on the democratic side, clinton topped sanders 55- 38%. count on wral for coverage of super tuesday, we will carry hour-long nbc nightly news with lester holt. tune in for the late news at midnight for a wrap up. >>> you will see an increase in how much you pay for services across north carolina , the state will charge sales tax and services like auto repairs, maintenance and appliance installation, the service taxs are expected to raise $160 they are in effect. >>> closing duke engine's coal ash pond statewide. they are inviting the public to get involved. classification is a key step in cleaning up the toxic materials and determining deadlines for when each must be closed. hearings scheduled in willmington, ashville, eaton and dallas and north carolina. more hearings will be held in counties where there are coal ash facilities through the end of march. >>> the state department of health and human services will roll out the report on medicaid reform progress. lawmakers passed a bill to overall the $14 billion insurance system for the poor

that same poll finds clinton topping sanders 35% to 38%. weijian chang jiang is in washington with the latest. >> she will not clinch the nominations but momentum can carry them through and for a fractured gop that means a greater divide between republicans who will and will not back trump. on the eve of super tuesday trump predicted a win in georgia. >> we're going to win, win, win. >> the latest poll shows the front-runner lead both marco rubio has tried to halt it hammering him for days most recently for failing to disavow former kkk leader david duke who announced his support. >> there's no room in the conservative movement for the kkk or david duke or anyone who will not condemn them. >> senator cruz is banking on a win in his home state to keep his campaign alive. >> what we will see i would think is a chunk of delegates and everyone else far behind. >> they expect hillary clinton to pick up far more delegates than bernie sanders which could make it possible for her to lose the nomination. >> what we need to do together is make americ

that same poll finds clinton topping sanders 35% to 38%. weijian jiang is in washington with the latest. weijian, good morning. >> good morning, anne-marie. good morning to everybody. by the front-runners, he will not clinch. the nomination but momentum can certainly carry them through, and for a fractured gop, that means a greater divide between republicans who will and will not back trump. on the eve of super tuesday trump predicted a win in georgia. >> we're going to win, win, win. >> the latest poll show the presidential frond runner leading in both the national and in several key states. marco rubio has tried to halt it hammering him for days most former kkk leader david duke who announced his support for trump. >> there's no room in the conservative movement for the kkk or david duke or anyone who will not condemn them. >> senato cruz is banking on a win in his home state to keep his campaign alive. >> what we will see, i believe, is donald trump and me coming out both with a significant chunk of delegates and everyone else far behind

on the democratic side, clinton topped sanders 55- 38%. counts on wral for coverage of super tuesday. we will carry expanded hour long nightly news with lester holt. watch it starting at 6:30, after wral's local news. tune in for our late news at midnight for a complete wrap up. >>> two football players will pay fines and do community service after pleading guilty to assault. hues and stewart suspended from the team last fall. they atagged two men at the alpha tall a mega house. one was punched so hard he was knocked out. hues and stewart pleaded guilty. in addition to paying fines, they must have no contact and perform 100 hours of community service and cannot commit crimes. if the conditions are met, the charges will be dismissed in february, of next year. >>> public hearings start on across the state. the state department of quality invites the public to get involved in how the ash ponds are classified. classification is a key step in cleaning up the toxic materials and determining deadlines for when each impoundment must be closed. the

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the new poll, hillary clinton topping sanders. camps saying to stop saying his name. it is a sense of hillary it is over and let's move on. >> you are seeing the messaged change when they felt he was a threat and according his great respect and they go quiet and that's because why bring up the person? >> same nationwide poll. coming out 16% marco rubio and 16% cruz. >> if he wins tomorrow night, he is halfway home or better. >> what's big? >> big would be nearly 600 delegates at stake. if he were to take 400 or 450, that's huge. if he takes most of the states, 8 or 9 or 10 states, that's huge. >> when do we see kaisch and ben carson get out and what is the strategy for cruz and rubio that are fighting hard? >> keba, it is one of these things where you wonder they stayed in too long when you think about it because for kaisch and for ben carson had they dropped out, it may have forced cruz or marco rubio to make a tough decision. >> 16 percentage points on this poll between carson and kaisch. >> exactly. >> as i have said before if you add cruz and rubio together, you h

for democrats, nbc news reports hillary clinton tops bernie sanders by just 1%. clinton also beat sanders in north carolina, illinois, florida and ohio. also this morning, we are looking at ohio governor john kasich victory over trump in his home state. but trump took north carolina, illinois, and florida. wesh 2' s stewart moore was in trump trounced the other candidates by double digits. wesh 2' s stewart moore was in mar-a-lago for his victory speech. it was a big victory for donald trump in florida, winning 99 delegates were up for grabs. a winner take all state in florida. donald trump had a crowd of 450 to 500 of his supporters. trump called florida his second home. he did not win ohio, but he did win florida and he has the easiest path to winning the gop nomination. here' s what he had to say as he addressed the crowd after that victory. >> we will do a lot of trips. we will have a great victory. i think more important and anything else, we are going to start winning again. this country is going to start winning again. t win anymore. >> donald trump up of i

on the democratic side hillary clinton tops bernie sanders in the race for that party. 51% say they would most like to see the former secretary of state on top of the party's ticket in november compared to 44% who want sanders. >>> u.s. supreme court will hear arguments on whether puerto rico should file for bankruptcy. federal bankruptcy chapter nine is in law in puerto rico. it will help restructure their $20 billion in debts. the case will be heard by seven justices since justice alito and his wife own puerto rico municipality bonds. they'll take up legislation to block the nondiscrimination charlotte security council. that law allows transgender individuals to use public restrooms that align with their gender identity. >>> a suspect police say fired a gun in the booking area of the durham county jail is due in court today. officer turner was removing the man's handcuffs when he grabbed a gun from the waist of his pants. the man wrestled before the gun went off grazing the officer in the abdomen. >>> sentencing phase is underway for a man convicted in a triple murder in pit county. jur

democratic side -- sanders and clinton are vying for 1,032 of the 2,383 delegates needed to win the democratic race. keep in mind- that includes super delegates. right now hillary clinton tops bernie sanders in the latest c-n-n-o-r-c poll 55 percent to 38 percent nationally. and while political analysts think hillary clinton will do very well in the southern states, much like she did here in south carolina, -- they believe bernie sanders will remain in this race. "the most important thing that people have to realize -- many states on the democratic side are not winner take all, meaning that they are proportional. so a candidate can actually win an entire state and be awarded a certain number of delegates for winning the entire state but if senator sanders gets a certain threshold in the state and then a certain threshold in each congressional district, he will win delegates well." coming up in our next half hour we're taking a look at the republican side of the race where the battle is candidates looking to gain ground on frontrunner donald trump. the question this morning among the democrats-- could the race for the presidential nomination end on super tuesday? hillary cli

then on the democratic side, clinton tops sanders 55 percent to 38 percent. >> those are polls that coverion instead of the state to state. >>> well, photographer covering a donald trump rally yesterday in virginia said a secret service agent choked him and threw him to the ground. >> yes, this happened last night. here's video of it happening. >> this is actually yesterday afternoon. i was watching this when it happened. this was radnor university in virginia. he said that it happened as the, he tries to leave the media pen. they have them all in one area as the event where the protester wanted to take a picture of protester. several video of the incident show, shot by people at the rally were posted on social media yesterday afternoon and yesterday evening. you can see what happened there as secret service agent grabbed him by the neck. he works for time magazine, slamming him to the ground. >> time magazine photographer chris morris said he tried to exit the media pen. they usually have media off to the side. secret service agent began choking him and slammed him down. a spokesmen says

it was also a close call on the democratic side in missouri with clinton topping sanders by only aboutvotes. the tar heel state was good to trump. he beat cruz there as well and clinton topped sanders. then there's the most important state of all, ohio. this is where things get interesting. john kasich grabbed all 66 delegates in his home state. this keeps his campaign and presidential hopes alive as he fights for a larger role in the republican contest. >> we put one foot in front of the other and i want to remind you again tonight that i will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. [ cheers and applause ] >> meantime in his speech donald trump calling for the republican party to come together after his big wins. >> i'm not running for president. i made that decision consciously. >> the fact is we have to bring our party together. we have to bring it together. we have -- [ applause ] -- we have something happening that actually makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. everybody is writing about it. all over europe, all ove

clinton topped sanders it's a 13 point lead, down slightly from the 17-point lead she had the last time the poll was conducted. if clinton has a strong night, she could all but put this race out of reach if. if senator sanders has a big night, he could have more momentum. >> thank you. >>> that sets the table nicely for chuck todd. there is suspense on the democratic side. sanders is competitive in some states. >> take away the super delegates and you're down to a 200 delegate lead here. in the states tonight, we assume that she is going to win the two states. she could win by enough where she could lose the midwestern states here to sanders and still win the night on delegates. ohio and illinois. first, the illinois stuff, there is a subplot here. mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel, so unpopular. sanders has been attacking him. she could lose chicago and that's why she could lose illinois. which is a state he won. he's definitely in comfortable shape. this is the pivotal one, in ohio. moementum wise, if he wins 3 of 5, there's the sense of, look at this. after michigan, winning big states.

drive times. welcome to 10news >> the results are in, donald trump and hillary clinton remain on top. clinton defeated sanders in at least four states, missouri is close to call.>> sarah hollenbeck is live. the big discussion people are going to have of course, are trump and clinton going to be on our ballots. >> reporter: you can see they are getting ready to serve a big crowd. it all comes down to delegates as you know. over breakfast people are going to be talking a lot about trump. will he get the 1237 that he needs and time? and if that will be for him, we will have to see. reasons. we had -- he picked up 99 forced to drop out. but john kasich deprived him of a big state sweep what about reduced -- would have reduced the race to two. now he is looking at open convention in cleveland and he can't get that mark, people stop the movement to build on from here. but one diner that we talked to hope that he takes it all the way to the end.>> i think it was awesome, and you that rubio was going to get dropped out, and i hope that trump is our next president the filter in the country around. he's a non-politicia

on the democrats' side-- hillary clinton tops bernie sanders in the race for the party's nod. 51-percent say they would most like to see the former secretary of state atop the party's ticket in november. compared with the 44-percent who several wireless carriers are offering free calls, and texts in and out of brussels for the next few days. the free service is being offered following those attacks in brussels that left at least 30 people dead today. the companies are aiming to make it easier for customers to connect with friends and loved ones who are in belgium. participating wireless carriers include at&t, verizon, t-mobile, sprint, virgin mobile usa and boost mobile. the free service offers do vary, be sure to contact your carrier for details. breaking now word that a piece of the missing malaysian airlines flight m-h 370 may have washed up on a beach in south africa. malaysian officials plan to send a team to retrieve it. the piece reportedly shows a rolls royce logo which could be from the engine. the boeing 777 has been missing for two years since taking off from kuala lampur. 239

sanders won over hillary clinton. >> in kentucky, no win he -- no winner declared yet, but donald trump is on top, ted cruz trails by about 10 percentage points. >> in louisiana, voters are holding primaries for both parties. donald trump has taken that state with nearly half the votes. hillary clinton has topped bernie sanders with about 9 percent of the vote already in. >> in maine, ted cruz wins according to the main republican party but not the associated press. cruz with almost 46 percent of the vote, donald trump finishing second with a little over 32 percent. >> and in nebraska, bernie the vote. of course today's because our primaries are on march 15th. but early voting is already underway, which began last monday. broward county, turnout is apparently good so far. >> we've seen a lot of interest, and i think the interest is generated because of what the candidates bring to the table, what they romise to bring to the table, their other. >> early voting for the presidential primaries runs through march 12th except in orange county where it ends the 13th. we have a list of locations on our website. florida's pr

on the democratic side of things hillary clinton tops bernie sanders in the race for their party's nod. 51% are most likely to see the former secretary of state atop the party's ticket in november compared to 44% who would like to see sanders. >>> it's another important day on the campaign trail as voters in western states hit the polls today. coming up at 5:30 we will check in with ryan nobles on which candidates will come out on top today. >>> president obama wrapping up his historic visit to cuba today. the latest on his trip and why >>> live from cleveland's newscenter driven by don joseph toyota in kent this is cleveland 19 news. >> denise: president barack obama is winding down his historic trip to cuba. >> dan: the president met with cuban dissidents and even took in a ballgame. >> reporter: an exhibition game in havana began with a moment of silence for victims of the terror attacks in belgian. >> president obama and cuban president raul castro watched from the stands looking out at the same field where jackie robinson played before i he made his major league debut. robinson's

sanders' strategy, trying to win illinois by tying clinton to chicago's mayor rahm emanuel, unpopular with some african-americans after a controversial police shooting. emanuel, a former top white house aide to bill clinton has endorsed hillary. >> rahm emanuel right now is radioactive. sanders in illinois is exploiting the same disenchantment with anything deemed vaguely establishment. >> reporter: perhaps tonight's biggest prize, ohio. sanders hammering clinton for her longtime support for free trade deals. >> i proudly stood with the workers secretary clinton stood with the big money interests. >> reporter: clinton respond. was nafta a mistake? >> you know, i think that you'll have to ask the experts who say on balance some people were helped. some people were hurt. if clinton were to lose the midwest to sanders, she would still be far ahead of him in delegates, but he would get a huge boost in momentum and in online contributions as he vows to keep this race going all the way to the convention. lester? >> andrea mitchell tonight, andrea, thanks very much. want to bring in our political director hand moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd. chuck, for weeks now you've

clinton in the nebraska caucus. and in kansas, rather, another sanders win with 70 percent of the vote there. sanders with a huge lead over clinton, but in louisiana clinton came out on top with the huge lead over sanders with 70 percent of the vote, the results did little to change the delegate map, clinton keeps her significant lead in the race for the nomination. >> the super saturday, show down started off with a big win for senator, ted cruz, the republican swiping voters by a two to one margin in kansas and takingnghe state of maine. >> we are the only campaign that can and well, beat donald trump in this race >> it was a super saturday, from gyms and barns, snaked across locations in kansas, nebraska and louisiana. bernie sanders, the democrats securing delegates with wins in kansas and braska. >> we want to make sure that a republican does not go into the white house. >> reporter: hillary clinton in michigan touting her victorm in louisiana >> i am grateful for everyone who turned out to support us, but now all eyes,, turn to michigan. >> anchor: saturday's show dowow between clinton and sanders and a democratic caucus in maine on sunday, will set the stage for t

for the democrats the same poll of registered voters shows hillary clinton topping bernie sanders, 511%. a 10-point edge. today, though, it is a state by state by state by state battle. and coming up at 4:30 more how super tuesday got its name and a closer look at which states to watch. back to you. >> thanks, lauren. and super tuesday is a critical time for the 2016 presidential election. so make sure you have the nbc 10 app. the app has everything you need to know including real time election results and information on all of the states involved today. "nbc nightly news" with lester who holt will have an hour long edition. as the polls close watch an nbc news special at 10:00. >> a once secret archive is revealing widespread sex abuse by pennsylvania priest. >> it's all part of this grand jury report that was made public today. this report claims two catholic bishops in the altoona johnstown diocese helped cover up the abuse of hundreds of children by more than 50 priests or religious leaders over 40 years. eight counties make up the diocese. the 147-page report was made public toda

hypothetical general election match up between trump and sanders and clinton -- both democrats beat out the republican front-runner. senator sanders topped trump 55 to 43-percent clinton -- with a slightly smaller margin -- at 52-to 44-percent. our coverage continues on air -- with live reports coming up on wavy news ten at six look for complete election results online at wavy dot com -- and be sure to check out the "election coverage" tab on your wavy app. a follow up now to a story we've been covering since the weekend -- fallen officer ashley guindon was laid to rest today. hundreds gathered in the funeral. guindon and two other officers were responding to a domestic violence call saturday night when she was shot. it was her first day on the job. last night --officers formed a six mile procession of police cars -- as her body was escorted to the chapel. thousands turned out along the route to pay tribute. police vehicles turned on their lights in her honor. coming up on wavy news ten at five- thirty - apple and the f-b-i head to capitol hill. the latest on the battle to keep consumer's information private. plus -- a teen is facing att

democratic race for the white house the same poll of registered voters shows hillary clinton topping bernie sanders 51% to 41%. a ten-point edge. nbc 10 national correspondent tracie potts has a look at what you can expect. >> reporter: polls are open on the east coast. >> you have to get out and vote. >> reporter: on super tuesday donald trump hits a new high 40% in our nbc news survey monkey poll, which also found neither ted cruz nor marco rubio could beat him in a one-on-one matchup. >> a vote for donald trump tomorrow is literally a vote for hillary clinton in november. >> reporter: today, cruz is hoping to win his home state, texas. >> so what we will see, i believe, is donald trump and me coming out both with a significant chunk of delegates and everyone else far behind. >> reporter: bernie sanders cast his ballot at home in vermont today. he's hoping to win there, massachusetts, the midwest and maybe texas. >> i am confident that if there is a large voter turnout today across this country, we are going to do well. if not, we're probably going to be struggling. >> reporter: hillary clinton's

in the democratic race for the white house, same poll, showed hillary clinton tops bernie sanders 51%41%. both the democrats and the republican candidates are looking to score some big points today. nbc 10's matt delucia is live at the national constitution center for a closer look at what's at stake today. matt? >> a lot is at stake, tracy. here at the head the to the white house exhibit at the national constitution center. learn about the primaries, the primaries and why they're held. you can also learn about super tuesday, a day that started back in the 1980s. this is a very important day for the 2016 election. about a dozen states will hold primaries or caulks today. hillary clinton and donald trump, the front-runners, they have opportunities to really run up the delegate score. in 2008, 24 states held their primary on super tuesday. this year it's about half that. more typical number. pennsylvania, new jersey an delaware will not be among them. pennsylvania and delaware will be next month and new jersey is in june. >> historically pennsylvania, new jersey haven't really ever atte

according to our latest poll, secretary clinton still tops sanders among all democrats nationwide, 54%1%. that's down a little bit from the last time that survey was taken. secretary clinton has a big night tonight, if she were to win ohio, that would almost put this race out of reach for senator sanders. but if he has a strong night, particularly throughout those midwestern states, it would just increase his momentum heading into the end of the month and april. jose. >> kristen welker in downtown miami, thank you. a live look now at voters casting ballots in struthers, ohio, one of five states with primary contests today. and in florida and ohio, the biggest prizes. we're live at some of the busiest polling centers in both states. and a reminder to get the results to these make-or-break primaries, you can do so with brian williams, rachel maddow, and chris matthews starting at 6:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. hey, need fast heartburn relief? try cool mint zantac. it releases a cooling sensation in your mouth and throat. zantac works in as little as 30 minutes. nexium can take 24

clinton has her sights set on trump. >> reporter: a large turnout in all five primaries will help him top clinton in midwest. bernie sanders is 20 points behind in ohio, but much closer to hillary clinton in illinois. in all, more than 1,100 delegates at stake today, most for the democrats. darlene? >> tracie strahan, thank you. >>> there's now a website calling for governor christie to resign. stepdownchris.com was created by jersey mayor steven fulop's re-election campaign. he says christie's more about sbed in campaigning for donald trump than taking care of new jersey. christie endorsed donald trump shortly after dropping out of the presidential race himself. even so, at an event yesterday, trump threw a jab at christie while also criticizing ohio >> goes to new hampshire, he's living in new hampshire, living. where's chris? is chris around? even more than chris christie he was there. where is he? right? even more. i hated to do that, but his to make my point. >> trump also criticized christie back in december saying he should be home running his state. >>> right now, hundreds of new yorkers are in albany fighting for

shows donald trump with a sizable lead, getting 49 primary vote.for the democrats, hillary clinton tops bernie sanders 55 percent to 38 percent. 3 (samantha)>> there could be a record turnout for primary votersa&. at least for one of the two political parties. (bill)>> our national correspondent kristine frazao takes a look at the trend and what may be driving it. 3 (( trump i'm very angryhe is resonating with the people and he is speaking our minds"this is a really angry electoratein few realms other than politics does anger equal enthusiasmbut here in 2016 that anger is translating into votes.take a look at republican voter turnout in the first few states to vote - it's increased everywhere.for democrats, turnout has waned - a sign they're not harnessing the few emotions that usually drive voters - says mo elleithee (il lay thee) mo elleithee/georgetown university "sometimes it's hope as we saw in 2008 with a more optimistic energy and sometimes it is anger or fear and frustration we're seeing now."elleithee, who serves as executive director at georgetown's institute for politics and public service,