i'm john berman at the university of houston. right here in less than seven hours, you will see the smallest field of republicans on stage so far under the greatest pressure in this campaign so far. behind me are the great students of the university of houston. they were talking to cnn's jake tapper just a few minutes ago. you can see they are excited and for good reason. because tonight the debate, the stakes are very high. donald trump with all the momentum now after three straight wins. the last, a near landslide in nevada. now at least some of the established resistance looked like it might be beginning to crack. trump just received his first endorsements from members of congress while each of his competitors to some degree is calling on all of the others to get out of the race to give a single trump alternative a chance to break through. senior white house correspondent jim acosta is live. i think he is inside the debate hall. where any moment, the candidates will arrive to do their walk-throughs. jim, give us the lay of the

. >> i'm john berman. it is tuesday, february 23rd. donald trump out in front in the latest polling, but still working it hard. he held a raucous rally in las vegas overnight taunting protesters and taunting ted cruz. calling him the biggest liar in politics, a basketcase and calling him sick. cnn's jim acosta with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, donald trump delivered one of his most fiery speeches to date. the focus of the attack was ted cruz. following up on the firing of the cruz communications director, trump branded the senator a rally time and time again. >> the evangelicals did not vote for him. you know why? because they don't like liars. they're really smart people. they don't want to vote for a liar. but it is true. i have an ad running right now. a cruz ad. something to do and a couple of people told me this that i am backing the federal government to keep the land that's currently owned by the federal government and we should give that land to everybody and divvy it up. i'm saying to myself, well, it's not a s

election fun fact for you, john berman.ince 1968, in election year, one election year with a lower unemployment rate than today. 4.9%. still wages and the feeling the little guy is not getting ahead in the economy, resonating with both republicans and democrats. second lowest unemployment rate. >> what year? what election year? >> 2000. just before the go days of the dot-com boom. >>> thanks, john. 42 minutes past the hour. the wife of the isis leader charged with the death of the u.s. aide worker held hostage by terrorists. new details next. >>> welcome back. the wife of the top isis leader charged by the justice department for her alleged role in the death of american aide worker kayla mueller. it is not clear if the u.s. will take custody of the woman. she was captured in a raid last may. she is in the custody of the kurdish government in iraq. sayaff kept mueller for seven months on behalf the al baghdadi. >>> officials confirm they are investigating a data breach of sensitive information of 30,000 staff members. names

. >> i'm john berman in houston, texas. this is the site of cnn's republican debate. tonight, thursday, february 25th. 3:00 a.m. here at the university of houston. the candidates face-off in the cnn debate. a pivotal moment. all four candidates not named donald trump know this could be last chance to notch donald trump off his perch. ted cruz and marco rubio are second and third place with john kasich and ben carson in single digits. it is not the polls that matter at all. trump has won three contests in a row. he is pulling ahead due to vote next tuesday, super tuesday. all the other candidates swear they could beat trump if only they could get him one-on-one. >> donald is formidable. they are furious with washington and politicians in both parties that have been lying to them. i think donald's support is manifestation of that. what the polling shows is head-to-head, donald against me, we would beat him handily. 56 to 40. >> the biggest change in the campaign is going to be when the people not named donald trump, the choices begin to narrow and we start to give the r

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans.are hours away from a new sh showdown on pbs. after a high profile meeting with al sharpton in harlem, bernie sanders hit the late show with stephen colbert. he addressed when the political revolution he is calling for could end in violence. >> those who make peaceful revolution impossible make violent revolution inevitable. is what john kennedy said. if your answer is not the answer, is violent revolution inevitable? >> i certainly hope not. i hope and what the goal of this campaign is about to look at the civil rights movement and women's moment and gay moment. understand when people come together, we can accomplish enormous things. >> so that debate tonight takes place in milwaukee at 9:00 p.m. you can watch it here and local pbs station. senior correspondent joe johns has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, the focus this morning is turning to milwaukee and the pivotal debate with bernie sanders and hillary clinton. it is important because the former secretary of state too

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman.to the biggest week of the election season. 24 hours until super tuesday where republicans will fight over half of the 1,237 delegates. donald trump picked up an endorsement. alabama senator jeff sessions. a fierce critic of illegal immigration. he is backing trump. he joins chris christie from the other end of the republican political spectrum. this morning, trump is facing new controversy. questions how he handled questions over another endorsement from former kkk grand wizard david duke. trump told jake tapper he did not know enough about david duke. despite 16 years ago citing duke's name over the reformed party. cnn's chris frates is with the trump campaign and has the latest from alabama. >> reporter: good morning. donald trump got an establishment endorsement on sunday when senator jeff sessions threw his support behind trump. sessions was the first senator to get behind the billionaire's campaign. >> at this time in america's history we need to make america great again. i am pl

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i'm john berman. >> i'm kate bolduan. we want to welcome our viewers around the world. it is caucus day in america. we are here in beautiful des moines, iowa hours from now the first real numbers will be tallied and the very first contest of the 2016 race. >> the caucuses start at 8:00 p.m. eastern. that is what we know for sure. beyond that anything could happen. both races are close. for democrats, hillary clinton with the tiniest of leads over bernie sanders. for the republicans, donald trump with a slight edge over ted cruz, who has a slight edge over rubio. all the candidates making their final pitches today. donald trump is about to hold his first rally. jim acosta is with the campaign in waterloo, iowa. >> it is caucus day. the candidacy donald trump is put to the ultimate test. the question of the day, obviously, is whether all these thousands of people who show up at these big events at these auditoriums and stadiums around the country, do they show up and vote or do they show up in caucus in the case of iowa. the trump campaign has been pulling out all the sto

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans.does her best at the democratic debate in milwaukee. a debate that was more than milwaukee. they turn to the states of nevada and south carolina and hillary clinton turned her attention to stopping the post-new hampshire of bernie sanders. she said his promises are not realistic and he is not leveling with the american people. >> last week in a cnn town hall, the senator told a questioner that the questioner would spend about $500 in taxes to get $5,000 in health care. every progressive economist who analyzed that says the numbers don't add up. and that's a promise that cannot be kept. >> secretary clinton, you are not in the white house yet. and let us be clear that every proposal that i have introduced has been paid for. >> for more on the debate, let's bring in cnn's jeff zeleny in milwaukee for us. >> reporter: john and christine, a civil, but contentious debate here with hillary clinton and bernie sanders showing their differences on several issues from foreign policy to immigrati

. >> i'm john berman. it is monday, february 29th. 4:00 a.m. in the east. >> i watched the whole chris rock monologue. i read the transcript and leo. >> i slept through the whole thing. why? getting ready for this week. just 24 hours until super tuesday where candidates will fight for half of the delegates required to secure the nomination. donald trump picked up a huge new endorsement. alabama senator jeff sessions. he joins chris christie from the other end of the political spectrum who backed trump on friday. this morning, trump is facing controversy over questions surrounding another endorsement. this from david duke. trump said he did not know enough to disavow the endorsement. and explaining that duke's involvement with the reform party is the reason not to run, trump is, to run for that nomination. and we have chris frates with the trump campaign. >> reporter: good morning. trump got an establishment endorsement when jeff sessions threw support behind trump. session was the first sitting senator to get behind his campaign. >> at this tim

cascade. >>> john berman here live in manchester new hampshire.fore the first in the nation primary. and over night the leading democratic candidate was not in new hampshire, he was in new york and yes he was in fact live in new york. bernie sanders appeared on "saturday night live" along with the host last night, larry david. who frequently does a pretty spot on bernie sanders invitation. this is a look at two of them in a sketch on the titanic. >> hold on. hold on. wait a second. i am so sick of the 1 percent getting this preferential treatment. enough is enough. we need to unite and work together if we're all going to get through in this. >> sounds like socialism to me. >> democratic socialism. >> eh, what's the difference? >> yuuuuuge difference. >> yuge? >> yuuuuuge difference. >> huge with a y, eh? who are you? >> i'm bernie sanders-witsky, but we're going change it when we get to america so it doesn't sound quite so jewish. >> yeah that will trick him. >> great news. what we crossed into was liberty island. >> look at that. >> share a cab?

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. very busy this morning. breaking news in the east. >> donald trump with a huge win in the nevada caucuses, the republican caucuses. donald trump, 45%. more than 20 points ahead of his closest rival. there's a pitch battle for second place. just a few minutes ago marco rubio pulled ahead, more than 500 votes, 580 votes right now ahead of ted cruz with 74% of the precincts. and we're counting this all night. it could change again. for these guys, second place matters. don't forget, when you claim second, you claim the biggest victory ever. ben carson and john kasich back in single digits. the biggest news is donald trump. he leads in all counties. hugely popular among voters who say they're angry at the federal government and more voters angry in nevada than we've seen before. they want the next pretty to be an outsider, not someone experienced in politic. hi crushes it there too. in his victory speech, donald trump was ecstatic about his win. listen. >> we won the evangelicals, we won

. >> and i'm john berman live in manchester, new hampshire. it is monday, 4:00 a.m. in the east. it is one day before the first in the nation primary here in new hampshire. this morning, a new line of attack from someone not running. bill clinton turning heads speaking more directly, more pointedly about bernie sanders and his supporters than he ever has. this is a real shift from the former president, until now, has spoken about hillary clinton's record and experience. listen. >> if you are not for us, "the boston globe" and "the portsmouth newspaper" they are all for the establishment. bernie took what is good about him and put it all these endorsements, except they did not endorse. today, they used a veterans name. if you pointed out, it shows you how tied you are to the establishment. when you are making a revolution, you can't be too careful about the facts. you are just for me or against me. >> this is very, very different than we have seen from bill clinton up on the stump until now. that was last night at the event last night. hillary clinton has been trailing in new hamp

john berman here. it is monday, february 1st. 2016. you know what that means! it is caucus day at last. it is finally here. after all of the months of campaigning and town hall speeches and debates, hours from now, the first actual voters cast the first actual votes in the 2016 presidential

." >> i'm john berman. breaking news, hillary clinton and bernie sanders come out swinging hard. the first one-on-one debate. it created a different feeling from hillary clinton. three days after barely winning iowa and five days before facing daunting odds in new hampshire. she decided not to wait another day to fight back. we have cnn's eric bradner at the debate and he has the latest. >> reporter: the gloves were off. bernie sanders hit hillary clinton accusing her of being influenced by wall street for taking speaking fees and campaign contributions. hillary clinton got angry. >> i really don't think these kinds of attacks by insinuation are worthy of you. enough is enough. if you have something to say, say it directly, but you will not find that i ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that i ever received. so i think it's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out in recent weeks. let's talk about the issues. >> let's talk about why in the 1990s wall street got deregulated. did it have anything to do with the fact that

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i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow.o glad you're with us. >> big, big wins for bernie sanders in the new hampshire primary. bernie sanders riding a wave of younger supporters. he pulled in 60% of the vote to 38% for hillary clinton. >> what began last week in iowa, what voters here in new hampshire confirmed tonight is nothing short of the beginning of a political revolution. [ applause ] >> and for the republicans, donald trump took 35%, winning by 51,000 votes. this is the largest margin of victory for any republican candidate in a contested primary, at least since 2000. >> we are going to make america great again. [ applause ] >> ohio governor john kasich, dark horse of the establishment candidates, if you will, came in a strong second place. though still far behind donald trump, with a pile in his rear-view mirror as they fight it out for third place. >> jeremy diamond joins us now from manchester with more on tonight's winners and losers. the winners were big winners, jeremy. >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, you ha

john berman here. it is monday, february 1st. 2016. you know what that means! it is caucus day at last. it is finally here. after all of the months of campaigning and town hall speeches and debates, hours from now, the first actual voters cast the first actual votes in the 2016 presidential race. iowa caucuses officially here. candidates are campaigning everywhere across the state. engaged in the vast turnout effort. they want to get their voters to the right caucuses at the right time with the right knowledge about how to cast the votes. everyone says it all comes down to turn out which is about the most overworn cliche in politics. on the republican side, the main battle is between donald trump and ted cruz. cnn's jim acosta is following the campaign. >> reporter: john, donald trump was here in sioux city, iowa with jerry falwell jr., where they accused ted cruz of dishonest attacks. he predicted a win here in iowa and that could make his candidacy unstoppable. >> we have to win in iowa. a lot of people say donald do well in iowa. i can't do that. i really wa

i'm john berman live in houston. 31 minutes past the hour right now. the university of houston where just hours from now the five remaining presidential candidates face-off in the cnn town hall debate. what a moment this will be. what a beautiful campus this is. you can see the calm, the still over this campus right now. it will not be that way tonight. not at all. expect fireworks. all four candidates not named donald trump know this could be their last chance to knock trump off his perch. the last chance to slow him momentum. in the national polls, ted cruz and marco rubio are running second and third and john kasich and ben carson behind. trump has won three state contests in a row. he has momentum and he's leading in a lot of polls heading into next tuesday. super tuesday as we like to call it. all the other candidates know they have a lot of of work to do. they say they can do it. they can beat donald trump if only they can get him one-on-one. >> donald is formidable. people are furious with washington and politicians and people lying to them. don

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, february 23rd. in just hours, nevada republicans will vote in caucuses across the silver state. donald trump way out front in the latest nevada polls. 26 points ahead of the rival marco rubio. this is the new cnn/orc survey. he held a raucous rally in las vegas last night. taunting protesters and taunting ted cruz calling him the biggest liar in politics. he called ted cruz a basket case and sick. jim acosta has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, on the eve of the caucuses, donald trump with the fiery speak to date. the main focus ted cruz. following up on the resignation of the communications director rick tyler, trump branded the texas senator a liar at rally time and again. >> i'll tell you, the evangelicals didn't vote for him you know why? they don't want to vote for a liar. they are smart people. it is true. i have an ad running right now. it is a cruz ad. a couple of people told me this. i am backing the federal government to keep the land that's currently owned by the federal gover

i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. 30 minutes past the hour right now. wow. >> what a night. >> big victories in new hampshire for the outsider candidates, donald trump and bernie sanders. 92% of the votes tallied so far in the first in the nation primary. look at it right there, donald trump 35%, john kasich 16%. that's a 19-point margin of victory that at least equals john mccain's margin of victory in 2000. donald trump has done as well as anyone has in a long time, maybe better than that. the rest of the republican field bunched down past 12%. marco rubio not even on a board, he is in fifth place. >> on the democratic side bernie sanders he crushed hillary clinton beating her by more than 20 points, it was a 22 point margin, that is tough to take for hillary clinton on the heels of a close race in iowa last week. you will remember hillary clinton won iowa. joining us to sort through the results eric bradner live in new hampshire. >> hey, you know, it was the night of the anti-establishment candidates here in new hampshire. after coming up a little bi

i'm john berman. >>> i'm poppy harlow. it is bright and early, 3:00 a.m.east coast, welcome to our viewers here and around the world. berman eating it up, loving it. we still only have one winner on the republican side but here is why we don't have a winner on the democratic side.

. >> i'm john berman. it is 4:00 a.m. in the east. and this morning is the first morning of the rest of donald trump's life, and he says new hampshire will be different. he had better hope after falling to ted cruz in the iowa caucuses, trump is trying to protect a big lead in new hampshire, 18 points, but this was all before the iowa roadblock. now trump admits his decision to skip the final debate may have hurt him there, but he says he is proud of his second place finish. >> one poll came out that said i was leading by four or five points. the headlines were "trump comes in second! he's humiliated!" there were 17 people when we started. now you have 11. i come in second. i'm not humiliated. >> trump says new hampshire is a better fit for his kind of campaign, and that is where cnn's sara murray joins us from a trump rally. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump may have delivered a gracious concession speech in iowa, but back on the campaign trail in new hampshire, all bets were off. last night he tore into ted

i'm john berman at the university of houston.an seven hours, you will see the smallest field of republicans on stage so far under the greatest pressure in this campaign so far. behind me are the great students of the university of houston. they were talking to cnn's jake tapper just a few minutes ago. you can s t

. >> i'm john berman and we are live, yes live, and this is cnn's special live coverage of the big, big night in the presidential race, a race that is changing a lot over the last few hours on the republican side, donald trump with a huge win in south carolina, and now cle clearly the frontrunner, and seemingly by a lot. the democrats, hillary clinton really reasserted herself into the race, and she won the kaus kuss in nevada, and decisive win there. >> and looking at the republican field, it is leaner tonight, and does that mean it will get meaner? we will see. jeb bush was once considered the man to beat on the republican side with the multi million war chest, but he is now out. he announced tonight that he is going to be suspending his campaign and in a word that is couldn't be classier, and that is a bush family representative saying so. and marco rubio and ted cruz battling for the second place, but the night belongs to billionaire from new york donald trump. that is where we are going to begin and so let's begin with the politics reporter jeremy diamond outside of the trump head

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is monday, february 22nd. and donald trump riding high in the big win in the south carolina primary. turning to super tuesday on march 1st. trump has donors, pundits and candidates grasping for ways to stop him. based on a rally last night, trump is sticking to the strategy that brought him huge success. we have cnn's jeremy diamond with one of those super states. georgia. >> reporter: good morning. fresh off the victory in south carolina, donald trump rolled in atlanta on sunday with momentum on his back. the crowd responded in kind as he hit his key notes. donald trump did not really bring in his current rivals, marco rubio and ted cruz, who came in second and third place in south carolina. he did, however, bring in one of his former rivals. >> i'll give you a story. one of the candidates, i won't say who yet, one of the candidates, the head of the major, major, owner of a major, major pharmaceutical company is in charge of his campaign. you know that. in charge of his campaign. raises hundreds of millions o

john berman has all the highlights from last night's feisty debate. period. sort of a pivot point in this campaign. if you thought hillary clinton was going to wait, wait until nevada, wait until south carolina where the terrain gets more favorable, you do not have to wait anymore. >> three day after winning iowa, hillary clinton clearly decided she could not wait another day to fight back. >> i really don't think these kinds of attacks by insinuation are worthy of you. >> the battle, who is the real progressive and who is beholden to the establish. . >> i am a progressive who gets things done and the root of that word is progress. >> hillary clinton does represent the establish. i represent, i hope, ordinary americans. who are not all that enamored with the establishment. >> clinton now seems to think it is worth the risk. >> senator sanders is the only person who i think would characterize me as a woman running to be the first woman president as exemplifying the establishment. that is amusing to me. >> being part of the establishment is the last quar

i'm john berman. i >> i'm christine romans. start with the democratic town hall in derry, new hampshire. they battled over who is the most progressive and who is the most effective and who is the real underdog where bernie sanders leads by more than 20 points. did this change the race? cnn's jeff zeleny was there with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, the voters in new hampshire and across the country got a look at bernie sanders and hillary clinton in a different light in the town hall in derry, new hampshire. they tangled on the true progressive. they spent more than 24 hours on the campaign trail arguing about politics. listen to how they distinguish themselves. >> i do not know any progressive who has a super pac and takes $15 million from wall street. that's just not progressive. as i mentioned earlier, the key foreign policy vote of modern american history was the war in iraq. the american history was united saying don't listen to bush. don't go to war. secretary clinton voted to go to war. >> i was somewhat am

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow. so glad you're with us. >> hope you didn't sleep at all. donald trump, democrat bernie sanders, they won big in new hampshire. look at that. young voters, independent voters, even women voters helping drive sanders to a 22-point win over hillary clinton. >> as the results came in, the candidates looked ahead, straight at south carolina. both winners and losers. that's what they were focusing on. look. >> we are going to make america great again. >> hillary, you just needed this much and head to south carolina because it ain't working here. >> the real winner is the conservative grassroots. >> i did not do well on saturday night, so listen to this, that will never happen again. >> there's so much going to happen. >> i love you all. thank you, new hampshire. thank you, we are going now to south carolina. we're going to win in south carolina. i love you all. thank you very much. >> i love you all. thank you very much. thank you, new hampshire. thank you. that was donald trump right there. cnn politics reporter jeremy diamond is in new hampshir

. >> announcer: this is "new day" with chris cuomo and alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> john bermans. good morning. it is thursday, february 11th. alisyn was hurt in a bar fight and john joins us. critical for hillary clinton if she plans to take back momentum from sanders. what will this rumored tone shift be? >> the candidates hitting a new battle ground in south carolina bracing for a hard fight. the gop field narrowing to seven. chris christie and carly fiorina ending their bids. how the contest will change the race? we begin with our correspondent joe johns with us with the look at the race. >> reporter: good morning. all eyes on milwaukee as the candidates prepare to go head-to-head for the first time after the first in the nation primary. bernie sanders looking to maintain his momentum and show he is not just a one-state wonder and for hillary clinton. it is a chance to try to change >> reporter: bernie sanders raising over $6 million in the 24 hours after polls closed in new hampshire. gaining momentum before tonight's crucial pbs democratic presidential debate. descending o

i'm john berman. >>> i'm poppy harlow. it is bright and early, 3:00 a.m. on the east coast, welcome to our viewers here and around the world. berman eating it up, loving it. we still only have one winner on the republican side but here is why we don't have a winner on the democratic side. look at that, 2/10 of a percentage point separating hillary clinton and bernie sanders. martin o'malley drops out. ted cruz the clear winner here on the republican side. we're told he is popping champagne bottles on his campaign. but marco rubio, donald trump, one point apart. >> yes, if you put the democratic race up here one point apart, 2/10 separates hillary clinton and bernie sanders. that is with 99% of the precincts reporting. we don't know how many precincts we are waiting to here from. there are a few out there, the democratic party says they're trying to get in touch with the precinct chairs to find out what is going on. we keep waiting for the numbers to be updated. it could happen any minute. let's bring in chris moody in des moines, chris, explain what is goi

i'm john berman. thursday, february 11th. we are hours away from a showdown.debate that will air

i'm john berman. >> and i'm kate bolduan. game on in south carolina. in the next few minutes, both ted cruz and jeb bush will be holding their first events in the key state following the stunni stunning finish in new hampshire. this is the kickoff of a ten-day scramble with a state known to not be always so fair but intense campaigning. or as one rubio aide puts it, it's going to be a blood bath. >> ted cruz coming off a surprising third-place finish behind john kasich and jeb bush. this week, jeb bush will be joined for the first time on the trail by someone who took the south carolina primary back in 2000, his brother, george w. bush. it worked out pretty well for him in 2000. cnn anchor and correspondent victor blackwell is in bluffton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're 30 minutes out from a rally starting here in bluffton with governor bush. you mentioned george w. bush. he's recorded a radio ad for the campaign although he has recorded television ads for the super pac right to rise, the pro-bush super pac. they believe this res

i'm john berman. >> i'm poppy harlow.. >> big, big wins for bernie sanders in the new hampshire primary. bernie sanders riding a wave of younger supporters. he pulled in 60% of the vote to 38% for hillary clinton. >> what began last week in iowa, what voters here in new hampshire confirmed tonight is nothing short of theeg

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. we want to welcome our viewers.re universe is right here in the state of new hampshire. >> nay, if i need to remind you, it is new hampshire primary day in america. >> voters hitting the polls in the nation's first primary of 2016 could be a record turn out. these are live pictures of polling sites. it is a state full of last

thank you, john berman. voters in new hampshire enjoy one of the lowest unemployment rates in the country. 3.1%. the falling national average of 4.9%. below 5% for the first time since 2008. there is a feeling the economy is not good enough. it is resonating on the campaign trail. one reason why, a smaller share of the adult population is working. 6.7%. one reason why is baby bombers retiring. the second reason, a large number of people looking for jobs and cannot find one. the third reason, wages are not going up. the take home pay is about the same as it was 20 years ago. interesting fun election fact. the lowest national unemployment rate of an election year anytime since 1968, yet, that is not being felt on the campaign trail. the campaigns talking about opportunity wages and jobs. >>> 12 minutes past the hour. president obama taking new action to prevent the spread of the zika virus in the u.s. why the white house is so concerned. i have that next. we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. beca

but there's no way to prove that until and unless the field isn't split up and john berman, to your point, marco rubio isn't going anywhere. ted cruz isn't going anywhere. john kasich ha has the ohio -- he's the governor of ohio, has the ohio primary on march 15th which is winner take all. it will be very difficult to see him going anywhere before that. >> when you lay it out that way, dana, it looks like the field, other than donald trump, they need something to happen. could it come in the debate on thursday? very possibly. could it come in a big endorsement, the biggest one lingering out there is mitt romney. why hasn't he come out yet, do you think? what are you hearing about? it seems the worst kept secret he will endorse, but why not now? they need help now. >> he's a very meticulous person. we know that from watching him over two election cycles. until now he hasn't done it because he's had lots of friends in the race. chris christie was in the race who is a real friend. jeb bush, other people who he knows well and he didn't want to do that to one of his friends. now, you know, he

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is tuesday, february 2nd. 5:0 5:00 a.m. in the east. >> ted cruz won the iowa caucuses. donald trump finished second. marco rubio finished a very, very close third. ted cruz did well with evangelicals. the democratic side, we have been waiting all night to get a clear answer? .4% all night. about an hour ago, the state democratic party said there was one precinct left. hillary clinton leads with 4.08 state delegate equivalents. a mathematical formulation. she is a very tiny bit ahead. there are 2.2 state delegates equivalents remaining. the clinton campaign says the math works in their favor. we are waiting for more information. joining us live from des moines this morning, the last reporter, senior digital reporter chris moody. great to have you here with us. >> reporter: great to be here all night with you. exciting caucus on the republican side and democratic side. i think the most nail biting has been the democratic side. the most fascinating to watch for those who want to stay up all night. it is neck and neck. very cl

>> john berman is a three time winner, a jeopardy champion. o beat. >> we are the outsiders. >> first time player. >> john king has been on the magic wall, but is he good at a game show? >> it's still anybody's game. >> yeah. you may have noticed. we're in the quiz show too. >> root for us, please. we need your support. >> big questions like who decided the 1824 election? >> henry clay. >> who said where's the beef? >> walter monodale. >> the editor of the national telegraph. >> whose last name was not green. >> it was breen. >> thank you very much. enough said. fun one, guys. please join us so you can see it. >>> back to politics. just eight days out now from the south carolina republican primary. and among the high profile leaders in the state, there's no consensus of which candidate to endorse. senator lindsey graham left the race and backed jeb bush. donald trump picked up the backing of the state's lieutenant governor. >> let us talk to south carolina congressman mark sanford, the former governor of the state as well. thank you so much for

i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. nice to see you all this morning. this morning is the first morning of the rest of donald trump's life. but he says new hampshire will be different. he'd better hope after falling to ted cruz in the iowa caucuses. trump is trying to protect a big lead in the polls in new hampshire. 18-point lead he has. but that was all before that iowa roadblock. now trump admits his decision to skip the final debate in iowa may have hurt him there, but he says he is proud of his second place finish, not humiliated by it. but trump says new hampshire is a better fit for the kind of campaign he's running, and that's where cnn's sara murray joins us from a trump rally. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. donald trump may have delivered a gracious concession speech in iowa, but back on the campaign trail in new hampshire, all bets were off. last night he tore into ted cruz, suggesting the texas senator is running a dirty campaign. that's after cruz campaign aides told iowa caucusgoers that be

>> senator. >> you ain't no john berman. >> that's right. >> oh, now they're just being cruel. >> i'm >> that is much harder than it looks. do not miss the quiz show. this is the race for the white house edition. it is monday night, 9:00 right here on cnn. and it's friday, so i'm going to say good-bye for my. i'm brooke baldwin. thanks for being with me. have wonderful weekends but keep it right here. "the lead with jake tapper" starts right now. >> thanks, brooke. just in the last few minutes, donald trump threatening to sue ted cruz over his citizenship. the cruz campaign says trump needs to take a seat in the time-out chair. "the lead" starts right now. ted cruz yanks a new campaign ad after discovering the ad featured an actress with a history in erotic films. she'll join us live. we'll talk to her if cruz pulling the ad because of her past was the christian thing to do. >>> also -- >> there's someone who's really hurt. he's bleeding bad. >> a man swinging a machete goes on a rampage at a restaurant in america's ar

. >> and i'm john berman. we are live, yes, live for cnn's special coverage, a pivotal night in the race for president, a race that changes so much based on what happened tonight. in the republican race, donald trump with a huge win in south carolina, now clearly the front-runner, seemingly by a lot. for the democrats, hillary clinton reasserting herself in nevada with a decisive win there. >> and looking at the republican field, it is shrinking, and jeb bush, the popular florida governor, the man once considered really the front-runner for the gop nomination, he is now out, announcing he's suspending his campaign in front of a room of supporters tonight. marco rubio, ted cruz right now still at this moment battling it out for second place. it is close, it is tight. we are watching this. the night, though, belonged to the republican billionaire from new york, donald trump. that is where we begin. sara murray is live inside trump headquarters in spartanburg, south carolina. sara, a very big night for donald tru

. >> and i'm john berman and we are live, yes live 12:00 a.m. eastern time.o much has happened tonight in nevada and south carolina and the race truly changed. donald trump won south carolina big. there is still a a fight for second place, marco rubio and ted cruz fighting out for second there, and in nevada, hillary clinton prevailed in the democrde democratic caucuses there. >> and another story coming out, former florida governor jeb bush who was once considered the frontrunner to win the nomination, decided to suspend his campaign as votes were coming in. and now ted cruz and marco rubio will be battling for second place, but tonight, the night belongs to the billionaire from new york, donald trump, and that is where we want to continue the coverage with cnn politics reporter jeremy diamond who is inside of the trump head kwa headquarters. and he says quickly, thank you, south carolina on to the next. what are you hearing from the trump campaign late this e evening? >> that is right, kate. donald trump tonight with a huge win in south carolina, and this i

i'm john berman. >> and i'm poppy harlow. good morning to all of you. it is tuesday, february 2nd.ome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. what a night. >> the breaking news is not this. it is 2:00 a.m. on the east

you can see john berman is here.y clinton and bernie sanders highlighting differences between the candidates. clinton embracing president obama and clashing with sanders for criticizing the president. sanders sparring over foreign policy and who can best lead a divided country. >> after promising to play nice, donald trump doing anything but. the republican candidates they are preparing to square off in their own debate. jeff zeleny in milwaukee with the highlights, the big moments of the debate. good morning, jeff. >> reporter: good morning, john. this opened the next phase of the democratic primary of fight. with hillary clinton trying to be a big reality check to bernie sanders's aspirations. it was just the two of them on stage. president obama was invoked again and again by hillary clinton, who is trying to hug him tighter than ever as she tries to present to democrats that she is his rightful heir. >> secretary clip, you're not in the white house yet. >> a civil but con shouse night for bernie sanders and hilla

john berman. >> joe johns, thank you so much. this sets up the situation for something we have never seen, not in our lifetimes, not ever. the debate began not over just over who should replace scalia but whether president obama should have the right to pick someone to replace him at all. this has huge implications in this election year. you have been taking the temperature up on capitol hill. >> reporter: that's right, john. the battle lines are already being drawn for what could be president obama avenues last big fight in washington. mitch mcconnell first out of the gate saying the president should not nominate anyone. the fight should wait for the next occupant of the white house, something that routeraged senate democrats. senator harry reid, the minority leader in nevada didn't hold back. saying the president can and should send the senate a nominee right away with so many important issues pending before the supreme court. the senate has a responsibility to fill vacancies as soon as possible. one big fact is how a group of

john berman is here with us this morning.ar erupting of who will replace supreme court justice antonin scalia. locked in a heated battle whether obama should pick a successor. >> it is politics at its worst. and an echo of the current state of the presidential campaign. liar, loser. from first to last. hearing it. everyone fighting for the upper hand or lower hand, you want to look at it. former president george w. bush hitting the campaign trail to help brother jeb and firing back at were donald trump's blistering attacks. cnn has it covered from all angles. good morning, joe. >> good morning, chris. this is about the president's pick right now. he's the one who gets to choose. the white house has a number of names of potential supreme court nominees. but as always, it could take some time to whittle down the list to a group of finalists. administration source ises told cnn there may be another consideration, the main scenario the white house envisioned was filling the vacant seat of one of the liberal justices. right now th

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