built for business. >>> all right, john berman here with kate bolduan.e live on this super saturday eve, election day in many states across america, and we do have some news just in. a short time ago, donald trump flat out called on marco rubio to drop out of the race. >> drop out. >> he said it was time. he said he was asking respectfully, but marco rubio should drop out. we got a spops from the rubio campaign. the spokesperson says "trump is only pushing marco rubio to get out because he knows we are going to beat him in florida. marco has never called on anyone to drop out." so, marco rubio's never called on anyone to drop out but he says trump is calling for him to drop out -- >> a shocker, marco rubio is not dropping out tonight. >> no, not dropping out. there you go. >> let's talk about the very big night, though, for another senator, senator ted cruz. let's talk to the ted cruz campaign. let's turn now to ron naring, the national spokesman for the ted cruz campaign. good to see you again. >> it's good to be here. >> big night for you guys. your re

kate bolduan letd's go to you for more discussion of this all. >> thanks, jake.ders. he'll be coming out. as he will likely come out with one. we'll see if there's another pro jaeks before he hits the stage. what do you expect bernie sanders to say or what does he need to say? because he's not in any three of these states tonight, he's in wisconsin. >> right. in fact if you look at the basic controversy of this race, i think the argument from bernie sanders is the argument we've heard. the question is can he break serve? can he win in a place apart from michigan where it is not likely for him to? even though he got close in missouri and illinois, it's horseshoes and hand grenades. he did not ultimately win them. and as you kind of look where we've been in the last couple of weeks, nia and i were calculating, he's been awarded -- the five states on march 15th awarded 813 delegates to hilarylary clintonarylary clinton. that's the brutal math he's facing. i pi wisconsin will be good for him. he has a good number of states. the ultimately is it break for example serv

i'm kate bolduan, live from miami, florida, the site of two debates. tonight, the democrats face off after bernie sanders pulled off a stunning win. >> i'm john berman in new york. we'll get back to kate in a moment. first, we have breaking news from the campaign trail on the republican side. just moments ago, ted cruz traveled to the heart of marco rubio country. miami. and he pulled out a surprise endorsement. former presidential candidate carly fiorina took the stage and said she is squarely behind ted cruz. watch. >> donald trump and hillary clinton are two sides of the same coin. they are not going to reform the system. they are the system. so when the establishment says ted cruz is too conservative, too much of a fighter, he won't get along, i say, you go, ted. >> so that just happened a few minutes ago. before that, the other big news on the republican side of the race was essentially vulnerable donald trump ending up crushing the crowd in michigan, mississippi and hawaii. ted cruz did pick up a win in idaho and marco rubio this morning is pickin

i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman, and super for donald trump and hillary clinton, and maybe more super for ted cruz and bernie sanders. >> on the democratic side, bernie sanders won nebraska and kansas with clinton taking louisiana and among the republicans, ted cruz won kansas and maine and donald trump, he took kentucky and louisiana. >> trump and clinton continue to lead in the critical count for delegates, and clinton has, and throw it up here so i can read it to you. clinton has 1,131 and bernie sanders has 749, and right now, we are looking at 298 for ted cruz, and so i have to tell you that tonight, ted cruz won more delegates than -- well, certainly more than marco rubio, but more than donald trump, and that is crucial. marco rubio did not do well at all. >> that is very, very true. let's take a look here. trump this evening, and trump this evening congratulated ted cruz in a way that only trump can. h listen. >> i want to congratulate ted on maine and on kansas, and he should do well in maine, because it is very close to canada. let's face it [ laughter ] marco rubio had

. >> i'm kate bolduan and thank you for joining us and watching continuing coverage of souper saturday, and it is super sunday now. and super for some and especially donald trump and hillary clinton finishing the night with the overall delegate math, but not without seeing big losses tonight. >> and bernie sanders took nebraska and kansas, and took them big. and hillary clinton took louisiana by a large margin. >> large. >> and along the republican line, ted cruz had big victories in kansas and maine, and donald trump won the two biggest states kentucky and louisiana, but it is very close in those states. looking at the delegate math, h hillary ahead of bernie sanders, and most of you will ask me, yes, we do include super delegates. hillary 1,131 to bernie sanders 479. again, we should know note that ted cruz did win more delegates tonight. so trump, 385, to cruz 298 and marco rubio 126. and so let's hear what donald trump said tonight. >> i want to congratulate ted on maine and kansas, and he should do well in maine, because it is very close to canada. let's face it. marco rubio had a

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. a big hour of live action on the campaign trail. just hours before super tuesday, the sequel. >> i love sequels. >> this time it's personal. >> you're looking at live pictures right now out of north carolina. donald trump getting ready to speak shortly. how will he respond to the new surge of support for ted cruz? ted cruz inching ever closer now in the delegate race. >> but first, dueling events. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, fresh from their fiery cnn debate. they're making their pitches to voters in michigan. you're looking live at the bernie sanders rally. he's in cal ma kalamazoo right . michigan has more delegates at stake for democrats and republicans than all of the other states on super tuesday the sequel. clinton and basanders have sevel campaign events across the state. >> it's also perhaps why bernie sanders and hillary clinton clashed so fiercely at last night's debate. joining us, baa carrie sellers, and michigan state senator who just endorsed bernie sanders for president. senator, let me start with you. there's an

i watched the interview with kate bolduan.en you said let's agree to disagree on sexism. >> you twoont get into an argument, we'll get into an argument. >> just let him finish. >> you interrupted me. >> we're not going to -- >> steven, let him finish. >> he just excused me of standing up for sexism and that is absolutely inappropriate. >> i'm not yelling at you. if you want to yell at me that's fine. >> i will because there are -- >> let him finish. >> you misquoted me. that is a lie. >> what did you say? >> i said in that interview what i'm saying right now, which is that it is a trivial issue to be debating retweets when it is a fact you have americans dying every single day as a result of immigration policies. that's what i was saying. you're saying we don't have real solutions to problems. i spent the other day in johnstown, pennsylvania, a once great american town, thriving hub industry. the-style steel industry shut down and the town is dying. do you know why the steel industry shut down? because thwashington, d.c. didn

foreign language ] ♪ ♪ [ speaking foreign language ] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> john berman here along with kate bolduana. that's the ceremonial hall, inside there president obama just greeted with full honors by cuban leader raul castro doing a march with troops much like vladimir putin would, but now it's an american president being received in the same way. what a moment after more than half a century of such a complicated relationship between the two countries. >> the first time in 88 years that a sitting u.s. president has visited cuba, not since calvin coolidge arrived on a battle ship. this is a complicated relationship hanging over this entire trip is the communist government's long history of human rights abuses. president obama is expected to raise this when they sate down for a bilateral meeting, the two presidents, which will be beginning any minute. he will be here. this is his first full day in cuba. following along with history day with us, let's bring in chris cuomo who is in havana, and patrick ottoman. chris, you've been watching all this. this is not your first time in cuba. talk to u

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i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. campaign frenzy this morning. just another manic monday, as the bangles say. donald trump about to speak any minute at a big rally in hickory, north carolina. it was worth the price of admission. less than 24 hours to go until the most super of all super tuesday. live pictures right now of hickory, north carolina where donald trump is about to speak. we have trump speaking, cruz, rubio, clinton, kasich, they're all out working this morning, right now. for some of these candidates after tomorrow there might not be any day after tomorrow, if you know what i mean. >> five states are holding contests tomorrow. what happens in the state can and likely will reshape the race for the white house. two republican campaigns facing make or break moments. john kasich has said if he does not win his home state tomorrow, he doesn't see a path forward, and rubio facing the same calculation in his home state of florida. all of this is against that backdrop, it is violence, not the issues that has dominated the campaign trail since

. >> i'm kate bolduan. you thought the first two were wild? hold on, folks. think of this one as super tuesday part throw, the search for spock. millions of people are casting ballots. the result could and will reshape the race to the white house. polls are open in five states, florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina, and ohio. democrats have 691 delegates at stake. if bernie sanders is going to catch hillary clinton, the midwest is the place to do it. 367 delegates up for grabs for republican. john kasich needs a win in ohio to stay alive, and same for rubio in florida. don't sleep on the others. cruz has been mining for delegates there. but donald trump already has the first big win on super tuesday, mach, three. he won nine delegates. >> winner, winner. >> let's go live to actual voters casting actual votes. dan, let's start with you. what are you seeing? >> reporter: well, hey, john and kate. we are just outside of cleveland here. this is cuyahoga county. the main story line here is whether voters who twice elected john kasich to statewide office will

. >> hello, everyone, i'm kate bolduan. >> senate majority leader harry reid slammed the republican leadership and donald trump, tied them together in the strongest possible terms. senator reid says the republicans and what he calls it's shared searing hatred for obama, resulting in the conditions in which donald trump is now thriving. >> his vile rhetoric is embarrassing, his proposals are dangerous. republican establishment acts bewildered, but they should not be bewildered. republican leaders are responsible for his rise, for eight years they drained all the oxygen from a policy debate in 24 country by replacing thoughtful engagement in -- a four months before they knew who the nominee would be, republicans already pledged to block him or her, republican leaders created the drought conditions, donald trump has simply struck the match. >> harry reed went down a laundry lead of examples that he says shows the mindless behavior from republican leaders that allowed trump to rise. >> and there are battle lines being drawn within the republican party about the possibility of a contested conventio

i'm kate bolduan. >> and i'm john berman. super tuesday giving way to what just happened wednesday. for donald trump, this happened. donald trump getting big wins in seven states from alabama to vermont. ted cruz in texas, oklahoma and alaska and marco rubio won in minnesota. he came in first place. trump is building a substantial delegate lead but there are crucial big delegate primaries ahead and a lot of big prayers being said by establishment republicans hoping to stop it. >> for the democrats, hillary clinton comes up big on super tuesday winning in seven states, further expanding her delegate lead. bernie sanders says he's not going anywhere, folks. he won more states including his home state vermont. there's little time, though, for celebration. the next round of contest is just three days away and another big debate right around the corner. cnn's political director david chalian is joining us now. david, you were up all night looking at all of the exit polls watching all of the results come in. what do you think is the big headline this morning? >> well, let's just start wit

. >> i'm kate bolduan. super tuesday, you are on the clock, and that means a huge chunk of the country is voting today. a huge chunk of delegates will be won today, about a quarter of all the republican delegates out there. all the dell dwaegates out ther general. here's a look at the battle field as we see it. 11 states on each side holding contests. if you want a sense of stakes, just litake a look at the delege map. 155 delegates in texas. cruz is set cast his ballot in minutes. the total number of delegates up for grabs. the democrats more than a third of the delegates up tonight. >> texas has the most. hillary clinton and donald trump, they have been leading in almost all the polls in almost all the states voting today. they could go a long way to locking up their nominations as the votes are counted tonight. cnn all over the country, at campaign events and polling places. we're waiting for donald trump to hold a rally in ohio. you'll see it here live. jim acosta is at the trump event. we have people i

. >> i'm kate bolduan. it's super tuesday. any minute cruz will be speaking to reporters on this make or break day race for the white house. on the republican side 150 delegates up for grabs. in hawaii, idaho, michigan voters are casting ballots. will they give donald trump his mo joe back? and what about rubio? he could use some momentum heading into his home state next week. kasich is the man on the move on the midwest, polls show. >> on the democratic side, 166 delegates at stake in michigan and mississippi. you know hillary clinton wants wins in both. watching the vote near detroit. what are you seeing, jean? >> reporter: we're hearing trump voters on the republican side and kasich. that's what people are telling us. we're here in the heart of the midwest. this is a crucial primary in michigan, as you know. it can create the momentum into illinois and ohio. this is the polling place in warren, michigan. it is the heart of general motors. it's the largest suburb outside of detroit. i want to show you what voting has become

. >> i'm kate bolduan.means a huge chunk of the country is voting today. a huge chunk of delegates will be won today, about a quarter of all the republican delegates out there. all the dell dwaegates out ther ne

i'm kate bolduan. john berman is off today. the pledge is over, it seems. and arch rivals, donald trump and ted cruz holding rallies in wisconsin. that's the next big battle ground in the race for the white house. on your right, the trump event. and on your left, ted cruz is set to roll out his women for cruz coalition. he's expected to be joined there by his wife heidi and his mother as well as carly fiorina. in the meantime, all eyes are on the trump event after his campaign manager is now facing a battery charge for man handling a reporter at an event earlier this month. trump is standing by his man, though, and all of it is happening as all of the republican candidates are backing away from a pledge to support the party's eventual nominee. we have reporters at both events covering this. wild turns in this race right now, especially after last night's cnn's town hall. let's go to phil mattingly who is live at the trump event. what are we expecting this morning? >> reporter: kate, if you had any expectation that the trump campaign was going to reverse cou

i'm kate bolduan. john berman is off today. safe to say donald trump has had a terrible, no good, 24 hours, and it's scaring the now know what out of his party. his campaign in full damage control mode amid the fierce backlash over his stunning statement that women who get abortions should be punished if boorgs were illegal. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion? yes or no, as a principle. >> the answer is that there has to be some form of punishment. >> for the woman? >> yes. >> ten cents, ten years? >> i don't know. >> why not? >> you take positions on everything else? >> i do. it's a very complicated position. >> trump quickly tried to clarify the statement twice first saying states should decide, then in what can only be seen as a complete about face saying the person performing the abortion should be the one punished, not the woman. three positions, three hours. let's bring in dana bash for more on this. dana, put trump's last 24 hours in perspective here. >> reporter: this is republicans who are running on the ball

. >> i'm kate bolduan. we're continuing to follow breaking news. brand new video just into cnn taken moments after explosions ripped through the brussels airport. watch this. >> just terrifying. and after that brussels is now on lockdown at this hour. the death toll rising after three attacks rocked the capital city in belgium today. this, we're going to show you another view of the scene just seconds after blasts went off in the main airport in brussels. we also want to let you know this is exactly what we know right now. as we always said, it's fluid in early hours after attacks like this. belgian media reporting 34 dead, more than 170 injured. the u.s. embassy there is working at this hour to determine if any americans are among the victims. this all started around 8:00 a.m. when two explosions ripped through the international airport. at least one of the explosions was a decide bomb. then a third blast went off about an hour later about six miles from the airport at a major subway stop. the maelbeek station where the head quarters of the europe

i'm kate bolduan. we continue to follow news out of belgium. the man hunt in belgium is intensifying and expanding this morning. authorities are now looking for two unidentified terrorist suspects linked to the horrific tragedy. one of them is a man spotted on airport surveillance video. the man in the light colored coat, the man with the black hat on is believed to have dropped off a massive bomb before leaving the scene. investigators are also now searching for another man, spotted at the metro subway station holding a large bag. this before the explosion went off there. and another shocking detail is threatening to shake up the belgian government this morning. it was revealed that one of the airport decide bomber brothers, ieber haum was caught in turkey, deported and flagged to belgian authorities, but clearly slipped under the radar. belgium justice and interior ministers have offered to resign, but they are staying on. let's go to brussels. chris, where do things stand with the fast moving investigation as the man hunt is underway? >> rep

. >> it's all about margins, kate bolduan. >> i say that all the tile.talking about the delegates. hillary clinton, she's got a big lead in the delegates. no question. she'll pick up more today. still, losing three states is losing three states. >> in some ways calling this western saturday. in some ways sanders saturday. >> they like the sound of that. >> these seats are tailor-made for him. think about a washington state, for instance a progressive state. it's a very white state as well. about 5% african-americans. i know angel awry born and raised in washington state. so he'll do well. all caucus states. the question is, does this set him up to do better going forward in these other big states going forward, wisconsin, new york, pennsylvania. if he can somehow tap into, you know, some of the momentum. obviously he'll raise a lot of money out of this. the big question that always been, can he do well in the big states? >> trying to read your chicken scratches. all the numbers going through. he's won seven of the nine caucuses. >> and shown he can win,

. >> i'm kate bolduan.s morning either not too late to stop donald trump or way too late to try. new details this morning about a conservative plot to take on trump, prominent conservatives preparing for a contested convention and tossing out idea of a possible unity ticket or even pushing a third-party candidate. trump has a big rally planned in utah. >> all right. meanwhile, a top trump aide just issued a new warning about the consequences if party leaders block trump from getting the nomination. this is sam clovas a short time ago here on cnn. >> i will tell you this -- if the republican party comes into that convention and jimmys with the rules and take away the will of the people, the will of the republicans and democrats and the independents who have voted for mr. trump, i will take off my credentials and i will leave the floor of that convention and i will leave the republican party forever. >> wow. all right. a lot going on here. let's bring in cnn's political director david. david, we seem to be at

i'm kate bolduan. john is off today. we're following breaking news out of brussels today. a manhunt is under way for the suspected third terrorist in the brussels attacks. authorities there are also warning of a larger terror network still within belgium that still poses a threat. this possibly includes a bomb maker still at large. here's the very latest that we have. belgian authorities are searching for the man shown here in this airport surveillance image. he's the man where you see the light-colored jacket and he has a black hat on. a federal prosecutor says that suspect left the heaviest explosives bag at the airport and then ran. his bomb failed to detonate, thankfully. the two men in the black sweaters that you see, they were the suicide bombers. their explosives went off within seconds of each other. the one on the left has not yet been identified. the one in the middle is ibrahim el bakraoui. his brother has been identified as the attacker in the subway that occurred an hour later. also new this morning, the death toll is rising. the belgian prosecutor says 31 peo

i'm kate bolduan. john is off. on wisconsin and so it is. every candidate running for president in that state today ahead of the primary exactly one week out. we're hours also away from a critical stop from the republican candidates. all three will take the stage in milwaukee tonight and face the voters in a live cnn town hall. ted cruz picking up a key endorsement a short time ago from scott walker. listen here. >> we want people who are principled, common sense conservatives who are people who do what they say, who stick to their guns but also people who can both win the nomination and go onto defeat hillary clinton in the fall, and for that reason, i am proud to endorse ted cruz. >> so there you have it. he'll be campaigning with ted cruz after this. phil mattingly is joining us now in milwaukee at the site of tonight's cnn town tall. phil, this is a state with 42 delegates and it's become a key prize for the republican side of this race. lay it out for us. >> no question about it. look, no shortage of issues for the candidates to get int

i'm kate bolduan. john berman is off today.d, 24 hours, and it's scaring the now know what out of his party. his campaign in full damage control mode amid the fierce backlash over his stunning statement that women who get abortions should be punished if boorgs were illegal. >> do you believe in punishment for abortion? yes or no, as a principle. >> the answer is that there has to be some

i'm kate bolduan, live from miami, florida, the site of two debates. ocrats face off after bernie sanders pulled off a stunning win. >> i'm john berman in new york. we'll get back to kate in a moment. first, we have breaking news from the campaign trail on the republican side. just

i'm kate bolduan. we continue to follow news out of belgium.xpanding this morning. authorities are now looking for two unidentified terrorist suspects linked to the horrific tragedy. one of them is a man spotted on airport surveillance video. the man in the light colored coat, the man with the black hat on is believed to have dropped off a massive bomb before leaving the scene. investigators are also now searching for another man, spotted at the metro subway station holding a large bag. this before the

i'm kate bolduan. john is off. on wisconsin and so it is.resident in that state today ahead of the primary exactly one week out. we're hours also away from a critical stop from the republican candidates. all three will take the stage in milwaukee tonight and face the voters in a live cnn town hall. ted cruz picking up a key endorsement a short time ago from scott walker. listen here. >> we want people who are principled, common sense conservatives who are people who do whathe

i'm kate bolduan. john is off today. we're following breaking news out of brussels today.e brussels attacks. authorities there are also warning of a larger terror network still within belgium that still poses a threat. this possibly inclu

. >> i'm kate bolduan. this morning either not too late to stop donald trump or way too late to try.

i'm kate bolduan. >> i'm john berman. a big hour of live action on the campaign trail.esday, the sequel. >> i love sequels. >> this time it's personal. >> you're looking at live pictures right now out of north carolina. donald trump getting ready to speak shortly. how will he respond to the new surge of support for ted cruz? ted cruz inching ever closer now in the delegate race. >> but first, dueling events. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, fresh from their fiery cnn debate. they're making their pitches to voters in michigan. you're

i'm kate bolduan. john berman is off today. the pledge is over, it seems.llies in wisconsin. that's the next big battle ground in the race for the white house. on your right, the trump event. and on your left, ted cruz is set to roll out his women for cruz coalition. he's expected to be j