the next gop debate is tomorrow next gop debate greenville.. the happening in and also happening in greenville.. the next gop debate is tomorrow night. night.but this morning..it's still not clear who will be on stage. stage.based on the criteria from cbs news.. we know donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio will be there.jeb bush is also expected to make the cut. cut.tomorrow's debate takes place at the peace center. police are warning downtown will be busier than usual.. with secret service and the media on hand. hand.most of the roads around the peace center will be closed, starting at 8:00 tomorrow morning.you can find more information on road closures and parking on fox carolina dot com. 3 3 all new this morning... one person is recovering after a fire at a motel in greenville. the gantt fire department responded to the country hearth inn on bruce road just before 5:00 this morning.we're told it appears the fire started with a heater in an from a nearby room got burned while trying to put out the flames.no one else was hurt. 3 3 covering o

but it's important why the gop comes together.hillary clinton and they're tired of losing and they actually understand the states of this election that all three branches of government are open and that's really and these what's going to drive them at the end of the day. charles: representative blackburne, would you say the party would be more liberal than it had been in the past? >> oh, no, i don't think it will be more liberal. i think i think you will be more constitutional and i think that you will see an outsider nominee. i think this is a message about an election about messages and getting our house in order and people are going to say we want to see a constitutional government do the things you are supposed to do. all these other things you have gotten into him get out of it. >> more constitutional aim into that. i hope that's the case. thanks a lot guys appreciated. before we go we have to give the east coast wings franchise specializes in a flow wings. their business model is that wings are here to stay. sort of like the

is that expected to be a factor in the gop race? >> it depends on how many latino gop primary voters turn out. that group historically has been very low in texas, though this year with early voting counts coming in, votes are approaching the record setting numbers of 2008. if you look at nevada, you can see that donald trump actually won the latino primary gop voters there with 44% of their support and trump is looking today the same here in texas. >> with two competitors that are both cuban americans, bill clinton on the democratic side will be in texas, campaigning for his wife, hillary. the former president hasn't actually been popular in the accident, despite it being a red state. what's his message to voters today? >> hillary clinton's campaign released a statement saying that bill will be out there laying out what is at stake in this election and to discuss why hillary clinton is the best candidate to fight for american families. the message there, the clintons have a long history among minorities here in the south in the acci

it says hashtag #gop debate. people were asked to use that hashtag on twitter to submit questions for the candidates. earlier this evening i spoke with a member of the twitter team about how social media and twitter have broken down the barrier between candidates and voters. voters were able to submit questions to the candidates using the hasghtag #gopdebate. how significant is that? >> very significant. in granting twitter into the debate and the election cycle is something so unique to twitter. we have an opportunity to take advantage of the live moments in the conversation. gabrielle: doesn't allow the candidates to know what -- does what voters are actually concerned about? >> absolutely. you can follow the election on twitter, you can use the #gopdebate to see the live conversation. you can have the back and forth. you are able to follow the candidates you are interested in. you connect with other people that you might share or oppose views with. gabrielle: looking ahead to next saturday, we have our gop pri

"gop debate." twitter is asking people to use the hashtag #gop debate sign has been traveling to different site, showing people how to get involved. use the hashtag #gopdeabte. >> you can ask them a question directlym, which most of us will never have that opportunity. gabrielle: tonight, sean is measuring what people are saying about the debate. >> we are seeing a rambo in south carolina. -- a ramp up in south carolina. people are able to participate, whether at the rally were not. gabrielle: social media and twitter have broken down the and voters. tonight, some of the questions from you. live pictures from sky 4 over that a giant hashtag, #gopdebate. use our livewire, receipt of tweets about the debate, including some from our reporters. you can find it on our mobile app. carol: before they hit the stage tonight, some of the gop candidates spent the day getting a message out to voters. jim bush had a meet and greet in a fountain inn -- jeb bush had a meeting greet and fountain inn. he talked abo

this week south carolina's record gop turnout. south carolina voters showed a record breaking numbers to vote for the republican primary on the last saturday february 20th. according to the state election officials the number of republicans who submitted absentee ballots more than doubled the number that was received during the republican primary in 2008. some of the fines were long for number of voters but most of them didn't seem to mind but seemed happy to see such a large turnout . what's behind the excitement of the gop side. stop is it that record breaking advertising dollars were spent in south carolina or was it to this is a great sign for the gop. on point today were talking about the record-breaking gop turnout sitting here with brian and thank you again for being with us here at on point this is been quite the season for south carolina. >> it certainly has. we're getting a break now but will ramp up again. this type of turnout is good for anyone. gop primary or democratic because we always talk about the difference of p

gop chair matt moore is predicting close to 24 percent this year. south carolina's status is a privilege not to be taken lightly. think about it for a minute. our neighbors to the south in georgia don't hit the polls until march first. they are part of the crowded "super tuesday," along with more than a dozen other states. think nearly as much time there? no way. go just up the road to north carolina. voters don't cast ballots there simple.take a few minutes and the results could provide a key momentum boost for some candidates or spell the end for the weather should be gorgeous saturday, so go out, take a few break 5 "tell them, to go **** themselves..." he's not a reckless blowhard, or a scripted robot. he's a conservative governor with proven results. he led the nation in job creation jeb bush. over 40 retired generals and admirals and 12 medal of honor recipients know he's the commander in chief we need now. conservative, proven and prepared. jeb bush for president. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. they served ou

sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. " how the caucuses work for the republicans. sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. sabrina ahmed sits down with iowa gop part chair jeff kaufmann to discuss how the caucuses work for the republicans. jessi

>> well, i don't know that the gop has chosen trump. i think the voters in terms of being conservatives are choosing it. and i think that is the interesting thing to watch is you know that the rules have been flipped on their head. i love everything that margaret said but she is like a unicorn for the republican party. there is not a lot of people who share her view. you can see a lot of where their picks are. if it were rubio, he is the guy who would probably appeal to a wider base but instead, you see people coming out in wider droves and beat the drum to get somebody as divisive, who is as nasty and lacks policy on every single issue, like trump. so it's becoming sort of a joke to watch. >> remember when their goal was to reach minorities, when you look at who is winning and what is happening on the campaign trail, you have to ask what happened to the autopsy report? >> they called it an autopsy report, the party is dead. >> to the reagan question, i don't think the party would recognize this year's race. we're talking about an elect

to the state, hollywood celebrities, and sports icons, and the national media has many here for the gop in the primary, but what does south carolina have to gain from this national attention? and we asked what can we do to make it count. and thank you for being here. >> we will continue to be here for the months to come, but not skating is fast as we have been. >>> it is a good question, what do you make of all this, it is great when everybody is here, but when everybody leaves, he does not seem so important anymore. but they leave behind a lot of dollars, a lot of exposure, and it is difficult to put a price tag on it, but it is big. >> yes, it is big. >>> we have taught at water with us today, -- todd at water . what do we get? >> they have gone through the caucus and the primary, and this is one that they have time and the people in south carolina have led the nation time and again, and i think this sets the tone >>> we know that south carolina is known to pick the president's on the gop side. >>> the interesting thing about south carolina, we look like the united states of america.

we'll be profiling the gop republican candidates all week. abc columbia is your home for south carolina's first in the south primary. and as the results come in saturday night we will have live reports from the top candidates and up-to-the-minute coverage on air during the news at 11:00 and online at abccolumbia.com, twitter, and facebook. >>> rochelle: t of the state house, south carolina senators are set to start their extensive among the proposals being debated to fix state roads raising the gas tax by 12 cents a gallon over three years. senators may have to wait a little longer to find more money they spent nearly five weeks in issue. >>> rochelle: and a resolution declaring june 17th as mother emanuel nine day is advancing in the senate. it encourages south carolinians to reflect on race relations on the one-year anniversary of the massacre at emanuel ame. the house approved the resolution three weeks ago. police say confessed shooter dylann roof wanted to start a race war. the resolution states the community instead responded with an ou

it was a big night for gop frontrunner donald trump. will super tuesday derail it or will everybody get on board? first we have breaking news for you. former presidential candidate mitt romney told neil cavuto there could be a bombshell in donald trump's taxes. >> the fact that he's so aggressive of avoiding any discussion of his taxes and not willing to put them out so far suggests there is nothing there he doesn't want us to see. the first time he was asked about his taxes on the "today show," he said they are big and beautiful. he likes to tell people, why isn't he willing to let us look at his taxes. i think in donald trump's case it's likely to be a bombshell. charles: my reaction is et tu, mitt romney? the trump train keeps moving along and now it's become a locomotive on the verge of crashing through local orthodoxy. even the world is passing them by. our country is crest fallen, they are looking for solutions and they want a plan. you have a backdrop that allows an individual to create air own destiny. mitt romney in 2012 you we

charles: gop candidates hitting donald trump pretty hard at gop debate.commanding and very strong lead in south carolina. daily caller is here with more on trump's lead. you know, vince, donald trump i think hit the nail on the head not long ago, saying his core support will not waiver. it will never waiver, no matter what. time after time that's proven. >> it is unbelievable. by the way i could not sit down during the debate. i was shouting at tv the whole time. charles: who were you shouting at? >> just everyone. the spanish, just everything happening during the debate, it was amazing. i say this, rum trump has broken a lot of rules in politics. number one, never predict his demise. he said john mccain is not war hero, he said everything, his demise has not come. don't predict that. one of the rules he broken, normally candidates are so inclined to hue to whatever the electorate wants them to say. donald trump doesn't do that. he kind of says whatever is on his mind. i think he is changing his mind, giving people permission to have different thought in

geoff: let's take a last look here at the gop primary. allyson: myra ruiz is helping us out with the recount. myra: donald trump is on top jeb bush: the people of iowa, new hampshire, and south carolina have spoken. i respect their decision. i'm suspending my campaign. ben carson: there are news people here who think i will make a confession to be -- concession speech. i'm not going anywhere. marco rubio: after tonight, this has become a three-person race, and we will win the nomination. ted cruz: we are the only campaign who has beaten and will be donald trump -- beat donald trump. donald trump: there's nothing easy about running for president. it is vicious. it is beautiful. when you win, it is beautiful. geoff: quite a saturday here in south carolina. our sunday 11:00 news will be an hour-long newscast. allyson: find out where the republicans go from here, and get ready for the democrats to campaign in the palmetto state. geoff: temperatures here are in the 60's, but we will have some rain, and fog right now. pamela: exactly. to you. -

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>> yeah, if the gop is alive, i wouldn't know it.k dramatic change for the party leadership is a good thing. i would argue if marco rubio is the nominee. that's a better trend and direction than mitt romney, john mccain, bob dole test trials and burns in the last couple election cycles that we've seen, rubio is a fresh face and a fresh name. you have to put a lot of the blame of the insurgent rise in donald trump on house leadership. republican voters handed the keys to john boehner and mitch mcconnell said they were going to get stuff and didn't. and did not stand on principle, and donald trump is running. charles: granted it was obama's budget. >> and went back on every promise they made. they broke every single promise they made. charles: gina, i refer to the piece that you wrote, it's brilliant. everyone talking about the establishment lane, you're saying ted cruz should move out of way, this would quicken the pace for donald trump. put this to bed and probably give the party time to unify on one candidate instead of all of this

there, you can find which gop candidates are in the state. all you have to do is click the politics tab. in today's "50 days to 50 years," i included the 50 reps of one of - at least for me - most difficult exercises. but when you're counting down to your 50th birthday, you go for it. :00 - :12 :15 - :25 1:25 - 1:35 it's not tough to break a sweat when doing pull-ups or chin-ups. and the man to set the challenge for me today - bruce brutschy, a personal trainer at stronghold gym in downtown columbia. this exercise takes some brute strength. "pull-ups are like a squat for the upper body. so, it's a huge muscle group and you're engaging everything. even while you're doing back, biceps, your core is engaged, so it's an awesome exercise." awesome, but difficult. so in order to make it possible, bruce allowed me to use a spotting strap for assistance. "it enables your body to work as it's supposed to without using one of the anti-gravity machines that never will get you to the pull-ups you need to." bruce says if he can do just one upper body "thi

the first in the south gop primary is behind us. it was a big win for donald trump, and marco rubio and ted cruz rounded out the top three. the republicans are now getting nevada. gabrielle: and now, hillary clinton and bernie sanders are in south carolina ahead of this saturday's democratic primary. wyff news 4's sally kidd has more. sally: nigel and gabrielle, michael -- marco rubio has been accusing ted cruz's campaign of lying for a while. today, ted cruz is holding someone account of bowl -- accountable. a cruz campaign shakeup. >> i asked for rick tyler's resignation. sally: ted cruz says his national spokesman tweeted out a misleading video about rival marco rubio sunday, falsely accusing rubio of making a negative comment about the bible. >> it turns out the news story he sent around was false, but i tell ya, even if it was true, we are not a campaign that is going to question the faith of another candidate. sally: earlier, rubio blasted cruz for campaign dirty tricks. >> it's incredibly disturbing. i mean, you guys have to

the campaign trail is getting hot as we draw closer to the gop primary. gop presidential candidates continue to make appearances all across the palmetto state...from the upstate to the midlands and the lowcountry. after seemingly endless speculation, governor nikki haley has made her choice. she is endorsing florida senator marco rubio in the race for president. haley is expected to officially announce her endorsement tonight at rubio's town hall in chapin. that's where we find our billie jean shaw with a look at the impact of the announcement. this is a big boost for rubio's campaign ahead of saturday's primary. recent polls have him running neck and neck with ted cruz for second place. this endorsement gives the florida senator that all important momentum ... not only here in south carolina but across the country. over the last year, gov. headlines after her response to the mother emanuel shooting in charleston, the removal of the confederate flag from the state house, the historic flood and, most recently, her response to the president's state of the u

let's go to the gop results. right now with 99% of the precincts reporting, ted cruz with 28%, donald trump 24, marco rubio has come from behind at 23%. again fox news and other outlets calling the race for ted cruz tonight democrats now with 88% reporting hillary clinton with 49.9%. we had been rounding it up. but to show you how close it is, just take a look. 49.9%, to bernie sanders, 49.5%. again, o'malley with .6%. let's bring in our guest our communications professor. she was the communications director for the democratic party in iowa. you know politics in iowa well. thank you for joining us. let's get to the headline. ted cruz won, you say it's because he ran a grass roots operation. >> he ran the ground game, that's what they expect. going to 99 counties. robe yoe did similar work on the dpround. donald trump flew in, flew out did a lot of rallies. >> did donald trump skipping that gop debate last week and holding his own event did that hurt him? did that send a message that he's above it or better than t

>> ryan: i think we have seen him try to fit into a gop as a primary voter. he is not necessarily in the same mindset he was when he first arrived in the senate because now he is running in a very difficult primary, perhaps one of the most competitive in a long time certainly. before that his audience is different. so you are seeing all of these candidates try to tailor their message to who they think will show up for them and that is why you see them playing two different issues, highlighting different things. and i think that is what you change he is looking for a different audience that he has in the past and florida. >> armstrong: quickly what are we going to get the gop back to four or five candidates a week and get a real debate. >> emily: and it may be a long time, march or even later before this all shakes out. because there are so many candidates. there are so many different candidates that appeal differently in places from iowa, south carolina, to florida. i think we really have to wait and see. it may not go all the way to the convention but if you

>> is this the face of a new gop? >> this is the new face of the gop. >> he said it's like a benetof ad. >> they are passionate. they will do whatever it takes to grow our party and stay as conservative and unique. >> reporter: what is south carolina doing tomorrow? >> we'll show people what we're made of. >> knee cap. what happened to your knee? >> i fell at a marco rubio event. it's one of the bruises i am willing to take. >> i think marco will do very well tomorrow him we'll wait to see what the voters say. we're excited. marco momentum is real. we will look forward to the results. we will see a surprise finish. >> reporter: what do you think donald trump is doing? >> i'm focusing on marco rubio not donald trump. as marco goes up the reality is other candidates will come down. >> so that was a moment on the trail yesterday. it want to bring in gavin jackson, state house reporter for charleston's the post and courier. gavin, good to see you this morning. i want to thank everybody at that event, a brief glimpse of th

meanwhile, time is running short for the other gop hopefuls. after picking up a third consecutive victory in last night's nevada caucuses, donald trump continues his winning streak with an eye on super tuesday states. >> we have had some great numbers coming out of texas. and amazing numbers coming out of tennessee and georgia. it's going to be an amazing two months. we might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest, all right. >> reporter: he garnered most of his support in the state for government. >> i think he is here for the people and i think he wants to win. >> reporter: the win gives trump the state, bringing him closer to clenching the gop nomination. >> i think he is well positioned to really sweep across the board. >> reporter: as trump continues to gain momentum, the rest of the gop field is battling it out to become his alternative. entrance polls show a majority of caucus go-ers who favored a candidate with more political experience and backed marco rubio over ted cruz. the texas senator addressed supporters shortly after

s gop first of two town halls. voters who say they are still undecided, listened to doctor ben carson, senator ted cruz and senator marco rubio in the old cigar warehouse in the west end. >> people won't support a comprehensive approach to immigration. it's now been tried three times in the last decade. it has failed each time, and so now we have to understand that the only way forward is thru a step by step approach that begins with finally securing our border. >> i will compass i laughed out loud. this has not been a typical race by any sense. i don't think anyone is surprised that donald trump is turning to sue people. he has done that most of his adult life. >> by the time we got to the 1960's, lbj was saying we the government are going to eliminate poverty. how'd that work out? you know, $19 trillion later, 10 times more people on food stampspsmore poverty, more welfare. town hall tonight. that one's in columbia with trump, bush and kasich. allyson: south carolina voters are runing out of time to cast absentee

they're taking pictures of the ballots and e-mailing them to the gop.en keeping track and trying to follow reports of irregularities and complaints that the other voters have had. so far no official complaints have been registered. anecdotally and where you are things seems to be smooth sailing. >> smooth sailing in the sense there's been no complaints but as far as a lot of scrambling going on here. they're dealing with an awful lot of flow of people here and the vults been jumping all over because we've been counting these precincts one at a time. you'll see one candidate go up for a moment and another one go down and come back until we get to the final numbers here. jake, it could very well be a nail biter for the campaigns watching it right now if they saw all these numbers. pretty sool they'll have the final number. at this moment, they'll doing the numbers with all these different precincts coming in tonight. jake? >> those are good problems to have, a lot of voters and a big turnout. we're going to take a quick break. the polls are actually going

from 6 to 7. 3 and leading gop candidate donald trump will be in the upstate for his rally. the event starts at 7 tonight ... at the t-d convention center in greenville. 3 for all things related to the sc primary and where the candidates are going to be in our state ... just head to our website... wltx dot com... politics tab to your left. 3 the death of us supreme scalia.. is sending shockwaves through the nation's capital. as mark albert reports... republicans who control the senate... do not want president obama to nominate a replacement before he leaves office... while democrats accuse the g-o-p of playing politics. 3 early sunday morning, the body of supreme court justice antoniniscscia arrived at an el paso funeral home... the flag out front is lowered to half-staff.(sat0202-obama statement)president obama paid tribute to the longest-serving member of the court.(sot/obama 00:36)(sat0202-obama)<"he will no doubt be remembered as one of the most consequential judges and thinkers to serve on the supreme court."track 2 sun0015-scalia filescalia was often seen as the keysto

the next gop debate is tomorrow night. night.but this morning..it's still not clear who will be on stage. stage.based on the criteria from cbs news.. we know donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio will be there.jeb bush is also expected to make the cut. cut.tomorrow's debate takes place at the peace center. police are warning downtown will be busier than usual.. media on hand. hand.most of the roads around the peace center will be closed, starting at 8:00 tomorrow morning.you can find more information on road closures and parking on fox carolina dot com. 3 the democratic presidential candidates squared off in their last debate before the south carolina primary. primary.the debate between hillary clinton and bernie sanders was hosted by pbs in milwaukee.clinton and sanders showed they have similar goals for the presidency.. but once again clashed on issues like the iraq war and campaign financing.clinton also took on sanders' heath care plans.. saying he's promising for. 3 3 the family right in the middle of the economy wou

i don't know but i know that the gop is changing.arles: charlie, you represent in my mind the young, conservative, you go out there, you go to colleges, you pound the pavement. you are spreading the message that has been spread for 30 years and for the most part it was never popular. and just as it's been catching on, it has changed a little bit. does conservative feel different to you now than it does at the beginning of the year? >> not to me personally. i know the membership or our young people engage and work across the country. a large majority of young people that we deal with both they identify as conservative independent democrat, and liberal. they do not endorse what donald trump is standing for. you know, a lot -- the young people that we deal with and that we train and implement on campus, they want something much different that stands on principle and not populism. something that stands on ideas and values. the way that the race has descended into. i think the party is doing a lot of soul searching for better or worse. an

bria: jenna, east high is jenna, east high is preparing for a gop caucus. people are already showing up to get registered and although most voters will be caucusing at a public venue like here at east high, some are doing it the old fashion way and are hosting one at home. "well how come you're having it at your house? and i like to have the people come and do it here," says bromander. home is where the heart is...and well, so are the iowa caucuses. at least for adelene bromander who has hosted a few moving in during the "i moved up here in 1997 and i've had 3 bromander. likes to be involved she expects to have attendance, but the her in-home caucus served. have a meat tray, and and desserts. that's what our plan is," caucusing at a neighbor's home is commonplace as and other public places are typically locations, but at adelene's home. the overall process remains the same. "some people might need to register and they can do that as a republican, and some people if they are a democrat can change and register too. and then we things that have to be done. the

we also have a links to the top gop and democratic candidates. a "backdoor" cold front coming will move through tonight, not expecting much change to the forecast until a much strong front arrives wednesday. lows tonight in the middle 40s. tuesday, partly cloudy, breezy and warm, highs in the low to middle 70s. increasing clouds by evening with showers developing late. wednesday, cloudy with scattered showers and thunderstorms, highs in the lower 70s. lower 50s. we continue to follow the case of a young woman gunned down in blythewood. found shot to death in a field we continue to follow the case of a young woman gunned down in blythewood. 19-year-old deanndra roach was found shot to death in a field off farrow road last week. now we are learning more about what led to the arrest of her ex-boyfriend. wis' meaghan norman joins us with the latest. a news conference on this case was canceled for today but we did learn a little bit more about this case. investigators say less than an hour after the victim was found murdered, the suspect andre heatley

gop iowa caucus winner ted cruz is headed to the upstate. charles molineaux is there talking to supporters. we'll get a live report from there in a minute. but first, let's check in on the weather with meteorologist ben tanner. charles bob shot partly cloudy today and warm, highs lower to middle 70s. scattered showers developing late, lows in the middle 50s. wednesday, cloudy, windy and warm with scattered showers and thunderstorms rain chance 80%. clouds and a few showers for thursday, cooler with and it's free! ted cruz may have won iowa, but that might not matter now that the campaign shifts to new hampshire and then here to the palmetto state. both, very different political landscapes where he'll again face donald trump and a newly empowered marco rubio campaign. jack kuenzie joins us now with more on the tough tasks ahead for the texas senator. donald trump may have lost in iowa---but he's not done by any means in either of the next two states including this one. trump has much larger polling leads in new hampshire and south carolina. h

last night marked his second gop contest win. locals today said they weren't surprised by his victory regardless of their opinion. >> i'm not happy about it but i'm not surprised. trump. as far as the republican. >> reporter: karen pointed out historically no one has won both new hampshire and south carolina and failed to get the republican nomination, adding trump seems to be defying the >> opposing candidates attacks on him which is very astute on them. jeb bush is one of the casualties of that. >> last night jeb bush ended the gop field narrows. >> i think trump will pick up a few of the voters of any candidate who drops out. the lion share of the voters are going to distribute themselves among the anyone but trump field. >> reporter: marco rubio narrowly finished second over cruz. the governor's endorsement may have had something to do with it. >> she is a very popular governor. >> reporter: now gop candidates are on their way to they have n then super tuesday -- to nevada and then super tuesday. >> thanks, alexa. that puts h

is he going to go for the jugular of the gop frontrunner? >> the frontrunner in this race alluded to the fact he thinks parts of obamacare is pretty good. there is no honeymoon period in foreign policy. you can't say when i get there i'll hire the smartest people and they will tell me what to do. front runner in this case says he won't take sides on israel versus the palestinians. when i'm president we are going to take sides. we are going to be on israel's side. charles: joining me now, tammy bruce, crystal wright and fred barns. fred, it's interesting, there was an article rubio making a fatal mistake if he doesn't attack trump. i think he heard this over and over again and now he's on attack. >> a poll showed him 16 points behind trump in florida. the primary isn't until march 15. but rubio will have to win that. that's a big comeback for him to pull off to do that. foreign policy is rubio's strong suit, and it is also i think the weakest suit of donald trump. so that may be good grounds to plow for rubio tonight. >> i are disagree that f

turning to 2016, most gop candidates remain focused on south carolina. but democratic candidates have been preparing for a debate. allyson: nikole killion has more campaigns in south carolina today while bernie sanders goes to minnesota after going toe to toe last night. they squared off over a range of issues on wall street and campaign finance reform. they both provide for the african-american and hispanic nevada. obama's legacy. >> the kind of criticism that we have heard from senator sanders about a president i expect from them someone running for the democratic nomination. >> madam secretary, that is a low blow. nikole: other hot topics -- health care, immigration and foreign policy. the republicans get their turn with the smaller field in greenville tomorrow night. in washington, nikole killion wyff news 4. allyson: tijuana. meanwhile, a huge day for republican politics here in the upstate. geoff: four republican candidates will be in greenville for a faith and family forum. at bob jones university, jeb bush, doctor ben carson, senator faith and fa

what is the story nevada will tell us about the gop ?: i think you are looking at a situation where the economy and how people feel about the economy still is driving the day but national security on the republican side is a big topic and we see that across the nation. nevada, i think, is going to line up for donald trump as we've seen in these early states. obviously he has a big lead going in and the question is, can he deliver on the organization to get all these people out to the caucus states. we've seen it before in south carolina. he over performed in some places he wasn't supposed to, for example the upstate of south carolina where he won the evangelical vote. in nevada, there's going to be an effort to organize to get to the caucus site and get the people out. >> jenna: i'm glad you mentioned the evangelical vote in south carolina. i had to nevada, commentary magazine had an interesting article on ted cruz saying he was the one that had the biggest loss in south carolina because he wasn't able to coalesce the evangelicals that w

tomorrow on gop caucus day. special report next. >>> a cruz campaign shake-up. one day before the goop's nevada caucuses. this is special report. >> good evening, welcome to washington. after being accused by donald trump, marco rubio and ben carson of dirty tricks throughout the campaign, ted cruz today took action, firing director for a retweet of a video, wrongly quoting rubio of trash talking the bible. yes, you heard that correctly. the video was misquoted. it was not enough to save his job. chief political correspondent carl cameron reports tonight on how the latest campaign controversy could play in tomorrow's nevada caucuses. >> on the eve of the nevada caucuses, the charges and counter charges are again escalating. ted cruz fired his communications director rick tyler today, for tweeting a pennsylvania newspaper article with subtitles that depicted marco rubio as insulting the bible. >> this morning, i asked for rick tyler's resignation, i have made clear in this campaign, we will conduct this campaign with the highest standards of integrity. >> rick ty

. >>> nevada's republican party is thrilled with the turn out in tuesday's gop caucus. news 4's terri hendry joins us more with those results. a lot was riding on nevada's republican party to really get it right this time. >> that is right, shelby that is because the last two gop presidential caucuses didn't go so well. the national rnc was considering pulling nevada's gop caucus if this year consistent go well. well, you may have seen some of the national press giving nevada's republican party a black eye like this article in today's "washington post." social media and some conservative media are critical of nevada's process, but nevada's gop is saying yesterday's caucus was a huge success. they're saying an estimated 75,000 registered republicans turned out statewide to caucus and as far as problems, there were a few hiccups, such as not having enough ballots which was the nevada gop is also saying there are no reports of campaign violations despite what you see on social media. >> turn out was epic. we doubled the turn out we had in 2012. we knew it was going to be b

pam: right now, the gop candidates are prepping for a critical test. our todd kazakiewich is live in manchester, new hampshire. todd. todd: it' s the final debate before the new hampshire primary. the pressure is on, especially for the candidates who are trailing in the polls for them a poor performance in this debate, and the primary on tuesday, pick up momentum and keep pursuing the nomination. at center stage tonight, donald trump who is leading in the polls here in new hampshire, and nationally. to his left, ted cruz, who won to trump' s right, marco rubio s second place showing. on the ends of the stage, john kasich, jeb bush, ben carson, and chris christie, who are all trailing, and therefore need to win over undecided voters and ure votes from their opponents. trump skipped the last gop debate before the iowa caucuses due to a feud with fox new channel and host megan kelly. following the debate tonight, the candidates will head over to the hockey arena, where the spin room' .we got a tour earlier today, including some of the technology google is

. >>> happening now, gop showdown. the republican presidential candidates just hours away from a pivotal debate here on cnn. extremely high stakes for everyone not named donald trump. >>> on the attack, trump's closest rivals, but talking about him is one thing. saying it to him on the stage quite another. so how far will they go when it counts? >>> brokered convention? top rubio donors told in a closed door meeting that the florida senator is now preparing for a contested nominating process. and bracing for a messy and unpredictable battle to keep trump from becoming the nominee. are republicans facing civil war? >>> path to victory. trump has a huge lead in the delegate count. so super tuesday could make or break his remaining rivals and push trump closer still to the nomination. what we see here tonight could make all the difference. wolf blitzer is preparing for tonight's republican presidential debate, that means you've got me, chris cuomo, along with the man, anderson cooper. you are in "the situation room." >>>

any in the gop think the decision should be up to the next president. the new name is being floated that could put more rushed -- more pressure into that. sandoval is a republican and former federal judge, although, he does support abortion rights. nikole killion wyff news 4. allyson: speaking out against president obama's plan, senator lindsey graham joining fellow republican senators john mccain and kelly ayotte. they say the plan doesn't include any information about where future detainees should be held and how these facilities would be operated. the senators say the president didn't include any costs associated with the plan or offer an protections for those who interrogate terrorists. the senators are calling on the colleagues to come up with a better plan. geoff: happening today in the upstate, south carolina governor nikki haley's traveling to greenville to speak at the 2016 south carolina automotive summit. the summit is the fifth annual held as part of s.c. auto week. the governor will speak following the keynote speaker jay rogers, the ceo of

abu the doctor says keeps the gop -- a move the doctor says keeps the gop grounded. on the democratic side, sanders and opponent hillary clinton have one win each under their belts. >> while the candidates focus attention on the next primary in south carolina, new jersey call it quist --?. he's deciding on if he will stay in the race. see the results along with where the candidates are today, -- go to the winds app >>> mess club shooting, the club could be shut down. a letter on the door to the glitz ultralow warned the owner to pay $82,000 in rent but we can only may have to leave. it came hours after the shooting eyewitnesses opened up to our reporter. >> you want to the bishop, the hero, bullets flying, bottles being broken and people crying and people passing out within the last couple of seconds of death. three gunmen shot 11 people , killing 2 but no word on who the suspects may be or if any have been arrested. >>> osceola county deputies need your help finding a registered sex offender. the met on your screen is 55- year-old anthony wanted in connecticut for v

it's a september when gop leaders approve the controversial rule requiring those participating in the republican primary to promise to vote for the republican nominee in the fall. i've always the pledges were bad idea republican activists carried tyler says without the pledge more independence will be inclined to vote in their primary. fortunately the state central committee listen to reason and voted overwhelming to get rid of the pledge i came to explain exactly what went on between the state body in the state board of elections in a statement over the weekend the gop blamed it all and governor mcauliffe and attorney general herring after the quote had purposely created a situation designed to confuse voters. a spokesman for the governor called their argument laughable even in northern virginia gop leader used bathroom humor to call out his own party. i think that was a mistaken idea of trying to make sure that only republicans that is a baby and republican frontrunner donald trump even took to twitter to bash the pledge calling it bad and suicidal for the gop the state board of ele

the gop primary happens next saturday, february 20. followed by the democratic primary a week later on february 27. allyson: leading up to the primaries we at wyff 4 are , teaming up with the riley institute at furman university for a commitment 2016 voter focus group with peter hart this thursday. that is tomorrow. this will be an exclusive live streaming event in our wyff 4 studios with upstate voters who will weigh in on the upcoming first in the south presidential primaries. nationally known pollster, peter hart, works with national news organizations, including nbc news. you can watch this exclusive event tomorrow starting at 7:00 , p.m. live streaming on wyff4.com and our wyff 4 app. geoff: and with the focus now here, many candidates are making stops in the upstate today. donald trump has scheduled a rally at the t. ed garrison arena in pendleton. doors open at 5:00 and the event starts at 7:00. it's free to attend but you need to reserve a ticket online. the palmetto state today for a rally in spartanburg before heading to colu

a gop turnout last night more than 180,000. compare that to the previous record of 121, 354,000 set back in 2012. let's bring in a fox news contributor and radio talk show ose and democratic strategist. thank you for joining us this morning. hey, chuck. >> good morning. >> i will start with you. you talk about the record numbers, why do you think so many turned out this time around? >> we had two things going on. republicans said you had all of these people running you had enthusiasm, throw in a little truch and cruz and you have a huge turnout of people coming out. you have an over arching theme of people being sick and tired of being sick and tired. on the democratic side you had a contest that turned into a nail biter all night long. you saw people running out of ballots on the republican side. democratic side they are running out of registration cards. >> you look at the republicans. ted cruz won by the most caucus votes ever. i believe that is a record in iowa. >> look, this is a signal of a change. it is not because new p

the gop caucus happening today. a lot of candidates in town as well trying to sway the last voters their way. it'll be interesting to see what happens tonight. once again, donald trump does not disappoint. last night he said, listen, i'd like to smack one of those protesters that was piping up that one of the events. some people are saying that's exactly why we like trump. others are saying that's why this could be an issue. goes both ways. check for yourself. >>> also, what does this have to do with beer? besides a drunken protester who was in there. i'm just trying to get into this. ryan kern is going to explain why he is that great basin brewery. they've got a little play on the caucus there and letting you vote at the same time. >> of course. one week away from super tuesday as well area that is when we will kind of get a good idea of what candidates will be heading toward. for now, let's send 10 -- send things to tim. >>> pretty quiet weather. today is last time we are near the average high for a little while.