john caldwell, next. ♪ welcome.re watching "the pulse live from bloomberg's european headquarters in london. here's the bloomberg first word news with nejra cehic. nejra: hillary clinton has delivered a decisive super tuesday performance. she defeated bernie sanders by wide margins in democratic primaries. , chung has a firmer grip on the republican presidential nomination. home state ofis texas as well as oklahoma. moody's has cut its outlook for china's credit rating to negative from stable the cause of rising government debt and declining reserves. the agency sees state debt increasing by next year. moody's affirmed its long-term debt rating for china but says beijing's policies to support growth may slow the reform of state owned enterprises. and thele between apple fbi heated up yesterday as lawmakers in washington heard arguments from both sides on the phone encryption issue. >> there are no demons in this debate. the companies are not evil. the government is not evil. you have a lot of good people who see the

joining us now, john o caldwell, a republican strategist who worked on mitt romney's campaign also, harlanhill on democratic strategist and political consultant. to you first, harlan. is that a good strategy or a smart strategy on the part of the hillary campaign? is from a sure thing? i think donald is a sure thing. we will get confirmation this evening and really get definitive proof after march 15. but i will say this. i think she should wait and wait donald's strengths and weaknesses but also her own. it's clear that when you look at the polls, people don't trust her and don't think she's empathetic to their problems so she needs to do some self reflection as well. jon: i suppose, if you are the donald trump check campaign there's plenty of material to work with if hillary clinton comes after you. >> i absolutely agree with that and what harlan says in terms of looking at her strengths what we know is donald trump has ran an unconventional race this campaign season. so unconventional, some people are actually looking forward to seeing kanye west run for president in 2020. what we know

. >> john: special shout out, send grade students at granite falls in caldwell county, we talked about reading and how important it is, we read a good book p, had, theywant to be the best readers in north carolina. who is that big goof ball in the middle i don't know. thanks to the staff for their wonderful hospitality. had a great time. granite falls, a great school. >> christine: a live look at the commute this morning, some of you are getting ready to head out the door to work or school, this what is things are looking like on this stretch of 77 at west boulevard exit. traffic moving smoothly here. you're never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic on wbtv news this morning. here is meteorologist al conklin meteorologist al conklin. >> chris: meteorologist al friday but i'll do weather this morning. a live look from the school camera in charlotte -- you can't tell the difference. 46 degrees in boone, 57 hickory, 52 in charlotte, 47 in wadesboro this morning, storm track for today stays down to the south. mixture of sunshine and clouds as we head in the afternoon and

jim mora, tony dungy, jim caldwell, john fox, gary kubiak.ile i've obviously changed teams i've had the same football remitation for almost two decades. i owe tom condon many thanks. he has represented me with class at every juncture and he'll always be a great friend. i want to thank a tremendous group of friends who have supported my football clear and been at my side at games from high school, to tennessee, indy, and through that incredible broncos super bowl win last month. you know who you are. >> peyton manning saying good-bye to an 18-year career. just two more statistics i will pint out. he had 14 14,000-yard passing seasons. he's the only quarterback to win super bowls with two different franchises. and now he is surely headed to the hall of fame as well as retirement. peyton manning getting emotional as he announces officially his retirement. now. >>> now let's switch gears to remembering former first lady nancy reagan. reagan died yesterday in california at 94. funeral surveillances are planned for later this week. her son ron reag

. >> john: 5:05, working to learn the conditions of a woman and child reportedly stabbed in caldwell county. this happened late last night at a home on fairway acres in cages mountain. a two-year-old child was airlifted to the hospital and woman taken to the hospital as well. a second child is also being checked out by doctors. deputies do have a man in custody, we'll update you with new developments on air and online at wbtv.com. >>> this morning, grief counselors will be available at harrisburg elementary school in indian land. a child who crashed in a car while riding his bike has died. bryson mcsweeney rode through helmet. elementary. district personnel will be available for any students needing special attention or support. >> christine: 5:06, officials in pageland, south carolina are scrambling after nearly every officer walked off the job yesterday in an emergency session town council members named the chesterfield county sheriff the temporary chief law enforcement officer. ashton pellom is live with more details, so ashton, has been led to all those officers walking off the j

john kasich and marco rubio in our home states. the math points to a trump nomination. jenna caldwells a republican strategist, and marjorie, do you have see a sweep for donald trump? >> i think it's a distinct possibility. he's got up to 750 delegates that he can win tonight. that would put him in sort of the unarguably lead. the question then also becomes about a brokered convention which people have been talking about. if he shows up with 1,237 delegates to take the nomination, it will be a possibility. >> donald trump thinks he's going to winnow high oh and florida. he canceled one of his florida appearances to put on that rally in ohio. is he nervous about john kasich and what happens if he doesn't winnow high oh? >> i'll be hon jest with you. it's not just donald trump who believes he's going to win. it's the pundits and analysts who happen to agree with him as well. donald trump is ahead with the exception of over high oh. he's only ahead by 2 points. now, donald trump has proven that he's a guy that wants to take it all. so going to john kasich's home state of ohio is a good i

gram, caldwell or davidson street could be used as alternate route but it is quiet now heading around 277 from the john bellk coming from freedom and wilkerson p boulevard at 57 miles an hour heading over looking good at 55 miles an hour on the inner loop from i-77 and gram street heading over towards independence. >> shoppers in pineville will soon be losing a retail option. kohl's plans to close the south boulevard location by the middle of june. it is on the list of 17 other locations in seven states that have been under performing. we spoke with shoppers who just learned their store was shutting down. >> i find it easier. there is a lot more shops here. i'm going to miss it. >> kohl's says the 80 to 100 employees in pineville will be offered severance packages. the wisconsin company is opening several stores in states as a pilot program. >>> dangerous pets targeting homes. they're getting more calls about better -- dangerous pests targeting homes they're getting >>> children kept out of school for years despite living a block away. the reason school officials had eren't enr someone's hacked all our