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

there was a pile for ted cruz, for donald trump, a pile for marco rubio as well and then even write-indidates. this is the table for senator ted cruz. behind me, this is the table established for donald trump and i have to tell you that initially when the stacks were added up, obviously this is a very early indication. only at this location, ted cruz leading the pack here. again, they still have to count this. they set up separate packs, rather stacks here of about 50, and now they have to hand count these stacks, one at a time. and then eventually they have to count it again. eventually try to find out -- and confirm who came out the winner. but finally it's important to remember why it's so important here in maine. the candidate who has the majority would get all 23 delegates, if that is not the case, then essentially those delegates would be distributed proportionately of it it's really starting. a lot more left to go for the folks here. >> we'll check back. thanks very much. stephanie watching the democratic caucuses in kansas. they are counting ballots but there are huge numbers w

donald trump didn't do as well as marco rubio. ld trump didn't even get a majority, at least in the exit polls on that particular question. and that may bode some problems for him down the line. >> when you think about, when you think of a general election between a donald trump and a hillary clinton, is it going to be scorched earth? >> yes. >> is it going to be just like -- >> you have two candidates who are highly, highly unpopular. and i think that hillary clinton may see donald trump as her greatest gift and he may see her the same way. i think you're going to see very, very harsh language, harsh commercials. i don't think this is -- >> it's going to be ugly. >> they're going to be -- >> it's going to be, like, i mean, you know that loony tunes character, the tasmanian devil? that's kind of -- >> hillary clinton now going to -- at her headquarters there in miami, physical. . she's just about to appear. let's listen in to the crowd reception and her speech. ♪ >> thank you. thank you all so much. >> hillary! hillary! >> thank yo

jake tapper is talking with john kasich, donald trump, marco rubio and bernie sanders. that's on "state of the union" tomorrow 9:00 a.m. eastern time. >>> coming up, bernie sanders says donald trump has encouraged the violence that we saw at that rally in chicago. both sanders and hillary clinton responding to the violence. we'll hear from the two candidates next. (vo) some people have to travel for work. hey there, looks like you've had a long day. (vo) some people get to travel for work. i'm really looking forward to this spinach salad. it's got quinoa in it! (vo) it's the little things that make a big difference. courtyard, make room for a little fun. >>> bernie sanders is speaking out after donald trump supporters and protesters clashed in chicago. among those in the crowd were those people holding bernie sanders signs and some demonstrators could b heard chanting the senator's name. this morning sanders was asked if his supporters incited some of the violence in chicago. >> well, i don't think our supporters are inciting. but our supporters, what they are doing is r

based on early estimats, georgia, donald trump 40%, ted cruz 24%, marco rubio 23%. in virginia, donald trump 34%, marco rubio 31%, ted cruz, he's down at 16%. these are exit poll results based on early information we're getting in from the exit polls. we have early leaders as well in vermont. the early leaders in vermont, look at this, on the republican side, donald trump and john kasich. they are both early leaders in vermont. let's once again recap where we stand right now. hillary clinton wins georgia and virginia based on our projections. the other, bernie sanders wins his home state of vermont. as far as the exit polls, these exit polls are estimates. they're based on our early survey of voters as they left their polling location. the final outcome may be different. we can expect those numbers to change throughout the night. let's go to jake. >> thanks, wolf. those are big, big projections. hillary clinton did not win either virginia or georgia in 2008 against then senator barack obama. jeff, big victories, if you consider these projections of with what's going

donald trump. 23.7% for marco rubio. very close, a third of the vote, 37% of the vote is in in oklahoma. in arkansas, only 12% of the vote is in, but donald trump has a slight lead right now. donald trump with 32.5%. marco rubio 29.5%. ted cruz slightly behind, 25.2%. that's in arkansas right now. take a look at vermont right now. the republican contest there. donald trump maintaining his lead but only a quarter of the vote is in. 33.2% for trump. john kasich with 30.5%. marco rubio 19%. let's take a look at the democratic side right now. the contest still outstanding. in massachusetts, hillary clinton maintaining a slight lead with 20% of the vote in. 50.7% for hillary clinton. bernie sanders 48%. that's in massachusetts. in oklahoma, bernie sanders maintains his lead, 51.4% bernie sanders, hillary clinton with 40.8%. 38% of the vote is now in. let's take a look at the states won right now. on the democratic and republican side. first the republican side. donald trump, he's got five big wins so far tonight. georgia, alab

but several candidates are looking ahead on the primary calendar, both donald trump and marco rubio aren the crucial state of florida right now. awaiting a trump event in orlando and a rubio event in jacksonville. of course we'll bring those to you live when they begin. meanwhile in today's contest, democrats hillary clinton and bernie sanders will share the 109 delegates from louisiana, kansas and nebraska. 155 delegates are on the line for republicans, they will be given proportionally. there is no winner take all in any of these states. the final four republicans are hopscotching across kansas, michigan and florida. democrats are already looking ahead to the bigger delegate prizes later this month. bernie sanders is in cleveland where the voters will go to the polls on the 15th. we find clinton in michigan which votes on the 8th. they'll reunite at a town hall in detroit monday, the flight before michigan votes. you can see it all right here on america's election headquarters. >>> this week really set up a battle royale. donald trump and his supporters versus the gop establishment. m

virginia, donald trump won 34 to 31. this was a state marco rubio thought he might be able to steal. you can see margin 3 percentage points. donald trump will win the state of virginia. arkansaw, another victory for donald trump there, 33 to 29. again close with second. marco rubio there at 24%. they will each get some delegates but the majority to donald trump. we are still waiting from minnesota and others tonight. here is the map on the democratic side. bernie sanders has won this blue in the south. hillary clinton run up the numbers, but starting with vermont. bernie sanders won there 86% to 14. oklahoma, another decisive win for bernie sanders. 51 to 41. the majority of the 38 will go to bernie sanders. keep in mind, watch the margins that hillary clinton was able to pull down in the south. the biggest prize of the night, 67 to 30; in other words, 222 delegates and hillary clinton will get most of them but two out of every three. a much bigger spread than bernie sanders was hoping for. georgia, another win for hillary clinton there, 71 to 28. e

donald trump continues to get pelted by attacks. but in typical donald trump fashion, he's returning fire. >> trump, 49%. marco rubio, 16%. lying ted cruz, 15%. reporter: super tuesday eve and donald trump is still lashing out at his closest competitors despite a 30-point lead against the two senators. he initially refused to disavow an endorsement from kkk wizard david duke. >> i don't care fit costs me my voice. i will never allow a con artist lincoln and reagan. ted cruz talking about crumb university's business practices. and talking about the "new york times" reporter saying donald trump told them he had a different immigration plan. far less drama showing hoik leading an unwavering bernie sanders by nearly 20 point. >> polls go up and polls go down. bob: super tuesday is the single biggest delegate grab. bob: they call it super tuesday for a reason. these delegates that are out there. some of the state aren't winner take all. delegate as you go through. but for some of the candidates, is it a make or break. if marco rubio doesn't win a single state, will that put him in a position he may not be able to overcome it? >

marco rubio! >> it only gets friendlier for us after tonight. >> marco rubio had a very, very bad night. i think he should drop out. >> it would be a disaster for donald trump to be the nominee. >> i call him liar, and he holds up the bible, and then he puts it down and lies. ted can't win new jersey, pennsylvania, california. >> for the candidates, one candidate won two states but lost in a bigger sense. and bernie sanders could not resist commenting on the other primary battle. >> the republican presidential process is like a sixth grade food fight in the cafeteria. >>> and then snl is spoking fun at all of the candidates. the highlights here on msnbc "the polilace for politics." >>> let's go right to the results, donald trump winning lose and cruz with 38%. in kentucky, trump got 36%, cruz got second by 32%. cruz was able to slow down trump's momentum in kansas where he got nearly 50% of the vote. cruz also won big in maine getting 46% of the vote and trump getting 33%. maine is the only state where john kasich got third and marco rubio got last. >> here is the bottom line. there will with. >> butch: more delegates awarded in florida than the other state

donald trump has a lead of 122,000 votes more marco rubio. umbers for rubioment look at the map. you see the dark red. that's donald trump, the counties where he's winning impressively right now in tampa, orlando. you see rubio down at least in miami, that's his home county in dade county in miami right there, so we're watching these maps. we're watching the numbers. so far, a huge lead, very impressive lead for donald trump in florida. let's look at the democratic side right now. on the democratic side, also an extremely impressive lead for hillary clinton over bernie sanders. she's got almost -- she's got more than twice as many votes as bernie sanders right now. at 65.8%. he's only at 31.6%. she has a lead of 157,000. the numbers have just changed. third of the vote is now in. her lead has actually gone up to 66%, 31% for bernie sanders. she has a lead of 183,000 votes right now, with a third of the vote in in florida. the polls all close in florida at the top of the hour. you see the map right now, the dark blue is hillary clinton. the cou

donald trump wants marco rubio to quit the race. trump says it's a two-man race between trump and ted cruz. he says that, ron, because he thinks he can beat you. he thinks ted cruz is the easiest candidate for him to beat. is that not true? >> yeah, i don't think that's true at all. i think what donald trump was doing today was trying to goed marco rubio to stay in as long as possible, because a divided republican field only helps him. the sooner that the republican field consolidates behind ted cruz, the more certain it is that donald trump will ultimately be defeated. look, it's clear that ted cruz is a stronger candidate to go up against donald trump. most republicans don't want to see donald trump become the republican nominee, and in a one-on-one contest, ted cruz wins, and that's why the senator has invited supporters of other candidates who have been running or are currently running to join him, join his campaign, and move on to elect a solid, conservative candidate who can prevail in november. >> so, ron, where do you head n

donald trump because ted cruz is the only guy who can beat donald trump. he's the only guy who has beaten donald trump, and we need to beat donald trump. >> when marco rubio started kind of trying to match donald trump's rhetoric, some of the language he was using, i wonder what's you thought. when you were on the stage, you were very effective in using a slight sense of humor, slight sense of irony to push back at donald trump, but it wasn't -- i found it effective some of the things you said. the audience knew what you were talking about but it wasn't a head-on frontal assault. did you know when marco rubio started using the kind of language he did on the campaign trail that that was a mistake? >> well, marco rubio has to answer for his own campaign strategy. but i guess what i would say is i don't think talking about spray tans and body parts is helpful to the american citizenry who are trying to make a choice. these are serious times. these are serious issues. i don't really know why donald trump gets away with half the stuff he gets away with. i guess it's entertaining. that's why every network, including your own, broadcasts his entire press conferen

three other states are also cast their ballots as mentioned earliere marco rubio hopes to land in florida shows him trailing donald trump, marco rubio has vowed to keep fighting and has scheduled events in several statesa, ted cruz expected to perform well in north carolina, hillary clinton expects to win florida and north carolina bernie sanders a slight favorite in missouri . aside from the primary there's another key racede , to the gettyty running for reelection facing tough challenge from a fellow democrat as dave nethers is more. >> to the getty run for reelection opposed by michael malley, listed among his publishers he hired more minorities and women and targeted financial repeat offenders and a task force to prosecute hundreds of great cases, michael malley to restore integrity to address a it justice system he says a broken or lost the confidence of the community, . the heaven of the two cases of michael brelo and tamir rice could decide that says they debated those earlier this year. >> he dodged questions of what he would have done in the tamir rice case that he have indicted question viewhe have taken that

florida senator marco rubio out of the running for president after losing the fight for florida to donald trump. >> i want to congratulate marco rubio on having run a really tough campaign. he is tough and smart. >> it was a big night for donald trump who did win florida. rubio. >>> there are a lot of election results to get to tonight and we have all of them scrolling at the bottom of your screen. the big race of the night was the republican presidential race, donald trump the winner in the state with a commanding lead over florida senator marco rubio who dropped out of the race. donald trump is now up to 556 delegates. >> on the democratic side hilary clinton is the projected winner in the state of florida. 64 percent to 34 -- 33 percent first -- for bernie sanders. >>> there has been news out of the ohio where john kasich has put up a roadblock for donald trump's run. he is now the projected winner in his home state picking up the 66 winner take all delegates. >> back here in florida that crucial, marco rubio donald trump and hilary clinton all hosted events tonight. >> we have reporters wit

donald trump beat out marco rubio. >> the sunshine state shining on donald trump. 99 delegates in winner take all primary. trump delivering a knockout blow to marco rio ending rubio's path to the white house. >> i'm so grateful for all the help. nothing more you could have done. we worked as hard as we could. >> i want to congratulate marco rubio on having run a really tough campaign. he's tough and he's got a great future. >> trump in recent weeks turned up the heat in ohio adding extra rallies and speeches while locked in a tight race with john kasich. trump's efforts falling short in the buckeye state. kasich takes the win along with his 66 delegates. and kasich says he's riding this wave all the way to the convention in cleveland. >> i want to remind you again tonight that i will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. >> and texas senator ted cruz with a performance during super tuesday. no winner take all wins fored cruz. as a face off@ between himself and donald trump. >> only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination. ours and donald trump's. nobody e

very tough for everyone to get alongt and march out united, assuming donald trump is the nominee, especially when people like marco rubioed him a con man and mitt romney called him a phony. do you think those guys could rally around donald trump in the end, if indeed he becomes the nominee? >> neil, it is a real serious question. if they unite in a way that's perceived by the people and the new voters for trump as being unfair and illegitimate, then it could create real damage to us. >> so your recommendation, your recommendation to marco rubio, to some of these others who said i could never support him, or i'll sooner vote, as christie todd witness who insaid, for hillary clinton, than donald trump, they should cool that and start coming together now? what? >> i think they should continue their campaigns and support who they want but, yes, we need to cool this rhetoric. and i tell you, i disagree with republican members of congress and the senate, but there are lot of great people there, and trump would need to work with them. so he needs to understand that in the end, we need to all get together. he is going to need t

donald trump. so the establishment is running out of options and of ways to stop donald trump. marco rubio, known as a very polite, affable candidate who has pretty much resorted to try and beat trump at his own game by insulting him on the campaign trail. that for the moment does not seem to be helping him much. genie: we will have to leave it there. the democrats in the running -- hillary clinton and bernie sanders. the main battlefield for all the candidates is the southern states, what is known as the bible belt. the biggest prize there is texas. hillary clinton and bernie sanders are trying to woo the important latino vote there, and republicans are maximizing their core conservative support. more now from houston. campaign office from houston, instructions are clear -- convince latino voters to vote for hillary clinton. in texas, 39% of the population is latino, and the majority of them voted for hillary clinton during the 2008 democratic primary. >> all the work that hillary clinton has done herself, she has a long history in texas of registering with latino voters. that work and he

ted cruz, 40%, marco rubio 30%, donald trump 15, john kasich 8%. our point about cruz consolidating conservatives i was there this morning interviewing marco rubio on stage, and every time i mentioned the name donald trump it was like -- like i was mentioning the worst name in the world. the crowd, definitely not a pro trump crowd. >> anti-trump crowd. >> very. it's not a big surprise that he didn't go this morning because they knew that. >> i think it was a wise decision. obviously he knew. we should put this in context. this is a survey of 2700 or so active young conservatives i think the average age of the voter in these straw polls is in their 20s. it doesn't mir ter primary and caucus electorate we're seeing across the country. we should note that even in 2008, at the cpac straw poll, john mccain who emerged did not win that. mitt romney did. it was the day mitt romney dropped out of that race. >> i remember that. >> but so you are right to mention rand paul and ron paul, their libertarian crowd. could again ted cruz, this helps him make his ar

donald trump in second and marco rubio in third place. oklahoma, another state that is just too close to call at this hour. donald trump leading there, ted cruz in 2nd place and marco rubio in third. in all e states that came in with declared winners. donald trump has won four states in addition to the other ones. and hillary clinton georgia, virginia, alabama, tennessee and arkansas and bernie sanders has won vermont. marco rubio has not won anything but ted cruz will win texas, the numbers are coming in. we have a long way to go but for now it is a very good day for hillary clinton on the democratic side and, of course, donald trump on the republican side. >>> i know you will don't to watch as the numbers come in. the votes come in and we will have an update coming up in a bit. >>> new at five, an apparent hate crime has people in el cerrito neighborhood on edge. a black family says someone tried to set the car on fire and left the racial slur on their lawn. it happened last wednesday at a home on arlington road. a woman says she looked

so the outcome of this race, the headline is marco rubio is out, donald trump is rolling alone as is hillary clinton. it will be interesting to see about the delegates that marco rubio had, he had 163 delegates, where are they going to donald trump, ted cruz or john kasich. we will have to see and if there is anymore pressure on john kasich to bow out. probably not likely since he won ohio today. >> if john kasich does win his home state of ohio, what does that mean for donald trump? >> with marco rubio out, you have those supporters of marco rubio going to another candidate. which candidate are they going to? it is unlikely in my eyes that they will go to donald trump because they would be supporting donald trump already. they will go to someone against donald trump, will that be ted cruz or john kasich and there is those 163 delegates that is a significant amount of delegates. so that is the question as we roll forward. ted cruz is going to be putting more pressure on john kasich to drop out. it depends on how those two candidates do in the next election cycle and the next group of

divided field, it becomes donald trump's and that will be an affront to republicans and conservatives. that was his theme. he has decided that he is trying to get marco rubio out of the race. donald trump kept calling himself the unifier. cruz kept talking about the fact that he is the guy to bring this party together to defeat donald trump >>> seems unlikely that either senator will drop out. thank you alley >> in 2014, president obama nominated a new ambassador no mexico to take the place of the serbian ambassador. and she got no hearing and withdrew. nine months ago, the president nominated a replacement and she has had no senate confirmation vote. when one of this country's most important bilateral relationships is overseen by an acting ambassador, what happens to all ond

.>> if the poll today is to be believed, donald trump will challenge marco rubio in florida's primary. if donald trump has been something of a braggart on his chances, he could argue today it's not bragging if it's true. a poll out today shows trump trouncing marco rubio in tuesday's primary. trump with 45% of the likely vote to rubio's 22% with ted cruz and john kasich bringing up the rear. among likely voters, the don wildman, 39% to rubio's 27%. with the men, the poll has trump trouncing rubio 50%-17%. 66% say they view trump as the strong leader candidate. clinton continues command -- to sanders despite coming off a win for sanders and michigan. today's poll shows hillary with a two-one lead in florida, 62% test sanders 32. let's get back to donald trump and marco rubio in florida. a university poll showed donald trump's lead over rubio dwindling. trump with just 38% to a gaining rubio's 30%. both polls were conducted over about the same period of time.>> someone wants said the only poll that counts is the one taken on election day. marco rubio and john kasich remain confident the

this has been here around since the 1920s, marco rubio to continue attacking donald trump, marco rubio, one minnesota super tuesday ted cruz , fresh off victories in texas oklahoma alaska and iowa caucus each would be catering to the evangelical voters and john kasich, bigoted admitting he has to win ohio to continue he says it is a dead heat in ohio and he says he will be donald trump .i talk about pennsylvania illinois connecticut new yorka these are places we can be competitive if i win ohio, they're going to probably go to the convention that's what it looks likeco it's going to be the most exciting time . >> the primary in michigan on tuesday, before thatat the music enhances kentucky nebraska louisiana go to the polls this weekend that's the latest from detroit ls, gabe spiegel fox 8 news . >> john kasich will return return to rally supporters the push began sunday with a rally in columbus featuring special guest arnold schwarzenegger the rally is sunday at 2:30 p.m. more info at fox 8.com. >> . earlier today the 2012 presidential nominee took aim at donald trump as tracy mccool

florida senator marco rubio out of the running for president after losing the fight for florida to donald trump. >> i want to congratulate marco rubio on having run a really tough campaign. he is tough and smart. >> it was a big night for donald trump who did win florida. he then had kind words for rubio. >>> there are a lot of election results to get to tonight and we have all of them scrolling at the bottom of your screen. the big race of the night was the republican presidential race, donald trump the winner in the state with a commanding lead over florida senator marco rubio who dropped out of the race. >> on the democratic side hilary clinton is the projected winner in the state of florida. 64 percent to 34 -- 33 percent first -- for bernie sanders. >>> there has been news out of the ohio where john kasich has put up a roadblock for donald trump's run. he is now the projected winner in his home state picking up the 66 winner take all delegates. >> back here in florida that fight for delegates was so crucial, marco rubio donald trump and hilary clinton all hosted events tonight. >> we have

donald trump, marco rubio and ted cruz continue to "go at it" on the campaign trail... though none of them has advertised in colorado... since, again, republicans here aren't selecting a state- wide winner. still-- for people who want to caucus-- you should know that the process is run by the political parties-- not state govenment. both caucuses begin at seven o'clock tonight. you can find your caucus location... at 9news.com. but-- you have to be registered with either party-- to caucus. the race between heated up over the months. gary-- we'll see if that adds up to bigger caucus numbers for the democrats. colorado is one of 11 states holding democratic caucuses or primaries today. other notable states include texas, minnesota and virginia and massechuesettes. the republican map is similar with a couple of exceptions. colorado's gop will hold caucuses but won't declare a statewide winner. the same goes for wyoming which has been holding caucuses for two weeks leading up to super tuesday. there is a large number of delegates up for grabs today.... and that could end up

they are also the home states of marco rubio, and john kasich, both men hope to halt donald trump's momentum trump loses either of those states the path to the nomination would be a little bit more difficult. the latest poll shows marco rubio trailing. a survey gives donald trump a commanding lead in florida almost double. rubio was a miami native, he says his cuban background and local appeal will trump trump. >> we are at a cross roads, where we have a nation of a lot of people that are struggling and frustrated. and we are going to decide are we just going to make them more angry, but offer a better way forward to turn their lives around? >>> and in ohio the latest polls put kasick ahead of trump that's a change from recent days. for the democrats, hillary clinton leads in the polls, but bernie sanders is hoping for an upset there, and in illinois. and we have got the big primaries covered this morning. jonathan betz is in miami, but let's begin with roxana saberi in cleveland. what is turn out like, and what are you hearing there voters? >> reporter: more and more people are showing up h

donald trump's momentum. the stage was set for the concept by the super-tuesday victories, and ben carson's entry to the race. no surprise, diane, a lot of fireworks between donald trump and marco rubio. >> wow. donald trump was really on the hot seat tonight. not just with marco rubio, but the fox moderators, he was asked about mitt romney's scathing attack this afternoon. regarding some of the things that he said in the past, and trump said that romney was a failed candidate. then he was asked about support that he had gotten from the ku klux klan. and then the attack over the fail failed. >> he's trying to go to the american voter what he did to the people on the course. it's our country is the stake. >> let me tell you who the real conartist - excuse me. it's senator marco rubio. he was elected in florida. and who has the worst voting record in the united states senate. he doesn't go to vote. he's absent. now, the people of florida can't stand him. he couldn't get elected dog catcher. >> and he was also taken to task tonight on switching gears from everything from immigration to his support of anthony ray hinton. >> and tonight the moderators held donald trump's feet to the fire

donald trump, coming in second and 28.5%, and marco rubio at 25.8%. ald trump also the winner. 40.7%,trump getting senator cruz at 23.9%, and senator marco rubio just over 20% in the state of tennessee. in texas, an important win for senator ted cruz because he stays in this race, getting just over 41% of the vote. donald trump second, marco rubio coming in third. and in vermont, a state that winning narrowly against senator marco rubio with nearly 35% of the vote, compared governorver 30% for john kasich, and senator marco rubio at 19.6%. that --nia, a state let's go to minnesota. winningmarco rubio now in the minnesota caucuses, only 10% reporting, at 36.9%. senator ted cruz at 27.4%, and donald trump coming in third, at 20.4%. wherey, in virginia, senator marco rubio was hoping for a win in that state, but that was declared for donald trump. and we will go through the democrats as well. beginning with alabama, a state that hillary clinton won easily, with 80% of the vote. arkansas, where she served as first lady where her govern -- has been was gove

florida, donald trump, marco rubio's home state. people were talking about how that would be his stand. donald trump by 20 points in florida and missouri. closest one of the nights. . donald trump the apparent girl there. here's the thing, in missouri on the republican side, that narrow win, such a small margin is probably going to translate into a big win. >> think of missouri, you saw the result there. donald trump barely winning the state. we think. it's this close. we think trump is probably going to win 37 of those 52 from missouri. in illinois a state where donald trump won by about eight points, he's going to take the overwhelming share of those. he's going to get every delegate from florida. that's a winner take allstate. most delegates from north carolina. because he won there. the only holdout, ohio, that's a winner take allstate for kasich. what does that mean for the republican side? donald trump will probably be sitting on 690 delegates. second place, pretty far back. ted cruz at 420. he'll finish up with 172. with the w

expect to hear donald trump talk about marco rubio. you just heard his name mentioned there. donald trump loves to talk about marco rubio wherever he is, so especially here now that he's in florida about how marco rubio misses votes, about how in donald trump's words he's for amnesty and he has reason to be confident in his support here, donald trump does, because all of the polls have him ahead of marco rubio by double digits so we expect donald trump to be out here several times between now and march 15th. we also, of course, expect to see marco rubio out here and ted cruz who has said he'll be also campaigning hard here making sure that marco rubio loses and is forced to drop out come march 15th. joy? >> all right, nbc's jacob rascon in a very loud rally in orlando, florida. thank you so much. let's go to gabe gutierrez who has been following mark co-rubio in jacksonville. he spoke to cpac today and got a warm welcome and he'll be susanna martinez, what will we expect to hear from him, is it mostly a case about donald trump? >> reporter: good afternoon, it's interesting the

donald trump. which leads me to the most movement,stop trump potentially john kasich in marco rubio losing their statesed cruz getting him one-on-one. if you look at public polling, ted cruz beats donald trump head to head, and may be that would not happen when it came to reality, but there is not one poll i have seen that shows donald trump beats ted cruz head-to-head. the: you look down calendar, there are a few places you can imagine ted cruz winning, but then wisconsin, new york, connecticut, delaware, maryland, rhode island, those places are not ted cruz country. mark: you saw that carly fiorina endorsed ted cruz. you will see people go to ted cruz. ted cruz has a chance to consolidate the party behind him. it may be a longshot, but it is the most likely. reporting today that marco rubio and his team are holding conversations internally about whether he should get out of this race before florida votes on tuesday. anything that there is to those reports. stop donors and strategist from speculating. according to a new poll, donald trump leads in florida with 45%. marco rubio way back at 22%, down si

marco rubio came in a close second. marco rubio was the choice of 38%, donald trump 18%, he leads in that category and in arkansas marco rubio was chosen by 39% of the late deciders, and he is leading and when it comes to the issue of running an unfair campaign it is donald trump paying the price and also ted cruz. voters believe those are really unfair making unfair attacks despite the fact marco rubio hit back hard at donald trump. look at virginia, 44%, ted cruz 34%, arkansas looking at those numbers now, 45% for donald trump, ted cruz 29%, marco rubio 10%, paying the price for these attacks, like being unfair in any way. neil: and the popular vote, and ted cruz and marco rubio in the popular vote trailing on donald trump but again, to make a quick snap reaction, this kurt marco rubio. i am not so sure. a campaign spokesperson, what do you make of that? many are second-guessing within the senator went too far to the degrees it he did. spray on makeup and everything else. do you think he would have done better had he lowered that a little bit or not? >> marco rubio is competing to win all 50 states and as you point ar

watch him to still go pretty aggressively at donald trump and make the case that this is the state that can stop donald trump. what does that mean for marco rubio? he's going to say voting for john kasich or voting for ted cruz is effectively a vote for donald trump. in addition to talking about his business record, watch for marco rubio to try to draw out donald trump on policy issues. try to have him fill in the blanks. that's going to be a key thing rubio officials believe have been effective using against donald trump in the past, including the debate that you moderated in houston over the health care issue. those are the types of attacks rubio will launch tonight so he will absolutely be aggressive because they know this is a do-or-die state for marco rubio. >> certainly is. you also cover congress for us where senator rubio has a lot of support from his fellow republican senators. what are you hearing from them? >> yeah, i spent yesterday speaking to a lot of those republican senators, very anxious, wolf. they believe that rubio is probably could go down on tuesday and that could be the end of the road of his campaign. if kasich doesn't w

the final four candidates took the stage. >> tonight it was march madness with donald trump the biggest target and marco rubio fighting to keep his campaign alive. we are live from detroit with the play by play. >>reporter: well, rick, it certainly was a wild night. donald trump was at the center and the defense. the opponents and moderators were in supplements that quickly turned dirty. >> the gop debate on the fox news channel quickly turned into a shouting match. >> don't worry about it. >> marco rubio was asked why he's gotten negative in the last few weeks. >> if anyone deserves that is donald trump. >> i guarantee you there is no problem. >> ted cruz accused trump of liberal politicians. >> donald trump wrote checks to hillary clinton ten times. >> the last person that hillary clinton wants to face is donald trump. >> not only did trump catch a group inside the fox theatre but a huge >> he's no good. >> he emphasizes his own record. >> wherever i go, you seem to be the best on stage. >> it went all the way to the finish line. tonight, both cruz and a record with the interview and times with his firm sta

donald trump. you mentioned that marco rubio spoke at cpac this morning. he got a very warm reception. donald trump, of course, skipping cpac. and the campaign feels that once conservatives hear marco rubios message and they feel they can be the most electable, they feel if rubio can pull out a win on march 15th he can get the momentum necessary to make it a two-man race. i can tell you i've been speaking with voters here, with supporters of marco rubio and something you hear over and over again from them the theme of electability. there are some people here that may have perhaps gone for john kasich they say but they feel that of those left in the race they feel that marco rubio is the most electable. you ask them about donald trump and i've heard this not only here in florida but in other rallies i've been through in a bunch of other states including south and new hampshire and virginia that when you ask them about donald trump they break out into a smile and they essentially say no way. under no circumstances am i voting for donald trump. when you ask them about ted cruz, they will s

continues to attack florida senator marco rubio, the poll showed that donald trump leads marco rubio by almost 20 points in the home state of florida the primary is go down without a fight. >> this is that we have the front runner in the primary that refused to answer a single a single policy questions in last nightcy he he took a position a position and said i've changed my opinion on temporary guest workers,okokn high-tech workers and as soon as the debate ended and his handlers got hold of them he reversed his position. >> before voters go to the polls in florida and ohio on march 15, four states agree to hold their primaries and caucuses weekendnd, john kasich sat down with gabe spiegel for an exclusive interview he says the road to the white house runs through the buckeye state. r >> ohio is the heart of it all the home of the rnc, it ishi amazing that comes down to ohio to so important in this race if i win ohioom are were going to go to a convention w and then it is t in cleveland and i was in a convention in 1976 when it was versus gerald ford and one thing

donald trump. he also made a joke about marco rubio. he said, we have a saying in texas, all hat, no cattle. >> okay, byron pitts thanks so much. the only republican who has beaten donald trump so far. these nomination fights are all about delegates. the for republicans, where do republicans stand? >> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates so far donald trump. swamping ted cruz, marco rubio when you add in the contests we have already seen, here's where the race stands -- you got trump, 229. only 81 for cruz, 47 for marco rubio. this means -- look at this -- this is where they have to go. even if marco rubio were to win in his home state of florida, get all 99 delegate there is, win in ohio, he still would be trailing donald trump. >> what that means, matthew, what you're looking at these campaigns, the reasons these other candidates are staying in, it's not just about them getting the number but preventing donald trump from getting that nominee. >> the results of tonight not only shown donald trump dominating is to

but the race was much tighter on the republican side with donald trump, marco rubio and record turnout. >> here's a look at the latest numbers. you can see donald trump leads with 35 pnt of the vote. >> on the dechl cattic side, clinton leading. al looking ahead to another big night on the primary calendar, that is march 15th. and while she did not mention trump by name tonight, make no mistake, her remarks were pointed straight at him. >> stakes in this election have never been higher. and the rhetoric we're hearing on the other side has never been lower. trying to divide america between us and them is wrong. and we're not going to let it work. >> virginia just one part of the story. and the election map is changing. we'll show you who's leading across the nation in just a moment. but, first, the common welt and the reaction to tonight's results. >> we have supertuesday deep coverage for you tonight. >> no question, jim. and while trump is certainly going to get the win here in the commonwealth of virginia, it's rubio's performance that's getting a lot of attention. for rubio, it's go

this is an audience that's in large party anti-donald trump. marco rubio knew what he was doing in terms of who he was speaking to, but i think in days to come, especially as we near the florida primary, which is crucial for marco rubio, we're going to see him attack donald trump by name explicitly, and ferociously as well. >> that march 15 florida vote is huge for the 99 delegates. winner take all state. so many look at that, say there's no path ahead for rubio if he can't take his home state. julian, to you. looking at what peggy noonan wrote yesterday in "the wall street journal" talking about what she sees as the down fall of the republican party, she wrote, quote, the establishment was slow to see what was happening, slow to see mr. trump coming, in full denial as he continued to win. their denial is self indicting. they couldn't see his appeal because they had no idea how their own people were experiencing america. how their own people were experiencing america is key. she's saying, julian, they were tapped out, they were not tapped into their own vo

moderate, donald trump, donald trump, donald trump in landslides. guys. >> this is a moment of truth for the marco rubio campaign, it is also maybe a derminitive moment for the donald trump campaign. i would be happy to hear your take on this, nicole, because i feel like the trump campaign has to make decisions on whether or not they have to carry themselves differently. >> since we have been sitting here, donald trump's been very active on twitter. >> stunned. >> he's been assailing fox news, personally attacking megin kelley and -- so we have our answer to that. >> so the answer is no. >> nothing different. >> ted cruz's argument in the closing days has been about donald trump's temperament. marco rubio's team feels like his best moment was a 15-minute press conference on sunday. donald trump's temperament was on full display. their events, their paid media and their superpacs, to an attack on hillary clinton. the republicans simply took too long to figure out how to peel voters off. in the cruz victories, you hear late deciders have real squirmish feelings about donald trump. but the rubio campaign g

donald trump is hoping to run the table that night which could effectively end the campaigns of marco rubio and john kasich. donald trump leads marco rubio by 19 points and aims to keep it that way. >> rubio, the guy never shows up to vote. he has got the worst voting record almost in the history of the united states senate. who wants to vote for a guy like that? >> that's the same argument that marco rubio has been making for the last few weeks. who would want to vote for a guy like donald trump an even though trump leads him by double digits marco rubio is projecting confidence that in the end he will win here on march 15th. >> we will win the state of florida. we will beat donald trump there. i have experience. i have experience at beating people who don't say who they truly are. i have experience at beating people that portray themselves to be one thing but are actual hi something else. >> march 15th has the potential to shape this race like no other primary or caucus has so far. win or a loss for marco rubio here in florida. the same thing in ohio could determine that on march 16th we

voters handing him -- and one to marco rubio and donald trump. >>> marco rubio has just won the caucus in washington dc. let's take a look at how this impacts. cruz now 367 delegates. while rubio rounds out third place now. >>> senator rubio continuing his around the bay area. >> and he is aiming heated at donald trump. the senator holding his own rally this morning. he has spent this entire week he spent the entire day making rounds. he is weighing in at protests that shut down a trump rally last night saying. >> we are being ripped apart at the seems now. it appears race and other elements and it's disturbing but i'm also -- i'm sad. i'm sad for this country. this is supposed to be the example to the world of how a republic functions and instead people are watching third world images coming out of chicago. more resistance. today he looks visibly startled when a man tries to swarm the stage. he has been charged with disorderly conduct. trump is not taking any responsibility for the unrest, blaming democrat bernie sanders from? bernie was saying mr. trump should speak to his crowd. you

seen the five-day impact of marco rubio's savage attack, donald trump winning six states we know of tonight and a few that are still out that he may have a chance to win. marco rubio still hasn't won one, so what does that really mean... . >> too little too late. he should have started this months ago if he was going to do it. i think stooping down to trump's level and calling names is not going to work. you know, he was great in the debate the other day. he finally went after trump. but i think if he was going to do that, he should have started months ago. >> i agree. i think he started way too late and trying to beat trump now. he's looking more foolish by doing it right now. he hasn't done this throughout the entire campaign and all of a sudden he will go after him with a big stick. guys with big sticks. and then... . steve: he won't get away from that tonight. >> no. look at jeb bush tried this with trump and trump took that stick away from bush and beat him over the head and now marco rubio is trying to the same thing and hasn't won one state. if my march 15th he hasn't won his own sta

marco rubio. ted cruz and his wife, cameras were there as they arrived. he trails donald trump and marco rubio here in the state. >>> a 78-year-old appears on camera appearing to punch a carolina at a rally. the alleged attacker is now facing charges of assault and battery and disorderly conduct. a reporter for media says she was at the hands of an attacker for trump. marco rubio is facing a wave of negative attention over a small turnout at his rally yesterday. it's impressions that his campaign is something he strongly denies. we had bernie sanders and hillary clinton face off at miami-dade college. bernie sanders is winning over a lot of young people. why today he was at another big university in gainesville. also, the former secretary of state, clinton, started her day on miami beach with a stop at the fountain blue hotel. >> reporter: fresh off her final debate before the florida primary, hillary clinton met with employees at the fountain blue hotel where she spent the night campaigning on the trail. >> the last time i came to this hotel was 1968. it was a long time ago. >

donald trump. he picked up a win in his home state. crews got -- ted cruz got 32%. donald trump got 28%. marco rubio, 18%. john kasich and ben carson, 4%. his supporters in stafford, texas. cruz not only won his home state tonight, but he also took oklahoma, too. that is why ted cruz says he is the only one who can stop donald trump. >> tomorrow morning, we have a choice. so long as the field remains divided, donald trump's path to the nomination remains more likely, and that would be a disaster for republicans, for conservatives, and for the nation. and after tonight, we have seen that our campaign is the only campaign that has beaten, that can beat, and that will beat donald trump. michael: more evidence when a call it super tuesday, the democratic race out of texas, a carol: clinton got most of the vote. marco rubio is staying positive. rubio was in his home state of florida tonight. he aimed his attacks squarely toward the republican front runner. >> two weeks from tonight, right here in florida, we are going to send a message loud and clear. we are going to send a message that the party of lincoln an