i want to bring back best selling analyst ellis henican to talk about this.n, steve kornacki broke down the scenarios there. on the republican side, when you have record turnout with all the states of super tuesday with the exception of vermont all of them showing so high, more than ever before, how much will that come into play as far as the general -- energized gop there and how that may win in the favor of trump? >> it's very worrisome for democrats. all good news for republicans. let me give you a couple of other numbers that i think may help to explain this a little bit. among republican voters coming out of the polls yesterday, four in ten said that they're looking for a change agent. someone to shake things up. only one in ten republicans cared about electability and the democrats, three-quarters wanted to continue the policies of the obama years. that's just not the same kind of passion that you get from voters who say, i want to shake things up. >> but we heard that from bernie sanders who said i'm relying on those. relying on those coming fourth the

joining me here in the studio, best selling author ellis henican.ood morning. >> welcome. >> this brings up a big point is super tuesday going to be a sweep or is cruz maybe going to take texas? where's rubio going to fit in? >> well, let's call it a demi sweep, right, it will be close to a sweep. you're right to focus on texas, that tess piece in play if ted cruz doesn't win he's toast. texas toast. >> you had to get that in there. let's talk about the rumor that possibly ben carson could be his vp. what do you think about that? >> i'm skeptical of that. i would put chris christie ahead of him. we don't have any idea, what does carson bring to the trump tick? >> well, ben carson said he's planning on staying in the race until the end because he doesn't think we the people haven't voted. not all states have voted so he's staying to the end. what does that do to the gop? >> well, it's not going to have that much effect because he's not getting that many votes. taken together, they add up to a fair number of votes. kasich says why should i go? why not

political analyst and best selling author ellis henican is here this morning. >> good morning.have to say. >> it is. but sander has a huge upset in michigan. both "the new york times" and "the new york post" leading with sanders upsets in michigan. what does this do to hillary clinton? >> well, it doesn't wreck her delegate count, she is still way ahead, but it brings up a dicey question in november. here is a populist, enthusiastic, passionate guy making a message to working class white voter, does that sound anyone else that hillary might be facing this year? >> well it might not mess up the delegates, but not the super delegates. >> well, listen, hillary is getting this nomination and trump is looming out there in the same message that bernie sanders is delivering from ther. trump will be playing the same chords in november if he's the recommend can nominee. so there's actual reason for nervousness in there. >> cruz took idaho, what does that do to trump? does that make him now unstoppable? can he come over the idaho loss? >> don't worry too much about idaho. i mean, they're

. >> ellis henican, thank you so much. >>> let's get a check of your wednesday weather now from nbc meteorologist bill karins. good morning to you, bill. >> good morning to you, dara. we're dealing with a huge storm in the middle of the country. it affected the west the last two days, now all the problems are from colorado to the great lakes. we have a blizzard, an all-out blizzard, a lot of people don't realize some of the snowiest months of the year in colorado are march and april. this will live up to it in denver. 50-mile-per-hour winds and up to nine inches of snow. blizzard warnings for northeast colorado and winter storm warnings cover nine states into the plains and up to the northern portions of michigan. a lot of the big cities are on the edge of this, like minneapolis and madison and milwaukee, but green bay is in the middle of this, a foot of snow possible at the end of march, oshkosh, same to you, rochester, minnesota could get a foot. traverse city, grand rapids and lining here in michigan. this is springtime, when you get the storms, the southern portions have severe weather. i don

political analyst and best selling author ellis henican is joining us right now. >> he looks like he's having fun at mar-a-lago. >> he's having a blast with some of the returns coming in. let me ask you this, let's take us back to marco rubio. he's going to keep ongoing and going, but he suspended his campaign last night. were you surprised? >> aye, a little bit. he said he'd keep going no matter what. i think he figured he didn't have much of a choice. >> let's look at this. so he's out. kasich wins in his home state. right, which means that according to his math, he could possibly win a brokered convention. now, does that add up to you? >> well, to this extent, i think it's quite possible that donald trump still won't get that 1,237 delegates he needs to win on the first ballot. so the rules are complicated, each state handles it down differently. yes, it's possibly we'll go to cleveland in july not knowing -- >> how possible -- >> not as slim as you might think. trump has many advantages and it's always been a mistake to underestimate what he can achieve. but there are an awful lot

i want to bring in political analyst and best selling author ellis henican. good morning to you.t this donald trump video. >> okay. >> and his reaction to it especially. so donald trump as we know rarely backs down, but here's the video right there that's surfaced. his campaign manager faces a misdemeanor battery charge for grabbing the reporter there. does trump's denial that anything happened make him seem unfit to make clear decision about this country? >> wait a second, are you expecting donald trump to back down and apologize? >> here's what's so interesting to me. this happened at one of his buildings. right? >> right. his camera. >> they vetted the video. they released the video. >> turned it over. >> then they're saying what happened in the video didn't really happen? >> that lying video, right? >> i'm a little confused. help me understand this. >> you know, i understand why you might be a little confused but first of all, do not expect donald trump to back down. he will say that the video is lying before he will be willing to accept somehow or other his guy corey had don

coming up on 20 minutes past the hour i'm joined by political analyst and best-selling author ellis henicand morning. happy monday to you. >> i am not carrying. i assure you right now. >> okay. we won't have to frisk you. this is really interesting. in a meeting with "the washington post" editorial board, donald trump came there and he was answering questions, but when it got to the question on the specifics of using nuclear weapons against isis, he kind of dodged a little bit, and that leads some to wonder, you know, can he back up some of the claims that he says while he's out there on the campaign trail? >> betty, i think when it comes to foreign policy donald trump, he's just saying stuff. >> really? >> i'm not sure that he's pro-nuclear, anti-nuclear, he's really thought about it that much. i mean, this is a new realm for him, don't forget. and i just think he's just -- he's just saying stuff. >> well, i mean, but a lot of people are really voting, and will be voting, on what he says, so is this a businessman who thinks, okay, i'm going to comment, i'm going to elect people, i'm going