john kasich and marco rubio don't like cruz people and the cruz people are not going to go for john kasich or marco rubio >>> what do you think will happen? the two big states, florida for marco rubio ohio for john kasich. if they both lose and they bodies are behind in polls in their home states. won't the pressure about-- both are behind in the poll >> reporter: there will be pressure for them to drop out. i think it will be too late. donald trump is on the glide path - if it was donald trump against marco rubio or john kasich or ted cruz starting now, then the math works out that there is a chance for the donald trump alternative to win and when you get to the winner takes all, there's no way for the math to work out if you have three or four candidates that are in it through next week. next week we've got votes winner talks all. again, there is no way for the donald trump alternative after next week to accumulate enough delegates in the remaining states to get a majority. the question is can you somehow deny the donald trump majority, the plurality shlgs maybe 40%. it is tough to go in

john kasich, marco rubio far behind there. trump got two wins in the southern stronghold. louisiana, 41%, but cruz just three points behind. and a tight finish in kentucky. trump at 36%, cruz at 32. add it all up, cruz won more delegates saturday than trump and tightened the gap in the overall race. trump is at 378. cruz, 295. rubio, 123. kasich trailing at 34. for the democrats, bernie sanders swept caucus states. winning kansas handily. 68%.

or john kasich, trump loses badly. >> he does but there is no head to head. john kasich is moving up. marco rubio is failing, and cruz is moving up. they're showing momentum. as long as there's this division trump is okay >>> john kasich momentum tonight in michigan. he is expected to do better than the mid before west and the rust belt. that is somewhat positive for john kasich and marco rubio is having a terrible night so far tonight. those two national polls i mentioned were divergent. one showed a very tight race with only about 10 points separating trump from the lowest vote getter in that poll which was marco rubio. the other poll showed a bigger gap. do you think, as you were saying, do you really think that we're seeing an enthusiasm gap, that enthusiasm weakening for trump? >> i do. he did not do well among women. men he did very many with, but women voters, who are the majority there, are losing some confidence in him. they find him risky, reckless. donald trump with nuclear weapons, that's a horrifying thought one woman said >>> the numbers wive seen that, again-- wive seen that, again

only john kasich, marco rubio, donald trump and ted cruz. ted cruz said he does not see a political path forward. hillary clinton at the radio city music hall. clinton headlined the rally at the center joined by mayor diblasio and governor cuomo. clinton said it was good to be home. one of the developments is many listening to a speech that mitt romney is expected to deliver in salt lake city. the republican nominee is thought to discuss what he sees as the ramifications for the party if trump gets the nomination. he is not expected to have many nice things to say. juliet: robert, thank you very much. it's 4:35 am. donald trump has unveiled his health care reform. he published the plan to repeal obamacare on wednesday. it calls for eliminating the individual mandate that requires americans to have it . it also would make americans premium payments fully tax-deductible. he wants to ban the sale of incorporate insurance that allows more competition in the marketplace. it simply a place to start . >> is a re-transportation officials plan to get

marco rubio suspended his campaign tonight. >> anchor: trump 46%. marco rubio a 27%. and ted cruz 17%. >> anchor: the second biggest winner take all prize, the buckeye state of ohio. john kasich at 46%. and marco rubio barrel registering there at 2%. >> anchor: and hillary clinton celebrating a big win in west palm beach after taking florida. >> and here are the numbers, hillary clinton 67%. over 1 million people voting today for her. bernie sanders at %. >> and of course, ohio, hillary clinton taking 56% to bernie sanders 43%. and we have results of all of the` primaries tonight. >> in florida, a wivner take >> we have live coverage. are fanned out across south florida. >> and our senior political reporter will have analysis. >> let's begin at the donald trump rally. he k kt us waiting, but he finally spoke. >> calvin, and lori, trump celebrated one of the biggest nights of his campaign by delivering one of his shortest speeches. we shouted questions as he left the ballroom, and they went answered. trump took the podium, and boy did he have every reason to celebrate. the tasks from here on out for the trump campaign is whether they can secure enough of the remaining delegate

ted cruz in second place, followed by marco rubio and john kasich. marco rubio has a two point lead over john kasich. runners and beer-lovers braved the morning cold for the annual bockfest 5-k. [airhorn] courtis: racers wound their way through historic brewery sites in over-the-rhine. before crossing the finish line. everyone got a bock-fest medal, which also serves as a bottle opener. they could use the new hardware inside bockfest hall after the run. >> today wasn' t the prettiest morning showers and temps in the forties. we are seeing improvement. most rain has moved out. some drizzle here and there but nothing concrete to track. moved to the east. overall, should not be a big deal tonight. humidity at 79%. wind bringing in drier air. temps meandering into the thirties tomorrow morning. 34 in dry ridge. 36 in wilmington. these clouds are stubborn and do not move quickly. this goes all the way to illinois. tomorrow afternoon, we will burn through those clouds. afternoon, 52. cooler in the morning. thingsd are looking pretty nice. jetstream to our s

i have spoken the john kasich fans, but they plan to vote for marco rubio because they don't think johnhas a shot. mark: does donald trump have a following? bushllahassee was jeb country, and now it's mostly marco rubio country. if marcot would happen rubio were to get out of this race? is it a sense that ted cruz could be a viable florida candidate facing off against donald trump? >> i still think that would go to donald trump. i have no indication that marco rubio is going to get out. ted cruz is making a late play in the state. there is a chance he could consolidate people, but florida like celebrities, and donald trump is one. everyone knows his name. courses, hotels, condos, some that did not do so well. they know him here. mark: do you like his water and steaks? in the end, if donald trump wins this primary and becomes the republican nominee, what is your sense of how he would do in a general election? his style is somewhat like rick scott, but republicans have not done well here in general elections. is donald trump a strong general election candidate? >> i'm not sure he could wi

donald trump picked up 58 delegates, ted cruz 43 john kasich 16 and marco rubio has failed to pick upe. let's look at the numbers year to date in this hunt for delegates. trump has 447, ted cruz 346, marco rubio 154, john kasich 53. let's look at the democrats right now. big win for bernie sanders up in michigan, but does it really change the tide of where we stand? not necessarily. right now as we speak hillary clinton has won 84 delegates tonight. bernie sanders has won 67. year to date right now hillary clinton has won 1,234, bernie sanders has won 567. just to put an as risk on those numbers that includes pledged delegates and also the super delegat delegates, the governors and senators who have pledged their support to hillary clinton or bernie sanders. >> good report. thanks for that. what does it say that marco rubio not doing well tonight at all? >> it's not a good night for him, that's the bottom line. i think the way this is set up, he has a debate that he can do something in on thursday and he can hope that just as the tide turns for him in a bad way in new hampshire becaus

he had a strong night won seven states to donald's ten states and i wouldn't writeoff marco rubio or john kasich at this point. marco rubio very strong in florida. more recent polls have him within a few points of donald trump. and john kasich leading in ohio. so they may be favorite son candidates or may emerge down the road being a very strong candidate on their own. >> you had said it's a time for choosing. you seem to indicate that on march 16th it's a time for choosing. is that when you are going to endorse an alternative officially? >> i may well at that point. it depends of course on what happens that night, but, you know, i'm leaning towards supporting someone and going out on the campaign trail and try to convince people to vote for the person who i think can help the country in a very critical time. and who also can represent conservative values and conservative ideals. >> let me confirm, are you comfortable supporting john kasich, marco rubio or ted cruz? any one of those three candidates against donald trump? >> absolutely. any one of those three is a real republican. they've demonst

the winner of the buckeye state is governor john kasich. marco rubio suspended his campaign after losing his home state of florida badly to trump. >>> the former secretary of state won big in ohio. that race called minutes after the polls closed. >> good evening, thanks so much for joining us tonight. >> we are constantly updating >> the governor of ohio wins the state. >> not to mention, it is a game changer for kasich and his quest for the white house. anyone on your side is at kasich's watch party. evan? >> reporter: moving on the governor a huge crowd tonight. it didn't take long for this race in ohio to be calledohio to be called about -- people chanting his name. one donald trump supporter make america great again was yelling and that man was removed. main points how he improved ohio's economy. saying this election really wasn't about him. >> in my mind's eye is the need to forget the politics, forget all the focus groups because you see, i represent you. it is my job to look at these situations and these problems and to listen to me. and then it

marco rubio at 13.2%, 9.2% for john kasich. still an impress sf lead but only 4% of the vote has been counted. we're watching that state closely. let's go to stephanie watching a democratic caucus taking place, we see crowds there. you're in roland, kansas. what's going on where you are? rfrmths what i want to show you here is this line behind me. this line is made up of people registering to vote. maybe moved into the county, may be some who are changing parties, some checking to see what their affiliation is and making sure their rej vags is valid. why is it important? they have run out of these registration cards here. they had to print more because there is such a big turnout here today. they were expecting a turnout to be strong. they called it this would be a gentle wave compared to 2008 which was a tsunami. they have no idea how people are going to turn out and vote, simply because they don't do polling. this, in fact, is their polling here. one thipg they are also urging people to to here, wolf, is saying if you are a d

john kasich, 20%. marco rubio in fourth place. >> anchor: andillary clinton was in a battle there for awhile, but it looks like she pulled this one out. 58%-41%. hillary clinton taking illinois. >> anchor: and missouri, donald trump taking this with 42%. ted cruz very close behind with 41%. john kasich just 9%. and marco rubio 6%. >> anchor: that was a seesaw battle for a very long time. and speaking of that, it looks like bernie sanders is still ahead ofillary clinton. hillary clinton was ahead for much of the night, but then bernie sanders seems to be >> anchor: and despite trump's wins, cruz is not backin down. >> only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination. ours and trump's. nobody else has any mathematical possibility whatsoever. only one campaign has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. [ apapause ] not once, not twice, not three times, but nine times across the country. >> anchor: that's ted cruz, north carolina though is also holding a primary tonight. we can't forget about them

cruz is in second and then followed by marco rubio and john kasich. trump is no doubt looking toward next tuesday with florida, ohio, north carolina. even though florida is rubio's home state, recent polling shows trump ahead of rubio by eight points while hillary clinton has a lead over bernie sanders. >>> he was known as the fifth beatle. he has died at the age of 90. the news was broken early this morning. god bless george martin. george will be missed. nbc is joined from london. >> good morning. he famously guided the fab four to fame getting that nickname the fifth beetle. he passed away overnight. ringo star breaking that news on twitter. he produced most of the well known songs and albums, an english gentleman throughout his career. he seemed an unlikely fit at first, but it proved to make music history. it was a career filled with awards including grammys and an oscar nod. it wasn't just the beetles that he influenced, he was behind the music for three james bond films and the contribute to princess diana. he had a hand in the broadway hit tomm

let's say john kasich marco rubio, ted cruz are walking -- watching right now. >> i think they shouldaise in the debate tonight the issues about whether trump has been the most vulnerable but has not gotten much attention. trump leaving regular people holding the bag to enrich himself. underline his areas of strength. immigration, he cheated immigration laws bringing in foreign workers, instead of hiring american workers. that ties to trade, his outsourcing. going to those issues go at him from a position of strength. he is less having to defend importing foreign workers and outsourcing in the last five days between now and ohio and illinois, that would be a bad five days for him. john: three newsworthy controversies and whether they help or hurt him politically. saying that islam is at war with america. >> hurts over the long haul. john: people getting punched at trump rallies. >> hurts. john: [inaudible] >> the biggest reason it hurts, it had left the trouble with women. the fact that his campaign manager manhandled a female reporter -- john: allegedly. >> now, there is audio coming

donald trump winning a couple of states but losing critical battleground of ohio to john kasich. marco rubio leaving the race but kasich likely to emerge as the alternative. when you combine that with the fact that ted cruz continues to accrue delegates, have you three candidates moving forward and donald trump is likely to be the person that ends this process with more delegates than anyone else. he is unlikely though to necessarily have a majority. that means you might have that contested convention. it would be all about ohio. some big tests ahead and big vushls that reveal themselves around the republican front runner. >> thanks to rick klein there. an at the all-important delegate count. trump won the largest share of the delegates last night but cruz continues to accrue delegates, as well. meaning trump will have to fight for every delegate through the spring as rick mention inned. on the democratic side, clinton won about 300 delegates last night, making it all but impossible for sanders to make up the difference before july. >>> our election coverage does not end here. we're going to

marco rubio go after one another. mark: the way to execute that will be for john kasich say i will do campaign appearances in florida andn ohio. for marco rubio to say i will not spend enough time in michigan if i can focus on michigan. >> we're seeing some of that already. kasich is going in michigan and ohio. really focusing on those wins. cruz is focusing on some other states. rubio is all in on florida. we can expect to see him there most of next week. john: i always think about saturday. there's a bunch of contest on saturday, the caucuses and the places where they are, they seem to be good spots for ted cruz to have a pretty good >> when you saturday. look at the races happening now between march 15th. you see that campaign looking like they're going to play in maine, which does not seem like a natural place for ted cruz. it seems like a natural fit for ted cruz in places like louisiana. they want to mix it in up in michigan too. three weeks ago, they were talking michigan will be it. this will be the start of them arehing it, and now they backing off of it and saying that donald trump will win. i think broadly wh

those two critical winner take all states could be where john kasich or marco rubio stop donald trumpthe nomination outright or where trump seals the deal. trump campaigned in both states ending in ohio where the polls show he is trailing governor john kasich. jim acosta has the latest. >> reporter: trump was able to get his message across in ohio at the rally. the campaign requested that people park miles away and take buss to get here. one organizer would hope that would keep protests down and it worked. >> kasich cannot make america great again. can't do it. can't do it. if you didn't hit oil, and that wasn't because of him, believe me. if you didn't hit oil, this would be a disaster. >> reporter: a kasich victory in ohio and less likely rubio win in florida would rewrite the campaign. john and christine. >> thanks, jim. hillary clinton is campaigning hard with one eye on donald trump making the case she is the best prepared to take him on and another eye on bernie sanders. she has to defeat bernie sanders. this is a tight race with sanders running hard in several of the states tha

the winner of the buckeye state is governor john kasich. marco rubio suspended his campaign after losing his home state of florida badly to trump. >>> the former secretary of state won big in ohio. that race called minutes after the polls closed. >> good evening, thanks so much for joining us tonight. >> we are constantly updating

. >> reporter: john kasich, marco rubio, and donald trump are all hoping for a boost in the next round of voting. >> we want to increase our delegate total. >> let's see what has, and michigan, i've been fighting hard for cars. >> reporter: therere are 150gop delegates at stake, in mississippi and washington and idaho. trump leads with 139 and cruz has 302. and rubio and kasich are far behind. >> this is a big primary, where the delegates are going to count. >> reporter: theheatest university poll shows that trump has the biggest amount of likely voters, and cruz with 23%. and with weekends in kansas and oj candidate that can beat trump. >> ifif donald wins, in all likelihood hilry wins, so we have to come together. >> reporter: the democrats have all on tuesday, with 156 delegates at stake in mississippi and michigan. >> you're going to be out voting tomorrow? >> bernie sanders and hillary clton are criss-crossing michigan, but sanders has ground to make up. clinton has a 13% lead over her challenger, and likely democratic voters in michigan. lurch former first lady, nancy reag, being

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>> 350 delegates are up for grabs in 691 democratic florida is make or break for marco rubio, and ohio four john kasich.>> john kasich -- marco rubio is busy. he made a few campaign stops in pensacola, and the villages in central 40 yesterday. spoke about the recent violence at donald trump's events.>> it's in the images, they are deeply disturbing. we reached a point where people can't just disagree on issues, without something being said, without something happening, with out violence. we can strongly disagree, we can strongly disagree about how many regulations we should have, and about the role of federal government, but we cannot continue to allow a critical discourse in this country.>> he will continue on his bus tour he will meet with voters at campaign stops in jacksonville, melbourne and here in west former senator. hillary clinton announced that she will travel to south florida to hold a primary event . the poll of likely democratic primary voters in florida shows clinton leading with 60% in senator. bernie sanders far behind with 34%. we will have another special edition reading up -- leadin

john: i imagine the marco rubio vote goes to john kasich. ot imagine-- as hobbled as rubio, he is a better chance of beating donald trump here dan ted cruz ever will. mark: if marco rubio got out tomorrow, ted cruz would have a couple of days to try to take donald trump out. this is a closed primary, republicans only fox oriented older electorate. i believe ted cruz has a chance. even if he does not get to 45% when the state. cruz has a better chance to get to a number that could be at donald trump than marco rubio does now. john: how many republicans are sitting around thinking, i wish jeb bush was still in the race. alone time -- a long time. i bet there are a lot of establishment republicans in florida thinking, boy, we would have been better off with the jeb bush. he could have fought the battle with trump better than markup has. mark: up next, sunshine state reporter talks about of the big fight in florida and the gop. we will be right back. ♪ john: joining us now, patty. thank you for joining us. a lot of news today around jeb bush, wha

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marco rubio and john kasich. if marco rubio loses florida, john kasich wins ohio, we expect marco rubio will drop out and kasich will stay in. winner take all ohio, will probably have less at the end of the night tonight, but pressure for rubio to quit and not on kasich to quit. the movement matter as much as the standings at this point in a race like this. >> just the way the system works. given the burn rate of jet fuel and motel rooms, advance, security, advertising, it gets tough. you can see on the bottom of the screen, just over an hour away. we'll fit another break in here, just starting to get interesting. please come back with us. >>> we are back. 6:27 eastern time, naturally, a lot of eyes on donald trump tonight. his successes thus far and his challenges tonight. speaking of which, let's check in with our correspondent, covering the traveling trump campaign, katy tur inside mar-a-lago in the ballroom where the chairs are gold and the crowd has yet to be let in. katy. oh, except for the audio. >> we shou

john kasich chances becoming the nominee. donald trump or ted crmarco rub? if you don't want to answer, don't answer. >> if marco rubio drops out. >> you prefer trump wins florida. >> we don't prefer anyone. we prefer john kasich, because he is the best person. >> which is better? >> reality is we're looking at a t two-man race, ted cruz has consistently beat donald trump. >> you don't want to answer? >> will you answer? >> and the fact is, we've got head to head polls, "wall street journa journal", new york times. >> i agree with that, or will you answer my question? are you declining to answer my question? >> which is better for ted cruz's chances, rubio or trump. >> the best would be if ted cruz won florida. >> non-answer. >> i'll ask you about the trump question, we discussed this at the top of the show. a bunch of controversies happened today and trump rallies, one deals with a reporter and a protester who got punched in the face. a trend that these rallies have gotten a little unruly in various ways. do you think donald trump personally is responsible for some of the things going on in his rally, and if you do,

it might help marco rubio or john kasich, but donald trump is still beating marco rubio by double digitshe is still beating john kasich in ohio according to some polls. a lot of republicans are wise to recognize there is no way to stop him, all we can do is influence him. >> more on donald trump and the republican party tonight. and more news straight ahead. >> we are dying and sorry. >>> frustration and despair among refugees trapped on the greek side of the border with macedonia. ♪ >>> hello from me david foster, you are watching al jazeera live from london. also in this program, north korea launches six missiles into the sea hours after the u.n. approves tough new sanctions. >>> a new piece of debris which could be from me missing flight

ted cruz, john kasich marco rubio and donald trump will be facing off in a debate tomorrow. >> christine: we're just getting started at 5:00 a.m., the battle continues over expanded protections for the lgbt community in charlotte's non-discrimination ordinance. the latest move from lawmaker in raleigh to have it overturned. >> john: we're going to break, before we do, a quick check of weather temperatures, 54 in charlotte, headed up near 80 today, wow. 42 in boone, 54 in lancaster, 46 albermarle, statesville at 53. here is a live look at i-77 north of i-85 and things there are moving smoothly, traffic is light right now. remember, you're never more than seven minutes away from weather it is n if you're doing everything right but find it harder and harder to get by, you're not alone. while our people work longer hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution

ted cruz is urging voters to unite behind him today . >> people for john kasich on marco rubio is the way. >> trump remains the man to beat with chris christie appearing with them and missing the funeral for sean: who was hit a passing motorist last week and killed. he took a shot at casings absenteeism. >> or governor casey i am being totally impartial he lives in new hampshire. he is living there with chris. where is chris? even more than chris christie, he was there! i hated to do that but i had to make my point. >> on the democratic side, there was a surprise when in michigan and bernie sanders is expected to do well in ohio, missouri and illinois. the demographics of abraham . hillary clinton is banking on the wind in the south where the electorate is more diverse. she is expected to do well in florida and north carolina. >> 367 delegates are at stake on the republican side. 792 on the democratic side . some argue that today is just as important or perhaps even more in shaping the race then super tuesday was two weeks ago . >> robert, thank you. we are is watching the results com

marco rubio is the u.s. senator from florida and the governor of ohio is john kasich. they have to win their home states in order to be competitive and in order to continue >>> marco rubio doesn't seem to be polling very well in florida. can john kasich stay in the race if they don't win in their home states, do you think? >> no. it would be very difficult, if not impossible, to stay in the race if you don't win your home state, especially these two states because a republican has never won an election to the white house without ohio and florida. if you can't deliver those states, there's no hope for you to be the nominee of the republican party >>> how is the republican party looking on what is going on in this race? what is going within the republican party you have an outsider as outrageous as donald trump cleaning up in the polls? >> this is a year like we haven't seen in any modern times. donald trump is able to get free publicity, he doesn't spend much money compared to other candidates, he is a lightning rod as far as the media is concerned. he is somebody that w

real donald trump, john kasich, marco rubio, ted cruz didn't gain as many. the final shares around the gop interesting, trump, no matter good or bad, still getting a ton of attention, 62% of the conversation on twitter was around donald trump, ted cruz, rubio tied, 16 and 15, kasich down at 7%. trump, no matter what he says, people talk about it. back to you guys. >> kristen: we're following breaking news, police dealing with quite a mess in northwest charlotte after a car crashed in a rite aid store. >> john: ashton pellom joins us live with more on this. so ashton, what happened? >> reporter: hey, good morning, john. i'm being told around 3:30, two men used the car and rammed it in the front door to steal a couple items. i'll step behind the camera and give you a closer look here at the damage. you can really see the door right there, that is the front entrance to this rite aid, just done away with. you can see pretty much the frame right there taken out of shape, both the doors right now broken. i've been told by the manager whoever did this, they did get

trump is at 30%, cruz in second at 27, but inside the margin of error with john kasich and marco rubio trailing behind. the poll comes as republicans are voting today in four states, but it's next week's primaries in delegate-rich ohio and florida that many expect could blow the gop race wide open. democrats, mean phil, on today's vote, in michigan. a state key to bernie sanders' survival. tonight our poll shows hillary clinton leading sanders nationally by nine points. we have it all covered, starting with nbc's katy tur. >> reporter: gop voters casting ballots in four states for four remaining candidates, but right now it's looking more like a two-man contest. tonight an nbc news/"wall street journal" poll finding donald trump and ted cruz locked in a tight race nationally. with six states under his belt the texas senator showing off his texas swagger. >> so, of course, donald is upset, and i will predict he will engage in more attacks tax. they will be more personal. they will be more nasty. >> reporter: tonight's battle in michigan and mississippi big indicators, both open primary

ted cruz, john kasich, marco rubio and donald trump took part in the debate. >> people say i go, you seem to be the adult on the stage. >> nominating donald would be a disaster. >> he refer to my hands if they are small something else must be small i guarantee you there is no problem. i guarantee you. >> anyone ever deserved to be attack had way it is >> as far as the actual issues, kasich encouraged tolerance with gay rights and religious liberties. cruz says allowing gay couples to adopt. rubio and trump spoke against additional restrictions on gun sales. >> caitlyn jenner wants to be the trans am bass a door and advise ted cruz on issues regarding the community. calls cruz a great constitutionalist and articulate man. >> john: democrats will face off in michigan. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be debating sunday in flint. that has been the center of that contaminated water crisis, left thousands of families without clean drinking water. they will also debate in miami next week. >>> republicans hoping to be rid of president obama after the election will be disappointed. ar