carol costello, outside the basilica of the national shrine of the immaculate conception. carol? number of officers here, they just got into formation. i'm going to check and see what's happening now. they went inside the church. we see them lining the steps over there, which means that justice scalia's coffin, casket, must be very close by. in fact i hear sirens in the distance right now. we respect it at any moment. ten or 15 minutes ago it left the great hall of the u.s. supreme court, it doesn't take long to get here to the basilica. people are streaming through. they have security set up on either side of the basilica. people are going through magnetometers. there are still people coming in, mostly families and friends right now. most of the famous friends of justice scalia are inside the basilica right now. we saw senator ted cruz go up the steps. he was alone and went into the service to pay his last respects. >> carol costello, outside the basilica. >> we're waiting for the casket to arrive. we saw it leave the u.s. supreme court in that hearse, heading to the basilica of

i'm carol costello. the u.n. council vowing to punish north korea for launching a long range rocket on sunday. the regime celebrated the successful launch with a fireworks display. it said the launch was for scientific purposes. rocket delivered earth observation satellite into orbit which passed over the super bowl site about an hour after the game ended. cnn chief national security correspondent joins me now from the pentagon with more. >> good morning. this is a shock one month to the day after north korea successfully tested something, a nuclear device which seemed to be a step forward. north korea claimed it was a hydrogen bomb. they are concerned it was a step forward in terms of increasing the size of the explosion. now a month later on the day of the super bowl you have this launch and it is delivering certainly a blow to the national community but to its neighbor china which has been an al vie trying to push north korea not to test this missile. >> so is there anything the united states is doing about th

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. this just in to cnn -- the u.s. unemployment rate dropping to the lowest level in eight years. now at 4.9%. i know that sound great, but it's not all rosy. christine romans is here to tell us why. >> it is a milestone for the unemployment rate, no question. the lowest since february 2008. the dark, dark days of the financial crisis, in the months to come after that. let me show you numbers. 151,000 net new jobs added. slowing job growth from the great pace of late last year, but 151,000 net new jobs, jobless rate belew 4.9% approaching full employment when you see numbers in the 4% range. another good sign in the report, wage growth. 2.5%. people had more hours, bosses giving them more hours and more pay in january. look at the trajectory of the unemployment rate. down, down, down, 4.9%. how far it's come since the worst days of the financial crisis. look at job growth over the past year. you see from the chart how things slowed from a very brisk end

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. one stage, two candidates, a lot of talk about president obama. hillary clinton and bernie sanders battle for the spotlight during the democratic debate. but -- like i said, at times it seemed there were three people on that stage. >> i think president obama has set a great example. i think he has addressed a lot of these issues that have been quite difficult. 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 xemp pexemplif importance of this issue as the first african-american president. >> embracing president obama's legacy and bernie sanders ready ta create his own calling for a revolution as clinton called for a reality check. we have more for you. >> reporter: good morning, carol. the debate opened the next phase of the democratic primary fight. hillary cli

i'm carol costello. standing outside of the u.s. supreme court, a day of somber ceremony and heartfelt tributes. so many people already here waiting to pay their respects to justice annan scalia. just minutes from now a motorcade will leave this funeral home with the body of the justice inside heading from fairfax, virginia, to the u.s. supreme court. people lining up on the sidewalk outside just as just it scalia lies in repose inside this great hall on the platform that once held the casket of abraham lincoln. a private ceremony and then the public can begin filing past the flag-draped coffin. the president and first lady expected to pay respects sometime this afternoon. justice antonin scalia, nino to friends and family, known as a sku sku stu stu stullwart. scalia legalese, and as he cr k cracked jokes from the bench. thousands expected to pay respects. pamela brown is out among the crowds. good morning, pamela. >> reporter: good morning, carol. already a few dozen members of the public are lining up

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. this may be the single most important week of the crazy political season and maybe one of the bloodiest at least among republicans. this time tomorrow voting will begin in primaries and caucuses across 12 states and super tuesday with hundreds of delegates could push the front runners closer to locking up the nomination. here is how the races stack up. according to a new poll, hillary clinton appears to be pulling away from bernie sanders, 55% to 38%. in the republican race it is looking even more lop sided. donald trump absolutely dominates with 49% or roughly more than all of these challengers combined. alabama's jeff sessions becomes first sitting senator to back trump. his rivals are on the attack with new zeal over trump's endorsement by white supremacist david duke and interview in which trump seemed reluctant to disavow. here is how trump responded. >> the question was asked about david duke and various groups. i don't know who the groups are. i said w

i'm carol costello.thank you for joining me. as you can see from the count down clock, we're 11 hours away from the next presidential debate. and for the democrats, maybe the single most important showdown. you're looking at live pictures from inside the debate hall at the university of wisconsin in milwaukee. the two podiums for the pbs debate will be simulcast starting at 9:00 p.m. eastern. hillary clinton considered the shoe in months ago now scrambling to gain momentum. bernie sanders looking to build in new hampshire. facing off for the first time since the primary there, and both ramping up the efforts to win african american support. next hour clinton will receive a key, important endorsement from the congressional black caucus pact, and sanders is ramping up his frts to court african american leaders after the first primary in the south looms next week. we're covering both the democratic and republican races. we want to begin with tonight's debate. cnn is live in milwaukee. good morning. >> good

here's cnn's carol costello. >> reporter:nearly 17 years after the deadliest *high school shooting in u.s. history -- the mother of columbine killer dylan klebold says she's still haunted almost everyday by the memories of those who needlessly died. >> reporter:dylan and classmate, eric, dylan and his classmate, eric harris, killed 13 people, and injured 24 others at columbine high school, before committing suicide. >> reporter:in her first television interview since the shooting, sue klebold says: >> reporter:she feels like she rationalized possible warning signs in her son as normal teenage behavior. >> reporter:she says she never imagined he would do anything so horrific. >>i just remember sitting there and reading about them, all these kids, and the teacher, and i keep thinking, constantly thought, how i would feel if were the other way around and one of their children had shot mine. i would feel exactly the same way, i know i would. >> reporter:sue kelbold shares her story in a book to be released next week. she says she hopes it will help other parents spot potential signs of tr

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me.ry clinton and bernie sanders go head to head and battle it out on the same stage just days before the new hampshire primary. the race for the granite state heating up as clinton and sanders compete for votes during cnn's town hall. the big question, did this help voters make up their minds in the rivals trading punches on policy and what it means to be a progressive. as voters unleash tough questions directed to the candidates. >> you can't go and say you're a moderate one day and be a progressive on the other day. some of my best friends are moderates. i love moderates but you can't be a moderate and a progressive. they are different. >> i said that i'm a prodepressive who likes to get things done, and i was somewhat amused today that senator sanders has set himself up to be the gate keeper on who's is progressive. under the definition that was flying around and statements by the campaign, barack obama would not be a progressive, joe biden would not be a progressive. >> i do not know

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the fight ramping up in new hampshire. >> i'm going to have to work to reach out to young voters, maybe first time voters who have to make a tough decision. and i intend to do that. laying out my case where i contrast on the issues. >> well that won't be easy. according to iowa entrance polls for democrats. those between 17-29. only 14% chose clinton. 84% chose sanders. with young voter support like that can clinton even make a dent? mark preston is in new hampshire with more on that this morning. good morning. >> hey, good morning carol. yes hillary clinton certainly telling the truth there when she says she needs to make a better effort to get the youth vote. particularly young women as well. hillary clinton does well with young women. but young women who certainly have a longer political life ahead of them are not so infatuated by the idea that they need a woman as first president right now. there is always time. bernie sanders did so well in iowa. proof of concept he was able to g

i'm carol costello.or joining me with democratic south carolina primary on saturday hillary clinton and bernie sanders are ramping up outreach to african-americans, part of their efforts coming during dueling sit down interviews with bet. sanders pulling no punches accusing clinton of cozying up to president obama in order to pander to black voters. >> everything the president does is wonderful. we know what that is about trying to win support from the african-american community. >> but as the "new york times" points out sanders set a lukewarm reception to a black south carolina church. for the most part the parishioners ignored him. clinton is making a pitch to african-american church goers making a surprise appearance at the stellar awards. >> i feelported by the large majority of african-american community. i feel trusted by them. i realize that there are questions that deserve answers which is what i'm trying to provide. i am trying to lead a conversation that doesn't just address african-americans b

. >> time for newsroom with carol costello. happy tuesday darlin'. >> newsroom starts now. happening now in the newsroom. and you thought it was ugly before? -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> good morning. i'm carols cost low. the grand old party sounding more like the donner party. marco rubio saying cruz's questionable claims are a very disturbing pattern. cruz scoffs at his critics though saying their insults are just meant to hide their records and their flip-flops and jeb bush pleading with voters to rejects the politics of division splitting his party. days ahead of the primary in south carolina and the skorchd earth now hanging over this brawl and beyond. joined from charleston now with more. >> reporter: the really is an all out war among the republican candidates, especially donald trump and ted cruz. really speaking to how fierce their battle in the top tier between the two is. their rhetoric escalating overnight to the highest level. >> i think ted's a very unstable guy. >> reporter: donald trump on an all-out tear against ted cruz. >> -- as i said he's si

(carol costello/cnn) "a dire warning from the director of the cia on the ability of isis to carry out attacks using chemical weapons. in an interview with cbs "60 minutes"... committed to obtaining weapons of mass destruction and using them against the west. and he expects an attack inside the united states... (john brennan/cia director) "i'm expecting them to try to put in place the operatives and the materials and whatever else they need to do or to incite people to carry out these attacks clearly. so i believe their attempts are inevitable. i don't think their success necessarily are." (scott pelley/cbs) "can you explain to the folks watching this interview why these people want to kill us? how does attacking the united states further their interests." (john brennan/cia director) "i think they're trying to provoke a clash between the west and the muslim world or the world that they are in as a way to gain more adherence because what they're claiming is that the united states is trying to take over their countries, which is the furthest thing from the truth." (carol costello/cnn) "b

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me.n 30 minutes, the president will deliver a statement on his plan to close guantanamo bay. it's a plan in the making. gitmo is home to 91 detainees including this man whoul see in a minute. he's the master mind of the 9/11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people. barbara star is live with more. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. the report going to congress a long time in the making. president obama has been wanting to close guantanamo since he took office. the claim the administration makes is that they need to send as many detainees as they can back overseas to their home countries or to other countries who will look after them and then get it down to a very small number, perhaps 30 to 60 and transfer them to the united states. the pentagon has been looking at 13 facilities state side, trying to develop a plan on how to do that. but the congress very much oppo opposed. there is legislative language, law, that says the pentagon cannot use funds to transfer detainees state side. t

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. i give you the republican debate. >> if he builds the wall the way he built trump towers healed be using illegal immigrant labor to do it. >> so cute. such a cute sound bite. >> there are people that borrow $36,000 to go to trump university, and they're suing him now. $36,000 to go to a university. >> by the way, and by the way. >> that's a fake school. they got to take a picture with a cardboard cutout of donald trump. >> no, no. >> you know where trump would be right now? selling watches is manhattan. you lied about the polish workers. >> yeah, yeah. 38 years ago. >> lied 38 years ago. i guess there's a statute of limitations on lies. >> what is your plan on health care? >> every night five things. win, win, win, he's winning in the polls. >> senator rubio, please, please stop. >> every night. same thing. >> a debate like no other. rubio came out fighting fierce and ready to take on donald trump and the last throwdown before super tuesday, today, rubio back on the attack after unlea

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me.arolina and jeb bush is trying to turn a fourth place finish in new hampshire into a winning bid for president in south carolina. he's tapping his brother, george w., for help. george w. even made a new radio ad that debuted today. >> this is president george w. bush. we live in troubled times with the military deployed around the world. we need a strong leader with experience, ideas and resolve. there's no doubt in my mind that jeb bush will be a great commander in chief for our military. jeb has dealt with crises as the governor of florida and did so with resolve, steadiness and the calmness necessary in a good leader. >> cnn's mark preston is here. so is george w. going to be on the campaign trail, his physical self, with jeb bush in south carolina? >> reporter: that remains to be seen but we knew this was coming. south carolina is the state that is very welcoming to the bush family. now, we saw jeb bush's mother up here in new hampshire on the campaign trail. another person who is

i'm carol costello. the republican primary in south carolina two days away, and the candidates are sprinting to the finish line in round one of the cnn's town hall with us, anderson cooper, the candidates made their closing arguments selling themselves, jabbing at one another and condemning the nasty tone that infuses the race. >> i said hooee's been lying because if you say something that's not true over and over again and you know it's not true, there's no other word for it. >> both trump and rubio are following a pattern that whenever anyone points to their actual record to what they've said, to what they've voted on or done, they start screaming liar, liar yarks liar. it is the oddest thing. i can't think of any previous presidential election -- >> i think the american people are smart enough to be able to understand bluster and rhetoric versus truth. >> tonight round two of the cnn town hall meetings. john kasich, jeb bush, and trump, will field questions directly from the voters. also barbara bush,

cnn's carol costello, not so amused. tweeting: "the doritos ultrasound one was disturbing." she then asked about the fetus. and that character, some organizations say, is a political symbol. nay-rahl naral pro-choice america says the ad uses anti-choice tactics, and humanizes fetuses. conservative talk radio host, and former congressman joe walsh tweeted "sorry pro-abort, baby killers. that is a baby in there. real human life. probably likes doritos, too. deal with it." as an aside, here we are 25-hours after kickoff... and more than one- million people have viewed the youtube link to the commercial.### will likely be a very busy week for asian tourists. today marks the start of chinese new year. celebrations generally include music... dancing... and food. but gambling is also a big part of asian culture. downtown casinos have doubled their number of tables for pai gow poker.... and baccarat. "when all the people are together, we try to have more fun, so we play majong or gamble a little bit, and the reason they do that is just trying to enjoy the new year." the silver legac

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. after months of dinners and diners and frigid temperatures, the nation's first primary now underway. new hampshire is predicting a record turn out for a make or break day for some candidates. we're at the polling places and on the trail as candidates scramble for the last undecided voters. i want to start with joe johns and dan tewy. joe, you're at a polling place. is it a steady trickle or a mad rush? >> reporter: i think mad rush is in the eye of the beholder and probably closer to a steady trickle right now. we saw a good burst this morning of people at the very beginning at this polling place in manchester, new hampshire. expecting a lot more people around the noon hour around lunchtime and then again, perhaps, this evening. the good news and what we can report is that the weather, if it had ever been considered to be a real factor in the election, seems to be a nonissue right now. we had a lot of snow yesterday. but the winter weather advisory cleared around 6:00 eastern time. so

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the presidential candidates hit the ground running in new hampshire. some trying to build on the momentum of iowa. others trying to get back on track. hillary clinton claims victory but party officials not yet desclard a winner in a race too close to wall. one pringt still has to be counted and bernie sanders is looking into reports of voter irregularities.ecinct still has counted and bernie sanders is looking into reports of voter irregularities. clinton goes into new hampshire trailing in next week's primaries. also surprises on the republican side. ted cruz scores a huge victory and gives donald trump a harsh reality check. marco rubio stronger than expected and within a point of trump, who suddenly sounds, umm, humbled? >> we finished second. and i want to tell you something. i'm just honored. i'm really honored and i want to congratulate ted. >> tonight is a victory for courageous conservatives across iowa and all across this great nation. >> nine months ago we came to this beau

time now for "newsroom" with carol costello. good morning carol. >> good morning alisyn, have a great day. great day. "newsroom" starts now. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> and clinton's interrupted. >> i'm not a super predator -- >> we'll talk about it -- >> would you apologize to black people for mas incarcerations. >> as clinton and sanders battle for minority voters. let's talk live in the cnn "newsroom." >>> i'm carol costello. thank you so so much for joining me. tonight's cnn republican debate may be the nastiest yet. senator marco rubio appears to have changed his tactics. attacking donald trump by name and accusing him of not being an honest broker. donald trump says he's ready for rival attacks at tonight's debate. >> what do you see at senator rubio's biggest vulnerability. >> well i think i'll save that for tomorrow night. we have to keep some good action for tomorrow night. but we'll be totally prepared. people have not done very well against me. so far everybody that's attacked me has gone down. >> the cand

." >>> good morning, i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. we begin with two big political stories. donald trump picks up his third straight win with a sweeping victory in nevada and at any minute we're expecting democrat bernie sanders to hold a news conference in klum south carolina. we'll keep an eye on the podium but first trump's big win in the west because hey, donald trump hit the jackpot in nevada. in a total blow out he now moves one step closer to the gop nomination. here are the final results from last night's caucuses. trump winning and winning big. picking up as i said his third consecutive win. >> a couple of months ago we weren't expected to win this one. you know that, right? >> we weren't. of course if you listen to the pundits we weren't expected to win too much. and now we're winning, winning, winning the country. and soon the country is going to start winning, winning, winni , winning,. >> senator ted cruz now promising to bounce back after a disappointing finish by setting sights on super tuesday. >> one week from today w

i'm carol costello.thank you so much for joining me. marco rubio meeting with south carolina voters right now in mount pleasant. it is the republican candidate's first stop in this jam-packed day ahead of cnn's town hall. the florida senator sharing the stage with ben carson and ted cruz tonight. bush, kasich and trump are at it tomorrow night. of course anderson cooper will be the moderator and wednesday night 8:00 p.m. is the time to tune in. rubio's one time mentor jeb bush is creating quite a stir on social media after tweeting this image of a gun engraved with his name and the word america. the photo sparking responses ranging from humorous for calls to stricter gun control. he received the firearm during the tour of the factory facility and he was quote honored to have it. and how he prepares for debates against his rival donald trump. >> the conclusion when you debate a guy like trump, you have to have the last word, because he's a bully. and so he doesn't stop talking. and i actually saw tapes. h

i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and bolduan saturdays now. -- starts now. >> hello, friends. >> we do begin with breaking news. hillary clinton picks up a big endorsement. the congressional black caucus, the political wing will endorse hillary clinton any minute. this comes with a big democratic debate airing on cnn tonight as bernie sanders is also picking up more and more support from influential african american leaders. >> both sides in this primary racing to appeal to this key part of the electorate in south carolina and beyond. and right now as john is talking about, the count down is on to the other crucial debate. clinton and sanders set to battle it out tonight in milwaukee. we're showing a live picture right now from inside. >> again, we're watching the congressional black caucus event. the endorsement coming any minute. in the meantime, let's go to milwaukee, the site of tonight's debate which is airing on cnn. we are there. brianna. >> reporter: hi. 95 crucial minutes tonight for

good morning i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. u.s.moments from opening after a very rough monday and now we're inching closer to what christine romans is calling a bear market. so christine the bell is about to ring. >> if we see the weakness we expect this morning the nasdaq will officially enter a bear market. what does that mean? it means it would be down 20% from it's recent peak. last year. 20% decline for tech stocks. look at names like amazon and others, they are down 25%, 30%. some of the big names likely in your portfolio. it is not a bear market yet though for the s&p 500. so the blue chip stocks likely in your 401(k) are down about 13.5% so far this year. what is the problem? real concerns of europe, slowing growth in china, european bank stocks down sharply and energy stocks down big. maybe you don't care if energy stocks are down but they are probably in your portfolio and they make up a chunk of the s&p 500. so all of these factors still brewing here. i'll say carol it is not one brand new factor this morning. it is this

i'm carol costello. "at this hour with berman and baldwin" starts now. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman. a short time ago, trump tweeted, "based on the fraud committed by ted cruz during the iowa caucus, either a new election should take place or the cruz results nullified. >> dropping the "f" bomb, as in the fraud bomb. cruz apologized to ben carson, for the record, after cruz's staff told iowa caucusgoers that carson was planning to quick the race. but that doesn't seem to be the end of it and an acceptance of an apology. let's go to chief correspondent dana bash who is following the cruz campaign in new hampshire today. dana, what is the cruz campaign saying now to what donald trump is throwing their way? >> reporter: first of all, we are at a ted cruz event going on right now. it's quite intimate so we decided to step outside so we're not disruptive. he has not personally addressed these tweets or really any of his opponents so far. however, his campaign -- his communications director, rick tyler, did say the following to me earlier today abo

i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and bou bolduan starts now. >> hello. i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. good morning from manchester, new hampshire. center of the political universe right now. just 13 hours now until the critical primary begins in this state. and that means if you're running for president, you are literally running across this state right now. for the democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, they are fighting for every last vote. >> on the republican side, it's an old fashioned battle. maybe not for first place. donald trump seems to be solidly in the lead, but it is a mess back in the pack. look at the cnn poll of polls. marco rubio, ted cruz, john kasich, jeb bush in a traffic jam with some 30% of republican voters yet to make up their minds, and it's all up for grabs. as we speak, the candidates, they are out clawing for votes. you can see right there, there's john kasich on your left. he's nearby in manchester, new hampshire right now. donald trump is speaking in salem. he has another event later this hour. manu raju is wa

i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >>> all right. hello, everyone. i'm john berman. welcome to the i know you are but what m achapter of the 2016 race. donald trump says ted kroousz cruz, you're a liar and i'm going to sue you. cruz says you're a liberal and have lost it. rubio says cruz you're a liar. bush says trump, you sound like michael moore and my brother can beat you up. he didn't say that last part exactly, but everything else, pretty much verbatim and it's just beginning. four days to go until the blood bath formally known as the south carolina primary. jim acosta joins us live from augusta in south carolina where he's been chasing the trump campaign. >> that's right, john. we've heard everything but i'm rubber and you're glue, right? that's essentially where we are in south carolina right now. it's a battle. a pro wrestling style battle, and given donald trump's history with pro wrestling, this might gave him. he's been going after cruz, hammering him hard earlier this morning on good morning america in a phone interview.

i'm carol costello. at this hour with better man and bolduan starts right now. >> the brand-new cnn poll that has campaign heads spinning. republican heads spinning, too, big in south carolina and that's a big problem for everyone else. their new plan to take them down. why does apple refuse to help the fbi crack the cell phones of one of the san bernardino terrorists they say is for our protection. really? hello, everyone. i'm john berman. kate bolduan is off today. take a look at this man. take a good luck. he is winning. donald trump in bluffton, south carolina, fresh off the news in a brand-new cnn poll has it up %-p up in south carolina. he just walked off this stage moments ago. listen to the marching orders he just gave south carolina voters. >> the main thing is you have to go and vote. don't go for me and vote. it's a nice thing. you have to go and vote. doesn't matter who you're voting for. i don't feel that way. just go and vote if you're going to vote for me. >> you're not going to vote for m

i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >>> the time for the clowns and the acrobats and the dancing bears has passed. >> the vast and overwhelming majority of republicans don't want donald trump to be our nominee. >> we're going to get greedy for the united states. we're going to grab. >> we're not elected class president. it's the president of the united states. >> i believe that things are starting to happen here. >> we weren't expected to win too much, and now we're winning, winning, winning the country. and soon the country is going to start winning. >>> hello, everyone. i'm kate bolduan. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. why? because it is debate day in america. >> i'm john berman live at the university of houston. the site of tonight's crucial cnn republican presidential debate, the last gop debate before super tuesday. it is no overstatement to say that this is easily the most important debate yet. maybe even the most impor

i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >>> hello, everybody. >> a lot going on this hour with less than 24 hours to go until the biggest day in the campaign, super tuesday. we're waiting to hear from donald trump. will he address his refusal to disavow former kkk david. he did before and after. also any minute now, a break from politics were something that really should bring us all together. >> absolutely. president obama's presents the nation's highest award for valor in come watt, the metal of honor. the man is believed to be the first member of s.e.a.l. team six to receive the honor. it involves a story to rescue a doctor from the taliban. until then, campaign controversy and a lot of it. donald trump took to the air waves to blame his ear piece during the interview with jake tapper for his failure to condemn the hate group own the former leader. moments ago rubio says he isn't buying it. >> he blamed it on a bad ear piece that he couldn't hear the question. i don't care

i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >> hello, everyone. i'm kate boulduan. >> i'm john berman. we're only a few hours into it. here is just a sampling of chris christie lighting in to marco rubio. >> rubio hasn't accomplished one thing in his entire career. he's not senate for five years and dount have any accomplishments inme accomplishments. . he gives the same 60 second canned answers. let's see if he can take the heat. >> that's some of the nicer stuff he had to say. >> any goodness. more on the republicans in just a moment. first with five days to go until the primary, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are facing voters for the first time since clinton's win in iowa, and nothing was off limits, it seems. clinton defended her wall street speaking fees and her vote for the iraq war. sanders defended his role as the head of the senate veteran's affairs committee, and both traded jabs on who is the true progressive. >> secretary clinton said some people call me, i'm paraphrasing, some people call me a moderate, and i proudly say that i a

i'm carol costello. thank you for joining me. the 2016 election has been transformed.. yes, another one. and the outcome of the country's biggest legal cases may be forever altered. the block buster change is coming as a result of the sudden death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. president obama wants to nominate scalia's successor before a new president is elected. republicans are vowing to fight the president every step of the way. headlines like supreme show down in the works, and senate republicans dig in over naming next justice. i want to bring in joe johns. he's at the supreme court. our senior political reporter manu raju is live also, and a arian a devogue. >> it could be any time from a couple weeks or couple months. likely to come during his term. this is president's day. presidents get four year terms. it's totally within his rights and some would say his only dpagss to go ahead and put up a nominee. the question is just what republicans on capitol hill are going to do with that since they control the senate. >> well, i'll pose that question to manu

i'm carol costello. at this hour with berman and bolduan starts now. >>> what do you get when you combine milwaukee, henry kissinger and your local station? the democratic debate, and it's all about south carolina. >> what the do a ted cruz campaign commercial and the film private sex club have in common and why does that matter in south carolina? the strangest campaign story of the day by far. >> and trump says he's going positive, but someone should probably tell his twitter feed, already calling cruz a liar and crazy and questioning his evangelical credentials. the trump campaign joins us this hour. >>> hello, everyone. i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. the rumble in milwaukee or something like that. last time it was who is the more progressive. now it's who loves president obama more. hillary clinton and bernie sanders facing off. >> hillary clinton seemed to be trying to set up the entire race as an obama primary. unlike new hampshire, she is trying not to lose this one by 22 points. >> the kind

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i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me. this just in to cnn -- the u.s.n eight years. now at 4.9%. i know that sound great, but it's not all rosy. christine romans is here to tell us why. >> it is a milestone for the unemployment rate, no question. the lowest since february 2008. the dark, dark days of the financial crisis, in the months to come after that. let me show you numbers. 151,000 net new jobs added. slowing job growth from the great pace of late last year, but 151,000 net new jobs,

i'm carol costello. standing outside of the u.s.ople already here waiting to pay their respects to justice annan scalia. just minutes from now a motorcade will leave this funeral home with the body of the justice inside heading from fairfax, virginia, to the u.s. supreme court. people lining up on the sidewalk outside just as just it scalia lies in repose inside thi

i'm carol costello. thank you so much for joining me.builds the wall the way he built trump towers healed be using illegal immigrant labor to do it. >> so cute. such a cute sound bite. >> there are people that borrow $36,000 to go to trump university, and they're suing himow

i'm poppy harlow in today for carol costello. what a day, all eyes on iowa. it is count down to decision time in the nation's first vote of the presidential elections. hours from now iowa voters gather for the caucuses across the state providing a springboard for the big winners and potential end to struggling campaigns at the start of the critical day. both races far too close to call. for democrats the cnn poll of polls showing a mere 3 percentage points separating hillary clinton and bernie sanders. but just this morning a new poll out shows bernie sanders with a three point edge over clinton. 49% to 46% in the hawkeye state. among republicans donald trump has a slight edge in that poll over ted cruz. so it is no surprise that the four front runners are blitzing across the state trying to win over the undecided. for those of you still thinking about this, weighing your options i hope i will be able to persuade you. >> we have to win in iowa. a lot of people say just do well in iowa. i say i can't do that. i really want to win. >> i think the excitement and

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. >>> time for news room now with carol costello. good morning. >> good morning.. >>> happening now, donald trump on the kkk. >> i know nothing about white supremacists. >> i disavow david duke. when we looked at it i disavowed david duke. i disavowed david duke all weekend long on facebook and twitter and obviously it is never enough. >> i ask donald trump jr. about race in america with one day to go until super tuesday. >>> hillary clinton turns focus to november targeting trump. >> we don't need to make america great again. america has never stopped being great. >> bernie sanders is saying don't count him out.

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