the "manchester union leader" picked chris christie. the voters went their own way. as we approach super tuesday, we saying endorsements only demonstrate a bias and "undermine trust" with their readers. others defer, saying they don' t have enough direct access to the candidates. most polls show a tight democratic race, though the endorsements appear weighted towards clinton. governor john kasich, the republican underdog, picked up the nod from texas powerhouse, "the dallas morning news." the "boston globe" went bi-partisan, endorsing clinton on one side and john kasich on the other. the paper took the unprecedented step of a third endorsement -- stop donald trump. we also found a cartoon worth sharing. it' s a commentary on the value of money and endorsements in this race -- questioning the return on investment for those supporting jeb bush. all of this made us wonder if social media is having a bigger impact on campaigns with candidates going directly to followers, and voters getting their positions reaffirmed by postings, and twitter feeds. i' d like to know your

. >> jeb bush taking a full page ad out of the manchester union leader tomorrow with a bunch of florida political leaders saying they like marco rubio but think jeb bush would make a better dan house leash 7news. >> our track poll shows... so you can see trump and cruz remain in first and second and they're steady. but rubio is trending up, up another 2 points. jeb bush holding steady and john kasich lost 2. bernie sanders is far ahead with 61% but hillary clinton has gained some ground in new hampshire. she has 32% now. 5% remain undecided. our tracking poll reveals that is down 2. this race, however, not going to come down to the republican or democratic voters, it's the independents who hold the power accord to our political editor andy hiller who is live in new hampshire and breaks down numbers even more. andy. >> what is the biggest party in new hampshire, democrats, republicans? neither. it's independent voters or undeclared voters as they're called here, and there are enough of them to determine who wins a republican or democratic primary. >> i'm going to new hampshire and i'm go

the "manchester union leader" picked chris christie. the voters went their own way. as we approach super tuesday, we saying endorsements only demonstrate a bias and "undermine trust" with their readers. others defer, saying they don' t have enough direct access to the candidates. most polls show a tight democratic race, though the endorsements appear weighted towards clinton. governor john kasich, the republican underdog, picked up the nod from texas powerhouse, "the dallas morning news." the "boston globe" went bi-partisan, endorsing clinton on one side and john kasich on the other. the paper took the unprecedented step of a third endorsement -- stop donald trump. we also found a cartoon worth sharing. it' s a commentary on the value of money and endorsements in this race -- questioning the return on investment for those supporting jeb bush. all of this made us wonder if social media is having a bigger impact on campaigns with candidates going directly to followers, and voters getting their positions reaffirmed by postings, and twitter feeds. i' d like to know your

also locked up the endorsement of the state's largest newspaper, the manchester union leader. but the governor faces a difficult road ahead if he does go on to south carolina. he is polling in the low single digits there. >>> and now to the democratic side and bernie sanders decisive victory over hillary clinton last night. with 93% of new hampshire's precincts reporting, 74-year-old senator from vermont leads clinton by 22 points. 60 to 38%. that's the difference of nearly 50,000 votes. it marks the widest margin of victory in the contested new hampshire democratic primary in history. on the democratic side, another historical note he's the first jewish candidate to win a presidential primary contest. as for the delegates awarded out of new hampshire, nbc news is allocating 15 to sanders and 8 to clinton. in addition, clinton has the backing of six of the eight superdelegates. that brings the overall count out of new hampshire to sanders, 15 and clinton 14. if you combine those with the delegates awarded out of iowa last week, that gives clinton a lead over sanders of 44 to 3

the editor of the main test the manchester union, the largest newspaper in the state.y have endorsed chris christie in this primary. sullivan, former cochair of the democratic party in new hampshire, with lots of fruits in the state. a hillary clinton supporter. tim roth the former attorney general and former everything, who is a john kasich reporter. thank you all for joining us. why new hampshire? what is the value of having the first primary here, john? joe: the answer is why not? but the involvement, the civic involvement of people. we will have 70-75% vote. these folks take this very seriously. it's not a republican or democrat thing. it is our most prized political process. nobody else will spend not just the week between iowa and new hampshire, but the time between they leave and the next one, starting the field, getting to know the field. it is one thing to show up the week before. six months ago they were running events in july. before taking time out to go. it was a smart, informed -- inv olved, very engaged. al: the old line, are you going to vote for me nex

he told the publisher of the new hampshire leader, the manchester union leader just recently, i'm never going to endorse trump in order to get mcquaid's own endorsement. this may help trump a little, but to a far greater extent hurt chris christie. it's hurting his credibility with establishment republicans. they've come after him for this. he said all kind of things negative as you pointed out earlier about trump and now suddenly he's flip flopped and going to support the guy? makes no sense. >> brad, do you think this will hurt chris christie? >> look, how is it going to hurt him? he's a governor of the state. he's got a sixth term. what could he be other than maybe perhaps a cabinet official in a trump presidency? that's probably what he's after. it's more selfish i think than awe truic. >> he's gunning for something in a possible trump administration. he loses credibility for doing the opposite of what he said he would do a couple weeks ago. >> okay. let's take a look at another governor. governor john kasich. i want to play some sound on his reaction on the negative name calling to

they are joe mcquaid, who is the editor, the manchester union of leaders.still the largest newspaper in the state. and they have endorsed chris christie in this primary. kathy sullivan, former co-chair of the democratic party and new hampshire with lots of roots in the state. and she isvi a hillary clinton supporter. and tim roth former -- >> let me ask you to start. what's to have the first primary here. >> why not. i think the real answer is the involvement, the involvement of people. we're going to have next tuesday, 70-75% vote. and these folks take this very seriously. it is not republic thing or democratic thing. it's probably our most prize possession. everything will spend the week between iowa and new hampshire but the four years between this one and the next one studying the field, getting to know the field. it's one thing to show upxz the week before. six months ago they were running events in july and people are taking time out to go. it's a smart, involved, very engaged. >> kathy, the old line was are you going to vote for me next tuesday, i on

christie got endorsement of "manchester union leader."kasich spent majority of his budget in new hampshire. if they underperform there is no compelling argument going forward. the opposite, if we're finished with a bunch of second place and down, it's a bunch i think they can keep rolling. connell: it is interesting, you have these four. but on other side you have trump and fighting it out with cruz of course. while other candidates are tweaking their ground games out of new hampshire, maybe these four are, for trump, it's the same old thing. even after what happened in iowa, his staffers say he refuses to change strategy. not spending more on ground game. not changing anything, going into new hampshire according to "politico" article that came out. what do you think of that, matt i know this is primary, not a caucus, but still. >> i think they are making changes. i think donald trump has made literally thousands of changes as a candidate from his announcement. connell: we don't have time to go through all of them if it is a thousand. giv

mcquaid publishes the manchester union leader newspaper. >> i'm proud of voters who read, watch television and make up their own minds. >> reporter: new hampshire voters know their own mind but they don't like to tip their hand. >> savannah, don't ask me who is going to win tonight. i've been coming here since 1972 and i've been surprised almost every cycle. that's part of the appeal of new hampshire, obviously. >> it's the graveyard of pollsters here in new hampshire. imagine if the polls are correct, new hampshire would be nominates bernie sanders and donald trump. >> right. then the question is, which of the polls are correct? they're all over the place. those two stayed in number one. i think a big part of the issue, what will happen today, is who survives? not just who wins. and who has to get out of the race. it's the kasich race, also the bush race, also the christie race. it's the jeb bush race. those people downstream have other hopes beyond new hampshire. new hampshire, take it seriously. >> we'll see how tickets out of here there are tonight. tom brokaw, thank you so much. >> gl

new ow we're joined in our hampshire studio in manchester a veteran granite state political reporter and union leader. tuohy, as returns start coming in tonight, what will you be watching for, as a veteran reporter, what's an early tell about where this state is going? >> good morning, the school where he was just speaking is the f the ward schools in city of manchester. there's 12 wards in the city of manchester. i believe we reported there's another dozen towns in new hampshire that are correctly called the winner of the republican and democratic primary winners every four years since 1952 and a couple of those, rochester, kingston, hudson. some of these towns are very notable. on the democratic side, i'm looking to see how well bernie upper valleyin the of new hampshire, which is vermont, the state of his home state. and see how well he does up that way. you linton campaign, as know, saying this is his home field advantage, where he's just river the connecticut here. host: and here's the front page of the new hampshire union paper that dan tuohy writes for. he's been covering political camp

targeted. 62-year-old denise robert was shot in the head in manchester in august while taking her evening walk. tonight police tell the union leader that robert was targeted in a drive-by shooting. and a neighbor tells us she is still rattled by what knowing it was not random. this neighbor doesn't warrant for crazy things like that to happen. and so it would be nice to know that, you know, it wasn't just a random act. be comforting for people that love to bach in in this neighborhood and just enjoy the area. >> right now police are not saying what evidence they have that led them to believe the shooting was not random. >>> a skier rushed to the hospital today after crashing into a tree. it happened this afternoon at waterville valley ski resort in new hampshire. now officials at the resort say that that man was brought down the mountain and treated at the scene until a helicopter arrived. we're still waiting word for that man's condition. boston city council will hold a hearing on monday to discuss the decision to arm campus police officers with semiautomatic rifles. some councilmembers think the move is unnecessary they d

intentionally targeted. 62-year-old denise robert was shot in the head in manchester in august taking her evening walk. police tell the union leader that robert was specifically targeted in a drive-by shooting. a neighbor tells us they are still rattled by what happened but feels safer knowing it wasn't random. >> this area doesn't warrant for crazy things like that to happen. and so it would be nice know a random act. it would be comforting for people that love to walk in this neighborhood and just enjoy the area. >> daniel: robert was well known and worked for the local paper for 30 years. right now police are not saying why they believe robert was a target. >>> this morning, police are still trying to find the driver who ran over a couple at a local flea market. a man and a woman were hit by a van yesterday afternoon at the worcester flea market. their teenaged daughter saw it happen and tried to stop the van and the driver took off. the van hit the victim the second time as it left the scene. vendors at the market also tried to stop the van but couldn't. >> as she ran him over, put it in drive and the daughter saw the w

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conservative news leader in manchester made a surprising choice, backing governor chris christie for president. the publisher of the state' s largest newspaper, "the new hampshire union leader," faced repeated jabs from donald trump , who called him a "lowlife." the paper has not backed down, and today we talk to the bosse, who joins us from manchester. grant, welcome to the program. grant: fernando, great to be with you. new hampshire is getting ready for super bowl tuesday. fernando yeah, no doubt. : so, give us a picture on what' s going on, sort of the big picture. what movement are you seeing among the candidates? grant: well, new hampshire break together, so i think we' re going to see one candidate, on the republican field, probably get a lot of that late-breaking, last 48 hour vote. of course, they make up their minds in the last 48 hours. we don' t know who they are going with. there' s a big fight among the governors for one seat left at table between governors chris christie, jeb bush and john kasich to move on and be viable. and on the democratic side, you' re seeing bernie sanders way, way ahead but nobody thinks this is going to be a 20 point race. fern

intentionally targeted. 62-year-old denise robert was shot in the head in manchester in august while taking her evening walk. tonight police tell a union leader that robert was specifically targeted in a drive-by shooting. a neighbor tells us she's still rattled by what happened but feels safer knowing it wasn't random. >> this area doesn't warrant for crazy things like that to happen. and so it would be nice to know that it wasn't just a random act. that love to walk in this neighborhood and just enjoy the area. >> reporter: right now police are not saying what evidence they have that led them to believe that shooting was not random. >>> a group of local grocery store workers saying today they are ready to walk off the job if a contract agreement cannot be reached. local 445 voted this morning to authorize a strike against stop & shop. the union says the company is looking to cut pay and benefits in the new contract despite the vote though the group says they will still go to work as a show of good faith. >> right now we're working without a contract. the company makes any kind of moves in the wrong direction we're out. we're willing

"the union leader" from here in manchester articles on the upcoming snowstorm wreaking havoc and donald and carly fiorina and jeb bush and then, "the concord monitor" has a story on bob dole calling ted cruz not a conservative but an extremist. >>> ted cruz holding steady in third place in the new hampshire polling. the latest university of massachusetts poll there has him at basically 13%, so down 1 point from the day before. all pretty good for a state he wasn't supposed to do that well in. >>> now we have ted cruz campaign state chairman steve lonegan from new jersey. how are you? >> great. >> you are out stumping? >> i'm out speaking on the senator's behalf. >> let me start with a challenge, not so much to you but to how ted cruz was supposed to do. the idea is new hampshire is not friendly republican territory for him, true or false? >> that's true. and identify think people have a somewhat low expectations for the senator which i predict he will exceed the expectations. i won't predict a win. i don't want to raise those expectations. the real battle here may be between marco rubio

joe mcquaid publishes the state's leading new hampshire, the manchester "union leader."tip their hand. >> and nbc news special correspondent tom brokaw joins us now. i'm sorry, it is okay to be in love with a man? bob dole, "go back in your cave." love dole! >> he wouldn't talk to me for three years. he really got so angry about that exchange with president bush, we're very close now, and i helped build the world war ii memorial and working ton the eisenhower memorial. of course, he was a principle character in "the greatest generation," a book i wrote, but he was very, very angry. >> a tough guy. >> not happy. >> in most states, you can come up with two or three or four big, iconic moments that mattered. you go through and it's just one after another, mccarthy in '68, as you said, muskey going down in '72, who can't forget gary hart in '84, shocking the world. you can just keep going. buchanan in '92, hillary in 2000, hillary in 2008. what is it about new hampshire that always confounds the pundits and the political class? >> i think it's the whole cultural of the state

. >> gene: 62-year-old denise robert was shot in the head in manchester in august while taking evening walk. the police tell the union leader specifically targeted in drive-by shooting and rattled by what happened and feels safer >> this area doesn't warrant for crazy things like that to happen and nice to know it wasn't just a rantedom act. comforting for people to walk in this neighborhood and just enjoy the area. >> gene: robert was well-known and worked for the local paper for 30 years. right now police are not saying why they believe she was targeted. >>> gene: group of local grocery store workers say today they are ready to walk off the job and contract agreement can't be reached and following the story. voted to authorize a strike against stop & shop. union says the company is looking to cut pay and benefits and new contract. group says they will still go to work as sign of good faith. >> working without a contract. if company makes any kind of moves we are out. to come to good resolve of the contract. >> gene: offering higher pay and generous benefits and continue working with the union to reach an agreement.

union at a summit in belgium. our correspondent has been to the city of manchester in northern england to look at exactly what is at stake. >> reporter: these people work together like a family. they have been building conveyor belt belts. >> it we could remain as members but less of the red tape, more flexibility to do some of our own legislation and not be controlled by brussels. >> reporter: david cameron was to say inside the e.u. family but looking to over haul britain's relationship. he his proposed reforms include restricting benefits for up to four years for e.u. migrants arriving in britain and to be able to opt out of the e.u.s drive to pursue an ever closer union cross europe. he wants to put a stop to the financial regulation which some believe is strangling business in britain. david cameron goes to brussels already under pressure with critics saying he is asking for too little but some say he is asking for too much. he will try to paracel the deal to the british public, many of who are still undecided about which way they will vote in an in or an out efr referendum. the idea of one of europe's biggest

. >> daniel: 62-year-old denise robert was shot in the head in manchester in august while taking her evening walk. police tell the union leader that robert was specifically targeted in a drive-by shooting. a neighbor tells us she is still feels safer knowing it wasn't random. >> area doesn't warrant for crazy things to happen so nice to know that it wasn't just a random act. be comforting for people that love to walk in the neighborhood and just enjoy the area. >> daniel: robert was local paper for 30 years. right now police are not saying why they believe robert was targeted. >> julie: brockton teenager is going back to school. last month 17-year-old zach was in his apartment when hit by a bullet. police say there was a shootout near the home and one of the bullets went through a wall. he was in critical condition for days. on friday he posted this message on facebook thanking everyone for the support he has gotten and said, he is going back to school today. >> daniel: local pilot recovering after crash at takeoff. wind was to blame. state police happened to be doing helicopter training exercises at the time and hospi

intentionally targeted. 62 year old dein roberts pass shot head in manchester in august while taking her evening walk. tonight police tell the union leader that robert was specifically targeted in drive by shooting. neighbor tells us, she still watt willed by what happened she feels safer knowing it was not random. >> this area does not warrant for crazy things like to be that. >> and so, it was nice to know, you know, it wasn't just random act. >> testimony would comfort being for people that love to walk in this neighborhood. and just enjoy the area. >> right now police are not that led them to believe the shooting was random. group of local grocery store workers saying today they ready walk off the job if contract agreement cannot be reached. ufcw local 1445 voteded this morning authorize a strike against stop and shop. they say company looking to cut pay and benefits in new contract. despite vote, though the group says they will still go to work as show of good faith. >> right now working without a contract. the company makes any kind of moves in wrong direction, we are out. >> we are willing sit out and continue to talk try t

manchester. >> dickerson: also have preview of super bowl 50 and the showdown between carolina cam manning. players union, demaurice smith, politics and football on "face the nation." captioning sponsored by cbs good morning, welcome to "face the nation" this super bowl sunday i'm john dickerson. we begin with cam 2016 and former secretary of state hillary rodham clinton who is fighting to close a double digit gap in the polls behind bernie sanders in new hampshire. she joins us from manchester. secretary clinton your name came up not surprisingly in the republican debate. senator marco rubio claims that on the question of abortion that you support abortion on baby's due date, what do you say to that? >> i think it's pretty pathetic, john. this is something that illustrates how senator rubio has been just going as far as he can to try to i guess buttress his credentials with certain parts of the republican constituency. i've been on record for years on where i stand on making abortion safe and legal, exceptions that looked into the very difficult choices that a very few women have to confront that lead t