carson. he says many people fight for change in d.c., donald trump is a leader with an outsider's perspective and the vision, guts and energy to get it done. dr. ben carson just putting that up. we're expecting that endorsement press conference momentarily. we are going to go back and check in with katy tur since this could be starting any minute now. you see all eyes on those doors. katy tur, you were talk about this just a minute ago. donald trump obviously had some very harsh words to say about -- well, about everybody, but about ben carson during this campaign. does this say anything, are we seeing a new side of donald trump in how he plans to try to bring his former opponents together if he is able to win this nomination? >> reporter: i think that potentially and i think we are about to see them come in here in any moment now. potentially yes to your question, steve, but i think that what we're seeing on the campaign trail and what he have with seen with donald trump is that his immediat

carson, dr. carson, playing a policy role princely for your campaign or as a surrogate on the campaign trail going places you're not going? and when he says there are two donald trumps, do you agree with that characterization and could you amplify on it? >> i probably do agree. there are probably two donald trumps. the public version and people see that and i don't know what they see exactly but it seems to have worked over my lifetime but probably different i think than the personal donald trump. ben said it very well today. perhaps there are two donald trumps, but -- well, you know, i'm somebody that is a thinker. i'm a big thinker. and i have my ideas and they're strong, and typically they've worked out. and what i want to do is, you know, the theme and ben alluded to it the theme i have for this entire campaign is "make america great again" what i want to do. very simple. i want to make america great again, military, borders, terrorism, so many problems. the debt. look at our debt. $19 trilli

ben carson. carson says he's supporting

ben carson. what does his endorsement mean for donald trump? >> i will say this. what it means about ben carson, this is a surprise for a lot of people who focused how much carson brought civility and kindness to the campaign. for him to get behind trump was a slight surprise to me. but i think it might be a reflection of how much he resented what ted cruz did iowa and his staff circulating the story about carson dropping out. i think that may be part of it. the other part is it ratifies the idea of outsiders who have not served in office before, so that doubles down on that brand. bill: as we talked this week, it's a time for choosing very soon here. with regard to the debate. this was like ali in the ring. falling back on the ropes. you weren't sure what he was going to do. what did that do to his opponents. at least two of them are in a fight for their lives. you say do not win their home states on tuesday. how did you score? >> donald trump had his best debate. certainly he went back to what

carson's both, dr. carson is both. he's going to be on poly. ben was strong on policy. >> thank you, mr. trump. you've been talking about unity on the campaign trail and the debate last night. any outreach to capitols hill and ask you an islamic state question after that. >> we have been called by the biggest people in politics, not only republican politics, but also the biggest people in republican politics and over the last couple of weeks, you saw paul ryan reached out and terrific guy, i've always respected him and always liked him. not necessarily agree on everything, 'cause i'm very strong on borders and very strong on security, and i think paul, i think paul is, you know, i think he's going to have his views and i think probably certain things will change. but paul ryan reached out and we had a great conversation. and many other people at the top, top level. i sort of get a kick, i see you covering one person who is saying donald trump must be stopped. and i talked to them two days before and he said donald, we have to come together. we'

ben carson. i wrote two days ago, i wrote down the quote exactly, he didn't see a political path forward. he already land ad job as national chair of my faith votes. do you think when he speaks shortly we will hear he is stepping out, kat? >> absolutely. there really isn't a path forward. he has to step out. you know what? i really like ben carson but there is no particular reason he should be president. he has a lot of other things he could be doing and really well. likeable guy. i will miss him. missed him in the last debate. he needs to drop out to let votes go other places. i think he realized that. he must have. >> the sources are telling fox news, as we've been speculating that dr. ben carson is expected to say he is suspending the campaign this afternoon either in his speech at cpac or at the press conference, q&a session afterwards. so, chuck, to kat's point, if dr. ben carson drops out, how does this change the race? >> i don't think it changes it immensely. i think people expected him t

ben carson. carson says he's supporting trump because he wants the voice of the people to be heard. >> what i have been saying recently is political operatives and parties trying to assert themselves and thwart the will of the people. that's an extraordinarily dangerous place to be right now. >> this decision should be made which we the people. i believe this is carried on and they are able to deny him the nomination, it will wreak who rock and hand the nomination to democrats and the face of america will be changed for decades to come. charles: , van, i think most these candidates running. you were the former south carolina republican chairman. some would say you represent the establishment. this endorsement according to dr. ben carson about we the people hall with him after he got back from jordan after he was looking at the syrianing ar sir -- the e situation. when i talked to him last year i told him about some autism work going on in south carolina on the verge of finding help for autism. he

ben carson brings evangelicals? >> not at this point. >> he is already doing well. >> the key to me like reality tv. you're fired. you're off the island. both christie and ben carson seem smaller and removed as opposed to carson who said, i'm going to do something to bring evangelicals into the political process going forward. run his own game. he wanted to get on the band wagon while it was still rolling. >> you said it before. christie needed a job. and i think he looks at this, as an opportunity. when they see something that's happening that's a phenomenon. should i get on this? >> but they're getting on the ones that they feel will end up the best chance. >> that's my point. >> how do you get on the band wagon if you're paubl conservative who ailen it as from the traditional stance on international trade. how about israel? how about social security benefits? how about cuba? no problem. oh, the gop should just embrace me. forget about the real political ideological differences. >> is this a question or a comment?

punches, mocking carson, telling stories about carson's childhood violence from carson's book and carsonponded with some serious questions about trump's faith. >> we have a breaking story. donald trump has fallen to second place behind ben carson. we informed ben but he was sleeping. so he's a pathological, damaged, temper, a problem. but if you're a child molester, there's no cure. they can't stop you. pathological, there's no cure. now, he said he was pathological. okay. >> i realize where my success has come from. and i don't in anyway deny my faith in god. >> he took a knife and he went after a friend and he lunged, he lunged that knife into the stomach of his friend, but lo and behold, it hit the belt. it hit the belt. and the knife broke. give me a break. give me a break. i have a belt. somebody hits me with a belt it's going in because the belt moves this way. it moves that way. he mitt the belt buckle. >> one of my favorite bible versus, proverbs 22:4. it says by humility and the fear of the lord are riches and honor and life. and that's a very big part of who i am, humility and

ben carson. he put out a statement indicating he is going to stay in the race despite no victories or top four finishes in any state this evening. >> that's right. he has made clear that he is not going anywhere all along, even though he hasn't done well in any of these states. i'm told that as early as tomorrow -- this is according to a d.c. senior republican, that ben carson could be approached by establishment figures here in washington to say you know what, dr. carson, we have an idea. why don't you instead of running for president run for senate in florida. he's from florida. there's an open seat because marco rubio is retiring. he's not running for reelection. he's running for president instead. and so that might be a possibility, something that he could be approached about. now, this hasn't happened yet, i'm told that this is likely to happen and i don't even know that ben carson knows anything about it yet, but it's interesting to think about as people in washington talk about trying to n

ben carson. i could not lose that guy. and i was doing well and, you know, trump would be at 28% at that time. i remember when it was 28% and ben was 18%. and then he was 19%. and the next week it was 22%. i said, whoa, whoa. what's happening here? i don't like this, right? and then he was 24%. and then i had a pretty good poll where i took a little lead in one, but then what happened is it was, i believe, nbc, "wall street journal" who always gives me bad polls, by the way. i have to tell you. oh, thank you for the nice things you always say about me. you are so nice. thank you. sitting next to david. ok okay? thank you very much. always so nice. now she's embarrassed. i just want to thank you. so ben -- so ben would always, like he'd be there, and then one poll where ben went ahead. it was the biggest story worldwide. i said, this guy is unbelievable. and so i started going after ben. and it's politics. ben understands it. i was impressed with the way he fought back because he fought back with

ben carson. [cheering] every one of them are good, honorable people, a thousand times better than hillary clinton or bernie sanders. >> here is a question would you put those people in your cabinet if you get elected president? >> absolutely. just every name i mentioned would be a natural to serve in a cabinet and as part of the leadership if we win this race. [applause] and let me speak to the supporters of each of those candidates. those are good and honorable people but i don't believe they have a path to beat donald trump. if you don't want donald to be our nominee, then i ask you, come join us. we welcome you on our team. we are building a broad and welcoming coalition of lovers of liberty who believe in the constitution. >> i want to get to your legal background. you were the former attorney general of the great state of texas. i can see he's got his boots on so he's proven his worth here. hillary clinton has now had somebody that pled the fifth that is now turning state's evidence. the per

ben carson and ted cruz. donald trump likes to talk about this out on the campaign trail all the time. he feels like ted cruz was pulling dirty tricks in iowa to bounce ben carson out of this race and that was to the benefit of ted cruz. so it is not i don't think a big surprise to see donald trump and ben carson joining forces. as trudonald trump is picking u this very key endorsement, these are desperate times for marco rubio in florida. but donald trump is all but labeling rubio as another piece of campaign roadkill on his path to nomination. >> they hate him in florida. >> reporter: trump is predicting he'll drive rubio out of the race by trouncing him in his home state. >> little marco would say -- i think he's gone. i think he's gone, but who knows. >> reporter: at a rally where a protester was sucker punched in the face, donald trump brushed off the latest from ted cruz. >> lying ted cruz came up but he said, i'm the only one who can beat donald trump. he doesn't know how to win. >> reporter: the attac

and carson said something interesting. hey, there's a lot of people who love me, they just won't vote for me. carson was hot back in the fall, september, october, but when international and domestic incidents of terror started happening like san bernardino, he seemed to struggle. he had that campaign shake up in january and never seemed to recover. the big question now, will he endorse? he'll be holding a little bit of a media availability in a couple of minutes, so we may find out more. >> thank you very much, hallie. let's turn to indicate where i tu tur. i'm sure that campaign has heard a lot of the chatter all day long and some of the planning to take him on and make sure he does not hit that magic number, katy. >> reporter: yeah, the campaign knows all about this, but they aren't worried about it. they're hoping and expecting to get the magic number of delegates that will get them to the convention without a contested convention. they believe that if donald trump gets the popular vote, essentially in this nomination p

the first person to say you'll be the surgeon general, ben carson. or the ben carson hour. time on a weekend when he tells home spun tales. >> an hour but it will take two hours. >> he might play base. he might have a few people who would play base. >> can you imagine? >> the o.j. simpson murder case is more than 20 years old. today, bombshell breaking developments. a possible murder weapon found at the site of simpson' former home. coming up. the decision to ride on and save money. he decided to save money by switching his motorcycle insurance to geico. there's no shame in saving money. ride on, ride proud. geico motorcycle, great rates for great rides. it's everything you've ialways wanted. and you work hard to keep it that way. sometimes... ...maybe too hard. get claim rateguard® from allstate. it helps keep your homeowners' rate from going up just because of a claim. so protect your home and your rates. talk to a local allstate agent and discover how much more their personal service can do for you. >>> in a bombshell new twist, in o.j. simpson' two decade old murder cas

ben carson plans to endorse donald trump. this again to sources close to carson.de for carson told fox business that dr. carson himself said he's leaning in that direction, and more information will be coming. want to point out that dr. ben carson will be on with neil cavuto tomorrow on fox news at 4:00 p.m. in the meantime, donald trump explaining how he's going to pay for that wall. >> you don't expect mexico to say, yes, mr. trump, here's a check for 10 million dollars. >> it's not feasible. >> you think the deals will more than compensate for the wall. >> we may tax him, okay, doesn't make any difference. we lose a tremendous amount of money -- trade deficit with mexico, 58 billion dollars a year. people don't know. that the is going to cost 10 billion dollars. that's a trump wall. okay? lou: foreign trade opportunity for america increase u.s. exports. well obviously going to see this tonight. trade, immigration and jobs. i think those are going to be the key issues, certainly if you talk about the debate -- the economy rather, cathy taylor, steve rogers, fred

carson is both.e was always strong on policy. >> you have been talking about unity on the campaign trail. can you fill us in on any outreach effort you are making to capitol hill? we have been called by the biggest people in politics, the biggest people in republican politics. paul ryan reached out. terrific guy, i have always liked him. not necessarily agree on everything. i think he is going to have his views and i think certain things will change. but paul ryan reached out and we had a great conversation. i see people covering one person, saying donald trump must be stopped and the other day he says, donald we have to come together. we have been contacted by the is people in republican politics. they see what is happening. we are getting millions and millions of people, additional people, people the republican party has never had any book -- never had before. the biggest we in politics is what is happening. we are having millions of people come up. they register republican. i have had so many peop

carson: thank you. [applause] [laughter] -- dr. carson: thank you.ervative noun -- announcer: and we're back now at the cpac political conference. froms the keynote speech carly fiorina. some introductory remarks are about to get started with the jim demint.or this is live coverage on c-span.

for america. >> now, following the big announcement, ben carson was asked whyot endorse ted cruz, carson said he feels donald trump the only candidate willing to do what it takes to break what he caca the special hold of special interest groups. we have much more on this, check out the nbc news and weather app. >>> and our team coverage continues for you this midday. nbc 6 reporter steve litz also in west palm beach where marco rubio is expected to speak in the next couple of minutes. >> reporting live tonight from temple bethel. this is an invited guest only events, the specific topic will conflict. there continues to be talk among leaders about donald trump's comments last night. he -- in light of terror attacks israel has sustained over the years, mr. trump and senator rubio went head-to-head on that issue last night. >> i think it would be much more helpful, i'm a negotiator, if i go in, i'll say i'm pro israel and i've told that to anybody that would listen, but i would like to have the other side think i'm somewhat neutral as to them so we can maybe get a a deal done. maybe we can

don't look for ben carson.says he won't take part because he doesn't see a political path forward for his campaign. >>> a u.s. official says debris that washed up in mow -- mow -- mozambique is said to come from the jet who disappeared. it is the only known missing 777. he being transported for possible identification. >>> the use of electronic cigarettes is banned on all commercial flights. that's the word from the department of transportation. the rule applies to all scheduled flights by u.s. and foreign carrierss into and out of the u.s. it aims to protect passengers from exposure to aerosol fumes from the e-cigarettes. >>> a heroic homecoming. he returned to the kennedy space center a short time ago after a year long mission on the international spacestation. no american has ever been in space that long. kelly was greeted by family members. you can see him giving his twin brother a big hug who is also an astronaut. the findings of his well being could tell them how americans would fare on a two and a half t

ben carson. that would be the same ben carson he mocked shamelessly and mercilessly on stage, called pathological, and sort of compared to a child molester. carson he mocked shamelessly and mercilessly on stage, called pathological, and sort of compared to a child molester. today, carson called that all par for the course and urged the party to unite behind trump if he became the nominee. ben carson: i have come to know donald trump over the past few years. he is actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about america. we buried the hatchet. that was political stuff. that happens in american politics. i have found in talking with him that there is a lot more alignment philosophically and spiritually than i ever thought there was. one of the real factors for me is what will happen if we allow the political operatives to succeed in their endeavor to stop donald trump. i think it would fracture the party irreparably. john: mark, my question for you -- and i have so much to say about that, but

ted cruz had hoped to win that carson endorsement. at the same time, trumps opponents have put aside trump university, calling a fraudulent. his response is that 90% of the students gave their experience a positive review. they say they were pressured into giving good evaluations. instructors ignored practices thegned to make sure that surveys were killed up objectively. japan marks the fifth anniversary of the deadly earthquake and killer synonymy. more than 18,000 people were killed in the disaster on japan's coast. it also caused three nuclear reactors at the powerplant to melt down. cleanup continues. the japanese government estimates it will take 40 years to complete. the south african teenager may have found part of the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 on the beach. it was discovered on december 30 and returned to south africa. there is a five digit number on it and another piece was discovered earlier this month. the boeing jet vanished while flying from malaysia to china on march 8, 2014. news 24 hours a day powered by our

carson gave his support to donald trump. marco rubio saying to the folks here in ohio republican voters go ahead and vote for john kasich because that's the only way to stop donald trump. >> i have never stopped to john kasich. i you asked me a question and i'm giving you my observation. john kasich has a better chance of winning ohio than i do and if a voter in ohio concludes that voting for john kasich gives us the best chance to stop donald trump there, i anticipate that is what they will do. >>> all right. the polls released today donald trump leads in ohio and florida

ben carson gave the prognosis on his own presidential campaign.d all he could but in the end it couldn't be saved. >> and i'm hopeful that maybe some people now that i am leaving the campaign trail-- yeah. (laughter). >> trevor: its-- he condition even muster any energy when he's saying he's dropping out of the race. yeah. the guy sounds like he's deciding whether or not to have fries with his order. like, sir, do you want to make it a combo meal? yeah. are you sure, sir? you don't have to. >> yeah. >> trevor: he's like a human-- this is so fun. >> enough, enough. >> trevor: oh, it's roy wood, it's roy wood. (cheers and applause) is bhas' going on, man. >> what did i tell but ben carson, trevor? >> trevor: yeah, i know, roy. i know. that we shouldn't make fun of him because before he started acting crazy, his life was an inspiration to the black community. and he was our best shot at going black to black in the white house. >> yes. that's right. look. i know carson's presidential campaign was a joke but black people used to look up to him. on my 1

carson gets that vote.is, he and ted cruz are friends but more of the same. so, i think, if you're chess playing here, you have to score a big one for donald getting ben carson. harris: all right. we saw some pushback from marco rubio just a few days ago when there was talk about people putting pressure on him to get out of the race. then this just happen ad few minutes ago. is he opening door for supporters to support john kasich in ohio? watch. >> if voter in ohio is motivated by stopping donald trump and comes to the conclusion that john kasich is only one who can beat them there, i expect that is the decision they will make. i can tell you in florida i'm only one can beat donald trump. whether someone supports ted cruz or john kasich, if you vote for them in florida you're in essence voting for donald trump. if voter reaches same conclusion in ohio, i think that is what they will do again. harris: kind of like encircling donald trump. sandra: that was all in effort to stop donald trump. the question is,

carson get past that?ben didn't take it seriously then and i feel it didn't take much to get past it. it is the heat of the battle and the heat of the politics. he started it with questioning donald trump's faith. he spun up out of control. he was mad about iowa. >> what do you make of the guy -- he was mad at cruzñr and according to reports he is still unhappy with that. guy, what do you make of it? on carson's facebook page there were all sorts of messages from his fans that they were heart broken. he disappointed them because they did not see him aligning with trump. >> a lot of sense of betrayal on the facebook page from commenters and former carson supporters. this cycle is wild. if you are a carson supporter you have good reason to be. you remember that intense battle in iowa where he thought he would lose to ca@smn and he had to take him down by any means necessary, what did he do? he diminished ben carson's medical prowess and cast dispurtions and on several occasions he described ben carson as inc

ben carson will be dropping out of the race. ben carson saying how he was going to stay in it. he was going to go for the long haul. he performed quite poorly. just last night, really no performance there. he is choosing to drop out. where do those votes now go? andrea is still here with me. >> i think a lot of them still do, trish. he is an outsider. he is a softer outsider than donald trump. a lot of evangelicals voted for donald trump. these are evangelical voters. if they have not gone to trump, they went to ben carson already. ted cruz or a donald trump. i do not take that he is a pathway. trish: you have mitt romney now that will say something tomorrow. he will come out and make some kind of news. blasting trump and trying to make this effort for the republicans to rally around someone else. why are they fighting this so hard right now? the american voter has spoken. >> they are so out of touch. they have not left the washington, d.c. beltway for a long time. they did the same thing to john mccain's campaign. they are blasting onto their own power and their own privilege.

kasich and carson were asterisks in some states. exit polls show trump got his support from evangelicals less educa educated. he also won slightly with men and voters over 45. rubio got the d.c. suburbs. trump won the rest of most of vergena. if he would have been able to eek things out it would have been his second state. back to you. >> thank you very much, caroline. >>> voters in the volunteer states keeping donald trump's southern momentum going. >> that's right. live from nashville this morning, anna korman, good morning. how are you? >> reporter: you got it, abby. good morning to you. historic voter turnout on the gop side in the volunteer state. and it was largely driven by the man who says he wants to make america great again, mr. donald trump. voter turnout topping out, about 255,000 now. senator cruz did work on his ground game pore about a year and did spend the most on his television ads, let's take a look at those numbers for you. donald trump 39%, grabbing 30 delegates and 44% of the evangelical vote. senator cruz, 25%

carson, at first mr. trump agreed saying, yes, there are two donald trumps, a public version and a personal side. moments later at that very same changed course and changeded position and said there is just one donald trump. live in palm beach, i'm steve litz.. nbc 6 news. >>> team trump is headed back to south florida monday. the frontruruner is holding a rally at trump national in doral. that begins at 6:00 in the afternoon. >>> trump's rival ted cruz was in orlando earlier today. he was dodging questions about if supporter carly fiorina would be his running mate short list. fiorina endorsed cruz this week and cruz praised fiorina but did not answer a question directly from hannity about whether she would be his pick for running mate. campaign. she is a serious thinker. you're right. she's standing up and fighting i'm humbled to be here with her. >> fiorin says trump needs to man up. trump said yesterday there were too many debates. >>> marco rubio sticking around in south florida today at a jewish temp

carson endorsing donald trump. amy. >> amy: thank you. on the health watch, more and more children are being diagnosed with adhd, but a new study says a lot of them don't actually have it. the study says that prescriptions for drugs like ritalin have actually doubled now over the past decade. in many cases it's because teachers compare the child's behavior to children who are the study says the percentage of kids diagnosed depends on what month they were born in. kids turns out who were born in september were the least likely to be diagnosed while children born in august have the highest percentage. we all heard it is important to limit how much time your kids spend playing video games. new research shows that playing video games is actually good for some children. research published in the journal social psychiatry and psychiatric shows that playing video games can help kids do better in school or in social situations. a neurologist, is joining us to talk more about that. great to see you. >> great to see you. what types of video games a

carson get past that?ben didn't take it seriously then and i feel it didn't take much to get past it. it is the heat of the battle and the heat of the politics. he started it with questioning donald trump's faith. he spun up out of control. he was mad about iowa. >> what do you make of the guy -- he was mad at cruzñr and according to reports he is still unhappy with that. guy, what do you make of it? on carson's facebook page there were all sorts of messages from his fans that they were heart broken. he disappointed them because they did not see him aligning with trump. >> a lot of sense of betrayal on the facebook page from commenters and former carson supporters. this cycle is wild. if you are a carson supporter you have good reason to be. you remember that intense battle in iowa where he thought he would lose to ca@smn and he had to take him down by any means necessary, what did he do? he diminished ben carson's medical prowess and cast dispurtions and on several occasions he described ben carson as inc

ben carson planning to endorse donald child.ted to appear at a news conference in palm beach florida 9:00 a.m. eastern time this morning and carson is the second gop candidate to support job after dropping out. new jersey governor chris christie announced his endorsement last month. dr. carson will be on your world with neil cavuto 4:00 p.m. eastern time. the fox news channel. don't miss that. meanwhile, governor john kasich scoring a major endorsement. ohio state football coach announcing his support for the governor had the state's primary next tuesday. ohio is a winner take all state the 66 delegates. this comes a day after texas senator ted cruz received the endorsement of former gop presidential candidate carly fiorina. in an interview, fiorina explained why she chose to raise bid listen to this. >> he has the enemies to prove it. i know when you do that you make enemies. donald trump is never challenge the system. these use the system. he has used the system to benefit himself. >> utah senator mike leigh endorsed cruz yest

and certainly not carson... sot (po-26fr) :23ben carson | former presidential candidatewe move on, because it's not about me, it's not about mr. trump. it's about america.sot (po-29fr) :19donald trump | (r) presidential candidate"ben is going to have a big big part i can tell you. maybe ben doesn't even know this yet -- but ben's going to have a big part. we want to keep that kind of talent."there's speculation about what role carson could play in a trump ticket...and if the party will have any choice -- but -- to give him the nomination. 49:37 there's no real game plan. i keep looking for good historical examples of this sort of thing before and we just don't have them. this is the second former candidate to endorse trump. new jersey governor chris christie did the same when he dropped out of the race last month. carson's move to drop out of the race now was strategic... it comes ahead of critical primaries in ohio and florida on tuesday. the gop candidates for president are setting their sights on t

carson: thank you. ben carson suspended his campaign. is about an hour. mr. carson: thank you.hank you so much. thank you. thank you. thank you very much. thank you. thank you. i am absolutely delighted to be here. my wife and my sons and their wives are there. thank you. i want to thank you. i want to thank all the people who have worked so incredibly hard on my campaign, the volunteers. one young man who lost his life for something he believed with in such fervor. it is an experience i will never forget. interestingly enough, people said in order to make it in this cycle, you have to be loud and boisterous and you have to be willing to attack people. i used to be like that. there was a time when i was, particularly in junior high school and high school -- i could come up with some stuff that would really embarrass people. and the people who are running today, i could come up with some stuff, let me tell you. you know what -- i left that stuff in high school. the things that affect us now are so incredibly important. and one of the things that is going on in our nation i have

here's where analysts say carson faltered. in wake of the san bernadino and paris terror attacks, the race turned its focus sharply to national security and carson struggled to answer even basic questions about american allies. and in debates, we never saw a feisty side. trump continues to fend off attacks from other republican rivals, momentum. we'll have a breakdown of tonight's debate on 10 news at 11:00. developing this morning.. an i-t employee with the state department who helped hillary clinton set up her private email has been granted immunity. the f-b-i has been investigating clinton over classified emails on her personal server. bryan pagliano was hired privately to help set up her email before he was hired by the state department. the f-b-i said he had cooperated with the investigation. after spending nearly a year in space.. astronaut scott kelly is back on u-s soil this morning. he landed at about 2:30 this morning in houston where he was greeted by nasa officials and family members. kelly said it was a team effor

and ben carson will skip thursday's debate. he sees no pass forward for the campaign, but he has to the dropped out. don't go telling people he has. and astronaut scott kelly returns to earth after spending a year alone in space. i will figure out how i get that job coming up. back to you king of the bottomless pit. >> thank you, and let's welcome our guest. she was born to be on camera and we were happy to oblige. give me one reason, editor, to stay here and i will turn right back are around. reason magazine editor-in-chief. we are so glad to have the representative from "house of cards." >> i like that. >> syndicated radio host christopher hahn. and in high school he was voted most likely to ask to crash on your caff. were they right? comedian dave smith. let's start the show. >> let's get right to it. donald trump scored a number of big victories on super tuesday. the gop front runner joins me now by phone. are you there? >> tom, tom, how are you? >> i can hear you, sir. >> i am so excited. i feel fantastic. it is amazing. >

ben carson is dropping out of the presidential race. carson finished last or next to last in all of yesterday's contests. but in carson's first tv interview since we broke the news he told chief political correspondent s is still considering his next move. scott is in baltimore with the interview you will see only here on 7. scott? scott: yeah, leon. dr. carson when asked directly if he was suspending his campaign didn't want to use that word. instead he chose to say he is considering what happens next. he is not going to tomorrow night's debate in detroit. we believe he will make a big announcement from regarding his future. that may very well be when and if he says he is definitively dropping out despite the fact that sources close to the campaign tell us he is suspending. i talked to him about the pressures he has been facing to drop out of the race. here is what he had to say. >> what is the most direct example of someone letting you know you should get out? dr. carson: people calling on the telephone and say get out and support suc

that carson was dropping out. 3 trump also made a point to mention that carson endorsement... during last night's republican debate. it came up during a conversation on our nation's education... and the future of common core: 3 it was also a strong night for marco rubio... who is fighting hard to keep his campaign going: 3 and while the republicans were in miami... the democrats were right here in tampa. hillary clinton addressed supporters at the ritz in ybor. she tried to sharpen her economic message, citing local facts and figures about the impact of the port of tampa and the i-4 corridor. bernie sanders held a rally at the florida state fairgrounds. he hammered all of his usual talking points... money in politics, student loans, universal higher education and immigration reform. he also said he feels like michigan is repeating itself here in florida... with 3 the clinton campaign also holds an advantage in delegates, and even a dead heat here in florida wouldn't bring sanders much closer. but a good showing would at least give sanders evidence that he's getting stronger. s

. >>> former gop challenger ben carson endorsed donald trump today. . >>> ben carson's announcement a surprise to some. the tension can be felt today. he said it's about unifying the republican party. >> we buried the hatchet. that was political stuff. that happens in american politics. >> reporter: dr. ben carson ran a campaign in stark contrast to donald trump. his tone was slow and calming but even he is backing the donald. >> it wasn't clear what carson's agenda might be at this point. >> reporter: carson's move puts the gop in an interesting position. strategy other than the one mitt romney proposed. >> we should support kasich in ohio and marco rubio in florida to keep anyone from getting a majority of delegates and it forces an interesting fore fight at the convention but not everyone is on board with that. >> and certainly not carson. >> it's not about me or mr. trump. it's about america. >> ben is going to have a big big part. maybe ben doesn't even know this but he will have a big part. we want to keep that kind of talent. >> reporter: there's speculation about what role car

you heard the word spiritually come out of ben carson's mouth. that's exact lip the message donald trump wants voters to hear, evangelical voters. voters in florida, he wants them to hear he is ok spiritually. when you sling as much mulled as he has over the course of this campaign, it's very tough to undo that. these are tweets he sent over the course of this campaign, ben carson said in his own book that he has a pathological torture, wanting to hit his mother on the head with a hammer, don't people get it, things like that are tough to come around. the fact that ben carson is coming into donald trump's corner is bad news for ted cruz. last night, donald trump tried to take control of the debate by not doing what he's done so much. >> unlike previous republican debates, characterized by personal attacks and discord, thursday's debate in miami featured an intense discussion of the economy, education and foreign policy. the first question of the night went to governor john kasich on whether his support of trade deals was undermining the middle cl

kasich 25 and carson 8. to garner some delegates and also kay sim because of what you were just talking about the proportional states. >> you got it. >> those will not be in play coming up on super duper tuesday march 15th. >> they won't. it will be a winner take all basis. essentially, yup, it is pretty self explanatory. winner takes all the delegates. >> ashley pratt joining us this morning. thank you so much. i have been here all night. >> she is a friend. no worries. >> thank you so much. >> that is helpful to break that down. the time is currently 26 after the hour. from super tuesday to the debate states the last five republicans shifting their focus to the fox news debate tomorrow night. we are live in detroit with what we can expect from that face off. and did you notice something strange about chris christie's face last night in florida? why the internet thinks there might be something more to this picture. avo: when laquinta.com sends craig wilson a ready for you alert the second his room is ready,

ben carson. but does this mean he' s ending his presidential run? carson released a statement saying he won' t be attending tonight' s republican debate in detroit and that he doesn' t "see a political path forward in light of last evening' s super tuesday primary results." but tuesday night, carson gave no indication that he was giving up. mr. carson: our nation is in s the point i' ve been trying to get across in these debates. why sit there and talk about each other and tear each other down when we have such important issues to deal with? it' s like talking to a brick wall. mark: carson says he' ll go into more detail tomorrow about the future of his campaign at the conservative political action committee conference in maryland. lisa: new jersey governor chris christie under fire. six newspapers in his home state are asking him to step down as governor. the papers, all owned by gannett, published joint editorials after a monday news conference hosted by the governor. during the conference, governor christe would not comment. the papers wrote they

carson may disappeared january 15*9 whiling. yesterday his body was found under five feet of snow at the very spot where his cell phone last pinged. >> five grueling days of conditions, all the while there was hope but it turned into a long while. searchers were also realistic about how it might end. >> we had ski circumstantial at the end of the rescue at the top of sugar bowl. different friends showed up and told stories about carson. there were a lot of common threads. >> are carson's dad, mike may sskier himself. he once set a record as a fully mind skier traveling down hill at 65 pipes per hour. the aim is to raise children who have passions of their own. he doesn't blame skiing as the path he followed. >> be safe, travel with a buddy, use equipment when you k.we have to get out there and nake most of an amazing sport. avalanche. he was last seen january 14 by his brother who was skiing with him. despite the harsh kscores of people helped in the search effort. >> i could hear the people over the radio out there huffing and