george stephanopoulos standing by. we start with david wright, who got caught up in the chaos in kansas city overnight. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, paula. we got a little too close for comfort there. the rally last night here in kansas city looked a little bit like an occupy wall street march. the protesters determined to disrupt trump. shouting him down. the police using pepper spray to disperse them. inside this grand old kansas city theater, the crowd was mostly trump supporters. there were packs of trump haters, too. get him out. bye bye. >> reporter: security ejected the infiltrators the moment they revealed themselves. >> i think they're bernie supporters. i think they're bernie supporters. >> reporter: the trump fans shouted them out of the room. [ chanting ] >> usa, usa! >> reporter: outside, the two angry mobs faced off across the barricades on main street. >> let's go! [ bleep ] >> reporter: on the one side, a lot of trump fans. how is this making america great >> free speech is alw

>>> starting right now on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. split decision. ted cruz crushing the billionaire front runner the kansas and maine caucuses. >> this now represents a movement. >> while trump captures two major victories of his own. >> i would love to take on ted one on one. >> is this now a two-man fight to the finish? >>> as trump's own party revolts. >> donald trump is a phony. a fraud. >> mitt is a failed candidate. >> is the gop falling apart? >>> john kasich and republican party chair reince priebus is here live. >>> plus, bernie's bounceback? >> we have a path toward victory. >> after big wins this weekend, can sanders steal hillary's momentum? bernie sanders joins us live. >>> and, an exclusive look at the fight against isis. >> there are jets, there are helicopters everywhere. >> martha raddatz, on board the "u.s.s. truman."

let's get right to george stephanopoulos, who will be leading our coverage in primetime tonight, and george, first up, the republicans. so many asking, is trump unstoppable? so, bottom line, what are we watching tonight? >> reporter: no question, david, he's going to win most of the states and most of the delegates tonight. but the question is, are marco in some states to find a reason to stay in and then what kind of signal is that going to send to the rest of the republican party? we've seen the party really splitting apart over the trump question. some coming around to accepting the fact he's going to be the nominee. some resisting it, being partal of this never trump movement. trump will be the front-runner at the end of the night, b will he be firmly in command of the gop? big question, and a similar one for hillary clinton. what are you watching there? >> reporter: she'll have big wins in the south, no question about that. strong with the african-american vote. and cecilia just talked about, though, would bernie sanders do well enough in those other states outside of the south,

. >> george stephanopoulos is standing by with more on that. mary bruce in washington, d.c., good morning, mary. >> reporter: hi, paula. good morning. as donald trump tightens his grip on the nomination, we're seeing more and more protests across the country. most peaceful. but last night, violence and physical clashes erupted again. overnight, violent skirmishes at this trump rally in tucson. watch, as a protester being escorted out, is pulled to the ground, punched, and kicked. officers handcuffing the audience member and leading him out. then, just minutes later, trump's campaign manager, cory lewandowski confronts another protester and appears to grab him by the collar. as seen in this cnn video. this morning, trump's campaign defends him. saying the individual he was behind by the man to lewandowski's left. and that mr. trump does not condone violence at his rallies. protesters lining up on the highway leading to trump's rally, using their own cars to bring traffic to a stand still. >> three of them are in jail. >> reporter: in charge of s

we now turn you over to abc news' george stephanopoulos for the latest results this super tuesday. -no countdown- george stephanopoulos with super tuesday coverage jenna: as we just heard, pouring in for several states. tim: on the democratic side of the field clinton winning georgia and virginia and sanders winning his home state tim: for in depth political coverage of super tuesday. you can catch that again at 9pm right here on abc9 jenna: folks in orange city are voting today on a bond folks in orange city are voting today on a bond issue that would help the city's fire department. the orange city fire department is looking to expand and upgrade their facilities. the project will cost over 3- point-5 million dollars. and if the issue passes tonight, 2- point-7 million of that amount will come from orange city taxpayers. "the city has been growing by leaps and bounds and we have not kept up with the fire station. they're in dire need of more space so i'm hoping this passes." says orange city resident bill muilenburg. jenna: the expansion is aiming to improve the department's five

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. george: we have breaking news in the race for the white house. it is called super tuesday because so many states in so many parts of the country are in play tonight. polls have disclosed in three states -- georgia, virginia and vermont. abc news projects hillary clinton will win georgia. she will win virginia. terry mcauliffe, the governor helping him. bernie sanders will take vermont . we don'

we'll talk to george stephanopoulos in just a moment. we start here with abc's david wright right outside clinton's brooklyn head quarters with more on the democratic side of the race. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. clinton campaign will probably be plotting debate strategy for tonight after being trumped by bernie sanders in 2 out of 3 contests yesterday. >> thank you, all. >> reporter: bernie sanders is riding high. >> if you fold me around the country, seeing huge turnouts, i can't use the word huge anymore. i know, i know, i know. >> reporter: those crowds turned out to caucus for him out west, favoring him by double digits in nebraska and 2 to 1 in kansas. >> today, as i understand it, kansas had the largest voter turnout in the history of their caucus process. >> reporter: but in louisiana, tables. thanks to overwhelming support. michigan. >> reporter: an awkward moment, the rope line. when sanders came out the speak. [ speaking spanish). >> reporter: this week end, sanders unveiled a new five-minut

question is, has the i think there are at least some signs of that from yesterday's voting. >> george stephanopoulos. fascinating as always. we love having you on. george will go one on one with sanders. later this morning on "this week." right here on abc. >> looking forward to that. >>> we want to turn now to the nasty supersoaker blasting the intense weekend storm causing downpours and fears of flooding and landslides. it's only going to get worse with more storms on the way. aditi roy is in pacifica. near san francisco. aditi, good morning to you. >> reporter: good morning, cecilia. nasty is the word. take a look at these waves behind me. clobbering the coast. eating away at the already eroded shore. this extreme weather making conditions downright dangerous. this morning, powerful waves slamming into the coast and digging into the shoreline in northern california. >> stay up on the sea wall. don't get down on the beach. you -- people have died down you have to be very careful. >> reporter: the region battered by el nino-powered storms over the weekend. more than six inches of rain in 18 hours.

here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >>> and what a week it's been. super tuesday. the stunning republican debate. and with votes in five states saturday, the race for president may be taking a new, dramatic turn. for the gop, a big night for ted cruz. he trounced donald trump in the kansas caucuses, beating him by

abc news chief anchor george stephanopoulos and he will will be anchoring a big show this morning. he'll go one on one with candidates ted cruz, john kasich, and bernie sanders. later this morning on "this week." >>> thanks, george. to the historic rain fall in the is out. it's flooded hundreds of homes. happening. many in louisiana and mississippi are being evacuated from the worst hit area. this morning, the news they don't want to hear. it could get worse before it phillip mena is covering this. >> reporter: this neighborhood may not look dangerously flooded. don't let that fool you. just hours ago, this was the site of dozens of dramatic rescues. it just goes to show you that the waters here can rise just as quickly as they can recede. this morning, people sand-bagging. in neighborhoods evacuated. >> the bayou, everything is starting to crest by tuesday. >> reporter: as inundated communities across the south anticipate further destruction. >> we believe the sand bags are holding the water back. >> reporter: in many areas, they didn't have time the prepare. it went from the ditch

george stephanopoulos. it is interesting. it really has made a difference in their lives. we thought we would like to make a difference in our lives. greg: some people say that it saved their lives. we are intrigued by it. it not matter what your religion is. it is right for everybody. rosanna: they are also going to teach it to veterans. they go to schools. public schools for free. they help the veterans for free. can do those other programs for free. >> i am a veteran. anyway. we will get back to you. >> i feel a little chilly today. >> i think that there is something really powerful here. >> i will be doing the whole story. the whole shebang. there is a process to it. they will have a full piece on it. let's get you going on your morning here today. thank you, bob. we have a great looking day coming up for us here. we have some clouds out there. showers to the north of us. it is about the warm temperatures. your average hide this time of year is only about 52 degrees. there will be some wet weather making a comeback. tuesday night. temperatures just where they should be

here now, chief anchor george stephanopoulos. >> what will happen next? has campaign virls gone viral? those are the questions this week. chicago friday night. a trump rally canceled after protesters clash with trump supporters. dayton saturday afternoon. trump startled when a protester storms the stage. look at the secret service circle around him fast. and overnight in kansas city, police use pepper stray outsitd a trump rally, arrest four. after a trump supporter was arrested for cold-cocking a protester. jon karl starts us off. >> reporter: in florida, the republican candidates were on >> i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: just 24 hours later, the campaign entered an ugly and dangerous new phase. protesters clashing with trump supporters in chicago, forcing the cancellation of a rally friday night. and on the campaign trail saturday, this frightening scene. >> whoa, whoa, whoa. >> reporter: a protester attempted to charge at donald trump. >> i was ready for him. but it's much easier if the cops do it. >> reporter: protests at t

he was confident even talking to george stephanopoulos tonight. he's going to get delegates just about everywhere. >> what doesn't resonate with voters are? >> his attacks, the kind of childish. >> the small hands. >> and spray tan and all that, that is backfired. it reduced him in size literally as donald trump said that little marco rubio. he was reduced in the minds of voters. and it may have backfired. >> that means he didn't get 20% of the vote. >> that was the threshold. they knew this. this was not a surprise and they didn't get it. >> one of the most surprising things that happened right before super tuesday, when we learned that bernie sanders raised $42 million in february alone. that's more money than marco rubio raised in his entire campaign. what's also surprising is that bernie sanders, who likes to doesn't really like to talk about money, was talking about it tonight at his campaign event. >> it doesn't get him any further. with jeb, he had a lot of money but didn't really help him in the end. >> he says he's going to go to the conv

. >> todd: coming up in less than ten minute sz this week with george stephanopoulos and here is george with a preview of his show. >> neki: good morning after a saturday votes in five states the cam tain taking a turn. >> and cruz wins in kansas and wins in kentucky. a two man race. and they have wins in kansas and nebraska. >> todd: and hillary gets farther in the delegate count. we'll talk to sanders this morning and a full nan cyst on you the round table and martha brings us an exclusive look from >> neki: take a look at the top stories this morning ch the coast guard is stepping in to try and help find main who went overboard a royal caribbean cruise ship. this map shows where the passenger went overboard more than 30 miles off the coast of key largo. officials say 46-year-old david moss man was on the 10th deck of the navigator of the seas when he fevment still unclear what happened. >> todd: and now to 2016 for the super saturday results. cruz took almost half i i maine and oo and in kentuckynd louisiana trump won by a narrow margin. and sanders won in nebraska and kansas and hil

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >> and we are coming on the air with breaking news in the race for the white house. it is called super tuesday because so many states and so many parts of the country are in place tonight. the single biggest day of voting before november. polls have just closed in three states. georgia, virginia and vermont. abc news projects that hillary clinton be win georgia. strength of the african-american vote there. she will win virginia. her ally, the governor there. bernie sanders will take his home state of vermont, in a big we don't have enough information to project on the republican side yet. i'm here with jon karl, and hillary clinton, jon, poised to build up her delegate lead across the south. donald trump, the right now at seven...heading back to class.tonight - families are walking the halls of madison high school... just one day after the place of learning turned into a crime scene. out from a soggy day in the tri-state-- we have a look at what's to come in your nine first warning forecast.this is nine on your side at seven! new developments in

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. george: we have breaking news in the race for the white house. it is called super tuesday because so many states in so many parts of the country are in play tonight. polls have disclosed in three states -- georgia, virginia and vermont. abc news projects hillary clinton will win georgia. she will win virginia. terry mcauliffe, the governor helping him. bernie sanders will take vermont . we don' hillary clinton got a delicate lead across the south. donald trump will be the front runner, but will he be in command? jon: he will certainly have a big night, but the question is how big of a night and whether ted cruz, marco rubio or john kasich again in can get enough delegates to take trump. george: what kind of sign that will send to the party. that is it for us. on abc news.com. we will have a prime time special at 10:00 eastern where we will break down what it means debates in a. that is world news tonight with david muir. s talk locally. massachusetts. still open. he just georgia, sande

now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >> we are coming on the air now with breaking on a night that could send this campaign into unchartered waters. five contests today, some of the biggest states so far. illinois, missouri, north carolina, ohio and florida, where the polls have just closed. abc news can project the winners. for the republicans, a big win for donald trump over marco rubio in that senator's home state. rubio will now drop out of the race. and for the democrats, hillary florida, big win for her, adding to her already formidable lead in delegates. i'm here with our political analyst matthew dowd. another impressive win for trump. he gets 99 delegates. the end of the road for marco rubio, and all eyes now on ohio. >> absolutely. a huge win for donald trump. i think florida puts an exclamation point on how much the gop has changed. this is a magazine cover from "time" saying that marco rubio, the republican savior, from just a few years ago. and now donald trump just won his state. and keep in mind, marco rubio last week said, whoever wins the florida primary is going to be t

america runs on dunkin'. >>> starting right now on "this week" with george stephanopoulos. march madness. now just three gop candidates left standing. as donald trump continues his march to the nomination. >> we have a movement going on, folks. i will never let you down. >> but with his rivals and his party rallying to stop him. >> we're seeing republicans uniting behind this campaign. >> could a contested convention take trump down? we're one on one with donald trump. only on "this week." >>> plus, hillary takes aim.

now reporting from abc's times square election headquarters, george stephanopoulos. >> good evening, welcome to super tuesday. the biggest night of voting. race of our lifetime. a pivotal and dramatic moment for our entire country. the polls have now closed in every state but alaska. and the results we have show donald trump and hillary clinton in command of this race. donald trump has already five states. alabama. georgia, tennessee, virginia and massachusetts. ted cruz has won texas and oklahoma. on the democratic side, hillary clinton has won six states -- alabama, georgia, arkansas, tennessee, virginia and texas. she also won in american samoa. bernie sanders has won in vermont and oklahoma. first win outside of the northeast. i'm here with our abc political team. where this race goes next. we have our tip political correspondent correspondents. david muir is at the decision desk and on the scene with the candidates all across the country is our correspondents. the big story thus far, donald

george stephanopoulos said that specificity is a character issue . she can be tough and hawkish. john: i think she feels that way. this speech was not on her schedule. they moved quickly. i believe there is another speech coming down the line in the next couple of days and she will do something similar. she sees an opportunity here and understands this election. she thinks the way that establishment aryans think. card overhuge trump any republicans who have any experience. she is going to play that hard. meanwhile, trump, ted cruz, and john kasich think she is weak. john: they do. it is passion versus experience. mark: obama has been taking a lot of heat for spending part of his day at an exhibition game with the tampa bay rays and the optics were not so great for anda, wearing sunglasses doing a halfhearted attempt at a wave. attendance with espn. >> it is always a challenge with a terrorist attack in the agof 24-7 news coverage. you want to be respectful and understand the gravity of the situation. the premise of terrorism is to disrupt the ordinary lives. if it wasleague asked

supporters he would pay their legal bills for people who tangle with protesters but this morning george stephanopoulos pressed him on that issue. >> wooden by paying the fees that would be rewarding violence. >> maybe so. maybe that is what i wouldn't do it. i don't condone. i watched and i'm going to make a decision. i don't condone violence. maybe you are right. reporter: after the sucker punch, authorities charged john with a sold and battery and communicating threats. tisha: it's a decisive day for democrats and republicans. steve: the biggest prizes are forward and hawaii -- and ohio. be awaiting the results. >> marci gonzalez, abc 11. >> you can go to abc 11.com. more details about the photo id law. there is a counter and you can watch a q&a session and get complete coverage of the primary all evening long pre-we hope you will stay with us tonight. he will have complete results as they come in. we have breaking news coming in from washington. for 29 hours starting at midnight tonight. they need to make emergency safety inspections of electrical cables after a cable fire yesterday. metro will reo