presidential candidate lindsay graham. welcome senator graham. >> thank you very much for having me. >> is the republican party about to destroy itself? >> i think we're about to lose to the most dishonest politician in america hillary clinton and how could you do that, nominate someone who's crazy? dishonest beats crazy. donald trump is crazy the things he says but congratulations. look what he's done. he invited bill and hillary clinton to his wedding. he called gish lied in george w. bush lied in the iraq war, and the the hispanic community is trying to tell us they want to be republicans but he just won't down to 27%, you'll never convince me that donald trump is the answer to the problem we have with hispanics. it will tear the party apart and dwight conservatism and have the third term of barack obama. >> there's no way you seem to be suggesting at the convention or before the convention to stop donald trump from being the nominee? >> short of a major scandal, maybe not, if marco doesn't win florida, and kasich wins o

who was lindsay graham speaking for? megan mccain, people that are very worried about what this means for a general election, reaching out for hispanic or minority voters are young women, the single women vote will be a massive vote. everyone has a right to speak their mind, everyone has the first amendment right including mitt romney get the point is it is not donald trump's responsibility to unite the party right now. if you are a candidate like your father is your responsibility to win. that is his goal and the goal of every candidate. judge napolitano: how about if we look what successful presidents have done, not suggesting donald trump will be the nominee or the president with the republican party. they have molded in erin image and likeness, abraham lincoln did that. theodore roosevelt did that. richard nixon did that. ronald reagan did that. george bush attempted to do it. how about if donald trump is a reaction to the establishment. to the establishment that currently manages the republican party which is genera

he has brought ted cruz and lindsay graham together so i think he's right. i think what you're going to see is it's not going to be speaking donald trump, ted cruz or her - governor kasich. and of those three, as i step back, i haven't endorsed anyone, i'm not in favor or against anyone, i think ted cruz is likely to be the nominee because all of the forces coming to bare on donald trump are constitutional. strange things have happened. when you have lindsay graham step out and wins an a-2 basketball game it's just a matter of time until the cling-ons hit the earth. it's such a we're set of circumstances. the institutional best interests of the republican party seem to point towards a ted cruz nomination. ted cruz is making a quick trip to arizona to go down to the border next week. that means that his people might think he has a chance to pull it out. a rubio endorsement would help. that might come as early as tomorrow, according to mark caputo, who is reporting for politico. watch scott walker, one of the most influential republicans, he withdraw with dign

. >> a telling tweet from lindsay graham. we may be in a position to have to rally around ted cruz, to sop donald trump i can't be i would say yes, but yes. craig boswell says reality is starting to sink in for republicans. >> reporter: they have been at odds privately with donald trump for some time, now more publicly vocal about that the, donald trump having a good super tuesday, and has the momentum going forward. tonight, lindsay graham who has been an outspoken critic of senator cruz, has said he's in position to have to get behind ted cruz in order to stop donald trump. he said he was clear he was going to have to do that. graham, who had supported jeb bush, had been previously the harsh on both ted cruz and donald trump, the nomination, he said, the nomination from either means death for the party going forward. so it could be some fun times in the gop going forward. >> craig boswell, thank you. in a couple weeks, florida and ohio will head to the polls, those are the home states of john kasich and marco rubio. that ni

and that's why you see lindsay graham of all people, who's really been open about how much he detestscruise, who's saying maybe it's time to get behind him to stop donald trump. >> they're going to do whatever they can to prevent him from being the leader in the republican party. >> i call them the rusty republicans, and senator graham, if i was senator cruz, i would say keep your endorsement please, because it's not helping senator rubio with all these grand endorsements that are coming to him. i think senator rubio woke up this morning and said i'm losing in the polls in florida, i'm young, i have a chance in my future career. the majority of senators usually win their home state. that's how it's been with republican politics, does he really want to take that risk and damage hiss credibility? >> this is senator lindsay graham, listen to this. >> i think john kasich is the most electable guy in the field, trump's not a republican. >> trump gets the nomination, will you support him? >> i'll answer that after the convention. >> that's not necessarily a ringing endorsement. >> remember,

senator ted cruz is still making headway and today got an endorsement from south carolina senator lindsay grahame, and there could be a >> top analysts predict disappointment for republican party leaders hoping for a swift end to their party's fractious primary. >> i'm dealing with two smart, tough guys and i want to make sure i end up winning. i would like to get to the finish line. >> even if you doesn't secure the 1237 delegates needed he cites his share as the prime reason he should get it anyway. >> if he is 50 votes short and he is not getting it or we are going to give it to someone who got thrown out of the primary in the second week, you are going to have a problem. southerners and -- and lost both -- >> every bit of that, megan, if he is the nominee, i guarantee you, september, october, november, every station will cover all of that and that is hillary clinton. >> to get to 1230, trump must capture 55% of all remaining delegates and cruz about 80%. >> if we beat donald consistently 55-45, we win over 80% of the debt gats. >> delegates. >> cruz would still have to win 60% of the delegate

let's look at lindsay graham. he was a candidate in this race. he went on to endorse jeb bush, now picking on ted cruz. this has not been his election start to finish. i don't see what his remarks other than being pretty clever had anything to do with the race. what it does show, and i know that's why you played it, is that there is a part of the republican party that wants nothing to do with ted cruz. there are republicans thinking that ted cruz getting the nomination is worse for the brand than donald trump. they can distance himself from donald trump, they can say it was a crazy circumstance. ted cruz is the junior senator from texas. he is part of the republican party. they will have a difficult time staying away from that should he get the nomination. that is the kind of thing that lindsay graham will be wary of at this point >>> thank you for that. one of the important states is ohio. it is one of the so-called swing states where voters do not typically toe the line between republican and democrat. what is at state there on march 15? >> rep

senator lindsay graham planning to raise money for his colleague just a few weeks after this. >> if you kill ted cruz on the floor of the senate, and the trial was in the senate, nobody could convict you. >> reporter: the unlikeliest of pairing in an unlikely race, one the stop-trump movement never saw coming. and late tonight, a hacker group trying to stop trump is reportedly taking credit for the release of his personal information online, his phone and social security number. the trump campaign tells nbc, law enforcement authorities are seeking the arrest of the individuals responsible for attempting to candidate's account. >> hallie jackson, thank you. >>> the u.s. is now officially de chaired isis guilty of genocide. secretary of state john kerry today formally accused isis of the crime of trying to ex terminate entire peoples, including christians, and ziite mufls. congress has been pushing for this designation, but it is now not expected to change the current u.s. strategy against isis. >>> for the first time, we're hearing from the man that kurdish television said is the alleged

ted tweeted: thursday morning former republican president lindsay graham went on the today show and delivered a message - talk about things people scare about, she is are serious times, and you are not behaving like you want to be president of the united states. >> on a day when monica seemed to take hold, the campaign earned the word wild. >> donald, you are a snivelling coward. leave heidi the hell alone >>> republican leaders in congress cite the biden rule in refusing to hold a hearing for president obama's nominee to the supreme court. it's a reference about a hypothetical vacancy on the court. today the vice president said the biden rule doesn't exist. >> i made it clear that i would go forward with the confirmation process as chairman. even a few months before presidential elections. if the nominee were chosen with the advice and not merely the consent of the senate. just as the constitution requires. >> president obama nominated garl et for the seat left vacant. senator mitch mcconnell says the senate will not act on the nomination >>> the number of rigs drilling for oil collapsed to

bernie is our guy. >> it's been months since south carolina's republican senator lindsay graham droppedbid for the gop nomination. since then he has been an unofficial spokesman for the republican party establishment, opposing both donald trump and ted cruz. well, graham was singing a different tune when he sat down to talk with john dickerson for "face the nation." >> you once said that choosing between trump and cruz is like the difference between being shot or poisoned. so, how is your health? >> you know, maybe they will find an anecdote for poisoning, hard once you are shot to get over it. the bottom line i believe donald trump would be an utter disaster for the republican party, destroy conservatism as we know it, we would get wiped out and take generations to overcome a trump candidacy. ronald reagan had a three-legged stool of conservatism. fiscal, social, strong national security. donald has a four legged stool because he is the donald. got to be bigger. economic populism, xenophobia, race bad itting and religious bigotry are the stool that he has formed. that's his campaign. t

you have lindsay graham talking about getting behind cruz.nd that he can work with cruz. >> he must be very louk kill in his opposition. >> whether it's jeb bush or your guy. >> i think we're going to see a major problem. >> i think trump, if he doesn't get the nomination, probably be with the people with that. >> it doesn't look like a peaceful ending, either way. a break here when we come back of our live election coverage on this supertuesday, two, have we agreed to call it? we're always looking for ways to speed up your car insurance search. here's the latest. problem is, we haven't figured out how to reverse it. for now, just log on to compare.com... plug in some simple info and get up to 50 free quotes. choose the lowest and hit purchase. now...if you'll excuse me, i'm late for an important function. compare.com. saving humanity from high insurance rates. >>> we are back and still in play. you're going to land in a mansion kal place. you can't believe they don't ask you for a pass port. and you realize, you're home still. >> and you rea

he would have to rally around ted cruz to stop trump. >> lindsay graham said that? >> believe it or not, i heard exactly something else from lindsey graham. >> i'm sure you have. that just goes to show the winner tonight is ted cruz. marco rubio can fain and attempt to say and he's spun all of these losses very well over the past month and a half. i think people are tired of him spinning his ills. he can't do it any longer. >> can i just say donald trump was completely dominant tonight, completely, utterly, indisput indisputedly dominant. >> if he's watching. >> i'm sure he's watching. >> in ted cruz's speech tonight, he basically said everybody else needs to quit. he said we ought to prayerfully consider coming together as a party, which means everybody else ought to get out except for me. and you just heard marco rubio talk to jake tapper. so where you are now is donald trump up here and everybody else fighting some kind of guerrilla warfare and talking about -- you called it the unicorn theory, it is a theory that the rubio campaign is now talking about openly wit

when we were in las vegas for the cnn debate, senator lindsay graham approached me personally and said he could never under any circumstances vote for ted cruz and that he would be more than happy to support donald trump. now, here we are, you want to know why lindsay graham lost the south carolina primary and why anything he says has no credibility? i mean, he told me that -- >> he didn't lose the south carolina primary. >> well, hello, there is you go. >> he looked me right straight in the eye and said he preferred donald trump over ted cruz. now he's saying exactly the opposite. >> here's what -- really quickly, though. look, lindsey graham doesn't think ted cruz is going win the presidency. but what he does want is for the republican party to not be blown to pieces. so what he is saying i'd rather have my lot in with somebody who at least we can lose 40 state, we can rebuild the republican party rather than putting somebody who is is not a republican in and losing disastrously. >> thank you, both. that's it. last word. i appreciate it. up next -- a 50-year-old ad that is ear live s

lindsay graham threw his support behind ted cruz. >> he's the best alternative. i'm going to help ted in everywhere i can. >> reporter: bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary. hillary clinton took the day off the campaign trail to attend two closed door fund raising efence as she looks toward the general election. al -- alan martin. >> the gop would have its first contested convention since 1977 if trump doesn't clench the delegates. >>> the new atmosphere that staffers are using inside san francisco city hall. >> a sea change at sea world. the theme park is saying good-bye to shamu. >> he looks like a mini stone hedge. ,,,,,, these are the hands, the hands that drive commerce, that build business across borders. these are the hands of pitney bowes, the craftsmen of commerce. these are the hands that sew the seeds of business growth, that weave the data, and find the perfect spot to thrive. these are the hands of pitney bowes, the craftsmen of commerce. with isis. it can send encrypted messages that self-destruct. kpix 5's joe vazquez on why that same ap ra

his home state of florida, some unlikely republicans are coming around to cruz, like senator lindsay graham who had this to say two weeks ago. >> if you kill ted cruz on the floor of the senate, and the trial was in the senate, nobody could convict you. rd today he said the gop needs to unit before march 15th. made the best case thus far that he can be the alternative to trump. >> reporter: rubio is rejecting calls to drop out before march 15th. jeff, it looks like he scored his second win today. the associated press says rubio has won the puerto rico primary and will likely take the ter tow's 23 delegates. >> glor: julianna goldman, thank you. here is the counts tonight. donald trump has 374. toward the republican nom nation. ted cruz is next with 293, marco rubio has won 23 but will get more from puerto rico. on the democratic side hillary clinton has more than the 1100 delegates, more than double bernie sanders total. for both parties the big delegate prize this tuesday is michigan where new cbs news battleground tracker polls show trump comfortably ahead of the pack. among michigan demo

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in facts, lindsay graham is hosting a fund-raiser for cruz tomorrow. and yet, just last month, he joked if you kill ted cruz on the senate floor, you wouldn't get convicted. do you think the republican party waited too long to settle on a candidate and now they're forced to choose someone they otherwise should not have to simply stop donald trump? >> absolutely. this has always been the problem of the establishment. more so than it is donald trump. they basically gave him the window to rise because the anti-trump vote in every state has been bebigger than the trump vote. if they consaolidated their support behind one candidate, if they got behind one person, you wouldn't have this problem. you would have an establishment nominee. just to respond to robert's point earlier, i don't think in talking to all of paul ryan's office, talking to a lot of the folks that i talk to on the hill, i hear a lot of disgruntalment, anger at the idea of parachuting in in the last minute in the 11th hour, and having a contested convention, because if you didn't actually r

. >> reporter: senator lindsay graham says trump has divided the gop. >> we about to nominate the one person that not only would lose in 2016 but would destroy the party for decades to come. trump than try to win with him. >> reporter: donald trump scheduled to meet with party leaders tomorrow here in washington before he takes the stage at the annual convention of the american israel public affairs committee. his rivals ted cruz and john kasich will also address aipac monday. along with hillary clinton. michelle. >> thank you, mark. >>> well the road to the presidential nomination runs through three western states this tuesday. republicans and democrats have primaries in arizona, and caucuses in utah and there is a democratic caucus in idaho. the big prize is arizona, especially for republicans where the winner takes all 58 delegates. here is danielle maddingham. >> you know what? we are going to build the wall. >> reporter: immigration was at the heart of donald trump's weekend blitz through arizona. illegal immigration is going to stop. it is dangerous. trump is hoping his hard lin

lindsay graham said this to say. if you killed ted cruz on the floor of the senate, and the trial was in the senate. nobody could convict you. today he said the gop need to up night before march 15. >> to me it is clear that ted made the best case thus far that he can alternative to trump. his second win. ruby has won the puerto rico primary that means he will likely take the territory's 23 delegates. >> thank you. >>> the "cbs overnight news" >>> so here is the delegate counts stand tonight. donald trump 374 delegates. ted cruz is next with 293. marco rubio has 123. will get more from puerto rico. hillary clinton has more than 1,100 delegates. more than double bernie sanders' total. for both parties the big delegate prize tuesday in michigan where a cbs news battleground tracker shows trump comfortably ahead of the pack. and nancy cordes is there. >> i am thrilled we are adding to our pledged delegate count. >> reporter: here in michigan, hillary clinton celebrated a landslide victory in louisiana. bernie sanders wo

oh, let's have a gram of lindsay graham. the south shall rise again! massachippisippi. hmmmm, hmmmm, hmmmm. here we go.my snuff box say little fuller today. because on tuesday we lost another brave tribute. >> after getting crushinged in his home state marco rubion. >> after tonight it is clear that while we are on the right side, this year we will not be on the winning side z. >> stephen: yes, florida senator and boy whose party your parents made you attend marco rub why has joined the ranks of the fallen. and when he dropped out, he was gracious in defeat. >> i'm so grateful for all the help that you guys have given want to you know there is nothing more could you have done. >> stephen: well, you could have voted for him. but besides that, no. (cheers and. >> stephen: and tribute marco leaves us after a string of triumphant third place victories. but was blind shocking secretary place defeat in florida. yes on jimmy buffett. yes on releasing pythons into toilets, on marco rubio, noks. loyal citizens, this is a major turning point in our game. for rubio is the last tri

. >> well, i think lindsay graham is probably a nice guy. i was very tough on him because he's tough on me. i think he's a nice guy. i could probably get along with mitt romney. i understand how he feels. he worked really hard -- should have worked a little harder, but he worked really hard and he didn't get there. i mean, i understand it. i could probably get along with mitt romney. i could probably -- i don't know mitt romney very well. i endorsed him, i backed him, i helped him but i don't really know mitt romney. i could probably get along very well with lindsay graham but he goes on television and is very nasty and when they're nasty, you have to be nasty back. i can get along with people. look, the bottom line is we have something going that's so good, we should grab each other and unify the party and nobody's going to beat us, okay? thank you, everybody. i appreciate it. thank you very much. >> and donald trump holding a press conference, as only he can and has been doing on these primary nights. andy dean, trump supporter joining us.

lindsay graham / (r) south carolina "if donald trump's the nominee, the republican party will get killed, will get creamed, will lose, will deserve it." this morning trump fired back on twitter..."lindsey graham is all over t.v. much like failed 47% candidate mitt romney. these nasty, angry, jealous failures have zero credibility!" kenneth moton oncam close: trump and cruz are now calling for a two man race but marco rubio and john kasich are holding on until their states of florida and ohio vote next week. tonight's fox news town hall is in detroit. it will be clinton's first time appearing on the network in two years. km abc aside from the presidential race, there's also a race underway to replace former house speaker john boehner.and you can hear from the tonight.this is video from a forum a few weeks ago.there are 17 candidates vying for the 8th congressional seat.15 are republicans.tonight's forum is at the parrish auditorium on the miami university hamilton campus at 6:30. more than likely, you have a smartphone. smartphone.but you also probably haven't bought one lately, because s

i am a unifire, people will find that hard to believe. >> on cbs news, former candidate lindsay graham wasn't buying it. >> i think we are about to lose to most dishonest politician in american history, hillary clinton. how could you do that nominate somebody who is crazy? i think dishonest beats crazy? >> former students say trump university was a scam. >> anti-trump ad is part of a multimillion dollar push to derail trump. the front-runner did not appear phased. >> they're going to put $25 million into it from two weeks from what came over the wires. far as i'm concerned it's fine. >> 2012 republican nominee former massachusetts governor mitt romney expected to be sharply critical of trump in his speech. the current republican governor of massachusetts charlie baker said if given the opportunity he would not vote for trump in november. >> the turnout on super tuesday among republicans was at an all time historic high. major garrett on the campaign for us. thank you. on the democratic side clinton has won ten states including seven on super tuesday. and she now has 44% of the delegate

he says if a unity ticket isn't able to get the required number >> deborah: today sesenator lindsay graham announced he is endorsing fellow senator ted cruz for president. he previously said cruz was no better than donald trump and graham even joked about hurting cruz. >>> number three, lead contamination. inside the water is a problem reaching far beyond the disaster in flint, michigan. accocording to a usa today report, hundreds of schools across the country have lead- tainted water exposing children to dangerous levels. it cites information from the environmental protection agency. >>> and number four, wall street completed a stunning turn-around for the year. the dow erased a scary start for 2016 down nearly 2,000 points since january. the big rebound has been driven by a spike in oil prices and fading fears of a possible recession. >>> well, funning for mental health treatment has been falling in florida even though the economy is improving. and florida lawmakers s didn't stop that trend until l he threw his daughter over a bridge to her death. now lawmakers are trying to prevent a si

mitt romney and lindsay graham was part of a ted cruz stump speech of what was wrong with washington and the republican party. it is sort of you know, up and down and down is up right now in the republican race. you know, there is a question of why not john kasich? he hasn't shown beyond the state of ohio he hasn't showed viability. look at wisconsin on april 5th. that will be john kasich's waterloo. >> and talk about up and down. bernie sanders is compleszing confidence when it comes to a race against donald trump. listen to this. >> democrats are noticing that in every national poll, bernie sanders does significantly better against donald trump than does hillary clinton. >> and so alex, give us your assessment of bernie sanders' strength against trump? >> they are making the same thing clear. they are in it to the end and the next primary and caucuses that end in june. that is a big take away. hillary clinton and donald trump are in the same position. it is a fight to the end. >> this race will go on. thank you. >> coming occupy "happening now", illegal immigrants linked to terrori