the people i've talked with say the republican presidential race is driving most of the interest. there have even been some crossover voters -- republicans voting for democrats and vice-verson. just an amazing election so far and this is only the primary. tom mckee, nine on your side, live at the hamilton county board of elections. our coverage continues in just a moment as we wait for the results to come in. or so minutes.stay with us... tri-state republican and democratic party supporters are coming together to watch the results come in tonight. tonight.we are with both of them. we have tj parker with the bernie sanders watch party. and we'll check back in with both t-j and jason later in it was a great day to get out and vote.but we could see storms tonight...here's nine first warning chief our coverage continues in just a moment as we wait for the results to come in. in.the polls close in about ten or so minutes. minutes.this is a live look at the hamilton county board of election. new insight on voter back. republican presidential candidate governor john kasich is scheduled t

we're counting down to tonight's cnn republican presidential debate.rco rubio and john kasich in their last battle before five major primaries next tuesday that could shake up the gop race or leave donald trump the party's inevitable nominee. extremely high stakes for trump's rivals fighting to keep their campaigns alive and likely targeting trump tonight. ted cruz saying he's in a two-man race with trump and picking up a notable endorsement from mike lee of utah. so far he's the only u.s. senator backing cruz whose hard-line tactics have made him one of the most unpopular lawmakers on capitol hill. and there's new controversy tonight surrounding the trump campaign. after an african-american protester was punched in the case by a white trump supporter at a campaign rally. the 78-year-old man now charged with assault. let's get a preview of tonight's big detate. a potential game changer in one of the most unpredictable republican races. sunlen serfaty begins our coverage. what can we expect to see tonight? >> i'd expect to see a sense of urgency from ma

right now, i want to get to the republican presidential candidates. they are clearly gearing up for their own critical showdown tonight right here on cnn. take a look at these live pictures from inside the debate hall on the campus of the university of miami. the final preparations under way. the candidates are set to arrive, beginning next hour to tour the stage and the stakes clearly couldn't be higher for all of these republican presidential candidates. this is the final debate before the next super tuesday with huge winner take all primary scheduled in florida and ohio and three other states. the three other states being illinois, missouri and north carolina. all set to vote. a total of 367 delegates up for grabs. the republican front runner, donald trump, he's now likening the race to a boxing match, saying victories in ohio and florida would give him the knockout blow to capture the republican presidential nomination. so the question becomes what will the other three candidates on that stage do to try and slow trump's momentum? for his part, tru

and house speaker paul ryan comments on the republican presidential race. later, some of today's conservative political action conference. today, the 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney gave a speech attacking the current republican front-runner donald trump, calling him a fraud and a con man. voters torimary support one of the other republicans on the ballot. his full remarks of the university of utah at salt lake

in kansas t republican presidential caucuses, 21% of the vote. 13.2% for marco rubio. john kasich at 10.2% in fourth place. republican caucuses in kansas. look at the republican caucuses in maine. 5% of the vote is in. cruz here, too, maintains a lead, 48%, donald trump in second with 35%, rubio 8.6%, john kasich at 7.4%. i want to check in with miguel marquez from omaha, nebraska. the democratic presidential caucus has been taking place. a lot of people sitting in that gymnasium. are we getting initial indications yet? >> reporter: a huge number, we do have initial indications. i can show you the sides of the room. they voted with their feet. they moved all of the bernie sanders supporters to this side of the gym, and then moved all of the hillary supporters to this side of the gym. i can show you they are still counting the bernie supporters here. you can see this woman here, she is counting them. as they count them they sit down. they are just about done. on the hillary side, 153. they are still counting the bernie side but well over that. the

republican presidential candidate donald trump widened his lead in this race.is rival ted cruz is trying to close the gap. he is closing it a little bit. cruz picked up a surprise endorsement this morning from one of his former republican rivals. >> i'm very pleased to introduce to you somebody who you know very well. miss carly fiorina. >> when the establishment says that ted cruz is too conservative, too much of a fighter. he won't get along. i say you go, ted. it is an important thing. it sends a signal despite disagreeing with this person i want them to be president. i think they are the best man for the job. that said, it doesn't broaden the cruz constituency. that's what cruz needs to do. he needs to make plays for the west coast of california. i'm not sure this endorsement does that. >> i want you to listen to something donald trump, the man you want to be the next president of the united states said here this morning. >> i am a uniter, but i have to finish off the project. we should be talking and unifying because i will tell you what, with all of the g

remember, mccain was the 2008 republican presidential nominee. he says this, i'm quoting him now. hare the concerns about donald trump that my friend and former republican nominee, mitt romney, described in his speech today. i want republican voters to pay close attention to what our parties' most respected and knowledgeable leaders and national security experts are saying about mr. trump and to think long and hard about who they want to be our next commander in chief and leader of the free world." that statement from senator john mccain. our correspondent, boris sanchez, is in portland, maine, right now, getting ready to hear, like all of us, the response from donald trump. what's it like in that room, boris, where you are right now? >> reporter: wolf, seeming liang an air of irritability, waiting to hear from donald trump. we are expecting to hear his greatest hits, building a wall along the border with mexico and expecting him to go after his rivals, ted cruz, and marco rubio, especially. and we may also see a bit of a pivot here, his success on super tuesday, focusing on the ge

for kentucky republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's what you need to know for tomorrow. republicans registered by december 31, 2015 are eligible february 19 was the last day that the republican party of kentucky accepted absentee applications completed absentee ballots must be received at the state party headquarters by 5:00 pm et on friday, march 4. 5th, 2016 10:00 am 4:00 pm live of course we will have all of that on our website. fox19now.com live in florence shawn lanier fox19 now pope francis is known for his merciful attitude toward prisoners and one teen serving an 11-year sentence in california found out just how merciful. 18-year-old carlos vazquez junior wrote a letter to the pope from juvenile jail, asking for forgiveness. vazquez - a former gang member - is serving an 11-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter. to his surprise, pope francis wrote him back. he told vazquez he was praying for him - and spoke of a quote - holy

the factor of bringing somebody in, paul ryan or somebody else, who wasn't soiled by the republican presidentialrimary at all? >> yes, i think it is do able and the reason it's doable is the republican national committee can change the rules and particularly on a detailed rule lake that, a procedure rule like that, they do that at will. i'm not saying there are not trump loyalist and true believers that will scream and shout, but this is the best possible outcome for the republican party because the other reality of donald trump as our nominee, there are many, many, many republicans who agree with me that it is impossible to vote for this man. you just cannot do it. really, there has to be someplace for those republicans to land. now, michael bloomberg, if he runs, i think the danger is he takes more votes from hillary than he does from trump because in issues that a lot of conservatives really care about a lot like second amendment rights or pro-life or marriage issues, michael bloomberg is probably more liberal than hillary is. if bloomberg runs, i hate to say this because it complicates matte

haven't you heard anything about the kentucky republican presidential caucus? no, i haven't. it's this saturday. okay.regular primaries have very low turnout. this could be a new low.based on the volume that we have here it may get 5 percent 6 percent. but not sure it will even hit that mark.at least the results should be easy to count. in news. 3 for more information, go to the kentucky republican party's website.we have a link on local12-dot-com. now here's bob with a local 12 traffic alert. 3 3 hundreds of 3 kids in the tri-state got a special prescription for good health.it was a push for better brain power on national read across america day.. also dr. seuss' birthday.local12's liz bonis asked the experts at tri-health about why part of that prescription ... is a good book. {** nat sot open **< 11: 43: 27 would you ,, could you in a car?>{** vo **if you find nia who's now nine -- you know the next line:{** nat sot **< 11: 43: 37 i would not,, could not in a car>{** vo **green eggs and ham,, just one of the many books on this mind your mind ,, at trihealths's bethesda fam

she blasted the republican presidential candidates' tone and behavior.. saying americans want a different path. she also alluded to donald trump when claiming she's looking forward to a potential fall debate with the free-wheeling businessman. hillary clinton / d presidential candidate those debates because at some point you can't just say whatever pops into your head if you want to be the president of the united states of america. tomorrow .. virginians will choose who will represent each political party in the race for the white house voters in roanoke will see a change this year... as this is the first election a new voter precinct realignment is in effect. the city of roanoke was made up of 32 precincts. that's been changed to 21 precincts... including seven new voting locations. the change is all in an effort to even out the precincts and cut down on the time voters spend waiting in line at the polls. meanwhile -- in appomattox.. due to the damage at central baptist church following last weeks tornado.. the voting location for the "chap precinct" will

the march 5th caucus replaces the usual republican presidential primary in may, so the caucus is the only opportunity for kentucky republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's a a ted cruz representative on the confusion in kentucky "weve talked to a lot of people who had no idea there was a caucus on saturday., they didn't know what it was. they didn't know it was coming up." we have all of that information right now on our website fox19now.com but here is the republican delegates leader board according to fox news: donald trump: 329 ted cruz: 321 marco rubio: 110 john kasich: 25 live kentucky's republican delegates will be allocated proportionately shawn lanier fox19 now five women have now filed a lawsuit to block new york state's so-called "tampon tax." they want the state tax department to stop imposing a four percent luxury tax on feminine hygiene products. the complaint says the department taxes only products used by women , but not items used by bo

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delivering a victory speech, the first projection of the night, ted cruz is the winner of the republican presidentialwe're going to be hearing from all the republican and democratic candidates throughout the course of our coverage tonight. let's take a quick break. much more right after this. smas expert? sure am. my staff could use your help staying in touch with customers. at&t can help you stay connected. am i seeing double? no ma'am. our at&t 'buy one get one free' makes it easier for your staff to send appointment reminders to your customers... ...and share promotions on social media? you know it! now i'm seeing dollar signs. you should probably get your eyes checked. good one babe. optometry humor. right now get up to $650 in credits to help you switch to at&t. she's noticing a real difference in her joint comfort... karen: "she's single." ...and high levels of humiliation in her daughter. in just 7 days, your joint comfort can be your kid's discomfort. osteo bi-flex. made to move. ♪ ♪ lease a 2016 lincoln mkx for $399 a month only at your lincoln dealer. >>> our first projection of the night,

. >>> right now, 5:30 am, republican presidential candidates of the stage for the last debate before the florida primaries. what donald donald trump tells us as he gets ready for a key endorsement. >>> south florida woman shares a frightening story after she says she was attacked by a serial groper in coral gables. it is 5:30 am on friday, march 11 and i am a lauren pastrana. >> have you made it to the weekend. we -- is going to help us get to work and school on time with a traffic report. >> let's check in with lissette gonzalez. >> good morning. changes to the weather pattern. all week long, it has been windy and mainly dry and it is mainly quite as we look from the biscane bay camera and on the radar and satellite. we are seeing the bulk of the cloud cover on the western or central portions of the peninsula. the breeze has tightened up. anywhere from 8 miles to 15 miles per hour the east and southeast but we have a dangerous risk of higher rip currents at the beach. it is not safe to go swimming. low 70s and temperatures are well above average and we will see the temperatures warm

only opportunity republicans to vote in the race for the republican presidential nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's what you need to know for tomorrow. republicans registered by december 31, 2015 are eligible february 19 was the last day that the republican party of kentucky accepted absentee applications completed absentee ballots must be received at the state party headquarters by 5:00 pm et on friday, march 4. saturday, march 5th, 2016 10:00 am 4:00 pm live of course we will have all of that on our website. fox19now.com live in florence shawn lanier fox19 now "star wars" fans:...you'll soon be able to watch "star wars" fans:...you'll soon over and over the movie will be available for digital download april first. viewers can download other like deleted scenes and other material from director j-j the force awakens is the highest grossing film of all time in the u-s, 925 million dollars. the film will be released on blu-ray and d-v-d april fifth. the new harry potter ride at universal studies got a l

where the four remaining republican candidates are waiting to take the stage for the 12th republican presidential debate. let me tell you what's ahead as we get ready for the start of the debate which will be moderated by cnn's jake tapper. we'll hear shortly from the chairman of the republican national committee, reince priebus, then we'll see the candidate comes to the stage at 8:55. debate itself begins sharply at 9:00 and will last for two hours. the debate hall filling up as we speak. more than 1,800 people will be in the audience tonight. it's usually home to the university of miami basketball team. tonight it's a different kind of march madness. with me high above the hall is chief political analyst gloria borger and anchor of "inside politics," john king. so much to watch for. so many different games and strategies at play on the stage tonight. >> each of the candidates, all of their teams and everybody in this room understands the stakes of this debate. you really can't understate them. donald trump has a chance to pull away from the field on tuesday. this is the last big debate before t

republican debates in the 2012 race. the debates were amazing. michelle bachmann and herman cain with the 999 thing. what might have been the nuttiest presidential debate of all that year, got scheduled for late december 2011 and never happened. it got cancelled. a conservative website called news max planned to do a republican debate that year between christmas and new years. they had a venue all picked out in des moines, iowa. it was ahead of the iowa caucuses. they had a tv network that was set to broadcast the debate. they invited the republican candidates to be there. the candidates started saying no. they started rsvp'ing no. the reason they were offended by the whole process of this debate is they were offended by the person who news max chose to moderate the debate. the first campaigns to object were the campaigns of ron paul and john huntsman. ultimately mitt romney said the same thing. he said he wouldn't be there. rick perry and michelle bachmann opted out. they had to cancel because the moderator choice was to controversial to the republican candidates that it became impossible for them to host the debate. none of the candidates woul

also coming up, 2012 republican presidential nominee mitt romney attacks 2016 presidential front-runnerd trump as a phony and a fraud. will romney back up those words with a secret plan to stop trump at the republican convention? mme and helped us grow our business, i think it's time we start acting like a business. ok. -here we go... oh, look at this... ok, so number one. no personal items are permitted in the workplace... ..so those will need to come down. we'll be doing some mandatory testing. and there's also a strict no dating policy. uh, but honey, we're married. that's going to be a problem. grow your business with the online shipping tools from fedex. >>> happening now, breaking news. civil war. republican infighting explodes with an unprecedented speech from mitt romney attacking current front-runner donald trump. romney making a scathing assessment of trump as unfit for the presidency and now set to be looking at ways to block him at the republican convention. is the party fracturing ahead of this critical election? i'll ask the republican party chairman reince priebus. >>> se

lauren: also breaking this morning, ben carson decides not to attend the republican presidential debate hosted by fox news channel in detroit. issuing this statement yesterday saying in part even though i will not be in my hometown of detroit at the day, i remain deeply committed to my whole nation. i do not see a political path forward in light of last season twofer tuesday primary results. carson is expected to discuss the future of his campaign in a speech at the conservative little action tomorrow. do not miss tonight's republican debate in the voter city at 9:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. nicole: the 2012 republican presidential candidate in may to deliver a major speech to discuss the fate of this year's race for the white house. he strongly critical of donald trump. four years ago is very different. >> donald trump has shown an an extraordinary ability to create jobs for the american people. the senate in nevada. he's done it across the country. he understands their economies facing threats from abroad and he's one of the few people who said china has been cheatin

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former republican presidential nominee, mitt romney has jumped into the republican civil war, attacking.p. front runner, donald trump's character, calling him a fraud and a phony. >> there's plenty of evidence that mr. trump is a conman, a fake. mr. trump has changed his positions not just over the years, but over the course of the campaign, and on the ku klux klan daily for three days in a row. we will only really know if he is a real deal or a phony if he releases his tax returns. >> donald trump tweeted, of course, that he would be in the air the next two hours, flying to a campaign event in maine. however, earlier he tweeted this: and then speaking on msnbc this morning, trump said that romney, that's a quote, for his endorsement in 2012. >> he failed at his campaign. it was a horribly-run campaign. he was a disaster the last month, month and a half. he wasn't on television. it was almost like he was lost, and he ran one of the worst campaigns as you know in presidential history. in that was an election that should have been won by the republicans. he was a catastrophe. >> joining m

. >>> a calmer tone in the republican presidential debate instead. the topic that unified the field against trump and the one candidate with the most to lose >>> police are looking for the suspect who robbed a popular plaza midwood restaurant and head. at 12:15, the surprising way the robber was able to sneak in and walk into the manager's temperatures are warming up with highs near 80 degrees. i'll take you through the if you're doing everything rightbut find it harder and harderto get by, you're not alone. while our people worklonger hours for lower wages, almost all new income goes to the top 1%. my plan -- make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, ensure equal pay for women. i'm bernie sanders. i approve this message because together, we can make a political revolution and create an economyand democracy that works for all and not just the powerful few. >>> stocks are rallying this midday. the nasdaq is up almost 65 points. >>> channel 9 continuing to follow breaking news in east charlotte. chopper 9 sky zoom flying o

tonight, coming to you from beautiful georgia where 2016 republican presidential front-runner donald trump will be joining us in just a minute. now, we have a big audience and made up of trump supporters, members of georgia and georgia republican groups, students from the university now that's all ahead of tomorrow's super tuesday showdown. we have a brand new cnn/orc national poll showing mr. trump is dominating with 49% of the vote. senator marco rubio in second with 16%. ted cruz in close third at 15%. we have a lot to get to. welcome to the stage, the presidential front-runner for 2016 an enthe gop, donald trump. >> how are you? >> all right, mr. trump. if you shake every hand -- >> hi, everybody. hi, everybody. >> can i take a selfie with you? >> you got it. >> you're the best. >> welcome, welcome. >> thank you. wow, what a nice group. come on. >> you have a selfie, too? >> how are you? >> nice to see you, sir. >> hello, sean. >> good to see you, mr. trump. welcome donald trump. >> wow. nice group. >> 49%. >> that's big. that's a big number. >> did you watch -- >> made me very ha

republican presidential hopeful donald trump forcing him to cancel the event. marring to save a world heritage site. hundreds of bangladesh are angry about plans to build a new power plant. we meet the afghan teenagers whose dreams of a better life in europe have turned into a nightmare. starting with yemen where government forces say they seized parts of the rebel-held city of taiz. the city has been surrounded by houthi rebels for near only a year. forces backed by-- fighting continues in eastern areas >>> cheering crowds welcomed the news that forces support the president and to control western and southern parts of yemen's third largest city. >> they are in shock in yemen, the houthis. this was not expected. for 24 hours yesterday they were in control many parts where they were defeated in the strategic areas of taiz. >> reporter: proceed party forces back bid the saudi arabia led arab coalition have opened a key route from aden >> hundreds of fighters who were troops allied with the houthis switched sides. this was the main reason why taiz was able to fall

the republican presidential candidates are playing nice. mark: instead of mudslinging, inappropriate innuendoes, and shouting, the gop debate had calm and collected discourse. during the republican debate in coral gables, florida, the final four republicans running for president were for the most part respectful as they discussed policy. one hot topic being, the visa program called h-1b encouraging legal immigration for highly skilled workers. governor john kasich maintained his efforts to run a positive campaign, and donald trump sent a message to his party. be the republican nominee. mr. kasich: you know, sometimes being positive isn' t all that interesting, but it' s very interesting to my family, my children and my supporters that i meet all across the country. i will continue to run a positive campaign. mr. trump: the republican establishment, or whatever you want to call it, should embrace what' s happening. mark: happening today, donald trump may be getting an endorsement from another former rival in the republican presidential race.

appealed to a crowd of nearly a thousand near detroit to block donald trump's path to the republican presidential nomination. >> what people are saying is please, everyone get together so we can keep this front runner from winning and destroying the republican party. [ cheers and applause ] >> believe me i am a unifier. >> reporter: trump is on a roll. he also has a commanding lead going into michigan's primary next week. stopping occasionally while

. >> the previous republican presidential nominee criticizes donald trump. donald trump responds with the on his knees reference. i could have said mitt, drop to your knees and he would have dropped to his knees. see how he got dropped to his knees twice in a sentence. make of that what you will or just pretend it didn't happen. there's also news on the democratic's party turn out issue in this campaign and whether democrats should be concerned about that. there's also new news ahead about the name that's been leak bid t ed by the white house as a potential supreme court nominee. we have the possibility of a third party entrant into the 2016 presidential race. things aren't complicated already. that's all ahead. we'll get to all of that this hour. we start withamazing kid. he's 6'2", 170 pounds. he runs the 40-yard dash in 4.51 seconds. he would have placed in the top dozen wide receivers for the nfl draft this year. this kid is in high school. he goeses to high school in louisiana. he's a wide receiver and one of most heavily recruited wide receivers in the

ben carson is getting out of the republican presidential race. he released a statement, saying he does not see a political path forward in light of supered super tuesday a primary results. carson has not won a single state in the presidential race. he said he will make a formal announcement this friday, at the c pack meeting here in washington. >>> and former presidential nominee, mitt romney will make a speech tomorrow. he has been critical of donald trump on twitter and has yet to endorse any of the candidates. texas senator ted cruz three states. but despite winning 10 of the first 15 presidential contests, trump has only got 46% of the

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someone bold and aggressive to take on democrats in november. >> talk to me about how the republican presidentialdates, ted cruz, marco rubio, john kasich, will they coalesce around what mr. romney said? it seems like now the republican establishment is using mr. trump as a political piÑata, everybody taking shots at him. question, mittt romney said what the party needs to do is find some common ground. these other candidates have to find common ground. this has been the problem, all forces havetrump been splintered among candidates and you still have three of them appeared each one is saying they are the one the other two should fall behind. most of them have their arguments, john kasich has not won any states but he is the governor of ohio and sees a victory there as a potential spark. that is what romney was saying. telling people to vote for anyone in your state who has the best chance to beat trump. the problem is it is not quite clear who that is. >> mike bender are a political reporter joining us from washington, thank you so much for your time. mitt romney speaking in salt lake city, sayi

all the republican presidential candidates will sit down for interviews. that comes up on special report at 6:00 p.m. both of these gentlemen feel they are have much in this race. then it is donald trump on hannity at 10:00 p.m. eastern. and before that we'll have all the main speeches from apac lined up on fox news. we are less than 24 hours away from the contest in the race for the white house. utah has 40 delegates. it could be winner-take-all. here is a look at where the gop

republican presidential hopeful donald trump is forced to leave another rally scene after this in chicago. >>> the syrian government has confirmed it will attend in direct talks in geneva on monday with the opposition, but they have announced pre-conditions. the government has warned that they will only wait 24 hours and then head back home if the opposition doesn't show up. they add that breaking up the country is not an option and call an call it a red line that cannot be crossed. the the u.n. envoy wants presidential elections to be held within 18 months. that would lead to the formation of a new constitution. a transitional period should mean moving from the existing government and constitution to another one. >> we are adamant on holding the integrity and sovereignty of syria as one state. at least this is what has been reiterated by the international documents release including those released in attempt to resolve the situation in syria. >> the government offensive in aleppo james bays following events for us in geneva. james, everyone is laying down pre-conditions. that's obvious.

and tonight, the 2016 republican presidential candidates are out in full force. this weekend, donald trump won the primaries in louisiana and kentucky and tomorrow four hr states holding republican con dess. one of those being the all-important state of michigan. nbc news/wall street journal" marrist poll shows that important state had donald trump ahead with 41% of the vote. senator cruz in second with 22% and senator rubio with 17%, kasich in fourth with 13%. a brand new monmouth university michigan poll shows trump on top and then cruz and rubio and here with reaction, republican presidential candidate donald trump. good to see you. there's a fox 2 poll with you up by 13. in the biggest state in tomorrow's contest. how do you feel about where you are in michigan? >> well, you just made me feel very good. i hadn't heard these numbers. those numbers are really terrific. i love the people of michigan. i'm fighting hard for them. i'm talking about the car companies going out to mexico. i won't let it happen. we won't lose the industries anymore. we have been the fo

a well-known tri-state restautateur says republican presidential candidate donald trump is not welcome!the controversy that has people on both sides of the aisle tweeting this morning. and if facebook's more your thing, go to the wcpo page right now.we are live with your behind-the-scenes look wmax fullmostly cloudy, breezy and active flurries for the morning drive. clouds slowly depart today, revealing mostly sunny skies this afternoon. temperatures only increase to 370f today. light snow falls today, i'm timing out when it changes over to snow coming up. nasa astronaut scott kelly is back on earth.he and two russian cosmonauts landed in the kazakhstan desert just after 11 p-m cincinnati time. time.here you can see kelly pumping his fists and giving the thumbs up.the three underwent tests as soon as space capsule.kelly's mission was nearly a year, longer than any astronaut has ever spent in space. tri-state restaurateur jeff ruby is firing up social media this morning.all over his decision to ban republican presidential candidate donald trump from his louisville steakhouse yesterday.

speaker paul ryan, mitt romney's running mate in 2012, in his group briefing he discussed the republican presidential race and the fight between donald trump and mitt romney. this is 15 minutes. speaker ryan: good morning, everybody. yesterday, the foreign affairs committee passed two very important resolutions. one resolution by jeff fortenberry states that isis is committing genocide against christians and other religious minorities. in every resolution by chris smith, that condemns the gross human rights violations of the aside regime, these are difficult subjects. that is why we need to take these steps, and in syria and iraq, christians are being executed. churches and holy sites being destroyed. children are being enslaved. the obama administration is still not ready to say that isis andy aside regime are committing crimes against humanity. we are. we are ready to say this. we need to recognize these atrocities with clear eyes. we need to continue to pray for the persecuted. second, the obama administration is in the final stages of preparing so-called fiduciary role. this would raise costs and

the march 5th caucus replaces the usual republican presidential primary in may, so the caucus is the only opportunity for kentucky republicans to vote in the race nomination. however, primary elections for local, state and congressional races will still occur in may. here's a a ted cruz representative on the confusion in kentucky "weve talked to a lot of people who had no idea there was a caucus on saturday., they didn't know what it was. they coming up." we have all of that information right now on our website fox19now.com republican delegates leader board according to fox news: donald trump: 329 ted cruz: 231 marco rubio: 110 john kasich: 25 live kentucky's republican delegates will be allocated proportionately among the candidates.. live in florence shawn lanier fox19 now dbl box meanwhile---lookin g ahead to sunday. will have a battleground ohio campaign kickoff according to a tweet from his official page. he'll be joined by special guest, former california schwarzenegger. months left in office...but that doesn't mean president obama is washington.. he says he'll live in years...s

you decide 2016 republican presidential republican presidential hopefuls are pushing for more votes ahead of ohio's primary.. and two of them will be campaigning here in the tri- state. kara dblbx our jordan vilines joins us live from the duke energy center with details on the visits... live ohio governor john kasick and donald trump will both be fighting for their support of voters this weekend here in the buckeye state. kasich will be speaking at the sharonville convention center and on sunday, trump is set to speak here at the duke energy center. in order to keep hopes of stopping trump's march to the gop nomination alive, it will be imperative for kasich to win his home state of ohio. so, to rally up more support among voters, kasich will be speaking at the sharonville convention center tomorrow morning for the northeast hamilton county republican club's campaign breakfast. you can find that ticket information on our website, fox19 now dot com. and on sunday, donald trump will make his way to the queen city where he'll hold a rally at the duke energy convention center. that rally will

. >>> the last republican presidential nominee mitt romney bashed trump today. >> and let me put it very plainly. ifry republicans choose donald trump as our nominee, the prospects for a safe and prosperous future are greatly diminished. >> romney was once a fan of trump. 9 news republican political expert says she's not sure how much romney's speech will change things, since they attract different parts of the party. >> romney did have a number of supporters. he had a lot of donors, a lot of power behind anymore in the last election it. did not pull him across the line. the typical romney supporter is probably already a rubio supporter. >> trump not one to let things slide called romney a failed candidate. >>> the republican presidential candidates back on the debate this fox news debate will be the smallest yet of the season. doctor ben carson stepping away from campaigning. he will not be joining on stage. but for a while, we thought trump might not show because of moderator megyn kelly and their spats. but, no, he will be there. >>> just ahead, how much will it cost the broncos if th

and we continue with republican presidential candidate ted cruz.ave carly fiorina with us. [ applause ] this man is the former governor of the great state of texas. this was a great story. if they didn't create a million jobs in texas the first four years of presidency for president obama would have been negative job growth. rick perry, good to see you. carly, i had an opportunity to see you a week ago. the campaign is changing every day. you're out on the road with senator cruz. how do you feel? >> i feel good. i feel like republicans are starting to understand what's at stake here. yeah, you know what's at stake here! you know, i'm not saying this, but there are signs up here that says dump trump, choose cruz. kind of a good slogan. see, we actually need to put a koconstitutional conservative i the white house. the reason that's so important, sometimes people think the constitution is some old relic. you know what the constitution is about? the constitution is not just about protecting our individual rights and liberties, it's also about preventi

taking a look at the top three republican presidential hopefuls... after last night's vote... "a-b-c new delegate estimates" show trump leading with 279-delegates. cruz has 155... and rubio 82. one- thousand-two-hundred-37 delegates are needed for the g-o-p nomination. exit polls show a strong contrast between republican and republican voters say they have a strong desire for an "outsider" candidate... rather than a political insider. of course, donald trump is crushing his competition when it comes to gaining "outsider" voters.... senators ted cruz and marco rubio... splitting those preferring experience. but ted cruz is looking to get ahead... and he's looking to his competition to get it. the texas senator has suggested his trailing rivals consider dropping out and throw their support behind him in an effort to keep donald trump out of the white house. still despite the plea... and a weak showing in yesterday's super tuesday vote... g-o-p presidential hopeful ben carson is vowing to press on in the presidential race. and john kasich has thanked supporters at an event in mis

republican presidential hopeful donald trump made a stop in southwest virginia. university.. trump discussed a number of issues. he talked about building a stronger military and building a border wall with mexico. donald trump - "i'm gonna make my wall higher than china's wall ... we're gonna make it big. we're gonna make it so beautiful. and they're gonna name it the trump wall and i want it to be real good looking." while many in radford were excited to see trump .. others did not greet him with open arms. there were several protests and students were escorted out of the building. there was also controversy surrounding a photograpger. time magazine's chris morris says he stepped just outside the media pen when a secret service agent put his hands around his neck and tossed him on the ground. the secret service is investigating.### republican presidential candidate doctor ben carson also stopped in the commonwealth monday. he stopped by regent university in virginia beach where he about immigration and health care reform. democrat hillary clinton stopped in fairfax and in no

runs through saund will include appearances from all the republican presidential candidates. thursday's session included a discussion about different approaches to conservatism. we'll hear from former presidential candidate rick santorum. senator ben sass and governor gary johnson who's seeking the libertarian party's presidential nomination. his is 45 minutes. to get us started please welcome senator ted cruz, paul teller. ♪

republican presidential hopeful marco rubio cancels his trip to the bluegrass state. the florida senator was scheduled to appear in lexington tomorrow morning. his campaign did not say why the stop was canceled. rubio...is looking to stop g-o-p frontrunner donald trump's momentum by picking up some delegates in kentucky. republican presidential hopeful ben carson now saying he doesn't, quote, "see a political path forward". he will not be at tonight's g-o-p debate in michigan. it's not clear if carson will officially suspend more detail tomorrow at the conservative pac conference in maryland. and today... former g-o-p presidential nominee mitt romney has called a news conference. he intends to speak about the "state of the 2016 presidential race." that's all that is known about the utah event. romney, who has been very critical of donald trump, is not expected to make an endorsement or to announce he's getting into the fray. listen to this...google searches for "how to move to canada" went way up after the super tuesday results... though it's unclear whether the resul

mathematically speaking there's only two real possibilities in the republican presidential race from here on out. either nobody locks up the nomination before the convention and the republican party goes to its convention without having chosen a nominee. that's one option. the other option available to the republican party right now besides that, the only other way it might go is that they will know who their nominee will be going into that convention because their nominee is going to be donald trump. when you look at the delegate math, no other candidate has a path to win a majority of delegates and lock up the nomination other than donald trump. if he's going to do it, if he's going to win it and deny anybody else the chance of getting it, the one state he has to win in other words -- in order to get there is florida, which is why everybody has been talking about florida and it's such a big deal that marco rubio is crater. conventional wisdom used to say he should win because he's the senator there. now it's nothing to say about rubio because of his campaign. if he is in free fall a