so you've got marco rubio, 24.1%, ted cruz, 23.5%, 6,000 votes for marco rubio, 5,800 ted cruz.e of donald trump, 42.4%. donald trump has sent out a tweet that said thank you nevada. trump touted his entrance poll numbers listing all the groups he won including latino voters. jim acosta has more from vegas. >> reporter: despite trump's attacks on marco rubio and ted cruz he barely mentioned them here. he says he will grow stronger as other candidates drop out. he touted his support among hispanic voters. >> we won the evangelicals, we won with young, we won with old, we won with highly educated and we won with poorly educated. i love the poorly educated. we're the smartest people, we're the most loyal people and you know what i really am happy about it because i've been saying it for a long time, 46% with the hispanics, 46%, number one with hispanics. >> reporter: next trump will focus on the super tuesday states that will have their say next week. his next stops virginia, texas, georgia and arkansas. he's posting a big presence in all of those states. cnn las vegas. >> the turn

ted cruz, marco rubio, ted cruz ahead 22.2%. 21.1%, as you can see over there for marco rubio. there's not a whole lot of difference. once again, 11% of the vote is now in. as i say, this fight for second place is very, very significant. but trump is the big winner. >> he is. and you know, manu just asked a very important question about marco rubio, which is doesn't he have to win somewhere? and i was talking to a rubio source a couple of days ago who admitted that's what their donors are going to start to ask him. aren't you going to win somewhere. the person who did win was donald trump. let's look at the ways in which he won. why he won. >> this is what is behind the trump victory tonight. in our exit polls, among the voters angry with the federal government, that's 40% of the republican primary electorate, 42% of them went for trump. 25% for cruz. 17% for rubio. and 8% for carson. that's nearly a 20-point lead there, 17-point lead for trump among angry voters at the federal government. how about looking at the canned data who can bring needed changes. trump wins these voter

and ted cruz. marcoo has today said(ia)# ted cruz has to be held accountable and somebody should be fired nor what rubio calls deceptive campaign practices and dirty tricks, going back to house and new hampshire and south carolina with something that frankly weren't cruz's fault. pro cruz super pac and pac organizations doing nasty robo calls, bringing up a variety of issues but that was aimed at donald trump. cruz has a big crowd waiting outside. he is not expected to come in -- might come and second near nevada but with tomorrow's caucuses, donald trump has a big advantage. trump is here in las vegas. he was over at trump tower. forgive me for looking to my left. i'm expect him to come into the news conference and we'll throw him a question if he does. a lot riding on this. if trump wins the quarterbacks three of the first four states in the first in the nation states to vote in february, and he does lead in most of the polls. marco rubio will not be in nevada tomorrow when the returns come in and the

if ted cruz wins in texas, he's the senator from texas. of course he should win texas. marcod carry florida. john kasich should carry ohio. if you can't carry your own state, you're not going to be much use as a presidential candidate outside of your state. >> amanda, as we mentioned, cruz leading in texas. trump, though, leading in virginia, leading in florida, other key states, in march. if you were cruz, do you focus all your time and all your resources in texas over the next few days? because as jeffrey just said, if he wins, some people say, okay, well, he should have won this state, or do you try to make gains elsewhere? >> sure. texas clearly has always, before donald trump started doing so well, was always a key part of ted cruz's march for a southern strategy. this was a map that was built really for ted cruz, nobody anticipated what donald trump is going to do. clearly, cruz is going to make a play there. he's made no bones about it. he said, next week is very important for the campaign. the thing that's important for tonight and march 1st is building momentum, to s

what is interesting about this is the marco rubio/ted cruz contest, because marco rubio has to knock out mr cruz or vice versa. as soon as we begin to get that result, we will bring it to you live here on al jazeera. staying in the states, republican squaring up for a fight against the u.s. president over his refreshed plans as of yesterday to finally close down guantanamo bay. it is an effort to deliver on a pledge he made more than seven years ago. he believes the existence of it undermines america's standing around the world. >> reporter: it was one of his first promises in office, and now u.s. president obama is hoping in his last year he can actually accomplish it. close the controversial detention center at guatemalaned bay cuba. >> are we going to let this linger on? another 15 to 30 years? >> reporter: for all that time dozens of men have been held in limbo. they went on a hunger strike and they were finally fed through a tube. they're going to try to end the location, sending a plan to congress. it is a bit vague, listing 13 sites where the detainees could be held. it would b

he has a healthy double-digit lead in front of his competitors ted cruz, marco rubio, type case it tran9 and bernie sanders. ted cruz his campaign is facing controversy over a foss tran9 false add aimed at marco rubio. he misquoted marco rubio said amount tran9 remarks. this week john kasich is the in the silver state. ben carson stopped in northern nevada yesterday telling news 4 he is not dropping out even south carolina. now, for those of you planning on attending a rally, tonight, crews will be in reno rally with the nevada atty. gen. atty. gen. that starts at 7 o'clock. tomorrow ted cruz will make several stops in northern nevada. you to check my news 4.com for more information. donald trump will also host a rally at the nugget casino it tran9 rose ballroom before heading back to las vegas. they are bitty getting those precincts ready. for a list of caucus locations, you can visit my news 4.com for those details. >>> nevada's next up in the in a part -- republican race for the white house. he has a strong lead in the polls ahead of tomorrow nights caucuses. >>> right now marco rubio

the unofficial count has cruz trailing marco rubio by hundreds of votes. cruz calls that a convenient tie for second. now ted cruz putting focus on marco rubio making the case in the long run, only he, ted cruz, can beat donald trump in the republican race. gets let the latest from sunlen serfaty with ted cruz in nevada. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. the cruz campaign is trying to present the image they are still on track and charge ahead in nevada. the senator will have a series of events working a caucus event tomorrow night. so much out here on the campaign trail is around the postmortem of the south carolina primary. what does this mean for the campaign going forward? he was asked about that here yesterday and quickly pivoted to the new favorite target. marco rubio. >> he was asked what state can you win? you were not able to win in iowa or in new hampshire. when can you win a state? the answer he gave is i think we could win florida on march 15th. that is an amazing admission. apparently they don't believe they will win any states on s

texas senator ted cruz won the iowa gop caucus, outpacing billionaire businessman donald trump and florida senator marco rubio. and now cruz is holding a rally in greenville ahead of the new hampshire primary. over the last 24 hours, the just in the past weekend. this is a map of where cars have been stolen inn richland county. 13 were taken from january 15th through february 2nd. authorities warn that apartment complexes have been the most hit target. there are precautions to avoid becoming a victim. "get an automatic start for your vehicle. have another set of keys where you can lock the vehicle. of course, we ask that you don't leave your vehicle unnatended while it's running, unless you have that auto start, where if anyone tries to break in and step on the gas it automatically shuts off. but, it's one of those things where, it's a crime of opportunity and we're trying to prevent that." some problem areas are broad river road and garners ferry road. the richland county sheriff's department is warning car owners to remain vigilant. a bridge along caughman road is now open in richland county after bei

marco rubio in a dog-fight here for second place with ted cruz. this is something that marco rubio had fought for, australia we just talked about he got the endorgsment of the senator here. also in particular ee haley. what does this is an about his positioning and what do you suppose we're going to here from rubio tonight? >> i think what it says is that, perhaps, the republican voter that is down the middle is moving for toward marco rubio. this crowd, every single time numbers go up on the screen, they go crazy and they start screaming his name. if you feel like, perhaps, rubio is jackying for second place and against ted cruz, i think they have a possibility to move even into the first place. i have two different voters saying to me necessity are just waiting for donald trump to do something over the top that marco rubio can then be propelled to that number one position. >> so much contingent now on many of marco rubio's rivals in the establishment lane. i hate to keep using that phrase, but it does describe what is happening here, this outside

conservative. we have good options. >> let's talk about some of those, you've spoken high praise of marco rubio, and ted cruz. and especially with florida coming up with the primary, there's going to be a lot of at anying. what -- attention. >> marco is a champion for getting rid of government run health care, for lowering taxes, for reducing regulations, he has a strong record on economic policy and he talks about the virtue of letting people pursue their own careers and building small business, and free enterprise. ted cruz is the same record. we have to reappeal it, and also if you're more moderate in florida, jeb bush. >> his record on the economy and other issues, isn't as conservative. why do you like him? >> we look at the facts, he reduced spending, and now i know that some of my friends say, it's the bush administration all over again. that's why we said, marco rubio, ted cruz are the gold standard. the facts are the facts, and jeb bush has a good record. >> you have your finger on the pulse, it'll come down to florida once again. what do you foresee down the road? as we go forward? is donald trump

between ted cruz and marco rubio. so we took a deep dive into the numbers to see sort of where are their strengths, where are cruz and rubio, obviously not as strong as trump tonight. where are their strengths and that might inform us how they plan to message and build their campaigns going forward from here. so take a look at this. among republican voters who say i need a candidate who shares my values, that is where ted cruz wins. 36% of those voters to rubio's 26%. carson has got 11%. and bush down at 10%. and they make up 37% of the electorate. electability is a marco rubio strength. those voters that want a candidate who can win in november big-time. by 30 points. rubio wins 49%. trump 19%. cruz 19%. kasich 6%. the problem for marco rubio there, only 15% of the electorate is looking for the candidate that can win in november. and then take a look at when people decided. this is fascinating to me. if you look among voters who decided in the last week 30% of them went for rubio. 27% went for cruz. 16% went for trump

i think ted cruz follows a long line of republicans who can't win the nomination. >> marco rubio had ght, he got over 20% of poll. >> does he scare you as a democrat sf. >> if i had a chance of running against ted cruz and marco rubio i'd want to run against ted cruz. >> how about you? >> i think that he is what the democrats are more scared of. parko rubio. he is young, charismatic, stratteled both establishment and outsider lanes and talks about the future. he's a modern jfk to hillary clinton's richard nixon. >> what happens to the other guys at the bottom now? >> i think you'll see the herd get thinned out. >> when? >> next week. i think you lose all of the governors. >> the night of the new hampshire primary? >> yes. >> some will stick around but not that many. >> two men who often lead our political coverage will get the last word. stierwalt and kurtz i'm caridee. i've had moderate to severe plaque psoriasis most of my life. but that hasn't stopped me from modeling. my doctor told me about stelara® it helps keep my skin clearer. with only 4 doses a year after 2 starter doses...

on the republican side, numbers building up. 29% for ted cruz. 25% for donald trump. marcooing very well at 21%. cruz ahead by 3550 votes. this is very, very close on the republican side. plenty of votes outstanding and very close on the democratic side as well. shaping up to be what we anticipated. let's go back to jake. . >> thanks. with all these numbers coming in, we are interested in hearing what the campaigns and the candidates are saying. let's go to jeff at sanders headquarters. a nail biter. 51% to 49%. what is the campaign saying? are. >> it is a nail biter. they are looking at the same neighborhoods and precincts. the one top adviser to hillary clinton in iowa said it is uncomfortably close. she is slightly up 59-49 with 61% in. it is very close. sanders is preparing his speech. win or lose, he is going to declare victory and move forward with his call for a revolution. the same call he has been giving out on the campaign trail. he has to see this as a huge achievement here. they're planning a big fund-raising that will propel his campaign. they're looking at the

plus, the cruz campaign accused of another dirty trick. this time, marcoology while a top cruz aide got canned. >>> and plus she was declared dead until she squeezed her mother's hand. >> breathtaking. it was a miracle in its own. you don't expect it and then all of a sudden it's there. >>> a mother breaks her silence as the uber driver who now admits to shooting her daughter appears in court. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." >>> good morning. it's tuesday, february 23rd, i'm jonathan capehart. coming off two big wins in new hampshire and south carolina primary, donald trump will try to wrap up a caucus victory in nevada tonight. about 8,000 thousand packed in the south point arena

this is a neck and neck race now between marco rubio and ted cruz for the second position. the poll position has gone to donald trump. this crowd of a few hundred people here at marco rubio headquarters are excited and they're watching these numbers very closely. as you said, marco rubio trying to take the high road in some of his stump speeches this week. same thing today. let's listen to what he had to say about what he will do when he is president. >> if you elect me president i will never pitch you against each other in order to win an election. you elect me president, i will lookout the for the best of all americans, including the people that don't vote for me, including the people that say nasty things about me on social media. i'm going to cut their taxes too. >> guys, you know, the governor of south carolina is in the house right now. a huge endorsement for marco rubio just this week. i think that has given him a real boost with some of the voters here. voters here. >> can you talk to us about the national defense that rub ishg o was talking about? >> marco rubio for

cruz rally. it was placed by marco rubio's campaign. it says paid for by marco rubio for president. i just stopped counting how many times the word lie is used here. it says cruz busted on lies. it goes on to talk about how many times rubio says he lied about a whole host of things. this is where the political race is right now. this is a political season, especially because the stakes are so high here in south carolina. >> you have rubio staffers at a cruz rally and putting them on every single vehicle. thank you very much. >>> let's talk about someone who is deeply popular here in south carolina who endorsed marco rubio. that's senator tim scott, who joins me now. senator, let's just start with the big question here. you've endorsed marco rubio. you heard dana's piece. it has gotten nasty. why did you choose rubio? >> well, i had the good fortunafortune of hosting two presidential forums. one was head and shoulders above the rest. that was marco rubio. he has more experience on foreign policy than any other candidate. he has lived the american dream. he uses conservative principles

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cruz sort of flip flopped. they were running one two and it came out 1-2 the other way. the real story there was marco rubio, really outperformed his third, much closer to trump than trump was to cruz. so you have these three people coming out of iowa with momentum. in new hampshire, trump' s got advantages he didn' t have in iowa. for one thing, it' s a primary. that' s just different. you can go vote. you don' t have go at 7:00. you can go anytime, all day long. and the other thing is, it' s an open primary. fernando: democrats can switch, republicans can -- carl: democrats. there' s nobody in iowa who' s a democrat that went to the republican caucus. you just don' t do that. but plenty of democrats vote, although sanders may keep them. you know, we keep, reporters keep running into these people, fernando, and they' ll tell you at these rallies, i' m either voting for trump or sanders. now, in washington, we go what? this a very confused person. maybe not. it' s the opposite side of populism, but it' s populism, things are broken, the little man' s getting screwed. sanders has it identified that it'

we'll get ready to here ted cruz, trump and marco rubio. this is a big win for ted cruz. >> a big win for ted cruz. and a bad night for some other people. dana bash has some breaking news. >> mike huckabee who was the caucus winner in 2008, a very big win back then, he's now suspending his campaign. he announced that moments ago we're talking about the three contenders, ted cruz, donald trump and rubio. mike huckabee has about 7% right now. he decided to suspend his campaign. he really has tried to return to iowa tried to make a go of it. people who are close to huckabee have told me, it's about timing and other things, but mostly about timing. it wasn't his year to return. and it he couldn't capture the magic and momentum he had here in 2008. >> the event gellical voters very strongly turned out this evening and many of them went for ted cruz. >> they had many more options. >> they were splitting their vote. among rubio, trump and cruz. we'll see how those shake out. anderson back to you in washington. >> we'll see more people turning out i

marco rubio and ted cruz, super tuesday could be a final chance for them to slow the billionaire businessman's past to the republican nomination. in tonight's debate marco rubio and ted cruz are expected to shrug it out, each trying to show voters why he is the best person to stop trump. ali velshi is live there tonight. ali. >> there were five. that is what is going to happen tonight. five people. we are looking at as you said what donald trump is going to do super tuesday has a lot of delegates at stake. donald trump is running ahead in almost all of them. 155 delegates are coming in from texas. you and i have been involved in media coverage for a long time. i want to give our viewers a flavour of what is going on in this room. this is the media room, filing room, aspen room. what you see more than you see than guys with big cameras, you see people with their phones doing this. this is a digital debate tonight at the university of houston. it is a very young crowd. lots of excitement around here. some real sense that something is going to happen. something has got to break. you have ted cruz

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marco rubio holds a slight edge over cruz for second place. ly beat out the others who wanted them to have political experience. 55 percent marco rubio followed by cruz number one and voter who's didn't make up their minds who went for rubio 39 percent compared to cruz at 26 and donald trump at 25. it will be a busy week for all of the candidates now six days away. all of the candidates will have a chance to make their case in a next one-on-one with megyn kelly. abby and heather? >> it is all coming down to the wire. thank you so much. the focus shifting to super tuesday. who has the most momentum with the biggest surprise? >> the moment pupum and the num. weighing in is lisa. thank you for joining us. >> let's talk about the momentum and who has it going into tuesday, super tuesday. >> we have seen him recently dominate in new hampshire, south carolina and nevada. it is a testament to the diversity of his candidacy. he picked up new hampshire and liberal leaning voter republican voters. also a state like south carolina which has 65 percent are

marco rubio a couple of thousand vote ahead of ted cruz. arson and john kasich in single digits. >> marco rubio and ted cruz, you add up all their votes, still less than donald trump. big. also overnight, hillary clinton and bernie sanders made their case. both confronted racial issues in a state where african-americans, they will play a major role in the democratic primary which is on saturday. right now polls show "headline news" right now polls show hillary clinton with the lead. they've asked why she's not released the tran scripts of page speeches she gave to wall street banks. cnn correspondent jeff has more on that. >> the topic of her paid speeches to goldman sachs and other wall street firms has been one of the issues throughout the course of this campaign. take a listen to what bernie sanders said about the paid speeches he has or hasn't given. >> look, it's against the law. i have given paid speeches way, way back that was donated to charity. it's way, way back. if i can find the transcripts, i'll be happy to give iet. hillary cli

cruz. this is not focused on marco rubio so much. they're pleased in trumphand to find it outlooks like rubio will be second are excited that ted cruz looks to be having perhaps the worst of the top three worst nights. to that end, donald trump is looking at one, in the next 21 days that will bring us to march 15th, where we have winner take all races, donald trump has been in 21 days to submit to submit his victory. that is a very have gresive schedule and he is looking for put away punches. now, he has expressed a certain amount of uncertainty in caucuses. and since his big win in south carolina, he expressed that kind of doubt. it's important everybody gets out because they're unpredictable. a huge win in this caucus means he will have won three in a row. four of the last three, caucuses being the ardent of the republican base, the ones that require the most organizing. here in nevada a state hard to organize in primaries for senate, governor or house that he was able to do it. this is a big, big step. and a sign that the trump cam

south carolina and new hampshire - frontrunner donald trump is looking to win against rivals ted cruz and marco rubio once again. cruz is going into today's contest without one of his top aides...after firing him over a misleading video suggesting rubio insulted the bible. meanwhile, democratic candidates are focusing on south carolina. their primary will be this saturday. hillary clinton is hoping to keep her momentum going after a big win in the nevada caucus over bernie sanders. right now.. clinton is leading sanders in several polls. a big debate across the country is unfolding right here in tampa bay. today, a large group of people will come together at the apple stores in tampa and brandon to protest the fbi's order to get apple door into iphones. 10news reporter sarah hollenbeck is live outside international plaza. sarah, even microsoft co- founder bill gates is weighing in on this one. yes, we've heard from a lot of tech giants and most of them stand by apple--saying the protection of iphone users is vital and apple shouldn't have to be forced to break their own software-- putting anyon

on the merits of the argument, ted cruz may have that argument. a lot of things that marcoubio says ted cruz is lying about don't fall into the category of lies. politically speaking, rubio has the upper hand. he's coming across as a much more appealing candidate than cruz has. he is being hit from two directions. as both mark and i have mentioned, south carolina governor nikki haley is going to be endorsing tonight marco rubio. it is an important step of approval for an important symbolic and actual palmetto state establishment leader. especially since there are 3 candidates duking it out for the establishment position. which, given the strength of donald trump and ted cruz, means they needed to get third-place or better in the primary on saturday. ye olde general consistency --general consensus is that john kasich comment fourth. if he does, he has a survival plan. that leaves jeb bush and the upper mentioned marco rubio, -- the aforementioned marco rubio, who took unusually aggressive shots at each other on the campaign trail. here is rubio in mount pleasant talking abou

that has an effect, but it is politics, and you can cry about the way that you lost, and ted cruz and marco rubio are a draw. but that's still first loser to trump. and i will buy into rubio's framing on that and it does not matter if rubio beats cruz or cruz beats rubio, trump is still winning. at this point, rubio has a big test, can he go toe to toe with trump? how does trump attack rubio? if i'm donald trump, i turn this into a race where he's running against two senators. so the challenge for ted cruz and marco rubio how do they break out of the argument role of essentially taking each other down. they have to stop that. they have to take on donald trump and make the case for themselves to win, and no more playing for the second or the third place. and you have no other choice but to go for the gold at this point. >> no more participation ribbons? >> yes, those are done. we don't believe in those any ways because we're republicans. >> and now, margaret hoover, i want to pick up on a point that amanda made about marco rubio, do we know how he is going to be standing up head-to-head with

marco rubio. the path just doesn't exist for ted cruz and john kasich beyond tuesday. o rubio will consolidate that anti-donald trump support. >> you have upset ron and trent. when he says it is a two-man race, you started shaking your heads vigorously here. >> marco rubio, who has yet to win a state anywhere and is running badly behind in his own state of florida, bypasses every super tuesday state and points to florida and nowhere else, it is a bizarre assertion to make. 60% of the delegates will already been allocated and that's when the marco rubio campaign is going to start? >> the only person who is running -- >> it makes me laugh when everybody says, oh, if so and so gets out, that support is going to go somebody else other than donald trump. in south carolina donald trump won with 35% of the vote and marco rubio and ted cruz had 22% each. jeb bush got out of the race. yet all of that support went to donald trump. donald trump in nevada went to 45% and marco rubio and ted cruz basically stayed exactly the same at 22%. when everybody gets out, that support is goin

i think ted cruz follows a long line of republicans who can't win the nomination. >> marco rubio had ht, he got over 20% of poll. >> does he scare you as a democrat sf. >> if i had a chance of running against ted cruz and marco rubio i'd want to run against ted cruz. >> how about you? >> i think that he is what the democrats are more scared of. parko rubio. he is young, charismatic, stratteled both establishment and outsider lanes and talks about the future. he's a modern jfk to hillary clinton's richard nixon. >> what happens to the other guys at the bottom now? >> i think you'll see the herd get thinned out. >> when? >> next week. i think you lose all of the governors. >> the night of the new hampshire primary? >> yes. >> some will stick around but not that many. >> two men who often lead our political coverage will get the last word. stierwalt and kurtz are next on the road to new hampshire. terror here at home. it's time for a tested and proven leader who won't try to contain isis. jeb bush has a plan... to destroy them. and keep america safe. jeb bush: the united states should no

we've seen marco rubio have good and bad performances. we've seen ted cruz kind of perform okay. this is make or break time. this could shape the election, the next president. i'm kind of baffled that marco rubio isn't in nevada right now to possibly give some kind of speech since he's been so good at framing this in the past. >> to the point about the debate on thursday, donald trump has according to pundits not had stel arrow performances from time to time. >> debate performances have a dramatic impact when they're concentrated on one state electorate. but this is a dozen states over one day. that's a much wider universe of voters that you're going to have to dramatically change the direction and the tra jiktry of this campaign 1234 . >> do you see any route that donald trump is not the nominee? >> i do. it's a very narrow path and with every day it gets more narrow. >> you're a trump supporter, do you see any path that's not the nominee. >> i think he's the nominee. look at nevada. look at past elections. we saw in 2012, this is a state that mitt romney carried by 20 points and

carl: the governors and cruz and marco rubio, who are bunched there. kasich, jeb, marco, cruz, between 12 points and 10 points, and one of them wants to finish second and they may get the most momentum. but, there' s no reason to think trump is going to lose new hampshire. fernando: well, carl, thank you so much. really appreciate your insights. brings flint to a breaking point. >> we can not guarantee at this point that the water is safe to drink. >> a nation turns to the mayor for answers. >> what happened in flint, hi, i'm henry winkler and i'm here to tell homeowners that are sixty-two and older about a great way to live a better retirement... it's called a reverse mortgage. call right now to receive your free dvd and booklet with no obligation. it answers questions like... how a reverse mortgage works, how much you qualify for, the ways to receive your money... and more. plus, when you call now, you'll get this magnifier with led light absolutely free! when you call the experts at one reverse mortgage today, you'll learn the benefits of a governme

marco rubio, ted cruz vying all night for second place. marco rubio, though, with a few hundred-point lead. it looks like he's going have second place. we're live. >> hillary clinton and bernie sanders, they battle it out in a cnn town hall, taking tough questions from the voters, showing perhaps each new strategy heading into the south carolina primary. welcome back to "early start." i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it's very early in the east and breaking news in ne in the nevada republican caucuses. look at this. we now have 91% of the precincts reporti reporting. donald trump way out front. 45.9%. coming in second, it looks like we've got to the answer. marco rubio with a few hundred-point lead. ted cruz pulling up in third. john kasich and ben carson in single digits. donald trump is hugely among voters saying they're angry, dissatisfied with the federal government. he scores very high with those who say they want someone to be an outsider, not experienced in politics. in his victory speech donald trump was ecstatic about his

he's been tweeting about it all afternoon saying at one point quote, wow, ted cruz falsely suggested marco mocked the bible and was forced to fire his communications director, more dirty tricks. that's just one of the tweets from donald trump today. now this flap over the now former cruz communication director, tyler fits very neatly into the trump playbook. he's been slamming cruz as dishonest for weeks since iowa. now trump can say tonight, i told you so. >> and obviously he's rolling into nevada on a hot streak, how confident does his campaign seem about another win? >> reporter: well given this spat between marco rubio and ted cruz today, donald trump is holding the best cards right now here in las vegas, anderson. trump is leading in the delegate estimate by about six to one. he is riding high in the latest polls here in nevada. we have to be careful, because as we saw in iowa, the polls were predicting that donald trump was going to cruise comfortably to a victory there. turns outs that was not the case. while donald trump is conducting a bit of an abbreviated campaign here, only hol

if he attacks marco that could help ted cruz. now i think the rubio campaign is trying to lay low. >> the trump campaign is trying out what they might use against him by floating things in social media. >> marco rubio has not won a state yet. >> let me ask you about the way the race has changed as we have learned who can win and who can't. having rounded south carolina now it really, if you look at it historically is almost a certainty that mr. trump will win the nomination. have they absorbed any of that? have they started to think about themselves as the nominees? >> they might be acting like they are but donald trump said yesterday it's not a shoo in yet. i think they learned their lesson in iowa after talking about how he would win by great numbers when they didn't win. they realized they opened themselves up to the attack line he's a loser. i said what do you think your chances of winning. they told me not that great at the time. i don't think they even thought they had much of chance. >> in a candid moment. >> in candid mom

senator ted cruz asked his campaign's communications director to resign. rick tyler distributed a video falsely claiming that marco rubio said something derogatory about the bible. tyler deleted the post. cruz apologised and rubio said it's a pats erp of the cruz campaign. they are defending a decision to block planned parenthood funding. he insisted that ohio will fund women's health programs. john kasich caused a stir saying he was elected to the ohio house with the help of women who left their kitchens to campaign for him. moving to south carolina, that's where democrats are focussing on the primaries. african-americans make up half of a democratic electorate in the state. bernie sanders may have an uphill climb. a lot show many are leading to hillary clinton. we have more from south carolina. >> putting up all the stops indeed for the clinton campaign, coming off the back of success in nevada, for the sanders campaign, and this is the charleston headquarters. they went out this afternoon, loud and clear. they have less than a week to, as they say, get her done. >> thank you nevada. thank you so much. >> fresh

and he is very much under fire from his two rivals ted cruz and marco rubio. mr. cruz today suggested the reason mr. trump hasn't released his tax returns is because there might be something in it in the form of a bombshell and could include some of his work with the mafia. listen to this. >> maybe his taxes show those business dealings are a lot more extensive than has been reported. multiple mel pell news reports have reported about his dealings with s. and s construction, who is owned by fat tony salerno, a mobster how is in jail. >> fat tony in a presidential campaign story. arthel, that is a first. marco rubio and john kasich face major tests but not until march 15th when their home states vote. >> carl cameron, thanks very much. >>> now, call me crazy, but do you think if donald's the nominee, the media and the general election is going to be okay with not seeing his tax returns. now, this is a man what prides himself of not being scared of things. >> what? those tax returns? ted cruz ramping up the pressure on donald trump to release his returns. this after

our political editor shows us how it which play out. >> this shows marco rubio as he walks up to cruz' father and insults the bible. >> marco rubio says it is another dirty trick from the cruz camp. he said this is what he said. >> i know what i said to that young man i said the answer to every question you have is in that book. i pointed to the book of proverbs, for them to take a video and transscript words that are the opposite of what i said. that's disturbing. >> i have apologized to marco rubio and the campaign. >> a spokesperson apologized a taste of what is to come. listen to trump. >> are you not sure that marco rubio is eligible to run for president. >> you're not sure. >> i don't know, donald trump retweeted lames that he is ineligible to be president because his parents were not u.s. citizens when he was born. >> i'm not sure. let people make their own determination. >> so marco rubio's stock is going up but he is facing a lot of challenges. >> he will pick up a lots of money and endorsements from the jeb bush crowd. i south out lindy graham's advice, that may not matter t

he's been tweeting about it all afternoon saying at one point, wow, ted cruz falsely suggested marco that he mocked the bible and was forced to fire his communications director. more dirty tricks. that's just one of the tweets from donald trump. the flap over the former cruz communications director tyler. he's been slamming cruz as dishonest for weeks, ever since iowa. now trump can say tonight, i told you so. >> obviously he's rolling in to nevada on a hot streak. how confident does his campaign seem about another win? >> given the spat between marco rubio and ted cruz today, donald trump is holding the best cards right now. trump is leading in the delegate estimate by about 6-1. he's riding high in the latest polls in nevada. we have to be careful, though. as we saw in iowa, those polls were predicting donald trump was going to cruise comfortably to a victory there. turns out that was not the case. while donald trump is conducting a bit of an abbreviated campaign here, only holding two rallies, including one tonight and one tomorrow in sparks, nevada, before these results are relea

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>> again, i think ted cruz won last night. i think that marcoz, actually. i think he was the one that kind of opened the door and started swinging, you know, came out swinging on trump. i think that was good. i actually thought this was probably the best debate of the whole, entire cycle, because of that. because of the jabs thrown and punches thrown. >> anybody like kasich last night? he was purely on the positive, all about solutions. showing what it is to be a governor and have executive experience and how that works. you know, at the federal level. did that matter to you? >> no. >> nothing? >> no. you? >> i really respect kasich. i think he's very qualified but with the candidates up there, you have a huge personality, like trump, he's not able to get his message across to the american people. so -- but i respect him. >> i agree with her and i feel the same about carson as well. i mean, i think they're both very thoughtful and both have experience, and qualifications that would lead them to that position, but living in a sound bite society a

cruz turned focus to marco rubio... who just this week accused the cruz camp of creating this facebook page... alleging south carolina congressman trey gowdy...was recinding his endorsment of rubio for cruz.... "marco rubio is behaving like donald trump with a smile." cruz denied instead blasting the rubio campaign for making the accusation ... and putting out robo calls....calling cruz unethical. that was addie hampton reporting. an error in spartanburg county...led to nearly -200- people... receiving *multiple* absentee ballots... to vote in the upcoming primaries. they received -2- ballots in the mail...within a week. now... the voter registration office is asking people... to return the one they fill out... and destroy the duplicate. spartanburg county "director of voter registration" henry laye says... an outside mailing service contractor...is to blame. he says... any duplicates... will be "challenged and rejected": - ---- "so i assure the folks of spartanburg county that we do have measures in place to make sure n

trump was highly favored even before the results started ...the real fight was between ted cruz and marco rubio for second place... cruz, it appears, will see a disappointing third place showing.... something he spun as progress for voters last night. meanwhile, his opponent rubio wasn't even in nevada. he was in michigan... already focused on what's next... super tuesday -- which gives voters there and in 11 other states their first chance to decide. here in iowa, trump's name has become something more...a perceived racial slur. fans at monday night's dallas center-grimes basketball game chanted trump's name. part of the opposing team, the perry blue jays, was offended by that chant. some players say the chant was meant to target perry's latino players. they say talk surrounding trump's alleged disdain for illegal immigrants was the fire behind it all. "things like trump, trump, trump, trying to intimidate us with the things mr. trump children." "we are all aware of racism, portions but it's alive and well and it's just hurtfull to see that's what they resort to. perry administrators say

>>reporter: cruz turned focus to marco rubio, who just this week, accused the cruz camp of creating this facebook page, alleging south carolina congressman trey gowdy was rescinding his endorsement of rubio for cruz. >> marco rubio, is bhaifg like donald trump at this time. >>reporter: cruz denied they were involved and blasted the rubio campaign for making th accusation and putting out robo calls calling cruz unethical. we did reach out to the trump and rubio campaigns as well, as them were available for comment this afternoon. meanwhile, again, cruz and rubio facing off at this town hall live on c, this n tonight. many -- cnn tonight, many are expecting fireworks similar to last's debate in greenville. tonight in greenville, addie hampton, 7 news. >>> at 10:00 and 11:00, you can count on us to bring you highlights from the cnn town hall in greenville. at the old cigar warehouse on south main street. tomorrow night, cnn will host the second down hall. three tonight and three again tomorrow. and anderson keeper will be the moderator. >>> happening right now, republican candidate doctor b

so marco rubio and ted cruz have to figure out new rules to play by. >> understood. f you're looking at all of the numbers and you're a marco rubio supporter and states have gone so far, nevada i don't think the marco rubio campaign would say nevada is their fire wall, they expected to do well in that caucus state. but if you look at that, they'd say, wait a minute, there is a second of the republican party not voting for republican. if you can consolidate that, it's a big if. you're saying interest is still a chance. >> sure. you've got to get them into the polls first. and the history and tradition of primary politics in both parties is between 30% and 45% of the party votes. the so owe -- called base. and sometimes, it's as much as 60% don't participate. they wait for the general election when the nominee has been selected by that base. donald trump is not your base conservative social, fiscal conservative in the traditional sense of the republican party. he's said let's take care of bombing isis in syria. that is to the idea that foreign policy is dictated by the