it helping their party and points tonight for donald trump, also a very, very good night for mar marco rubio because they stopped rolling in the mud with the juvenile insults. rubio was very disciplined and on point, but overall this is a debate that focused on policy. i think one of the biggest moments of the debate was rubio's retort when asked whether we should hit the breaks braiks with brakeswith record to our relationship with cuba. >> here is a thought, they stop putting people in jail for speaking out and they kick out the russians and the chinese and they take all of the fiewj fugitives the cop killer from new jersey and send her back to the united states and to jail where they belongs and then we can have a relationship with crew about a. >> could cuba.>> so you are seeing a very strong performance from rubio, but the challenge he has is the distance that he is behind in florida and a lot of the vote is already in and so he can't move the needle much regardless of what happens. >> so in terms of the viewers what do you think they will remember and take away? >> i think they will re

now, here are some volunteers with the mar marco rubio campaign and they have the most at stage of any of the candidates still rubio has won only two states so far, and needs to win florida to have a hope of staying in the race. and his supporters are putting the pedal to the medal to get as many supporters out as possible, and the clipten clinton and sanders hintedden hillary clinton has a deep ground game here. >> too many people think that the campaigns have passed them by, but there is a huge chance to help. >> there are volunteers who make phone calls and urge their neighbors to get out to the polls and vote. >> and grassroots movements like us and the internet and redit it's important to let everyone know who bernie sanders really >> and voters have been voting in florida for two weeks. the candidates often thank their volunteers on the campaign trail but no amount of thank-yous i can tell you can repay them for the work they are doing on behalf of these candidates. it really is incredible. they've been working for weeks and they are going to be working maybe not 24 hours but jus

. >> senator marrow mar marco rubio continues his stump, taking full aim at donald trump who he blames for the violence at his really a look at this. trump is taking no responsibility for that, instead blaming democratic supporters. to speak truth but i believe you can speak truth in a dignified manner and i believe that is critical when it comes to being the president of the united states because your words have consequences. when you're a candidate, your words have consequences. >> and rubio did get a rather bizarre interruption when a man stood up and accused him of trying to steal his girlfriend. that with man was escorted out. >> and as of friday, more than 1.6 million floridians voted early or by absent tee absentee ballots and more republicans than democrats. if you didn't already vote, polls will be open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on tuesday. >> and 59-year-old man and fighting outside a bar in lakeland, polk county deputies say he was highly intoxicated and they were handcuffed and put in the back of a cruiser and when they arrived at the police station he appeared to be slumped o

. >> do or die for mar marco rubio, but will it be enough. and why this suspect was trying to get away from deputies. >> we begin at 11:00 with a

an impact on the race, it really seems like it would have been before new hampshire endorsing mar marco rubioit's not like the man you like, donald trump. >> mitt romney had to almost aa poll jazz for being successful and being wealthy, where donald trump goes out front and says i'm successful and i'm wealthy. but the only reason people are paying attention is because he's called out donald trump. something that most other politicians have not had the courage to do. but mitt romney lost not once, but twice, so why are we giving him any sort of attention at all, he's the reason why we have a candidate like donald trump and ted cruz at the top of the polls, he's a member of the establishment he created. >> that's why we're paying attention, obviously, he's respected. >> he's a party elder, he's a -- he's someone who understands the republican base, mitt romney is probably going to try to tell the republican party to get their house in order. there's no need for the republican party to fall apart and break up over the nomination of ted cruz or donald trump. so i'm sure as a party elder, his role

says at first she supported senator marco rubio and switched to trump saying rubio needs more work before he can deliver on his campaign promises. plans to speak at the mar alargo club at 9:00. >>> polls show marco rubio is trailing donald trump and ted cruz. yet some of rubio supporters called voters trying to guarantee a win in the senator's home state. rube -- rubio supporters plan to do cold calls until the polls close tonight at 7:00. rubio will be in miami tonight for what he calls a primary night celebration. >>> on the democratic side, 214 delegates are at stake. and hillary clinton will be in west palm beach tonight. the big day is here. volunteers hung up the phones overnight but will be picking them back up again as people head to the polls at 7:00 a.m. as ashley mentioned. clinton is already ahead of bernie sanders with more dell gays across the country but that is not stopping her team from trying to secure a win today. parties planned in the tampa bay area. you can find the locations on abcactionnews.com. >>> bernie sanders plans to hold a rally in phoenix this the vermont senator spoke last night in charlotte, north carolina and here in fl

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their wins were big, comfortable and for marco rubio, campaign ending. after a week of rallying marred by bitterness, even violence -- >> this is a great evening. >> reporter: donald trump in florida tonight basking in another set of victories as the sun set of the marco rubio campaign campaign. >> while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever and while today my campaign is suspended, the fact that i've even come this far is evidence of how special america >> reporter: this is rubio graciously getting out of this race. >> i want to congratulate donald trump on his victory in florida. >> reporter: for john kasich, his first victory but a big one. >> i will not take the low road to the highest office in the land. >> reporter: the fact that kasich cleaned up in this winner take all state means trump has to work harder to reach the magic delegate number. just three men now in the republican race. >> after tonight, america now has a clear choice going forward. >> reporter: as front runt ners go, hillary clinton is closer to the goal. >> our campaign has earned more vo

. >> and heaven forbid, you add up mar eco rubio's support, and marco rubio, it is not going to reacht ted cruz has. he has a operation, and gearing it up and investing in florida next week, and he's got massive strategists, evangelical and pulling from carson and other candidates going in cruz's favor so if donald trump -- >> what you are saying is that cruz is on the way to victory? >> well, i don't know about that, but momentum. >> and no. >> and so cruz has the momentum. >> cruz is on the way the two-man contest. if marco rubio does not win florida and john kasich does not win ohio past march 15th, this dynamic is going to change. and what you are will see then, and this is interesting to watch, and nomiki is going to like in, because you will see an actual divide in the establishment to decide who they align behind and is that donald trump who they fear because he is so unknown or behind ted cruz whom they have already -- >> whom they hate. >> and not one person has come out for cruz. >> and nomiki, what i have found interesting about this is that donald trump calling for rubio t

mar. the primary as callss grow for marco rubio to leave the race. refugees stranded at the macedonia greece border, a symbol of failure to help people in need. practices practices >>> the hurst carrying nancy pace space reagan left here. she died 94 yield old. they led the countries through most of the 1980s. people all over the world tonight are praising the former first lady. this statement was released: >> reporter: see symbolized the grief of a nation, burying her husband. her def identification to him her was clear. it was the constant them of their long marriage. born in 1921 in new york, she was became an actress, but when she was put on the black list, she turned to the president of the activist. they did one movie together. she put her career aside to raise their children and help his political career. >> i think i may have helped a little maybe. >> reporter: there were often questions about how much she helped. this incident reinforced the idea that she was really running the show. >> doing everything you can. >> reporter: she denied havin

marco rubio by 30 points. but caught up in more controversy. marred by protestors and a fight between a photo journalist and a secret service and he is on the fire for renouncing support from kkk leader david duke. >> i disavow. >>> hillary clinton from a weekend in south carolina and hopes to win tomorrow. bernie sanders hoping for victory in vermont and a few other states just to stay in the race. we'll have up to the minute breaking coverage of the super tuesday states starting tomorrow night as the polls close. you will find it on abcactionnews.com as well as the free abc action news mobile ap. >>> registered sex offender accused of attacking two women. dan espasito pulled a gun on a woman and then attempted to sexual assault her and attacking her elderly mother. >>> hernando county deputies asking for help to find 41-year- old david dean sr. wanted on two counts of sexual battery and for strangulation. knew the victims and the assaults were violent. he was last seen driving a 2007 suzuki. if you see him call 911. >>> an update on the zika virus.

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mar-a-lago. >> anchor: almost a clean sweep tonight for trump. >> anchor: what a disappointing ss for marco rubio losing his state and suspending his pain. >> we have more on this. >> reporter: the announcement of that suspension is really what seemed to shock this crowd. all along, marco rubio was saying even up until last he'll go on. he even planned to be in utah tomorrow, but the numbers were not there for him. too big to overcome. even with his support of his home county that he was really counting on today.senator rubio has been slamming the polling all along. and it turned out to be on target. the poing, 2-1, and that's what his loss was. he came out here with his speech to th crowd. and very staunch supporters of 200 people. it sundayed like part concession speech and part campaign rhetoric. and senator rubio ripped into a political storm that paved the way to o nald trump. >> i blame most of it on our political establishment. a political eablishment that for far too long has looked down on conservatives as throwers. a political establishment that for far too long has taken the granted. a

mar rubio held a rally, earlier today. >> it always comes down to florida. >> reporter: for marco rubio his campaign for president will come down to florida. the florida senator acknowledges he has to win his home state in next week's primary. and dismisses reports he is close to ending his campaign. >> now there are people spreading rumors that wr going to end our campmpaign. let me tell you something, i will be on that ballot on tuesday, i will campaign, as long as and as hard as itt takes >> reporter: for rubio is it is an uphill ttle, in florida, it shows that trumumhas the support of 40 percent of republicans, and rubio has 24, and ted cruz has 19 and johns kasich has 5 percent. to try to boost his support, rubio was schedule to meet with jeb bush on wednesday. >> senator, would you like to see an endorsement from j jeb bush? >> everyone would like that and i don't know what he is going to make a decision on or not, would love to have the support, who would not want the endorsement from jeb bush. >> do you think it will help the campaign. >> with he have to press on and we will. >> god bless, miami. >> ted cruz, campa

marco rubio will be holding two rallies today in jacksonville and melbourne. as he looks to win in his home state tomorrow. yesterday rubio chimed into, on the violence that marred some over the weekend. demonstrators were arrested and sprayed in the face with pepper spray in kansas city. but rubio called for calm in the presidential campaign. >> we can strongly disagree about what our tacks should be. we can strongly disagree about how many regulations we should have. we can strongly disagree about the role of the federal government but cannot continue to allow the political discourse in this country to continue to head in this direction. >> rubio says it's not right for trump to say he's going to be paying for legal bills of supporters that stand up to violent protesters. >>> on the democratic side hillary clinton is hoping to land a knockout punch. right now the polls show clinton is leading bernie sanders in all five states holding primaries tomorrow. >> they are both taking strong jabs over the violence in the donald trump rallies. mary bruce is in cleveland with more. >> reporter: donald trump blames sanders supporters for >> he tells the truth very rarely

mar-a-lago. >> anchor: almost a clean sweep tonight for trump. >> anchor: what a disappointing loss for marco rubio losing his ste and suspending his pain. we have more on this. >> reporter: the announcement of that suspension is really what seemed to shock this crowd. all along, marco rubio was night, whatever happens today, he'll go on. he even planned to o in utah tomorrow, but the numbers were not there for him. too big to overcome. even with his support of his home county that he was really counting on today.senator rubio has been slamming the polling all along. and it turned out to ben target. the polling, 2-1, and that's what his loss was. he came out here with his speech to the crowd. and very staunch supporters of 200 people. it sundayed like part concession speech and part campaign rhetoric. and senator rubio ripped into a political storm that paved the way to donald trump. >> i blame most of it on our political establishment. a political establishment that for far too long has looked simple minded people and bomb throwers. a political establishment that for far too long has taken the vot

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. >> reporter: marco rubio kicks off a rally here in his home state in tropical park tonight at 8 pm. donald trump will be at his mar- a-lago mansion in palm beach. polls show trump leading in six super tuesday states. >>> an average of the most recent polls taken in florida you can see donald trump is ahead for the republicans. >>> we continue our live team coverage with gaby fleischman who is with the ice palace film studio in miami where hillary clinton will be tonight. >> reporter: hillary clinton will be watching the super florida. digit leads in multiple states. during a campaign stop in virginia ahead of super tuesday policies. striking a telemarketing for a general election than a contested primary. >> i need your help to go and vote tomorrow to bring people to vote with you. difference between what i believe we need to do to move our country forward and what the republicans are promising to do. >> reporter: from senator bernie sanders took his campaign to minnesota making his third appearance in four days. sanders is leading clinton in minnesota. during his rally sanders made a strong environmental push ann

supported senator marco rubio but changed to trump saying rubio needs more work before he can deliver on his campaign promises. trump will be in palm beach tonight where he plans to speak at the mar a lago club at 9:00. meanwhile rubio is hoping supporters turn their loyalty into votes today. polls show he's trailing both donald trump and ted cruz. in a final pitch to voters at trump's leadership style. >> leadership is not go going to an angry and frustrated people and say you should be frustrated. that is not leadership. you know what that is? that is called dom going tory dangerous. >> rubio is referring to the rash of violence and chaos at trump rallies over the weekend. north carolina authorities inciting a riot after that 78- year-old man punched a protester in the face at the against it. rubio will be in miami tonight for what he calls a florida primary night celebration. >>> on the democratic side hillary clinton is expected to cruise to an easy victory in florida over senator bernie sanders. there are 246 delegates at stake today. so no matter the outcome she'll thank supporters at the palm beach county convention center while sanders will spend the night in arizona. rep

mar-a-lago. >> he's having a blast with some of the returns coming in. let me ask you this, let's take us back to marco rubio. he's going to keep ongoing and going, but he suspended his campaign last night. were you surprised? >> aye, a little bit. he said he'd keep going no matter what. i think he figured he didn't have much of a choice. >> let's look at this. so he's out. kasich wins in his home state. right, which means that according to his math, he could possibly win a brokered convention. now, does that add up to you? >> well, to this extent, i think it's quite possible that donald trump still won't get that 1,237 delegates he needs to win on the first ballot. so the rules are complicated, each state handles it down differently. yes, it's possibly we'll go to cleveland in july not knowing -- >> how possible -- >> not as slim as you might think. trump has many advantages and it's always been a mistake to underestimate what he can achieve. but there are an awful lot of republican leaders who don't want him to be the nominee. >> that's interesting too. because you are seeing this force behind all of this

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mar rubio saying he should bow out. >> > want to congratulate ted cruz on kansas and maine. he should do well on maine because it is very close to canada. let's face. [ laughter ] marco rubio had a very bad night and personally i call for him to drop out of the race. you know i heard hillary today and i watched her statement tonight and her statement is "make america whole." that is a terrible statement. make america whole. i think she meanser about in a hole. we are in a deep hole. and we are trying toig out ware out. we owe $19 trilon. >> reporter: a strong night for texas senator ted ruz started the weekend off winning big and taking the state of maine. this marked a rebound from cruz from last week's super tuesday caucus. and marco rubio decided to campaign tops, puerto rico. the florida senator spoke in spanish to supporters at a rally and despite less than desired results. marco bio said his focus is on his home state of florida. >> more delegates awarded in florida than basically every state voted tonight combined. a winner take all state. the states that voted tonight are important. we will lead tonight with more delegates than we had yesterdaydelegates than

marco rubio. kasich says he'll wait to make a decision until his home state of ohio on mar 15th, and rubio says he'll wait until florida which is the same day. everyone is chasing trump who tweeted: why can't the leaders of the republican party see that the millions? stronger party. >> trump is on a collision course with hillary clinton who got some support from music royalty including elton john at a fundraising concert at radio clinton headlined a rally earlier in the day at the javits center. >> hello, new york! [cheers and applause] wow. it is so good to be home! >> all right. now to a preview of coming attractions. democrats and republicans have a very busy weekend ahead. on saturday there will be contests in places including kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maine and nebraska. also later today pay attention to this, mitt romney scheduled to deliver an address at 11:30 this morning. that is expected to be very critical of donald trump. greg and rosanna, back to you. >> i know. i was checking everybody's twitter feed this morning, and donald trump says why does mitt now? when he was running, he sough

mar-a-lago club, which he owns. this is a state that votes exactly two weeks from today, a state where he has a commanding lead over marco rubio. remember, this is marco rubio's home state. so the fact that this was a big night for donald trump but he clearly has his eyes set on the next couple of weeks. >> paula, thanks. tonight. donald trump also projected to win in virginia as well as massachusetts. a round of crushing losses, though, for marco rubio tonight. he managed to garner a projected victory in minnesota but ted cruz beating out rubio and trump to take oklahoma as well. and on the democratic side hillary clinton steamrolling through the south picking up a projected win in delegate-rich texas and projected victories in georgia, alabama, and tennessee. and in her former home state of arkansas. at the clinton victory rally tonight, abc's matt gutman is in miami tonight with the latest. matt? >> reporter: well, this isn't so much a victory speech by hillary clinton but it did seem like a speech by a victor, hugely energized crowd here that cheered every time they heard that hillary clinton was winning a state. they booe

marco rubio are both holding events in miami tonight. rubio is officially kicking off his home state campaign with a rally. and donald trump will be watching the returns in palm beach at his mar-a-lago estate. jason: make sure to download the free mobile app for super tuesday results. we have you covered on line and on air. michelle: we' re monitoring an area after a brush fire in oak hill. alex villarreal is live this morning. there is more risk today , right? they put our threat level today as moderate for volusia and surrounding counties in central florida. it is common out here right now. -- cal m out here right now, very calm. but the smell of burned brush is still strong. take a look at this. a map that shows the moderate risk in yellow. those counties are in moderate risk. a fire tore through the oak hill area yesterday. heavy smoke could be seen rising from the brush. it was dangerously close to i later wrote. it was moving really fast, even jumping a canal. fortunately, crews were able to stop the blaze. nobody was hurt, and nothing was damaged. started the fire. flareups. the risk is to out of five. use. level one is lo-res. level five is extreme danger. where level

mar general. his message has appeal today a lot of ohioans here. >> jonathon bets as we mentioned is in miami, jonathon, today do or die for marco rubio, what is heing there? yeah, i was out questioning marks the beginning or the end of some of these, with that in mind, marco rubio has been focusing hard on florida and offering a different tone. as he tries to slow trumps momentum and save his own campaign because marco rubio trailed badly behind donald trump in florida which is a shock to many, is that he is the junior senator from florida. so rubio has been pushing this message that he is best positioned to beat donald trump in florida. and that a vote for any other candidate rubio says is in effect a vote for donald trump, rubio has also broken from his past style, no longer insults him personally. but instead as we saw over the weekend, offering a da deep knew jens critic, calling his rise disturbing a grotesque development, of american politics and saying that troop has been feeding this anier that we have seen at rallies so rubio trying to offer a different vision for the party and the country, just listen to him yesterday, in melbourne, fl

mar eco co rubio. >> wow. it s is even early. see where where i am later tonight. >> and marco rubio's advisers are making it clear no matter what happens tonight, this is trump's night big time and he is in it all of the way to the convention, and he says, if i have to get in my truck and drive to all 50 states, i will do it. they believe they have the mo money, and they can do it, but the problem is ted cruz who also believes he need s to s to be in the two-man race which is the dynamic that has led to trump to get a foothold in the republican primary race, because neither cruz nor rubio nor car son son want to et get out, and trump is going to continue the rise, and continuing to go on, and calls from trump and cruz for rubio to get out, and he says no. >> and we remember how big that and now, we will have live updates as the results come in, and i will be joined by savannah and chuck with primetime starting at 10:00 p.m. eastern, and 9:00 p.m. central with all of the breaking candidates news. >> and other news, e let's talk about the argument between apple and the fbi that reached capitol hill today. apple is refusing to unl

mar rubio. he ended his campaign after losing the primary yesterday, and only local10 spoke with him as he arrived home this morning. >> i'm not doing any tv today. >> janine: local10 caaght up with marco rubio outside his west miami home after dropping his kids off at school. looking more look an ordinary dad rather than presidential candidate, he said little. >> thanks for coming out. >> janine: donald trump's win in the sunshine state last night was devastating enough for rubio to suspend his campaign. trump says his focus now is to unite the party. out there, and i think the publicans should grasp it. the third party guantees 100%. >> janine: john kasich pushing forward after taking all 66 delegates with a win in his home state of ohio. >> we are going to go all the way to clevela and secure the republican nomination. >> janine: to t democrats where hillary clinton swept four of the fife state up for grabs. >> when we care, a candidate for president call for rounding up 12 million immigrants, that doesn't mauk him strong, it makes him wrong. >> janine: as for bernie sanders, an overall disappointing night. the map for his path to the nomination looking extremely grim. a republic pr

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marco rubio are both close events in miami tonight. rubio is officially kicking off his home state campaign with a rally. donald trump will be watching the returns in palm beach at his mar-a-lago estate. make sure to download the free, wesh 2 mobile app for up-to-the-minute super tuesday results. we have you covered on-air and online, 24-7. right now, firefighters are closely monitoring an area near oak hill for flare ups. you can see the wildfire that burned dangerously close to some buildings yesterday afternoon. particular to this footage from the air. wesh 2' s matt lupoli reports, flames event of a canal at one point. >> volusia county fire crews spent hours knocking down flames the tour through several acres in the aucilla area. video shows heavy smoke billowing from the burning the fire was fast-moving and jumped a canal. check -- to got about 10 acres. the fire spread dangerously close to structures on thailand are road. crews work to stop -- stop the blaze. it does not appear anyone was inside the structures and no one was hurt during the firefight. it is not clear what certainly fire year in the aucilla area, a division of forest recruit will be my check for f

florida and south florida, that this race has been casted a a home turf for marco rubio but not for donald trump. when donald trump has marmany trump properties all over the state? >> i think the state is a must win for all of the candidates. and we are a pretty conservative state despite what some people say. and in terms of the nuances in the state of florida, northern florida people would typically tend to think it would go with mr. trump in this scenario and the i-4 corder and especially down south in miami dade, we think that is traditionally marco rubio company. and when you take those o into effect it is going b to close race. >> state representative and chairman of the republican party of florida. >> thank you. >> don't forget to tune into the town hall tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern here an cnn. christi with that back to you in atlanta. >>> we do have some other things to talk about this morning. a riot in a alabama prison. corrections officers are injured. why authorities now are doing a sweep for continraband and what they are looking for there's always a cause for celebration. [sportscaster vo] with extraordinar

see to the extent which cruz and marco rubio go after one another execute that to will be for john kasich say i will do campaign appearances in ohio fornd focus on mar we're seeing some of that already. andch is going in michigan ohio. really focusing on those wins. some otherusing on states. rubio is all in on florida. we can expect to see him there next week. john: i always think about saturday. there's a bunch of contest on caucuses and the places where they are, they seem to be good spots for ted cruz to a pretty good salted. >> when you look at the races happening now between march 15th. foreems like a natural fit ted cruz in places like louisiana. they want to mix it in up in mississippmichigan too. three weeks ago, they were talking michigan will be it. offthey sort of backing that saying trump will win. i think broadly when you look at romney speech today, it's fascinating. what planet we're on. ted cruz is applauding mitt romney to coming out saying what he's been saying about donald trump. where we are. maine caucus the on the republican side in 2012? >> ron paul. libertarians. mark: debate tonight is a big saturday event and so are c pac.

marco rubio. reporting live at f irgs u, laura rodriguez, nbc 6 news. >> now we want to head to palm watching tonight's results come in. nbc 6 reporter willard shepard is live from mar-a-lago where trump plans on speaking aboutut 9:00 tonight. willard? jawan. area. people driving by us here at the second home. he's scheduled to speak lter this evening. as laura rodriguez is telling us, that marco rubio is not going to get out of the race in spite of what happens here in florida. of course, donald trump has been saying that marco rubio should et out of the race and should have done it a short time ago. but mr. rubio still in the race. and now also, trumpn social media today tweeting out saying that he was getting reports, his campaign, that in some places, some places he wasn't on the ballot. he put a qualifier to that saying he hoped that was not the case. of coue, we will hear what he

mar-a-lago which he owns. really, this is a big night for him. couple of weeks, to have it here in florida, marco rubio's home state. a state where right now he has a commanding lead. >> all right, paula faris, thank you. >>> we'll be talking to marco rubio when we come back. and the big question, can anyone stop donald trump now in the republican party? i take pictures of sunrises. it's my job and it's also my passion. but with my back pain i couldn't sleep... so i couldn't get up in time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12-hour strength of aleve... for pain relief that can last into the morning. and now... i'm back. aleve pm for you totaled your brand new car. p nobody's hurt, but there will still be pain. p it comes when your insurance company says they'll only pay p three quarters of what it takes to replace it. what are you supposed to do? drive three quarters of a car? p now if you had liberty mutual new car replacement, you'd get your whole car back. p i guess they don't want you driving around on three wheels. smart. with liberty mutual new car repl

mar-a-lago club. standard. a newtandard in clubs and a new standard in palm beach. >> donald trump on "gma" this morning. tom llamas live in times square tonight. and tom, we saw it from marco rubio there and from ted cruz, both trying to take down donald trump. but the question, is it too late? >> reporter: david, we'll know in just a few hours. now, senator rubio's closing argument was that donald trump was a conman, who has conned the republican party. and senator ted cruz saying he's the only person who has beat trump in the past, and he will beat him in the future. but so many states had early voting record turnout, it't' tough to tell if those attacks will stick. david? >> all right, tom, we'll be coming back to you as soon as results come in. tom, thank you. >>> now, to the m theic icdeckic icic icic democratic side. a signal hillary clinton is pivoting to donald trump today. what she said about trump and the republicans, as senator bernie sanders vows to take this all the way to the convention. abc's cecilia vega with the >> hi, everybody. >> reporter: hillary clinton making her final push today in the super tuesday battle ground of minnesota. >> i'll work really hard for

mars one day. >>> officials called the final super tuesday state just hours ago. senator ted cruz took alaska. the polls did not close until mid nature our time. marco rubio came in third with 15% of the vote. >> continuing super tuesday coverage, donald trump and hillary clinton each won seven states. here's the latest from washington. >> reporter: after securing key victories in several delicate- rich states, donald trump is shifting his focus to the general election. >> i am going to get along great with congress. paul rayon, i don't know him well. if i don't, he's going to have to pay a big price, okay? >> reporter: ted cruz is touting wins in oklahoma and texas. >> the strongest campaign to beat donald trump is our campaign. >> reporter: trump's wins are stoking fear in the republican establishment who question whether his nomination would keep them out of the white house. >> i think we're good to -- dishonest politician in the country, hillary clinton. >> i am the only candidate that not only can unite the party but can grow it. if donald trump wins the nomination, it will basically, i think, split the conservative movement. >> reporter: with wins i

mar gyp. he tends to do better in caucus state. 30 delegates up for grabs there. on the republican side, there was also puerto rico where marco rubio had his best showing, by far, ever this race. 74% there in a walloping defeat over donald trump there who had 14%. 23 dell deviates at stake there. bringing back our panel here. i want to get right to it. we've been talking all two hours. what are the takeaways after people wake up after a lot of debates? we talked about i think some of the important stuff on policy and substance but politically it didn't seem this is the kind of debate that is going to change fundamentals of this race where bernie sanders has a base, is hitting key issues, but does not currently look like he can put together the constituency or the delegate math to truly challenge hillary clinton. >> i agree with you. i also felt that clip where we showed, she's ready to hug him, to say we have more in common than separates us, and he was like, not so fast, in his reply. she doesn't want to act like it's over but she would like it to be over. he's letting her know it's not. >> i think there are two things to keep in

. >> reporter: marco rubio will be kicking off his rally at 8 pm at the equestrian center at tropical park. the doors open at seven. donald trump will be at his mar- a-lago mansion in palm beach. polls show trump winning at least six super tuesday states. >>> here's an average of the most recent polls taken in florida. you can see donald trump ahead for the republicans two weeks away from our primary. >>> we continue our live team coverage with gaby fleischman who is live at the ice palace film studio in miami. hillary >> reporter: good morning. hillary clinton is expected to watch super tuesday results and speak with supporters here in south florida tonight. polls show clinton has a solid lead in multiple states. >> during a campaign stop in virginia ahead of super tuesday hillary clinton focused on policy. striking and tone more fitting for a general election than a contested primary. >> i need your help to go and vote tomorrow and bring people to vote with you. there could not be a bigger difference tween what i believe we need to do to move our country forward and what the republicans are promising to do. >> reporter: vermont senator bernie s