marco rubio just lighting it to donald trump. a relentless barrage of attacks on donald trump.ou saw the beginning last night in the debate. happening right now at this stage in dallas, texas. get this. donald trump just announced he is holding a news conference very soon. no doubt respond to this. he also says he has a big announcement to make. the first member to endorse or - donald trump. chris collins from new york. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. i hope you had a chance to hear some, at least, of what marco rubio said. >> i did. >> he said the charade is up. donald trump is a con artist and he says to all of the folks in the audience, friends do not let friends vote for a con artist. it started last night and it definitely shows no signs of letting up, if you look at marco rubio today. what do you say to this? >> clearly donald trump is the chief executive left standing. he is the chief executive, not a chief politician. we saw it last night. they're going to throw everything but the kitchen sink as his juggernaught at the end of tuesday, they're responding

it was just donald trump dominating across the state, across multiple sites across the state. you were talking about super tuesday, they are very confident from inside the trump campaign. i can tell you from talking to the trump campaign manager, corey, they feel like they are built for a national campaign, they have staff and volunteers in 20-plus states and building on top of that and so for people who think donald trump, he can fill an arena, he can bring in a big crowd, but can he go state to state, they feel like inside the trump campaign they are well equipped to do that and they're going to start doing that on super tuesday. that's the big test for this campaign, but they feel like they're well positioned a week from now. >> we haven't seen a republican presidential candidate be this dominate in a long time. jim acosta. david, first of all, explain to our viewers why we are calling this race so early? >> this is based on a couple of different things. we have the entrance polls. people tell us when they go in how they intend to vote. we also have people out and about in p

divided. candidate that has beaten donald trump. historically, in modern times, no one has won the nomination who hasn't won one of the fist iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. me and donald. if you look at super tuesday. we're the only campaign in a position to beat donald on super tuesday. if you're at home and you don't think donald is the right you think nominating him will end up electing hillary clinton, even if perhaps you like another lot of good people in the race that i like and respect. i would encourage you to stand with us. the only way to beat donald is to stand together on super tuesday. >> sounds like you're not ready to unite with marco rubio. thank you for joining us this morning. >>> and we're live next with chris christie in a "this week" exclusive. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? it works on his cough too. it works on his cough too. let's end this. jane likes to mix things up. that' s why she loves new light & fit gre

the great donald trump. the great donald trump.applause] donald trump: by the way, i'm very proud of the fact that i have spent less money than just about anybody else on the campaign. i'm going to start spending a lot for two reasons. number one, i don't want to take any chances. number two, i feel guilty because when jeb has now spent $119 million or some ridiculous number and much of it is theyrked to me, ads, cannot be very good because every time he takes an ad, my numbers go up. it is a crazy deal. [laughter] donald trump: nationally, i am leaving every poll. honestly, other than iowa. i'm leading the states, leading here tremendously. but every single national poll, i am leaving. and just about every state poll, i am leading. i spent the least and i have the best result. [applause] donald trump: isn't that nice? others like jeb and a couple of others have spent the most, and they have the worst result. how can you put them in charge? think of this. we have a school system. we are getting rid of common core, by the way. [appl

donald trump is facing his biggest test yet. a sustained assault of personal insults, attacks, and mockery that looks like it could have been designed by trump himsese. a campapan trail saturday donald rout. >> hopefully, we'll win tennessee. we're going win everything. i think we're even- i think we have great chance to win texas. >> reporter: aftft his double-digit wins in south carolina and nevada, some establishment republicans finally agree, he could actually n this thing. >> trump, he's got the momentum. i think there's a more than 50% chance he's the minee. >> reporter: nowhere was that hammered home more than friday's shocking endorsement. >> we need a first class president. we're going to have it in donald trump. >> reporter: chris christie, who once mocked trump as the entertainer in chief is now in his corner. with trump on the verge of an insuhr mout. able lead, marco rubio@kas decided desperate times call for desperate measures. >> i don't know anything about bankrupting four companies. >> and you know why? >> about

, for questioning donald trump's taxes. you've got mexico's former president, vicente fox, saying his country will not pay for any effing wall, and those are his words, as well. you've got rubio and cruz, slamming trump in the news, which we broke first here on cnn, that the rubio campaign is preparing, perhaps, for a contested convention to stop either trump or cruz. it would be an understatement to say that there is a lot in play tonight and a lot at stake for the candidates on the stage tonight. right now, let's get our chief white house correspondent, jim acosta, who is down on the debate stage for -- jim, what are you hearing from the campaigns, what kind of strategies should we expect from the candidates tonight? >> anderson, this debate night is shaping up as operation take down donald trump. the gop establishment has heard the criticism. they didn't hit trump hard when they had the chance. we will see that changing tonight. the gop front-runner will be feeling the heat from his new nearest rivals. marco rubio and ted

donald trump can expect some texas heat tonight. his closest rivals have started going hard at the republican front runner, warning voters about the risk of a trump presidency. take a look at ted cruz speaking on fox news last night and marco rubio talking at a rally today here in houston. mr. cruz: the question right now is how do we prevent nominating a candidate who loses the general election, or for that matter if he wins the general election? who knows what he would do as president. we need a president he can trust. >> donald trump said he's not going to take sides on israel versus the palestinians. there is no such thing as an honest broker in that. the palestinian authority teaches five-year-old kids that it's a glorious thing to kill jews. we will not be in impartial advocate when it comes to israel. we are going to be on israel's side when i'm president. john: all five candidates will have a lot on the line but the person focused on the most will be ted cruz. the debate is being held in his home state, which even his support

he's the antithesis of donald trump on every major issue. from entitlement reform, to foreign spol sipolicy. to immigration. he's standing the exact opposite of trump. i think getting back to to original question. arguably, at the beginning of this, it was tougher per donald trump to get the republican nomination. where he's stood over the course of time in his public life than it will be for him to win the general election. he can make an appeal. he's reaching out to what we used to call reagan democrats. if he wins the republican nomination, don't underestimate -- >> it helps immunize him. against these attacks in a general campaign. he'll have his secret weapon back. ivanka. notably, she was not in the audience at the debate the other night because of her pregnancy. she is and his kids are his secret weapon. i want all the attacks out now. i don't want them dumped on him. >> all the attacks right now, which are the ones that you think have the most potential to stick and be a problem? >> trump university. it resonates for so many people wh

he has ignored donald trump in the campaign. co rubio have to start engaging with the man running away with the nomination? if he does, how does trump respond? >> if you are marco rubio and you are looking around at the others going after trump, they are no longer in the race. it wasn't a fun experience for him. he doesn't see incentive to do that. >> what about ted cruz? where we are is at the university of houston in texas. texas part of super tuesday. most delegates at stake here on super tuesday. ted cruz needs to win here. he has endorsement of the governor and the former governor rick perry. >> you know, he is doing a lot of campaigning here. i'm sure he would like to campaign broadly across the south. he staked super tuesday on winning georgia and oklahoma and alabama. he is campaigning here. texas is going to be crucial to him. if he loses texas, it is not only the place with the most delegates, but it is his state. >> five seconds left. if he this don't shake donald trump tonight in a substantial way, does this mean he e

donald trump. this is why you see, you know, i think some of them staying in. i'm not going to be surprised if we hear they're beginning to talk to each other, particularly the rubio and cruz camps. you're not seeing rubio attack cruz anymore, if you've noticed. and i think the way they're decided to stop him is at the convention, and although it could be done by the rules, it sounds unthinkable. i mean, it sounds like it would be just a crazy act, and they would lose his supporters. but when they look at the map, they believe that by hanging together that could be possible. neil: wow. a.b., thank you very much. good seeing you again. >> thank you. neil: it is rare for this guy to step his toes in political waters. he fights battles in the supreme court and wins, but by and large, he is dedicated to running his business. what does it say when a man of god who sticks to his view of things and doesn't budge enters the political fray to say enough is enough when it comes to donald trump? hobby lobby f

donald trump's hands. you know, when he first walked out here, wolf, donald trump started talking about our new cnn cnn/orc poll which shows him way out in front of the rest of the gop pack on a national basis. he referred to marco rubio at that point as little marco. so it just shows you how nasty and how personal this campaign has become. and he basically has been saying that marco rubio sweat so much during these debates that he can't even deal with the likes of vladimir putin, trying to make this sort of make a tie to foreign policy in these cutdowns in this war of putdowns between himself and marco rubio. as you just heard listening in just a few moments ago he's really going after hillary clinton as well. making a general election pivot in this campaign when he's talking about bernie sanders losing badly in south carolina over the weekend. he said bernie sanders is over unless hillary clinton is indicted. the tone you're hearing now, gop race will likely shift into the general election campaign mode

it looks like donald trump could be the nominee from my perspective. run against cruz than him, but trump is one of the few we would have picked to run against. we'll see how it plays out. sometimes, you should be careful what we wish for. look at what we get from the g.o.p. up until now. >> joe, carl, thank you. >> fox news projects donald trump will win the nevada caucus. we're waiting to hear from the front runner. >> now, it's all about who will finish second and a tight battle between ted cruz and marco rubio. and don't forget, tomorrow night a special and again, that is tomorrow night at 9:00 p.m., eastern. a group of voters in texas. i think we should've taken a left at the river. tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of jungle. why don't you want to just ask somebody? if you're a couple, you fight over directions. it's what you do. if you want to save fifteen percent or more on car insurance, you switch to geico. oh ohhhhh it's what yo

let's talk about donald trump. trump. >> you lied about the polish workers. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. 38 years ago. >> lied 38 years ago. i guess there's a statute of limitations on wall. if he builds the wall the way he built trump towers he will be using illegal immigrant labor to do it. that's the only part of the plan? >> the nice part about the plan, you have many different plans. you will have competition. you will have so many different plans. >>repeating himself. >> talk about repeating. i watched him repeat himself five times four weeks ago. >> i saw you repeat yourself five times four seconds ago. >> nobody has ever hit donald trump that hard on a stage before. is the trump campaign happy about this, they are able to kind of go back and forth and what do you think we will hear from donald trump? we are getting ready for a press conference from him this hour. >> the trump campaign is putting up a confident front about this. i asked donald trump about this battle with marco rubio last night. rubio really going on

is that the only campaign that has beaten donald trump and the only campaign that can beat donald trumppaign. [ applause ] >> if you are won of the 65% of republicans across this country who doesn't think donald is the best candidate to go head-to-head with hillary, who believes we do better in elections when we actually nominate a conservative, then the first four states have performed a vital function of narrowing this race and presenting a clear choice. you can choose between two wa washington deal makers or one proven consistent conservative [ applause ] >> one week from today will be the most important night of this campaign. one week from today is super tuesday. [ applause [ applause ] 11 states, alabama, alaska, oklahoma, tennessee, vermont, virginia and the great state of texas. [ applause ] >> one week from today the most delegates that are awarded on a single day will be awarded next tuesday. [ applause ] >> the role of the first four states is to narrow the field and give super tuesday a clear choice and now the voters can decide if you want a president who will stop amnesty,

donald trump, not christian? >> donald trump is a christian. he's made very clear his stance on supporting our conservative values. we christians will have a friend in the white house. he stood by that and i'm going to stand by the fact that he is a christian. i would n-- we're voting for th next president of the united states of america, so we can't expect donald trump -- he's not qualified to preach in anyone pulpit, but is he qualified to be the president of the united states? i absolutely think so. >> ben, the other day president obama said that donald trump -- now the pope is engaging with donald trump. did he just get elevated even further? >> getting headlines, the kardashians can get headlines. doesn't mean they're good people or we should be excited about what those headlines are. donald trump has a very unique dynamic now. he uses being a catholic as a negative against ted cruz, implying he wasn't an evangelical christian. he said, well, catholics come from cuba as if that is a negative thing to be catholic. you see it. i think that's

wait until you hear who he compares donald trump to. he's already said profanely said that mexico would not pay for any trump wall. last night when asked about it, donald trump demanded that president fox apologize for the profanity. president fox's take on all of that just ahead. >>> later, part of marco rubio's attack as you saw focussed on trump university. senator rubio all but calling it a con game. we'll check the facts on that when we continue. if you have high blood pressure many cold medicines may raise your blood pressure. that's why there's coricidin® hbp. it relieves cold symptoms without raising blood pressure. so look for powerful cold medicine with a heart. coricidin® hbp. then your eyes may see it, differently.ave allergies. only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. flonase changes everything. could protect you from diabetes? what if one sit-up could prevent heart disease? one. wis

it's driving donald trump. it's driving ted cruz. robably puts trump across the finish line saturday with a first place finish. >> congressman mull veiny thanks very much for joining us. good you have to on this show. that's it for me. i'm be back at 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. the news tins right now on cnn. >>> hi, everyone. top of the hour. i am a poppy harlow in today for my friend brooke baldwin. this is cnn's special coverage of a critical in the race for the white house. poppy i'm aaron burnett in greenville, south carolina today. top of the on cnn just hours from now where i'm standing republican candidates will face voters answering their questions in a town hall right here on cnn. this comes as an allout war has erupted between the front-runners, donald trump, and ted cruz. minutes ago cruz revealing trump

donald trump, they're going to be with donald trump. rubio has to sort of convince those people who are on the fence. and my question is how many people after what we've been through are really on the fence anymore? >> as you know, the trump counter attack today has been intense. we just saw it. the rubio attack continues. some of trump's supporters say trump will do to rubio what he did, eventually make him quit. do you see that happening? >> there's no doubt that donald trump is a very effective counter attacker. he is very good at this. he has the new york bluster. he is very good with a quip and a comeback. so is marco rubio. marco rubio is from a different generation, from a different upbringing than jeb bush. he was raised in the streets of las vegas and the streets of west miami, florida. i can tell you that's not a place where you play nice the entire time. i think marco showed last night that he is very capable of handling a punch. very capable of getting under donald trump's skin. i will tell that you donald trump is very savv

donald trump has done that over and over and over. that nobody else has made a payroll they have been employee with the exception of carlie foreign that but donald is the one that rose to the top. !%9 i think this time evangelicals are looking at different issues than they have in the past. they are trying to safety the country. the security of the country. the economy. maybe next time they will be looking at social issues more like they did in the past. but i think this time i heard a very prominent pastor who is a friend of yours, by the way, greta, tell me this just this week that if we don't save the country, then abortion, traditional marriage, all those social issues are going to be a moot point. we have got to save the country first. and i believe and many evangelicals, a majority of evangelicals believe that donald trump is best equipped to save the country in those areas. >> sir, thank you very much for joining us. i hope you will come back. more "on the record" straight ahe need to hire fast? go to ziprecruiter.com and post

>>> all right, at this hour, we're waiting to hear from donald trump. speak in that room in virginia beach, virginia. virginia, a key super tuesday state. they vote in six days. the state that voted yesterday, by the way, nevada, gave trump a huge win. >> so what do voters in virginia want to hear from donald trump? let's get back to phil mattingly. he's following the trump campaign and speaking to some of the folks who live there and vote there and will be hearing donald trump there today. phil. sfwlrks >> reporter: obviously a big week for voters. this is a trump supporter and a naval veteran and retiry. what is it about donald trump that appeals to you? >> i like that he's an outsider. he's not a professional politician. he supports our military, our veter veterans. that's probably the dominate motive. >> and wrone of the interesting things is veterans. what is it that stands out to you and appeals to you? >> i think rebuilding our military. it's really been degraded over the last seven or eight years and we need to be strong. rebuild the military. >

a picture of donald trump. gning a recent tax return next to, as you can see a pile of papers that looks at least three feet high. this started after mitt romney, the 2012 republican nominee, who trump endorsed back then, called on trump and all of the candidates in the race to release their tax returns. romney says that there could be a bombshell hidden in those returns for trump, since trump has resisted releasing his returns to this point. let me bring in right now senator lindsay graham, a former republican presidential candidate. a man who has no love lost with donald trump, as we well now. senator, it's great to see you. >> i think donald trump will be the gold standard for stupid republican candidates. i just want to be on the record for that. >> you are on the record saying that, senator. so to the issue at hand right now. mitt romney says there is reason to believe there could be a bombshell in these returns. what do you know? >> well, i know that he's not going to turn them over, and in 2015, february,

a donald trump presidency. need a proven, consistent conservative. you know donald has said, the day after he is elected president he could be entirely different person. he can be the most politically correct person on earth. let me tell you the day i am elected president i'm the same person i am today, consistent, steady, standing by my principles. that is -- [all talking at once] david: that is senator ted cruz in nashville, tennessee. that is one of super tuesday states where people are voting next tuesday and one of those states is texas where ted cruz is from. as of yesterday ted cruz was winning in the state against donald trump. comfortable lead of donald trump. after announcement of christie for donald trump do you think his lead will be maintained going into super tuesday? >> i would think so. texas is obviously must-win for cruz. i don't think christie thing will move needle like trump. cruz like marco rubio had a good night. took it to trump. attack showing trump's hypocrisy on illegal immigration and

hillary clinton and donald trump. we need to make sure we get that. what we know right now is, we have a candidate that's being with trump university. we've got students that have a lawsuit against him. we're seeing things with donald trump with no answers. i have seen him talk about being for universal health care. i've seen him talk about wanting to do things. he's not giving us the answers for it. so i think what he'll do to the republican party is really make us question who we are and what we're about. that's something we don't want to see happen. >> you heard governor christie say he thinks donald trump is the only candidate left in the race that can defeat hillary clinton. >> that's just not true. chris is a dear friend. none of us understands why he did this. i will tell you, donald trump can't beat hillary clinton. his negatives are so high. his cap is at 35%. it's impossible for him to win a general. marco rubio is the only one that can defeat donald trump and can beat hillary clinton. and will win in november. >> thank you for joining us. >>

donald trump is a direct cause of obamacare passing. because if either house had remained in republican control, it never would have passed. and donald helped fund the democratic takeover of both houses of congress. nobody who cares about conservative judges would help fund during the senate over to the democrats. planned parenthood is responsible for the deaths over the years of millions of unborn children. being pro-life and supporting planned parenthood are fundamentally incompatible. nobody who is pro-life one out of the words, planned parenthood does do wonderful things. --ook forward to any lawsuit and let me note, one of the things i look forward to most of all, is deposing donald trump for that particular endeavor. take the deposition myself. , whether in as deposition or court of law, getting donald trump under oath, answering these questions -- i'll point out, it didn't work out well for bill clinton. donald trump does not want to be under oath, answering questions about his own record. his position is that anyone who points to

the great donald trump. the great donald trump.applause] donald trump: by the way, i'm very proud of the fact that i have spent less money than just about anybody else on the campaign. i'm going to start spending a lot for two reasons. number one, i don't want to take any chances. number two, i feel guilty because when jeb has now spent $119 million or some ridiculous number and much of it is theyrked to me, ads, cannot be very good because every time he takes an ad, my numbers go up. it is a crazy deal.

charles: donald trump magnificent at zeroing in on people's weakness. ted cruz not having anyone to support him. and maybe this is it. maybe they continue to go after trump where it hurts him host. the notion that maybe he's got some issues coming up. i think the university thing sticks around. that gets higher and higher, too. >> i think they will try and undermine him. i think ultimately every candidate up to and including last night in the debate have all misunder. the media d have all mississippl mississippmisunderstood donald . they are seeing a guy with wild opinions. they see him moving ahead and succeeding and that's been compelling. >> he not on talks the talk. he walks the walk. and his record is incredibly problematic. if you are looking at his trump university. and repeatedly lie together american public and his history of racism. charles: some of niece things whether it's the polish workers, they will say that was 38 years ago. i think the thing we hit on is this core -- donald trump's core supporters aren't going anywhere. in the meantime o

donald trump. his double-difficult win over marco rubio and ted cruz in south carolina, a possible delegate sweep, kills off the campaign of jeb bush. puts him in a powerful position. no republican who has won both new hampshire and south carolina has ever lost the nomination. the big question for so many in the gop today, a question unimaginable one year ago. can donald trump be stopped? he joins us live in a moment. first, jon karl brings us the results of the biggest day yet in this campaign. good morning, jon. >> good morning, george. american politics. what once seemed utterly impossible is one step closer to reality. hillary clinton could be facing off against donald trump this fall for the presidency of the united states. with his big win in south carolina, donald trump took command. >> this is nothing easy about running for president. i can tell you. it's tough. it's nasty. it's mean. it's vicious. it's beautiful. [ laughter ] when you win, it's beautiful. >> reporter: trump's back-to-back

three wins for donald trump, one for ted cruz. er, cruz started the race by winning iowa and then trump new hampshire, trump south carolina, trump nevada and can he project that going forward. let's switch the maps here. after tonight donald trump's going to be somewhere in the ballpark of 79, might be higher than that. this is a scenario giving him 35% of the vote in nevada so he may crack 80 tonight in delegates. long way to go to 1,200 plus that you need, but he's three for four so far. let's look to super tuesday. a dozen states fill in, we give ted cruz texas here. looking for other states, the rubio people, this is hypothetical, the rubio people say they'll win minnesota, even if rubio wins that donald trump is starting to pull away. maybe a couple of other states here that are competitive, but is this the state of the republican race, donald trump has won three of the first four states. in any other campaign, people would say he's unstoppable. kasich goes after rubio, cruz goes after rubio and nobody enjoys after trump the t

donald trump is tang inling wit fox today. ing with the former president of mexico, vicente fox. the former mexican president was asked by jorge ramos about trump's vow to make mexico pay for a wall on the u.s.-mexican border. it is a staple of just about every donald trump event. vicente fox was having none of it and was quite spicy, you might say, in disagreeing with that proposition. here's what he had to say. >> i declare, i'm going to pay for that [ bleep ] wall. he should pay for it. he's got the money. >> are you afraid that he's going to be the next president of the united states? >> not at all. democracy cannot take us to crazy people that doesn't know what's going on in the world today. >> now trump, who's been known to use a few f-bombs himself fired back on twitter saying, we can put this up on screen. former president of mexico vicente fox horribly used the f word when discussing the wall. trump going on to say that he would have caused an uproar had he used that word and he's caused uproars in the past. but we sho

i think the answer is a vote for donald trump is not really about donald trump. i think that there is a deep well of people who are so angry at the status quo that the washington establishment seems to work for washington but it doesn't work for them. there's a lot of that vote on here. you find it on the back rows in the old towns where the plants are closed. i think you will see a lot of that vote come out for donald trump and it is a way to send a message to washington. they seem to be doing it tonight in record numbers >>> you think the turn out this time from what you're understanding, the turn out is pretty strong >> a couple of things. 59,000 absentee ballots today. in the republican primary, that is roughly how many votes were cast in both the democratic and republican primaries in 20088 and 12. we have seen areas that have doubled up their numbers by noon. so doubled their number by 3 o'clock. clearly we will see a record turn out. well over 700,000 people >>> it has been a nasty campaign. you see a lot of the moderates going after each other, ted cruz,

donald trump is the only kantd saying he won't touch social security. here's what you said about that. >> mr. trump, what would you do on social security? when i become president, the entire country is going the get so wealthy, so amazingly wealthy and rich, we're not going to have to worry about social security. how? >> again, the question is how? >> i think we need to do something on social security. i've made that clear. donald trump and i are not going to agree on every issue. >> this is the signature issue of your campaign. >> it's not. the signature issue of my campaign was national security, keeping america safe and secure from terrorist attacks and making us a better ally and neighbor around the world. social security is an poernt issue. i'll share them with the candidate. the fact of the matter is when you look up on that stage, no one else has a plan on social security. >> he said thursday night -- >> no up with else has plan on social security. >> i have asked all the candidates lots of questions on that issue. at the debate on thursday night,

donald trump presidency. instead, we need a proven consistent conservative. you know, donald has said the day after he is elected president, he can be an entirely different person. the most politically correct person on earth. let me tell you, the day after i'm elected president, i'm going to be the exact person i am today. the voters want that, because we've been burned too many times before. >> how will you do in tennessee, sir? >> all right, you have been listening to ted cruz completed a trifecta of republican candidates having their time in the media sun here. donald trump probably got the most of that, given chris christie endorsement earlier on. but ted cruz, among others, saying you know, it's time for donald trump to hand over those tax records, among other things. we're going to explore. today we've had so many developments. one of donald trump's enthusiastic backers, a multi millionaire in his own right. up until the announcement today, it looked like trump was on defense. and then things might have

listen to this donald trump remarked the donald trump made at this rally. trump: here's a guy throwing punches screaming and everything else. the guards are very gentle with them. smiling and laughing. i would like to punch him in the face. mark: i've been to a lot of donald trump rallies and that is not even in the top 10 of newsworthy things have heard him say. look at how much that one remark dominated the news cycle today. >> donald trump unloaded on a heckler at a las vegas rally. >> he wanted to hit a protester who interrupted him. >> this is what happens with donald trump dictating our culture. mark: news coverage for the other republican candidates was pretty meager. marco rubio's getting some coverage for his endorsements. kasichy headline john was for some comments about women leaving their kitchens to vote for him years ago. he got mostly unfair coverage. are the candidates not trying to fight trump? or is it just impossible to trump donald trump? you can't resist the man was about to give another man a punch in the lunch. so crazily done. when yo

trump. if you want to beat donald demonstrated we can beat donald trump. i'll tell you, going into super tuesday, i think we're positioned, nine days from today, to have an amazing day. our base on the ground is strong. listen, republicans want a real conservative. they don't want someone like donald trump who supported john kerry, jimmy carter, hillary clinton. who supported expanding obamacare into socialized medicine. supported the wall street bailouts. the obama stimulus. they want, instead, someone who will stand up to the washington deals. >> we'll be watching. senator cruz, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thank you, george. >>> much more ahead with the powerhouse "roundtable." and reince priebus. is he prepared for a brokered convention? we'll ask him next. (vo) if you have type 2 diabetes, you may know what it's like to deal with high... once-daily pill that, along with diet and exercise, helps lower blood sugar. januvia works when your blood sugar is high and works less when your blood sugar is low, because it works by enhancing your bod

now, you know, donald trump is donald trump. he's kind of a showman, and i want to be clear, he's a friend of mine, but i never expected rubio to get in that mode and you know, is it entertaining for republicans, or are they turned off by it? >> well, i think most people saw that debate as the worst version of a jerry springer show, but the reality is look, it doesn't change the dynamics of this race. the dynamics of this race are the same. for someone to beat donald trump they have to start getting victories and have to start collecting more delegates -- >> okay, but rubio hasn't won a thing and is not projected to win florida, his own state. so why is the establishment so dug in against donald trump? >> well, judge, your term is establishment. i don't know what that means. this week, two congressmen came out for donald trump. >> two? the guy has won three of four primaries. >> right. i hear you. we have had donors call us and say how do they reach out to the trump campaign. scott brown came out a couple weeks ago. >> phil, i'm

donald trump has done this before. it had a name. it was called trump university. let me tell what you trump university was. this is why i talk about it. the people that went there have been calling us, e-mailing us. their stories would outrage you. they're heart breaking. let me explain. this video, on youtube -- in fact we'll put it on my website. marcorub marcorubio.com. it says i'm the most successful in all mankind and i will teach you how to be just as successful as me. we will have the best people, the smartest people. i will pick them myself and we will just win, win, win. he said this in a video for trump university. sound familiar? so people signed up. and they would go in and pay 8, $10,000. and they were told, if he really want to make the big bucks, you have to sign up for $35,000 course. and people signed up for that. they finished the course with nothing but a worthless piece of paper and picture they got to take, not with donald trump, but with a cardboard cut-out of donald trump. now that in itself is wrong. it's fraud. that's why he has been sued

donald trump says the pope does not know what he is taking on jan talking about. blake bergman on the very latest. >> we have had to interrupt trump versus cruz, essentially. this began with pope francis, the pope as you know, at the mexican border. he made a comment. he spoke about donald trump. here is what he said. i will quote you. a person who only thinks about making it again and again and not making it bridges is a christian did donald trump as an event right now. it is wrapped up in south carolina. pulling out this statement. he said he wrote just before his event. donald j trump response to the pope. i will read you the very first line here. if and when the vatican is attacked by isis, everyone knows that it is a trophy. only wish and pray that it was the president. he then goes on to say, "for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful." donald trump not only addressing the pope's criticism today, but taking them on. kind of saying that what the pope has said is "disgraceful." back to you. neil: thank you very much. he is all sorts of