kenneth moten, abc news, washington. >> abc action news is teaming up with politifacts. last night, the republican candidates competed to portray themselves as the top fan in israel. senator cruz attacked his stance on israeli/palestinian relationsp. >> on israel, donald said he wants to be neutral. as president, i will not be neutral. >> fact checkers only found cruz to be half true. recently during an msnbc town hall, trump did state he wanted to remain neutral but only to be an effective negotiator. cruz doesn't mention trump's other comments and actions including his endorsement of benjamin netanyahu. >>> chelsea clinton will make campaigns and raises money for her forth. chelsea plans to talk about ways to make college more affordable for average americans. chelsea's visit comes one day after her mother spoke to a large crowd. she told the crowd she would focus on job creation. she also said she would slow down climate change. >>> a few hours later, senator bernie sanders spoke to thousands at a rally. >> some in the bay area are feeling the burn. >> reporter: the s

kenneth moten joins us live from washington with more. hi, kenneth. >> reporter: hi, sarah we've done the math and the democratic side bernie sanders has the win in every single state and territory from this point on to beat hillary clinton. today the final push for votes in the great lake state. hillary clinton and bernie sanders failed off in a sometimes -- faced off in a sometimes nasty bee bait in the michigan -- nasty debate in the michigan primary. >>> excuse me i'm talking. >>> few you're going to talk sell the whole story. >> reporter: they debated about the water crisis. >>> it is raining in flint and the state is derelict in not coming forward with the money that is required. >> reporter: over the weekend wins for sanders in nebraska and maine. clinton took the big prize in louisiana pushing ahead in the delegate count. in the gop battle, ted cruz and donald trump won two states. >>> our campaign is the only campaign that has beaten donald trump over and over. cruz is closing the delegate gap 84 away from the frontrunner, lindsey

kenneth moten is live in cleveland, hi, kenneth, one of five states holding primaries tomorrow, how areeporter: i'm doing well, rick, i think you've known me long enough. i can tell you less than 24 hours ago, the candidates were up early this morning for their day of campaign events from the sunshine state to the buckeye state here there are game-changing delegates up for grabs. the battlegrounds states of ohio and florida. >>> we're going to do what needs to be done. >>> this country is not about tearing each other down. >> reporter: two gop candidates with the same goal defeat donald trump in their home states. today all eyes or trump's campaign efforts scheduled in three states. controversy has surroundedded the republican front runner. trump's rival organ the democratic side pounced. >>> he is trafficking in hate and fear. donald trump is literally inciting violence with his supporters. >> reporter: today 2012 gop nominee mitt romeny has been called in to campaign for ohio governor john kasich. it's not like an endorsement it's more like reinforce. winner take all delegates have be

coverage begins with kenneth moten. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, out those images of violence at his rallies are being seen around the world. some of the toughest criticism came from the two men who have a lot to lose if they don't win their home states. this morning, donald trump under fire as violence and protests continue to break out at his rally and it was totally organized. troublemakers. troublemakers. >> reporter: rising tempers sparked incredible scenes at trump's events in illinois, missouri and ohio. more secret service agents are now surrounding the gop front-runner after one man even tried to rush the stage as trump spoke. but as trump rivals on both side on the attack. >> he's trafficking in hate and fear. >> no matter what it takes i will not take the low road to the highest office in america. >> reporter: the violence has for the white house. a path that leads to the delegate-rich states of florida and ohio tomorrow. >> after tuesday, we're going to see this race narrow clearly to a t

these nasty, angry, jealous failures have zero credibility. >> and that was kenneth moten reporting. >>> let's go to meteorologist bill evans. 50 degrees right now. how high will it go, bill? >> over the next seven hours, check this out. 56 degrees. parts of the area, 58, maybe west of the city. union county, probably looking at maybe 60 degrees, so we have a lot of sunshine. temperatures drop through the 50s to an overnight low, 45, which is about the normal average afternoon high temperatures. great for sports get outdoor, after school practice, got a game or two going on. nice weather today and it only gets warmer. we'll talk about that next in the accuweather seven-day forecast. >>> it has been a few years but super storm sandy repairs beginning today. it will be closed for 18 months. the tunnel will close monday through friday at 10:30 # p.m. and reopen at 5:30. during those times, the other tube will become two way with one lane in each direction. >>> senator charles schumer is calling on phone carriers to give their land line and cell phone customers the technology to block ro

abc's kenneth moten is live in cleveland ohio. >>reporter: less than 24 hours to go and i can tell you that right now, the candidates are crisscrossing several states in this race for the white house from the sunshine state to the buckeye state here. i can tell you that there are grabs. the battle ground states of ohio and florida. >> tomorrow is the day where we'll shock the country and we'll do what needs to be done. >>reporter: this country is not about us tearing one another down or having fist fights at a campaign rally. >>reporter: two different gop candidates with the same goal, defeat donald trump in their home states. today, all eyes are on campaign events scheduled in three states. security has intensified around the wake of violent protests. at his rallies over the weekend. scenes of unrest have taken over the campaign trail. trump's rivals on the democratic side pounced. >> he is trafficking in hate and fear. >> donald trump is littlely ina citing violence with his -- inciting violence with his supporters mitt romney h

kenneth moten has more. >> reporter: that homestretch to what's being dubbed super tuesday three.ump started the morning with an endorsement from dr. ben carson, a formal rival trump once called a psychopath. >> we buried the hatchet. that was political stuff. >> reporter: the political stuff has led to a change in strategy for marco rubio who is urging his supporters to vote for john kasich in ohio. >> if a voter in ohio is motivated by stopping donald trump and comes to the conclusion that john kasich is the only one that can beat him there, i suspect that's what they'll do. >> the answer is not simply to yell, china bad, muslims bad. >> we clearly have to control our boarders. we can't have people just walking in. >> reporter: the candidates held their punches. but it's this blow to a protester at a trump rally that has brought attention to the raucous behavior at his events. >> we've had some violent people. they're not just people that talk. these are people that punch. >> what he stands for is not representative of american values. >> reporter: hillary clinton attended nancy

kenneth moten reports from washington. >> reporter: this morning, supreme court nominee him or mek garland will meet face-to-face with democratic lawmakers. the rose garden moment emotional for the 63-year-old husband and father. >>> this is the greatest honor of my life. >> reporter: the harvard educated chicago native has dedicated his life to the law. a top prosecutor in the oklahoma city bombing. he is known is a moderate and compromise in a controversial year. the top republican is holding his grounds. the next president should pick the next justice. mitch mcconnell did take a call from garland reiterating his feelings and wishing him well. all other respects falling in line. we found 6 republican senators who are open to meeting with garland. that includes orrin hatch. >>> i didn't say he belonged on the supreme court, i said he belonged on the district court. >> reporter: there are no signs any of these meetings will lead to confirmation hearings. >>> march madness kicks in today, massive crowd at villanova watched as the wildcats left. it is their 4th tournament appearance in the 1

kenneth moten channel 6 "action news." >>> st. joe's is one of three local big five teams heading into march madness. the hawks won the a-10 title. "action news" was there as they brought home the trophy. they are an 8 seed and play cincinnati on friday. cats take on unc asheville in brooklyn on friday. temple is a 10 seed going up against iowa on friday. if nova and temple win their openers they will play each other next. >>> i don't want the players to take this for granted. >>> the phone didn't blow up last year, it blew up a little before 6:00, i was grateful that it was blowing up. it meant we were in. >>> this group is the same since august. >> reporter: tournments start to tomorrow with the first four games, so it's time to print out your braghts and fill them -- brackets and fill them out. >>> next on "action news" at 4:30,le simon gratz high school students are taking a field trip that is deeply personal. >>> we have record rain down south and more on the record flooding. >> reporter: we have rain across the region, jacke

kenneth moten, abc news, washington. >> the florida primary is three days away. senator ted cruz is eyeing the sunshine state. he spoke to voters yesterday at a town hall in orlando. he said he is the only person that can compete with trump that is currently leading the florida polls. he is confident that he can beat marco rubio. he shared his father's story of migrating to america from cuba that he thinks will resonate with hispanic voters. >> coming to a country where anybody can start with nothing and achieve anything. that is the unbelievable freedom and the opportunity -- it is the american dream. >> cruz pointed out he is the only republican candidate who has beaten trump in other states. >> you can hear more of cruz's interview on wftv.com. click on the video section. >>> the 2016 legislative governor rick scott will look over the $82.3 billion state budget that lawmakers gave approval to last night. the house and senate approved the budget almost unanimously. lawmakers voted once again not to expand health insurance to families. revise the budget. >> the

reporting live, kep yetd moten -- kenneth moten. channel 7, eyewitness news. >>> race for president and monday's republican debate in salt lake city has been changed. fox news announced the change after donald trump and kaszic said they would not attend. now that marco rubio is out of the race, south carolina governor nikki haley says he is switching her support to ted cruz. also, a north carolina sheriff has been suspended or rather has suspended five deputies for failing to maintain control at a donald trump rally where a black man was attacked. on the democratic side, newly released e-mails show national security agency rejected a 2009 request to issue a secure government smart phone to then a month later, she began using private e-mail accounts to exchange messages with her top aides. >>> hundreds of thousands of mreem prowl 5th avenue for a saint patrick's day parade like any other before. there is a reason we say that. it is the first time lgbt groups will be allowed to march in the grade under their own banners and the organi

abc's kenneth moten has the latest from ohio. >>reporter: donald trump's rivals pointing out the images of violence at the rallies are being seen around the world. some of the toughest criticism come from the two men who have a lot to lose if they don't win their home states. donald trump under fire as violence and protests continue to break out at his rallies. >> it was totally organized trouble makers. they're not protesters, they're disrupters. they're supposed to disrupt. >> rising tempers sparked violence in illinois, missouri, and ohio. more secret service agents are after one man even tried to rush the stage as trump spoke. but as trump's rivals on both attack. >> he is trafficking in hate and fear. >> no matter what it takes, i will not take the low road to the highest office in america. >> the violence has been a distraction from the race for the white house, a path that leads through the delegate rich states of florida and ohio tomorrow. >> after tuesday, worries going to see -- we're going to see this race narrow clear

kenneth moten, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> we want to turn now to meteorologist jeff smith in for bill ritter. he has the after school accuweather forecast. >> where the sun is shining even just a little bit, we have temperatures soaring well in to the 60s, approaching 70 down the jersey shore. in and around the metro area if you're getting off the bus or going to after school activities, 69 for a high. that high temperature achieved around 3:00, 4:00. there could be low 70s in the western serbs. your full accuweather 7-day forecast for easter weekend and couple minutes. >>> a young girl now called a hero. you will meet the 5-year-old girl who dove in to a pool to save her mother's life. why doctors say her timing couldn't have been better. >> they picked the wrong guy this time. >> an exclusive interview for the first time, hulk hogan speaks about his $140 million victory over that sex tape scandal. why this battle was about more to him your body is a finely tuned instrument. diarrhea can throw it out of rhythm. imodium multi symptom relief combines two powerful ingredients to re

abc's kenneth moten is live with this story. >>reporter:. as donald trump's rivals work to slow him down tonight, i can report it is that incident at one of the rallies that sparked a criminal investig. >> it is gop night in the fight for florida. the talk is about the fights at the rallies of gop frontrunner donald trump. >> go home to mom. >> cell phone video captured the fayetteville north carolina sucker punched a protester escorted out by deputies. the protester was detained. the 78-year-old trump supporter reportedly charged. the physical incidents a concern at trump events. even a reporter says his campaign manager forcefully grabbed her arm after she asked a tough question tuesday night. they called the accusation false. trump seemingly unphased by the clashes. >> i don't know why, but i love it. am i crazy? i love this! i love it. >> trump is marching toward the gop nomination and delegates it is win or take all in rubio's state of florida. >> he is going to lose ohio. i'm going to win ohio. just watch. >> excuse me, excuse me. >> a