i'm cecilia vega. have a great night. cecilia vega. previously on elementary... (muffled screaming) something's wrong? we need to talk. >>> this is an abc news special report. the south carolina pry mire. now reporting george stephanopoulos. >>> and we're come tong air with breaking news in the race for the white house. democrats voting in south carolina today. and abc news can project that hillary clinton will win the primary in that key state. she's riding a wave of overwhelming support in the african-american community, about 6 in 10 south carolina voters scoring a decisive victory in the state. cecilia vega has been covering

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i'm cecilia vega. have a great night. cecilia vega.melissa magee. >> and i'm karen rogers. this i report. blank democrats voting in south carolina today. and abc news can project that hillary clinton will win the primary in that key about 6 in 10 south carolina voters scoring a decisive victory in the state. cecilia vega has been covering that camp from the start. a sign of things to come in those seven southern states. >> exactly right. they weren't just hoping for a big win in south carolina they were hoping to crush bernie sanders and

tonight, abc's cecilia vega asking bernie sanders if the next battles in south carolina and nevada were held tonight, could he beat clinton? and cecilia got a very honest answer. >> reporter: today in harlem, a hero's welcome for bernie sanders. hugs from the reverend al sharpton, breakfast at the iconic soul food restaurant sylvia's. sanders reaching out for african-american support, hoping to build on the momentum from his big win. >> because of a huge voter turnout, and i say huge -- we won. >> reporter: sanders now vowing to take his political revolution forward. >> and now, it's onto nevada, south carolina and beyond. nice to see you again. >> nice to see you. >> reporter: but today, when i asked, this stark admission. if the election were tomorrow, do you think you could win south carolina and nevada? >> no. fortunately for us, the election is not tomorrow. >> reporter: he faces an uphill

michigan, where as you know, david, they have been dealing with that water crisis. >> all right, cecilia vega, with us tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> and tonight, just days before new hampshire, word that two candidates might soon be out of the race. rand paul says he is out. he will now focus on his re-election to the senate. tonight, he's expected to drop out of the race a bit later. let's get right to abc's jonathan karl. because we do have one more question on politics before we move on. this fight tonight between donald trump and ted cruz over those messages suggesting ben carson was dropping out on the day of the iowa caucuses. is this going away, jon? >> reporter: absolutely not, david. and, you know, trump is now demanding that the iowa results be nullified. that's not going to happen. but if there is one thing that we have learned about donald trump, it's when he strikes a nerve, when he gets a rise out of one of his opponents, he continues to hammer and hammer and hammer away at it. he certainly has gotten a rise out of ted cruz on this. i don't think he lets go of this until eith

tonight, both courting black voters, and abc's cecilia vega, one-on-one with bernie sanders, asking, does clinton's ground game give her an advantage in this next round? and here's what he said. >> reporter: tonight, a debate stage showdown. the first since bernie sanders' sweeping new hampshire win. and the first since the candidates' most heated clash. >> i think it's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out in recent weeks and let's talk -- let's talk about the issues. >> let's talk about issues. >> and so let's talk about issues. >> let's talk about issues. >> reporter: sanders and hillary but their campaigns in overdrive -- rolling out key african-american endorsements with an eye towards the south carolina primary. in clinton's corner -- members of the congressional black caucus. georgia congressman john lewis slamming sanders, saying he wasn't on the front lines of the civil rights struggle. >> but i never saw him. i never met him. i was involved in the sit-ins, the freedom ride, the march on

most famous voices, actor morgan freeman. >> she understands our country unless we all do. >> cecilia vega with us live from las vegas. you were telling us, both of the campaigns acknowledged that this is very close. >> that's right. bernie sanders feeling very confident. saying if the turnout is big, could actually win. a much more measured approach from hillary clinton. saying it's going to be close. >> and back in nevada, they had ties in some of the precincts. they flipped a coin previously. and you told us, they're going to use a deck of cards in nevada. >> they have them ready. david? >> we kid you not. cecilia vega, thank you. >>> and as we reported at the top, donald trump taking on apple, calling for a boycott. and tonight, the justice department taking new action as well. but senior executives standing firm. authorities did with syed farook's iphone. changing the apple i.d. on the phone. saying once apple could help, it was too late. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, the justice department turning up the heat on apple, calling on a federal judge to compel the tech giant

david, this fight is hotter than ever. >> cecilia vega with us again tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> now, to breaking developments this evening, in the san bernardino terror case. federal agents today serving a search warrant at the home of syed fra rook'sfarook's brought. the fbi standoff with apple continues. the company refusing to help hack into the gunman's iphone. and tonight, other tech giants are rushing to apple's defense. and so, we asked abc's pierre thomas a simple question. what do the experts think? how easy would it be for apple to break into that phone? >> reporter: today, the fbi searching the home of syed farook's brother, but no closer to getting inside his iphone. industry giants closing ranks behind apple today, even as authorities claim they need to be able to hack into phones to crack cases beyond terrorism. as in the case of two officers police locked out of potential evidence in the suspect's phone. >> this is the phone that was used by one of his associates in this case. despite having a court order, we cannot access this iphone 5. >>

abc's cecilia vega from new hampshire. >> make no mistake. we are in a fight to the finish. >> reporter: tonight, hillary clinton and bernie sanders both on the ground in new hampshire after both declaring victory in iowa. breathing a big sigh of relief, thank you, iowa! >> reporter: bernie sanders standing proud, too. refusing to concede. >> it looks like we'll have about half of the iowa delegates. >> reporter: the race so tight in some iowa precincts, it took but today, hillary clinton making it clear. a win is a win. >> i can tell you, i -- i've won and i've lost there, it's a lot better to win. >> reporter: today, i asked bill clinton about the photo >> finish. >> i'm glad she was on the right side of it. >> reporter: should she be nervous it was so close? >> i always thought it would be really close. >> reporter: a democratic socialist from vermont delivering a serious blow to hillary clinton's well-oiled machine. secretary clinton, is a virtual tie a win in iowa? do you feel like a virtual tie is a win? >> it was a great win. >> report

cecilia vega has been covering that camp from the start. a sign of things to come in those seven southern states. >> exactly right. they weren't just hoping for a big win in south carolina they were hoping to crush bernie sanders and that's exactly what looks what happened. with the support of black voters from that state and that's exactly who she will be

>> and cecilia vega is live from outside the clinton headquarters. campaign sources telling you, cecilia, they are bracing for a >> reporter: oh, they sure are, david. unlike before the iowa caucuses, what's happening here tonight is not being billed as a victory party. they have been long bracing for an upset here, in fact, today, clinton's team sent around a list of her endorsements for south carolina, a sign, david, they are already looking to move past this state. >> all right, cecilia vega on this campaign every step of the way. thank you. and a telling number tonight, by one estimate, 44% of voters here in new hampshire saying they could still change their minds in the hours leading up to the primary. today, i met some of those late deciders who told us which way they went and why. across new hampshire today, voters determined to have their voice heard. we take you inside bartlett elementary school in goffstown. see the activity right in here. votering including michael clark jr., a veteran bringing his son and his mother. how important is this

tonight, abc's cecilia vega asking bernie sanders if the next battles in south carolina and nevada were held night, could he beat clinton? and cecilia got a very honest answer. >> reporter: today in harlem, a hero's welcome for bernie sanders. hugs from the rev lend al sharpton, breakfast at the sylvia's. sanders reaching out for african-american support, hoping to build on the momentum from his big win. turnout, and i say huge -- we won. >> reporter: sanders now vowing to take his political revolution forward. >> and now, it's onto nevada, south carolina and beyond. nice to see you again. but today, when i asked, this stark admission. if thehe electionnere tomorrow, do you think you could win south carolina and nevada? >> no. fortunately for us, the election is not tomorrow. >> reporter: he faces an uphill climb in those states, where a large portion of the m thehe vote is black andnd latino. it explains his visit to harlem today, trying to match hillary clinton's strongupport in those communities. do you really think you can beat her on that? there are polls that show you behind by 40

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abc's cecilia vega on the expectations game tonight. >> i'm going to be out here -- >> reporter: hillary clinton today taunting bernie sanders on what she calls his home turf. >> because if it's about our records, hey, i'm going to win by a landslide on tuesday. >> reporter: trailing by double digits here, she's now swinging. >> i have to tell you, i just could not ever skip new hampshire. i cannot even imagine not being here. >> reporter: the granite state might be in sanders' backyard, but this is clinton country. the place that moved her to tears back in 2008 -- >> you know, this is very personal for me. >> reporter: and embraced her husband, years earlier. >> thank you very much. >> reporter: but now? >> let me rephrase it. when we win. >> reporter: the vermont senator asked if hillary clinton is really a progressive -- >> ah, some days, yes. accept when she announces that she is a proud moderate. >> reporter: hitting her where it hurts. >> it was kind of a low blow, because we've been fighting the progressive fight and getting results for people for years. >> and cecilia vega live w

cecilia vega, one-on-one with clinton. asking do these numbers worry her? you're about to hear how secretary clinton answered that. >> reporter: the crowds so big for bernie sanders today, they couldn't all fit inside. >> in the midst of a snowstorm, you can't get all of the people into the room. that's momentum. >> reporter: hillary clinton making a pitch directly to those supporters. >> particularly the young people who are supporting senator sanders. i know you may not be for me now. but i am for you. >> reporter: today, at her field office in nashua, i spoke with and asked her about those polls showing this race tighter than ever. i have to wonder if these numbers go through your mind and they bother you. and you think, maybe i'm just not doing something right. i haven't cracked it. >> no, not at all. i have every confidence that i will be the nominee, and i will be the next president. >> reporter: this, the day after the most heated exchange in this race so far. >> enough is enough. if you've got something to say, say it directly. >> reporter: clinton

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