march 15th. it's not a super tuesday state. >> that's exactly right, brooke, i'll tell you, a lot of excitement here in louisville. the lines going around the block here. as people wait in the rain to get in to see donald trump. if you want to see how trump is feeling today, just look at the map

i'm brooke baldwin. you know what, everything is bigger in texas including the prize pool. whopping 222 delegate democrats are up for grabs and 155 for republicans. this is the crown jewel in this super tuesday fight. let's go straight to texas to houston and the washington bureau chief with the dallas morning news. welcome back, sir, nice to have you on. >> always good to be with you, brooke. >> first up, texas. this is home turf for ted cruz. do you think it is his to lose? >> it is his to lose, yes. ted cruz, as far as i can tell, has gotten the most votes of anyone on a texas ballot who wasn't run for president that is, you know, mitt romney or someone like that. he is, therefore, the most popular politician in texas. it would be pretty extraordinary if he loses. if he does lose, he really has no viable way forward. >> do you think he would drop out for sure if he lost texas? >> i think it would -- the pressure would be enormous on him to drop, yes. >> okay. >> i think it would be hard to resist. i don't know if he would, but it would be hard for him to resist. >> we ta

our brooke baldwin will anchor that.race for the white house, adam smith political editor of "tampa bay times" and jeff balls. let's talk about florida. what's going to happen on tuesday? >> we are weirdly disloyal in florida. we've had two hometown favorites. jeb bush and marco rubio, neither has been close to leading in the polls since probably july. >> so trump looks like he's going to win in florida? >> it's florida, so nothing is predictable. but trump looks favored right now. >> and the polls have been very consistent. >> there have been some that show a big lead and some that show a smaller lead. but he's leading in all of them. and if rubio is truly competitive, he should be ti tighter. i agree with adam. >> the hometown senator, if he didn't win on tuesday, everybody seems to think it's over, right? >> what's the case. if if he can't win florida that republicans must win to win the general election, hard to make the case he's the strongest candidate. >> that helps cruz or trump more or does it help kasich? >> we

i'm brooke baldwin here at the university of miami. we'll be back here same time tomorrow. but don't move a muscle, "the lead" with jim sciutto starts right now. >> thank you, brooke baldwin. democrats about to square off after the biggest upset of the season. "the lead" starts right now. >>> bernie sanders shocking hillary clinton in michigan, pulling off a win not even his own campaign saw coming. and this right before another big debate on cnn tonight. >>> donald trump keeps rolling as questions mount about whether marco rubio's campaign can survive another disappointing finish. can he stay afloat through his own home state of florida? >>> plus, breaking news in the war on terror. u.s. air strikes zeroing in on isis chemical weapons after u.s. forces capture the chief of the program and he starts talking. welcome to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in again today for jake tapper. our politics lead, a big surprise winner in michigan. it is one of the biggest upsets in any one state in recent political history. and tonight sanders and clinton go head to head once again. the uni

i'm brooke baldwin.iami. as the state is set for tonight's cnn republican debate. this is the last chance for the final four to shape up the race before voters in florida and ohio hit the polls. possibly this could be the last debate for all four of these men period. both of those states, ohio and florida, they're pivotal because they're winner take all contests. donald trump says, quote/unquote, it's over if he wins both of them. as it stands right now, john kasich, the governor of ohio, is actually leading in ohio. this is according to this new fox poll. you see the numbers here, top of your screen. kasich with 34% to donald trump's 29, ted cruz with 19 and marco rubio with 7. now, things are not so bad for rubio in florida, but for u.s. senator in his home state, they should be better. let's just be real. so far, it sees floridians are not rallying behind their senator. let's begin with jason carroll who is inside the debate hall. four podiums. some candidates are starting to roll through, get the lay

i'm brooke baldwin. we have breaking news coverage of one of the most intense and deadly manhunts of our time and we can confirm one of the fugitives, perhaps the most wanted man in the world, suspected in the paris terror attack, has just been captured alive. we've just learned from our affiliate in belgium he was shot in the leg during the capture. he was caught during a raid in the belgium suburb of molenbeek, an area plagued with terror cells and radicalization. he is injured, but again, captured alive. the suspected driver of the car that dropped off three suicide bomber, at that french soccer stadium november last year, the night of those coordinated terror attacks throughout the city and one of the suicide bombers outside the cafes was, in fact, his brother. he did detonate that suicide vest and kill himself. immediately after the effect, sala abdeslam fled. help was even questioned by police, passed through checkpoints at the border, police didn't realize who he was and let him pass through. ever

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me. let's begin with the intense terror raids and an urgent manhunt. four suspects in belgium. gunfire and explosions continuing to go off in this brussels neighborhood there of schaerbeek. a suspect was wounded during a major police operation. you'll be able to see from this witness video, a bomb disposal robot, there you go, approaching him, and then police drag him from the bus stop. he is believed to be linked to tuesday's attacks. meantime, in france, authorities there say they thwarted a terror plot near paris overnight and arrested a french national who is suspected of planning a quote/unquote advance stage attack. french police also recovered a kalashnikov rifle and more than 4 pounds of tatp. that is that same explosive, the nickname is mother of satan, because it's so vulnerable when it's placed near heat. that was used in tuesday's bombings. and in the sophisticated coordinated attacks november 13th paris last year. the manhunt still under way for the suspects connected to brus

i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. thank you for being with me on this thursday. go to washington. "the lead" starts now. >> thanks, brooke. parents, an advisory warning if you have children at home watching tv, we are going to be talking about the republican presidential primary show on the show today, be forewarned. "the lead" starts right no. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> ouch. 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney eviscerating donald trump in a blistering takedown today and backing a contested convention. is this a game h-changer for an voters or is this the

brooke baldwin. thank you so much for starting your week with us here. we begin of course with europe. europe on edge. the terror web expanding as the hunt intensifies for those responsible for the attacks in belgium. now told at least eight people are on the run, suspected in the attacks in both brussels and in paris. raids now spreading across, look at this, four countries now, nine people taken in for questioning just this past weekend. three of them are charged with helping terrorists. and breaking today, a big setback. investigators letting one suspect go. the known as, but now they say there is not enough evidence to keep him. belgian authorities releasing the first video of the three airport suspects. police apparently still have no clue who this man in the white jacket is or where he ran off to. let's begin with our colleague alexander fields. she is live in brussels. where to begin with all the raids and the arrests over the weekend or the woops with letting this guy go? >> yes, let's start

i'm pamela brown, in today for brooke baldwin. republicans hope to stop donald trump from becoming their party's nominee are facing a new sense of urgency after the front run ae runner's stunning assertion about abortion. now one of his gop rivals says that's far from the only reason trump is unfit to be president. john kasich just laid out his own top five. take a listen. >> we know about his comments on abortion, which have put women in a very difficult position and we know he has since moved to correct those, in one way or

i'm pamela brown, in today for brooke baldwin. republicans hope to stop donald trump from becoming their party's nominee are facing a new sense of urgency after the front run ae runner's stunning assertion about abortion. now one of his gop rivals says that's far from the only reason trump is unfit to be president. john kasich just laid out his own top five. take a listen. >> we know about his comments on abortion, which have put women in a very difficult position and we know he has since moved to correct those, in one way or another. he actually talked about the use of nuclear weapons, both in the middle east and in europe. you wonder about his hand or his thumb getting any close to the critical button that presidents are in charge of. number three, he says we should basically abolish the geneva convention which was created to make sure we had fair treatment for anybody who could be captured in war and that somehow we ought to abolish the geneva convention and engage in i guess more torture, which doesn't set well with any of the

i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin. just hours before the republican candidates face off during a cnn town hall. donald trump's campaign in the headlines now for all the wrong regions. his campaign manager turning himself in to police in florida because of this incident. he's charged with simple battery after he allegedly grabbed a reporter earlier this month. i want to take you through this new video now and the highlighted section you see, in the circle. you can see the reporter michelle fields in the yellow jacket. then campaign manager corey lewandowski. she appears to be pulled back with his hand firmly on her arm. it's not so easy to see but that's there as well. this is a photo posted on twitter showing bruises she alleged came from that incident. our white house correspondent jim acosta and cnn's brian stelter. jim, first to you, how is the campaign reacting to this? >> pam, first of all, the trump campaign is show nothing signs the backing away from its embattled campaign manager. trump tweeted earlier today ba

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me.intense terror raids and an urgent manhunt. four suspects in belgium. gunfire and explosions continuing to go off in this brussels neighborhood there of schaerbeek. a suspect was wounded during a major police operation. you'll be able to see from this witness video, a bomb disposal robot, there you go, approaching him, and then police drag him from the bus stop. tu is believed to be linked to

i'm pamela brown in today for brooke baldwin. great to have you along with us on this wednesday.'re six days from the next big republican contest in wisconsin. and check out this new poll just coming in to us from marquette law school. as you can see right here, it shows cruz in the lead with 40% support from likely gop primary voters. he's up 19 points from last month, while donald trump is in second, followed by john kasich. and this also just in to cnn this afternoon. 16 conservative women who are a part of the news media are now calling on trump to fire his

all right, on to the next hour. >>> i'm pamela brown in today for brooke baldwin.llout to the video that led to trump's campaign manager being criminally charges. 16 women in the news media are calling on trump to fire corey lewandowski. he's been charged with simple battery after this video showed an encounter this month between him and a reporter. still, trump is standing by his top aide. this is what he told our anderson cooper at cnn's town hall. >> i almost fell to the ground, i almost fell to the ground. she didn't almost fall to the ground. he got her in way. by the way, she was grabbing me. am i supposed to press charges against her. >> you suggested you might. >> my arm is killing me. it's never been the same. excuse me, i didn't suggest. >> yeah, you did. >> i tweeted. >> a tweet is a suggestion. >> should i press charges? >> are you going to? >> i don't know. maybe i should. >> and also coming into us today, a new poll from marquette law school that shows ted cruz is the republican to beat in wisconsin next tuesday. his support is at 40%, with trump in s

i'm brooke baldwin.verage of one of the most intense and deadly manhunts of our time and we can confirm one of the fugitives, perhaps the most wanted man in the world, suspected in the paris terror attack, has just been

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with mees.live coverage for the frantic manhunt for the bombing suspect and a terror cell truly at large here. right now here is what we know in belgium and really the international community mourning the victims of the deadliest terrorist attack in belgium's history. the country also on its highest alert as police are hunting for, quote, unquote, a number of suspects who still may be in the country by the way. we know that belgian authorities are now searching for this man. they have not identified him. this was the man in the

. >>> here we go, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me here on this thursday.ing news. an intense manhunt under way for these two suspected terrorists in the brussels attacks. one of them truly just a mystery, believed to be part of that attack on metro that left this devastation and killed at least 20 people. authorities are looking for a man caught on surveillance video carrying a large bag. where that individual is, if that individual is alive, authorities don't know. security forces are also on the hunt for this man, we talked a lot about him, they believe he

i'm brooke baldwin. continuous breaking coverage with anderson cooper starts right now. >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. . >>> two separate isis attacks timed an hour apart, kill 30 people, and injure at least 230 others. now, a massive global manhunt is under way for the man in this picture, ongoing raid in belgium, a helicopter flying overhead. police already uncovered a bomb with nails for shrapnel, chemicals and isis plag. i'm anderson cooper, in for jake tapper. we start "the lead" with breaking news. video inside the brussels airport. belgian prosecutor say these are the men who unleashed terror. the twoen 0 the left, according to the prosecutor, probably suicide bombers. now european police asking for help identifying the man on the right in a hat and light colored jacket. they think he survived the attack. cnn is working its sources on both side of the atlantic right now. fred pleitgen and atika shubert in brussels. fred, you're in a suburb of brussels. raids in just the past hour. 's goi

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you so much for being with me here. we are in beautiful miami.the top of the hour here is simi valley, california. that there is the hearse that has been carrying former first lady. passed a way at 49 years of age sunday morning, nancy reagan. her body has just arrived at the ronald reagan presidential library there just in the thousand oaks simi valley area of southern california. the former first lady will be carried inside the library by a number of secret service agents and then her body will be placed there to lie in repose for the next few days before she is laid to rest ultimately next to her husband, her beloved ronnie. that is friday afternoon. let's begin our coverage with by colleague sara sidner who is there just outside the library. sarah, talk us through what this day means for so many people. >> reporter: well, to give you some idea, there are about a thousand people who are on the list to be at the funeral service which is private. today it really is a day for the public to go and view her body lying in repose. as you just

i'm brooke baldwin here in new york. thank you for being with me on this thursday. let's go to washington. "the lead" starts now. >> thanks, brooke. parents, an advisory warning if you have children at home watching tv, we are going to be talking about the republican presidential primary show on the show today, be forewarned. "the lead" starts right no. >> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> ouch. 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney eviscerating donald trump in a blistering takedown today and backing a contested convention. is this a game h-changer for an voters or is this the irrelevant musings of a loser as trump says. >>> just as hillary clinton looks to be putting away her presidential nomination race, what is that you hear? is it the drip, drip, drip of her e-mail server controversy? the aide that set up that serve are has just been granted immunity to cooperate with the fbi investigation. >>> plus pyongyang firing six short-range projectiles off the north korean coast. is kim jong-un

i'm brooke baldwin, thanks for watching. "the lead" starts now. >> thank you, brooke. they finally got him. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news. after four months on the run, the lone surviving paris terrorist now captured and wounded. what does he know with the attacks that claimed the lives of 130 people and any attacks to come? >>> a senior donald trump warning of consequences if party leaders block trump from getting the nomination. could the republican convention turn into wrestlemania? >>> plus trump hacked. the secret service investigating after anonymous declares war on donald trump and throws his cell and social security numbers online. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper. today breaking news in our world lead. explosions, gunfire, counterterror police in combat gear raiding locations across belgium. the assaults have french and ow. belgian officials celebrating. one declaring on twitter, we have him. police capturing one of the most wanted fugitives on the planet, taking the terrorist alive after a shootout. salah abdeslam dis

. >> i'm brooke baldwin. "the lead" with john berman starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. the alleged bomb maker blows himself up. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news in the brussels terror attacks. investigators now believe the alleged bomb maker behind the carnage in brussels and paris, and paris, is dead. but are other attacks still in the works? >>> also, airports, subways, sports arenas, tourist traps, the state department warning americans in europe to avoid crowded places that could become the next war zone. >>> plus naked anger. donald trump makes an ominous threat to spill the beans on mrs. ted cruz after an ad shows mrs. trump leaving little to the imagination. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm john berman in for jake today. breaking news in our world lead. a major development in the brussels terror attacks. the man suspected of building the bombs that tore through paris in november and brussels yesterday, he may in fact be dead. cnn has learned that najim laachraoui is believed to have been one of the two suicide bombers who blew themselves up at the brussel

. >>> hello, i'm pamela brown in for brooke baldwin on this tuesday.e the republican candidates face voters during a cnn town hall, donald trump's campaign in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. his campaign manager turning himself in to police in florida. he's charged with simple battery from an incident with a reporter earlier this month. i want toak

. >> thank you, brooke baldwin. so you know that thing about torturing terrorists and killing their families? today donald trump says never mind. "the lead" starts right now. a desperate all-out effort to stop donald trump continues today on the campaign trail after the gop race dives to an even lower level of locker room humor. he called donald trump a danger to america's future, so could mitt romney be the man to save his party from trump? the answer, a brand new interview with the 2012 runner-up. >>> plus from the bloody glove to a buried knife? the shocking news today about what was found on o.j. simpson's estate. will this rewrite the case years later? welcome to "the lead." i'm jim sciutto filling in for jake tapper. republican party leaders split over how and whether to stop donald trump. even as his gop rivals all pledge to support him if he becomes the nominee. on the democratic side, bernie sanders vowing to keep up his criticism of hillary clinton. could this jam-packed next week turn out to be a turning

. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me.cial coverage of super tuesday elections, round three. we are in the midst of the most consequential day in the presidential election thus far. after the tallies come in together, there could be fewer republicans running for president. one republican, donald trump, may become the undisputed presumed nominee if he wins ohio and florida. mr. trump has already gotten off to a winning start, taking all nine

. >>> hi there, i'm brooke baldwin. you're watching cnn's coverage of the deadly terror attacks.s is now claiming it was their men who carried out the suicide attacks at the main international airport in brussels early this morning and also at a very busy subway station. right now, a massive hunt is under way for, wait for picture and we'll show you here, this is a very crucial image. the man in a lighter colored jacket, in the khaki jacket there, in the white glass, the hat, this is airport surveillance footage. it shows obviously all three of them pushing these different baggage carts through the departure area of the airport. now police say w

brooke baldwin, thanks for being with me. "the lead" with pamela brown starts now. >> thank you, brooke. isis has plans to hit europe again and soon. "the lead" starts right now. breaking news, a new warning from u.s. counterterrorism officials that more attacks are on the way as the manhunt for isis terrorists intensifies. >>> plus new information tonight from counterterrorism officials, including a second suspect now wanted in the brussels bombings, as we learn that isis leadership in the middle east may have been calling the shots for this cell. >>> plus -- >> donald, you're a snifling coward and leave heidi the hell alone. >> the brand new sound of senator ted cruz coming back hard at donald trump over his latest tweet about mrs. ted cruz. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm pamela brown in for jake tapper. we begin with breaking news in our world lead. u.s. counterterrorism officials are warning that more terror attacks could be on the way in europe. this as we learn that two people are now wanted in connection to the brussels

i'm brooke baldwin. we begin with major news.he united states supreme court today setting the stage for a political showdown. merrick garland is his name. just becoming the most talked about man in washington. >> i have fulfilled my constitutional duty. knot now it's time for the senate to do theirs. presidents do not stop working in the final year of their term. neither should a

i'm brooke baldwin in new york. we'll take you to washington. jim sciutto in for jake tapper. "the lead" starts now. >>> super tuesday ii is under way and the stakes couldn't be higher. ted cruz gains on donald trump in the polls and bernie sanders needs a win in the biggest prize of the day, that is michigan. "the lead" starts right now. good afternoon, welcome to a special edition of "the lead," i'm jim sciutto in for jake tapper today. it is super tuesday ii and the stakes are very high. donald trump continues to lead in most polls across today's contests, but ted cruz is coming off a strong weekend, winning two states, and splitting the delegate count in louisiana, with trump. tonight, michigan, mississippi, idaho, hawaii up for grabs in the republican party, michigan with 59 delegates at stake is the night's biggest prize. the latest "the washington post"/abc news poll shows trump leading the field nationally at 34% but ted cruz not far behind at 25%. narrowingtis trump's lead by se be points. trump loses to both ted cruz and to marco rubio. cruz has become a clear number

. >>> i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me. see you at the same place tomorrow. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >>> thanks, brooke. was hoping president obama would go full frank underwood and nominate donald trump to the bench. "the lead" starts now. battle lines being drawn. president obama makes his pick for the supreme court and senate republicans say that is about as far as he's going to get. >>> donald trump now predicting a riot if he does not get the republican nomination, even if he does not secure enough delegates. is it time for the republican party to go from denial to acceptance after another super tuesday trouncing? >>> plus -- [ barking ] >> if anyone had a bigger night than donald trump, it's hillary clinton. trump today answering her with a new and interesting attack suggesting that she's the candidate who's the punch line. >>> good afternoon, everyone, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we'll begin with our politics lead and what could be a monumental shift on the u.s. supreme court. president obama nominating 63-year-old merri

. >>> hi there, everyone, i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this monday.t to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world as we're going to continue on this significant breaking news here we're learning. russian president vladimir putin has ordered some troops to withdraw from syria. this is specifically coming from russian state media. let me begin our coverage this hour with our pentagon correspondent barbara starr and also nick paton walsh on the phone with me from beirut, our senior international correspondent there. barbara, to you first here, i have a note that putin said they have achieved their goalsn

i'm brooke baldwin. "t "the lead" starts now. >> i'm just filling out my brackets right now. i've got trump university upsetting duke in the sweet 16. "the lead" starts now. the plan to stop trump. details of a secret back room meeting. leaders plotting to deny trump the nomination in cleveland no matter how many millions of people vote for him. >>> liberal leaders calling the trump campaign a five-alarm fire for democracy, but will a new plan of attack against trump back fire just like every single other one before it? >>> plus, the black fish effect. seaworld announcing a major change saying this generation of killer whales will be the last at their parks. good afternoon, everyone, welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. desperate conservative leaders huddled together in a secret trying to figure out if there is any possible way to block donald trump from the republican presidential nomination and if not whether they will mount a third party challenge to trump this fall. sunlen serfaty joins me live from houston, texas, where ted cruz has his campaign headquartered. sunlen,

i'm brooke baldwin. thank you for being with me on this monday afternoon. "the lead with jake tapper" starts now. >> thanks brooke. the big question who will survive super tuesday, the threequel. "the lead" starts right now. it is the final last chance for the stop donald trump republicans. campaigns in overdrive ahead of super tuesday, and the two states everyone is watching ohio and florida. donald trump and chris christie sit down for a fire side chat in front of a fired-up crowd as the violence and volume continue to trump the issues. >>> plus breaking news. all of a sudden vladimir putin ordering russian troops to pull out of syria. where does this leave the battle against a brutal dictator and the war against isis? >>> good afternoon, everyone. welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. two of donald trump's republican rivals are now hedging on whether they could ever support him as the candidates prepare for their last big chance tomorrow to derail the trump train. meanwhile, trump pulled together his biggest name supporters chris christie and sarah pali