he has the best set of candidate skills in the republican field.ing those kinds of candidates in our field i think is a real strength as we move forward, particularly against these older whiter candidates like bernie sanders, and hillary clinton. >> rick, i'm sorry, i cut you off. >> yeah, ron brownsteen has been doing very impressive empirical working looking at what the coalition is. iowa does look like the republican party. the republican electorate is older. it is whiter. occupationally it resembles the occupations of the '80s. they are like americas 25 years ago. and when you have a candidate like donald trump beginning his candidacy, literally proposing one of the most massive ethnic cleansing in the history of man kind this really is an appeal to an america that no longer is, and yeah, you can have a young guy from cuba, and you can have a handsome speaker who is a cuban american, but people came from cuba to america because there were exiled, and that's another thing donald trump has done. he has said we should welcome exiles and then did a

here in south carolina, ted cruz is savoring his new perch atop the republican field. "the sound you're hearing is the sound of screams coming from washington, dc." with the republican field shrinking after the new hampshire primary, the nbc/wall street journal poll now shows a dramatic shift from last month -- cruz up eight points and trump dropping seven. sot trump/msnbc "i have never done well in those wall street journal polls. i think someone at the wsj doesn't like me." just days til south carolina votes... "here's a guy who raises the bible and he tells fibs, he tells lies." ..the trump-cruz feud is escalating. "file the lawsuit." cruz... daring trump to sue him over this ad, attacking trump's past comments on abortion. trump/mtp: "i am pro-choice in every respect." narr: "we cannot trust donald trump with these serious decisions." trump's lawyers call it "defamatory"... insisting he now opposes abortion. trump taunting cruz: "time will tell, teddy"... ... before backing off his threat during an msnbc town hall. business, i've had great success with lawsuits, i'

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we'll look at evangelicals' role in shaking out a crowded republican field. >> you want to see things change in iowa? do you want to see the glory of god come down to iowa? then you need to be involved in the political process. >> ifill: and we talk with amy walter and tamara keith about what's happening on the ground as candidates make their final push. plus, david brooks and michelle cottle are here to analyze the race. all that and more on tonight's pbs newshour. >> major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by:

his campaign was a bit different than the others in the republican field, focused heavily on privacy concerns of americans. rand paul was in the low double-digits for national polling until april of last year. yet since october, paul had not even reached 5% in any major national poll of republicans. this morning senator paul released a statement on his campaign saying "it's been an incredible honor to run a principled campaign for the white house. "today, i will end where i began, ready and willing to fight for the cause of liberty." paul's exit from the 2016 chase comes as two others ended their campaigns after monday's iowa caucuses. former arkansas governor mike huckabee left the republican nomination race after capturing 1% of the vote -- 8 years after he won iowa. on the democratic o'malley left the race after placing a distant third. new at midday... a waterloo man is sentenced to up to 25 years in prison for tying up a woman and robbing her. the waterloo cedar falls courier reports a judge sentenced 18- year-old dacarious burkett to two 25-year sentences. he'll serve both sent

after that john kasich and jeb bush with 9 and marco rubio with 8 the rest of republican field chris christie a 7 and rand paul with 3 apiece.

point victory in a new hampshire democratic primary and donald trump leading the rest of the republican field in the dust with a 19-point win over his nearest competitor sending new jersey governor chris christie and carly fiorina to the exits. both announcing today they have suspended their campaigns after poororinishes inowa and new hampshire. survivors have now descended on south carolina, site of one of the next critical face-offs. our political team has redeployed two. we begin our coverage with nbc's katy tur. hi, katy. lester. things are about to get interesting. i'm already told attacks are being epped on donald ump's three marrrrges and stance a new world out there. if new hampshire wanted to see their count, south carolinians want to punch. donald trump's 757 is flying a little higher tonight, soaring into south carolina off trump's double-digit hampshire. >> we are going now to south carolina. we're going to win in south carolina. thank you very much. >> reporter: trump trouncing the field, beating second place than 50,000 votes. >> they want to see us take the country back. theyey

in south carolina, the republican field down to six. and today's primary could narrow that slate even more, with several candidates under pressure to go big today, or go home. on the other side of the country, hillary clinton and bernie sanders made their last-minute pitches to voters in the silver state of nevada. chief white house correspondent, ed henry, is in the thick of th nevada, just outside las vegas. ed. >> reporter: good to see you, john. i'm outside a caucus site. as you said, it's game on now. it's early check-in for people to arrive. some people have already arrived. a police officer just walked behind me coming off duty, getting ready to caucus. people are ready to go. there's about 250 caucus locations all across the state of nevada. including on the las vegas strip at the winn in caesars palace and that's why hillary clinton and bernie sanders nearly bumped into each other at harr a's, to wrangle caucus-goers to get out here and caucus. last night, as you say, they both held rallies. clinton and sanders, and made their

the political outsider notches a double-digit victory over the crowded republican field in the nation's first presidential primary. >> thank you, new hampshire! >> while bernie sanders turns the democratic race on its head by sweeping to a decisive >>> a cross-country flight makes an unscheduled stop. police have to pull a passenger off the plane when he becomes too much for the flight crew to handle. >>> and sideline scare. north carolina basketball coach roy williams collapses on the court during his team's game. >>> good morning from the studio 57 newsroom at cbs news headquarters in new york. good to be with you. >>> coming up on the "morning . >>> m i'm anne-marie green pr two staebt outsider coasted to victory riding a wave of voter dissatisfaction after barely loseing in iowa, sanders, the little known senator from vermont eels defeated hillary clinton and trump needed a win after a surprising second-place finish in iowa and trounced the rest of the republican field. we begin with major garrett who >> he crushed his republican rivals in new hampshire winning here the way he has l

. >> roger, let me show you a usa today survey that shows the republican field, how they win against. notice john kasich at the top of the heap presumably because of his appeal to independence but all beating her. kasich, rubio, trump, cruz beating hillary clinton if i switch slides and show you bernie sanders, the republican field against sanders, you'll see similar strength except with bernie sanders this far, t - criticism of the gop brand being harmed by your former employer, trump and yet the republican field looks strong. >> well, hillary clinton has got to have a certain sense of deja vu. she's losing to a 70-year-old socialist. she was the odds on favorite when she began and against barack obama eight years ago. she's clearly in deep trouble here and the republicans, all of them, have an excellent chance despite the fact some are more polarizing than others. >> everybody is voting. we want them to go exercise the franchise. let me word it this way, ellis. how strong a showing does jeb bush need to continue on? >> a whole lot better than he's showing up in the polls. i got to

the republican field narrowing as hillary clinton hopes to gain ground. >>> breaking overnight, the armed standoff in oregon. it's nearly over. the fbi moves in and makes more arrests. the militia protesters appearing to give up. >>> also breaking overnight, enraged cruise passengers finally back on land. what they have to say about their frightening ordeal. >>> and wieners on the go. the hot dog coming soon to your local drive-through but will one of the world's most popular marriage of meats. >>> well, good thursday morning. we begin with the next battleground in the race for the white house as republicans shift to the south. >> yeah, donald trump is still celebrating his big new hampshire victory and if this was even possible, he sounded more confident than ever last night as he was cheered on by thousands of supporters at clemson university in south carolina. he's facing a smaller republican field this morning with chris christie and carly fiorina dropping out of the race. >>> and that means six candidates are still in the running. second place winner, john kasich has a new burst of e

and trump needed a win after a surprising second-place finish the republican field. we begin with major garrett who is covering the trump campaign. >> he crushed his republican rivals in new hampshire winning here the way he has led many, many months by pulling together republican party and essentially becoming a galvanizeing voice for hostility with the republican party leaders inside the beltway. >> we are going to do something so good and so fast and so strong, and the world is going to respect us again, believe me. >> reporter: trump appealed to republican voters have had it with the current political system. nearly 90% of republican voters said they are angry or dissatisfied with washington, d.c. >> we are going to build a wall. it's going to be built. it's not even, believe it or not, it's not even a difficult thing to do. >> reporter: trump's controversial proposal of banning all muslims from entering the u.s. resonated in new hampshire. 64% of voters agreed with him. ohio governor john kasich poured campaign resources into new hampshire and came in second. >>

and donald trump leading the rest of the republican field in the dust with a 19-point win over his nearest competitor, sending new jersey governor chris christie and carly fi oh rin oh to the exists. they suspended their campaign. the new hampshire survivors have now descended on south carolina. the site of one of the next critical face-offs. our political team has redeployed two. >> reporter: lester, things are about to get interesting. i'm told they're prepping donald trump's three marriages and stance on eminent domain. a whole new world out there. new hampshire wanted to see the candidate sit on his couch, south carolinians want to see how they take a punch. donald trump's 747 is flying a little higher tonight. soaring into south carolina on trump's double-digit victory in new hampshire. >> we are going now to south carolina! we're going to win in south carolina! i love you all. thank you very much. >> reporter: trump trouncing the field, beating second-place john kasich by more than 50,000 votes. >> they want to see us take the country back. >> reporter: a decisive victory, but his pa

. >> two outsiders ride to victory in new hampshire on a wave of discontent and the republican field narrows. reports that russia has proposed the cease-fire for syria to begin on march 1st. it comes as health workers say that hospitals near the front line in northern syria are under attack and overwhelmed with the russian airstrikes in support of the government. the red cross says that the on surge in violence has now displaced an estimated 50,000 people, most of them in northern areas of aleppo province. adding to the misery it says that the water supply system has been cut in the city of aleppo itself. and this as the u.s. comes under pressure to do more as it's policy over syria is attacked from all sides. the fiercest criticism comes from president erdogan who said that the u.s. support has turned the region into a sea of blood. they're looking at carrying out humanitarian air drops. we have this report now on the worsening humanitarian crisis. >> fever among civilians are growing. so are the casualties. the intensity syrian government's military campaign is continuing and now t

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one of the most widely held opinions among the candidates in the large republican field vying for thelican nomination is simple, that president obama has presided over an era of decline in u.s. military. planes and ships, as simple numerical evidence, power and preeminence, at the recent debates i watched the candidates broadly agree and insisting insg they're the once to less well equipped, is this kind of thing easy to allege but difficult to quantify, is the united states a giant in decline? as senator marco rubio would have it, on purpose because president obama's actual aim is to make the country weaker, take away its head and shoulders above the rest military status? hey, it's a campaign. the idea that you're the guy to fix things is not unusual, it's the diagnose what i find unusual, of weakness of disarray. >> i would restore the military. the sequester needs to be reversed. i would have a strategy to destroy i.s.i.s. and i would immediately create a strategy of containment in iran and make it clear that we're not going to allow for iran to do what it's doing, moving towards a

emily: there are plenty of signs to look for in that crowded republican field, too. we'll break that down in our next half hour. randy, back to you. randy: emily and kelly, thank you both. newscenter 5's reporters and analysts will have the results as they come in tonight. our coverage begins at 4:30 p.m. all the way to midnight. and download our wcvb news app to get results at your fingertips in real-time. erika: it is now 6:07. breaking news right now. rescuers pulling victims from a deadly train crash in germany. the eye's doug meehan is is tracking new information in overnight. doug: this is just awful. at least eight people are dead after two trains collided we have new video just in to our news room of the scene happening about 40 miles southeast of munich. police say that the trains collided head on. about 150 people were hurt. at least 50 of them seriously. right now choppers are being sent in to that remote area to bring survivors to safety. we continue to monitor any new developments as they come in. randy? cindy? randy: thank you, doug. right now crews are

in this respect, in the way that we thought new hampshire was going to serve of to winnow the republican field, help determine to who would be the chief challenger to trump and cruz, now that role goes to south carolinian republicans. many republican campaigns i've talked and cruz will be one and two and now it's the race for third. this time on the democratic side in south carolina, instead of clinton being the underdog. she plays the favorite and it's sanders who is the underdag plight game of expectations so south carolina, oddly enough, a rerun of new hampshire. >> chuck todd, thank you very much. >>> we learned today that the justice department has filed a civil rights lawsuit against ferson, missouri, now that the city is balking at making changes in the wake of the michael brown shooting. the city agreed to provide better police training and change how its courts do business, but last night the city said some changes, including higher police salaries, would cost too much, so now the feds are going to court seeking an order that would force the city to make those changes. >>> in a commun