eastern, polls close in the democratic and republican primaries in mississippi. an hour later, it's the big prize of the night, michigan, 147 delegates are at stake for the democrats, 59 delegates for the republicans. first time, by the way, in over 20 years that the michigan democratic and republican primaries are being held competitively on the same night. could limit the amount of crossover tonight on the republican side. at 11:00 p.m. eastern, polls close in the republican primary in idaho. 32 delegates up for grabs there. and the action doesn't stop until late into the night/early morning, 1:00 a.m. eastern, doors close on the republican caucuses in hawaii. in this race, as you know, every delegate counts. donald trump has nearly 400 delegates, but ted cruz is less than 100 off of him. rubio is desperate for something to go his way. and kasich is looking for some momentum. on the left, it's a grim delegate picture for sanders. you can look at the math here. clinton is crushing him by roughly 600 delegates when you throw in the supers, but has about a 200 dele

his supporters are energized and i think people who have never voted in a republican primary before are coming out to vote for donald trump. i at the same time, we had a big field in the republican party, so there have been a lost candidates and they have been pushing their supporters to the polls too. it shows the engagement of republican voters we're not seeing on the democratic side. >> do you think hillary clinton can get the motivation from voters to go out andnd vote. that will be beneficial, especially in the general election. >> i thi she will and i think she's already beginning to do that. her unbelievable energizing of the african-american community i mean, we just had a primary where barack obama had gotten 80% of the black vote. hillary clinton got 90% of the black vote. and to go to your other reasons is, yes, partly donald trump, he's great tv, he's reality tv, except we're living the reality, or the republican party is, but so in some of the contests on both sides, especially the republican side, independents are able to voe. and there has been some surveys in the last fe

primary process. the first thing they changed was the republican party debate schedule for 2016. they decided next time around there's not going to be another primary with 20 freaking debates. they decided they would only candidates to participate in events that were sanctioned by the party. the other thing they changed was the nominating process itself. the party believed that mitt romney was basically the inevitable nominee. he had to slog on for too many months with these hopeless candidates dragging him down and throwing punches even though they had no real chance to win. because that's the way republicans viewed what happened in 2012, they decided what they would do for 2016 was shorten the primary campaign. they shortened it on both ends. at the end of the process they moved republican convention up. instead of happening labor day, it happens in summer. it will happen earlier in the process. they also changed the front end of the ro sesz. they changed the allocation of the degaits in the early state so the front-runner can lock up the republican nomination without giving any

in none of the five states that voted did a majority of republican primary voters, republican primary voters, say that donald trump was honest and trustworthy. on that score, he was worse off with republicans than hillary clinton was with democrats, and that was supposed to be her area of greatest weakness. also in the exit polls, in every state that voted except for florida, at least two in five republican primary voters said they'd consider a third-party candidate. so while this is not slowing down trump in the near term, he is taking on water in a meaningful way that has republicans outside his campaign really deeply concerned about a general election. >> chris moody, you're there -- >> go ahead. >> can i just add one more point to what alex just said? he's also day by day by day providing more fodder to the anti-trump effort that hillary clinton will inevitably make against him in the general election. i mean he's just giving them fuel for attack ads, and the republicans haven't been successful in turning his, you know, what he's done into attack ads, but certainly the hillary cli

republican party. look at it this way. we are in the primary process. these are the kinds of things that have been a competitive republican primary. as speaker of the house, what can i do about it or control? i can control us having an agenda. i can be involved in making sure house republicans unify to offer the country a very bold and specific path forward, and that is what i am focus on. that is what i am worrying about. as far as candidates, i will -- reach out each and every one of them as far as what we are doing in the agenda, and we will work with whoever the nominee is. >> it appears this will be an issue going into the campaign. what do you say to those who say, we disagree fundamentally with the republicans who are split down the middle? [indiscernible] speaker ryan: you know we don't have a say, because we are the house. the president has every right to put a nominee up. the senate has every right not to consider a nominee. there is a precedence involved. we are already halfway through a presidential election. i think it makes sense not actin

he's the winner tonight of the republican primary, the only primary tonight in louisiana.s after this. >>> top of the hour right now. we're waiting for donald trump to take the stage in west palm beach, florida. he came out briefly, then left. apparently didn't realize he hadn't been called the winner yet in kentucky in the caucuses there. we're still waiting for him to come out. here's what we know at this hour. donald trump is the projected winner in the louisiana republican primary. but ted cruz is a winner in kansas. cruz won the

republican primaries will play itself out. a vision, and agenda. thank you very much. >> house democratic leader nancy pelosi. talked about the taxes abortion law case currently under consideration by the supreme court. this is about 15 minutes.

both democrats and republicans are locked in primary fights in those states tonight. ht race, that could be a sign something is pushed late deciders away from the republican presidential front-runner. for democrats, mississippi could be a clinton stronghold. could she win big tonight in mississippi. we're covering the clinton campaign. what's the latest over there? >> reporter: wolf, it is mississippi that is giving the clinton campaign their boost of confidence tonight. it is the 36 del gates. they believe they will win the lion's share of them tonight. they are quite frankly worried about michigan. they believe the race is very close. for the next hour and 40 minutes or so until those polls close, they are working at this hour to get the vote out. after people got off their factory shifts, they were encouraged to go vote. so they are watching michigan very carefully. but the clinton campaign is making the argument, wolf, this is a fight for delegates. wolf, the reality here is this. michigan is the symbolic win, the big contest tonight. if the clinton campaign someho

on the democratic side, in 2008, it was 31% independent or republican, in the democratic primary tonight, that number down a little bit, 25 -- 27%. you see far fewer republicans crossing over to take part of the democratic race tonight. >> let's keep our eye on the dynamic all evening long. andrea mitchell at the clinton campaign. to rachel's point, one of those that's going to be feeling the ricochet effect from this. >> absolutely. first we were told we were going to be in ohio tonight. then they said not so fast, we'll be in chicago. then it was north carolina. we're in florida. that's because she is confident, they are confident they're going to win florida. that's from all of the data that they've seen. and they are so nervous about all of the things you've been discussing, especially in ohio, but also in her native illinois. as you remember, she grew up in illinois and even a gold water girl in illinois in high school, from a very conservative republican father. gradually, she changed her leanings, and now, she is facing the possibility of a closely fought race with bernie sanders

in mississippi, fox news projects trump will win the republican primary, leaving cruz to finish in sixth place. kasich and rubio locked for third place. democratic side, fox news projects clinton will defeat sanders in the mississippi primary. we'll have more on this democratic election result but first, let's talk about the republican side and i've been running numbers and they haven't lied, nor will they. time for mitt romney and the establishment to stop dividing the g.o.p. that is my opinion. take it or leave it. kg, your thoughts on the results? >> an exciting evening for sure, and you know, we're talking about that attack that turned out to be interesting. trump and cruz had very good nights tonight. strong showings, strong numbers. and also, you know with the polls that we've been seeing and analyzing over the past couple weeks. now, the question remains you know marco rubio didn't do as well as he would like to do tonight. there is going to have to be a reexamination in terms of where he should go as a candidate as well, but florida is still up for grabs. trump leading there. but

the republicans primary voters whether they are closed primaries or open are voting for anybody but candidatesttached to the republican establishment. >> i know that you think that ted cruz is the real conservative in this race, and we will stediscuss him in a mom. let's talk about donald trump first. how would you feel -- you talk into the party. how would you feel if he ends up as the republican nominee as president? >> well, i would feel much the way i feel with anybody. you deal with what you end up getting. i am not under any illusion, chris, that i have any ultimate say so in this. i am like anybody else in the media. i have my opinions and i share them. you don't nin e-- win everythin. ultimately you have to pick what you get. i think in the case of trump there's a much bigger upside than down side. a lot of people disagree with me on this. the people who want somebody not of washington, it is serious this time. the disconnect between a republican party establishment and a democrat establishment and the people of this country is longer, broader, wider than i have ever seen it. they are

the republican primary voters whether close primaries -- closed primaries or open or voting for anyone but candidates attached to the establishment. >> you think ted cruz is the real conservative in the race. we will discuss him in a moment but, first, donald trump. how would you feel talking about him bringing in new people how would you feel if he is the republican nominee for president >> well...i would not, much way when anyone is elected, you daily with what you end up getting. i am not under any allusion i have any ultimate say so i am like anyone else in media i have my opinion and i am not afraid. you do not win everything. you have to take what you get. as far as trump this is a bigger upside. a lot of people disagree with me on this. the people who want someone not of washington, it is serious this time. it is a disconnect between the republican party establishment and the democrat establishment. and the people of the country. it is longer, producter, wider. the people in the establishment have been telling us they fix everything and everything they tray to fix, they much wit

donald trump is the winner of the republican primary in michigan. hillary clinton won the mississippi democratic primary so those are the three winners. let's get a key race alert on the outstanding race in michigan right now. in michigan, bernie sanders maintaining a significant lead over hillary clinton with 86% of the vote in. but 405,343 for hillary clinton, 439,711 for bernie sanders. bernie sanders maintaining a lead of about 35,000 votes. that's pretty significant. i want to go to brianna keilar. we just heard from bernie sanders. whatever the final number is, this is still considered a big win for him tonight. >> reporter: yeah, that's right. i mean, the sanders campaign feels like this gives them a lot of momentum going into these series of contests coming up here in a week, wolf. he's really looking toward ohio, even before seeing his showing tonight, his campaign felt that his message attacking hillary clinton for her past support of some -- even before seeing how it played here in michigan. that's certainly we should watch going into the

he won his first primary yesterday with ohio. no republican has won the white house by winning ohio. what is john kasich statement? >> your guess is as good as mine. you know, i've heard that his rally is well and good. it is probably the case if you set aside that you want to be vp. the real question -- the point is can he see himself going to cleveland and be making of some sort, either delivering for or some compromise deal urbina compromise candidate himself. according to the rules of the yard the commies got to win a nomination. nicole: that is why cruz is still calling it a two-man race. a quick question on the democratic side. bernie sanders expanded its constituency and that they make hillary vulnerable? >> what's been really interested in the last week and a half, two weeks is two things. his candidacy continues to push slightly to the left and the other thing is that in 2008 she is crisper and more effective if the contest with iraq obama went on. she processed the candidate. actually something us in opposite. amanda certainly not so

we are seeing a surge in voting in republican primaries.arently a decline in turn out for the democrats, what could that mean come the general election. and trump sends a stern message to his rival and party as his rivals look for ways to stop his momentum. and throwing punches and others taking another route. >> if i were to attack donald trump and call him a name. kasich resorted to the negative. we are not going to at this time the dark side. >> the republicans are eating their own. they have to be careful. we have to bring it together. if we, not me. if we, look at this. it is packed the convention hall. now, i wish the cameras would spin around and show the upper decks. but on top of that there are thousands of people outside. >> yeah, donald trump said they are stopping him to be the party nominee. weigh have a former senior aide to senator hillary clinton. according to donald trump the republicans are eating each other. and that is back in the day i had gerbils when i was kids. it is gross but it is true. is there going to be a point

about one point seven million a million republicans voted today half a million voters for the republican primary two thousand eight. there's a lot more energy on the republican side than on the democratic side right now that has to worry democrats in virginia as we move toward a general election where their candidate might not be as attractive to millennial voters as they would like the candidates being so perhaps the younger vp perhaps the other hand perhaps a vp who's hispanic for a young hispanic vp might be really attractive to more new voters and there are others. tim kane's former governor king career center came his name is mentioned a lot as well i can't thank you so much for taste with fish that you will find more of our super tuesday coverage on line including art delegate that is on thirteen is now dot com if hampton roads doesn't come to mind when you think of the music industry think again you may be once again making waves in music is very important that people understand how powerful the seven five seven is to the music industry how technology is changing that this is bringing the

in mississippi, fox news projects trump will win the republican primary, leaving cruz to finish in sixth place. kasich and rubio locked for third place. democratic side, fox news projects clinton will defeat sanders in the mississippi primary. we'll have more on this democratic election result but first, let's talk about the republican side and i've been running numbers and they haven't lied, nor will they. time for mitt romney and the establishment to stop dividing the g.o.p. that is my opinion. take it or leave it. kg, your thoughts on the results? >> an exciting evening for sure, and you know, we're talking about that attack that turned out to be interesting. trump and cruz had very good nights tonight. strong showings, strong numbers. and also, you know with the polls that we've been seeing and analyzing over the past couple weeks. now, the question remains you know marco rubio didn't do as well as he would like to do tonight. there is going to have to be a reexamination in terms of where he should go as a candidate as well, but florida is still up for grabs. trump leading there. but

an individual is attacking his wife, that has gone to the lowest form we have seen in a republican primary in decades. i'm not sure even in history we have seen something this bad. and you also have a guy that last night advocated for nuclear proliferation in donald trump while saying we need to get out of nato. those are things that are not conservative. that is one reason you're seeing

>> two thirds of the people who have cast their votes in the republican primary of caucus have voted against you. he' m at 49. he loses to hillary clinton. >> john kasich whose home state votes march 15. >> i beat hillary clinton more than anybody, by 11 points.

republican primary north carolina too close to call. you see the differences there. gop primary, missouri, too close to call. let's pan down. democrats missouri, note the difference, too early to call. 11% in. and democrats, illinois, too close to call. is that emerging as a prize from tonight. but we have heard now from the governor of ohio, john kasich, who told his supporters tonight it's on all the way circling back to his state to the convention in cleveland this summer. chris matthews is in cleveland, ohio tonight, and chris i'd love your reaction to that. >> well, there's so much to talk about tonight. this is a pretty crowded room here and noisy. i thought hillary clinton would have a tougher night than trump, it looks like she's going to have a better night that trump. she may have a big victory tonight if she pulls it out of illinois. it's an amazing night for her. trump faced a probable defeat in ohio and he may lose elsewhere. he still has to deal with north carolina and missouri. i did think kasich made a pretty good presentation of his success as governo

this was a very energetic crowd, but there are people beyond the republican primary voters who have been very offended by his language and some of those people are bernie sanders supporters, some are those are not. >> yeah, and trump even saying in the tweet today this all has "totally energized america." sara, stay with me. martin savidge to you, outside the event, any skirmishes or

primary. we've got 46 delegates at stake for republicans. 59 for democrats. d the country are angry, voters in louisiana are heading to the polls, as the state is on the brink of an economic disaster. the state has a deficit of more than $900 million in this year's budget. public universities may have to close. tax increases are on the way. and the governor warned residents a few weeks ago, the worst was yet to come. msnbc's kyle perry is following a primary for us there. and cal, if politics is all local, how is the budget crisis there going to affect these primaries and also the notion of establishment candidates? >> reporter: it's a huge issue, as you said. $900 million deficit. that's just this fiscal year. it will probably go up to $2 billion in the next first calend calendar. exactly like you said. so let's assume for a second you're from the fourth ward in the city from the 15th precinct, a city of 17 wards. you come to this table, you give your name, check and i.d. you fill out a roll. here is your sample ballot and you can see you've got some of the l

primary. and many puerto ricans are affiliated with the republican party and participate in the gop primary. >ow in the puerto rican political leanings, about 22% republican, 57% democratic. heavily puerto rican, fastest group in florida. marco rubio is campaigning in part in spanish, speaking spanish and trying to court voters. finally sort of working the latino card a bit. does that wind up helping him or hurting him in a party where anti-immigrant sentiment is driving the front-runner? >> i don't think so. i think it helps him at this stage. certainly, puerto rico and florida. trump is anti-immigrant, but many other candidates in the gop field, many who suspended their campaigns, or some who are still in the race, are good on immigration. want to be constructive on immigration and support some form of legalization. governor kasich, marco rubio does. >> dpoept they all want toent dhaka? >> i think they have said they want to end daca. >> that has become an obstacle to immigration reform. and this is -- democrats don't want to tell you this, but by continuing to talk about going beyond obama

predators.but it's the mud-slinging going on in the republican primary for *hamilton county recorder*! and former cincinnati councilman charlie winburn both airing attack ads.and it's gathered the attention of the hamilton county republican chair -- who wants to see it stop. and all of this -- for an office that store real estate documents and living wills! w-c-p-o insiders can read what each candidate says they'll do make the government office more efficient. a low-flying plane over evendale today -- a strange sight for some.but it's a good sight for employees at g-e aviation.nine on your side's tom mckee explains how this test flight is a sign of pride -- and a sign of the future for tri-state workers. all eyes were on the skies over evendale tuesday as an airbus 320 equipped with the new ge leap engine gracefully floated through air in front of many of the employees who designed and built it. it. "it's exciting because it's been on paper and in our computers and in our drawings for a long time, but actually looking up and seeing the plane come by with our engine on it is very excit

looking ahead to next republican primaries in a week in a half in wisconsin p ted cruz and john kasich want to stop trump from getting enough delegate. politico's reporting a so-called shadow campaign going on to convince delegates to break with gop voters in the contested convention. in other words, not devote at the convention for the candidate they were sent there to vote for. more on that, shortly. >>> meantime, still following moving developments out of brussels on tuesday's deadly terror attacks that killed 31 people and wounded about 300. a massive manhunt still under way in belgium. police are looking for the plan with the two suicide bombers at the airport. he's being called the man in white because officials don't know his name or background. police think he left the third bomb at the airport but it failed to go off as planned. let's turn to nbc news foreign correspondent ayman mohyeldin. following the latest developments. thank you. take over. what do we know since yesterday? >> as you mentioned, chris, a lot of moving pieces to the puzzle. still waiting to hear from belgian

here you are given a blue sheet for the democratic primary or a green sheet for the republican primary. voting turnout as of 2pm only 6%. keep in mind in the 2008 primary for president the turnout was 36%. norfolk has a lot of catching up to do. no real problems in norfolk except a lot of people aren't showing up. the only real issue in norfolk was construction in east ocean view. they had to get police to direct people into now to the peninsula. 10 on your side's liz palka is talking to voters and election officials in newport news. stephanie - we are at the saunders elementary school precinct which is right off harpersville the busier precincts in the city. and as we have been out here - there has certainly voters. i checked in with the mallory. he told me they haven't had any issues at the saunders polling location. like many other precincts, they are voting on a paper ballot with a ball point pen. each ballot is then scanned...and will be counted when voting stops at seven. when i called the registrar's office earlier - i was told the city is seeing a strong turnout on this super t

these are republican primary voters who feel betrayed by the mitt romneys of the world. the mitch mcconnells of the world. and i don't think he spoke to those folks at all. i think he was speaking to the donor class. i think he was speaking to folks that are launching these efforts to try to in some last gasp of breath kind of ability to stop trump, and trying to give life to that movement, more than he was actually trying to persuade voters who have been with trump or who are feeling that frustration to move away from him. >> and we were wondering going in who would the audience be. gloria, we did just get a statement from the 2008 republican nominee, john mccain, issuing a statement that says i endorse what mitt romney said. he goes into, especially focusing on national security, foreign policy. but he says, i share the concerns about donald trump that my friend and former republican nominee, mitt romney in his speech today, echoing the concerns about mr. trump's uninformed and indeed dangerous statements on national security issues. >> if the floodgates hadn't already

@going a lot like republicans, @it's a difficult choice to make @for people voting in the @republican primaries right now, @and just like other @republicans, evangelicals, @they're looking for a -- they @don't have one candidate that @carried the mandate of the @evangelical establishment. @>> how about the hispanic vote, @where choose break? @>> that will be in texas. @>> he wants to win his home @state? @>> yes, absolutely. @there's a large population, 30% @of the state. @outside of florida, texas has @the most republican hispanics @arranges and so there will be a @lot of hispanics voting in the @republican primary and the @polling member suggests that @trump's position on immigration @has not endeared hill to the @hispanic community. @>> that will help cruz? @>> that forecasting if he comes @to power, that 12 billion wall @is troubling voters on the @hispanic side? @>> in the wake of the 2012 @election and 2008 election, the @hispanic vote is the key in @determining who is going to win @presidential elections, it @seems if that is the calculus, @we have a lot to learn how @presidency and the

governor kasich has a lot to celebrate for this morning..he won the republican primary in his own state..beating frontrunner donald trump by a pretty big margin. kasich led trump with 47 % with trump at 36%. ted cruz followed with 13% of the vote and senator marco rubio trailed 3%. governor kasich's win in ohio is seen as critical in the republican party to possibly stop trump for the nomination. kasich says now he believes he'll gain momentum from now. "we put one foot in front of the other. and i want to remind you again tonight that i will not take the low road to the highest office in the land" "we have something happening that makes the republican party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. about it. all over europe, all over the world they're talking about it" let's talk about the democrats. hillary clinton took a pretty big bernie sanders 56.5 to 42.7. big in several other states including florida, illinois and to say "this is another super campaign." cheers "we are doing something very radical in american the truth." coming up i'll tell have a delegate coun

the republican primary. in virginia, trump is ahead, but slightly, 34% according to our exit poll for trump. 31 for marco rubio. ted cruz at 16%. in vermont, take a look at this. it's an important race as well. early leaders, we can tell you the early leaders are donald trump and john kasich. who is doing very well in vermont as well. again, these are exit polls. i just want to remind you that they are estimates based on our early survey of voters, as people left their polling locations. the final outcome may be different. we can expect those numbers to change throughout the night. anderson? >> wolf, thanks very much. when we look at the republican numbers, i mean, again, seems to be a good night for donald trump. interesting to watch the battle between second and third place. >> that's the key. and trump has not just his own number, but the way that cruz is vying with rubio in georgia. the notion that rubio might do well in virginia. you know, this -- he wants these people to stay in the race and divide his

primary. you get a ballot and on the ballot will have both republican and the democratic races. you make a check with either republican or democrat, and that's where you will vote. so you don't kno know how much s over voter this going to be, if there are those so-called reagan democrats might normally vote democratic, if he leapt into the republican primary. also expecting a turnout of about 40%. very high for a primary, so it should be very interesting. >> host: all eyes on wisconsin primary next tuesday. bill glauber was followed it for the "milwaukee journal sentinel" joining us from wisconsin. thank you for your time. we appreciate it. >> caller: thank you so much. >> this is my first election i've been participating in. i think it's important to be involved, especially with an intimate or i know a lot of people have been voting, since more the norm. i'm excited to be involved in this election and vote for who i'm going to vote for presidential candidate. >> the reason i decided to vote in this primary election is because this election season has probably for most people it

over half republican women primary voters couldn't see themselves voting for donald trump. epublican rivals. one in three rival voters said they couldn't see themselves backing trump. time magazine editor has a new book out "broad influence changing the way america works." the data here is pretty clear, right? the women are turning away from donald trump in droves, in massive numbers. not just women in the general sense, but republican women. what evidence is there, what do we know about these kinds of opinions, that is to say, can he get any of this back? >> well, chris, we've been looking at this number and tried to ask voters how much they think they could see themselves supporting donald trump. this is a question that we typically ask in our nbc wall street journal poll. for republican primary voters who are men, early in the cycle they did not view donald trump as an acceptable choice back when jeb bush was a candidate, when marco rubio was a candidate. they viewed those candidates as more acceptable. for republican men, they viewed donald trump as more acceptable gener

there's also a republican primary in idaho and gop caucus in hawaii. on the eve of the michigan primary, bernie sanders and hillary clinton took questions during a town hall in detroit. analysts expect clinton and donald trump to win their respective primaries in michigan. there's another billionaire besides donald trump that's making news in the white house race. >> that is former new york mayor michael bloomberg. he's decided he will not be running for president. bloomberg said he feared his candidacy would tilt the election to donald trump or ted cruz. the billionaire media mogul first floated the idea of a third party bid in january. nbc 10 will be with you every step of the way for decision 2016. download the nbc 10 app to keep track of the candidates and the delegate count. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with meteorologist sheena parveen. >> well, it is a beautiful start to your morning and part of the reason why is because temperatures are nice and mild today. even this afternoon, will be warmer than we were yesterday. if you really like

primary and republicans will caucus in hawaii. donald trump campaigned in mississippi tonight. this as he deals with more controversy. according to yahoo! a new jersey mobster's daughter said he had a long-time relationship with her father. not allowing women or african-american at the gambling tables in the early '90s. trump denied having any personal relationship with labudi. >>> marco rubio held a campaign rally in florida tonight where he said that everything comes down to his home state. florida's republican primary is next week and the race there is tightening. new monmouth university poll shows rubio 8 behind trump. >>> there's a big name not entering the race for president. today former new york city mayor michael bloomberg announced he will not throw his hat in the ring for fear of tilting the election to trump or ted cruz. he spent months contemplating a third party bid for the white house. both democratic presidential candidates hit the trail in michigan. hillary clinton held a get out the vote valley in detroit tonight

he changed john boehner in 2014 there the republican primary. thank you thanks to all of you for joining us. we'll see what we can do hear with four candidates. i'm sure that's the same thing you are facing all along in this campaign. i'm going to start with asking a very simple question. let's start with you bill. >> sure. >> everybody gets a chance of what sets you apart from the field of 15 people that you believe will make you a better member of congress. >> what i offer people is not only my private sector business experience. i have a business that i manage but i have policy experience. we had difficult problems in ohio five years ago and we got them turned around. we want to take that success to washington. that distinguishes me from someone else. policy experience. >> one thing i learned when you announced is government is about wisdom and working together. working together isn't always popular in 2016. why did you say that? >> what you hear out in the eighth district is people are flustered with washington. getting anything done. in ord

on puerto rico's republican primary. >> again, key race alert in puerto rico's republican primary.arco rubio is projected -- cnn is projecting marco rubio is the winner in puerto rico. that projection made with 18% of precincts reporting. as you see, a wide lead there. 74%, the votes, thus far going to marco rubio. way ahead of donald trump who has come in second. ted cruz, john kasich. again, cnn projecting marco rubio has taken 23 delegates with him. massive debt crisis that the island there is $70 billion in debt. so marco rubio is the one many are casting their vote for today. cnn projecting rubio is the winner of puerto rico. we will talk over all of this with our political panel next. what does it mean? how big is this? remember in 20 contests thus far, only the second, the second that marco rubio has taken minnesota and now puerto rico. back in a moment. hi i'm kristie. and i'm jess. and we are the bug chicks. we're a nano-business. windows 10 really helps us get the word out about how awesome bugs are. kids learn to be brave and curious and all kids speak the language of bu

>> something is going on right now in the republican primary with this incredible turnout. like you said, in all of these states, save one, republicans

and never said it was riding on one state but previously said he felt that the winner of the republican primary here in florida would be the eventual republican nominee. so the question will be what will happen if he loses big here in florida? will he stay in the race? i asked him yesterday. he says he does plan to go on to utah. privately, his campaign acknowledges it would be a devastating defeat. but a lot of people are asking, will rubio stay in? they said they do believe the hispanic turnout here in south florida will help him come from behind. craig? >> gabe gutierrez in miami, thank you. >>> ohio's governor, john kasich faces sort of the same dilemma as marco rubio. he must win his home state to rationalize. he said repeatedly he'll drop out if he loses ohio and this morning he said he'll have a lot to say about the donald trump coming up. here's kasich taking aim at a new ad featuring donald trump's comments on women. >> i just saw a commercial, i guess it was last night of the comments made about women. i have two daughters. they see this stuff. what do you think they think? we'll have

the republican primary. 8% of the vote is in.onald trump has a significant lead. 47.7% over ted cruz. 23.4%. marco rubio in third place, 19.5%. john kasich in fourth place. distant fourth, only 3.1% in louisiana. in kentucky right now, more than a third of the vote is in. 34% of the vote is in. trump maintains his lead with 40.4%. ted cruz in second place, 31.1%. marco rubio and john kasich, they are fighting for third place but they are a distant third. 13.5% for rubio. 13.1% for john kasich. i want to go over to john king to take a closer look at kentucky. we're having trouble with kentucky. more than a third of the vote is in and trump leads but still outstanding counties to see who wins the state. >> it's been a steady trump lead. but we like to be cautious about these things. if you look at it so far, donald trump is clearly winning more counties. we have absolutely nothing from the largest county in the state, jefferson county. we like to get at least a flavor of that to see if the statewide trend is continuing. fayette cou

louisiana one of four republican contests saturday to close republican primary. rco rubio canceled his louisiana rally to focus on kansas caucuses. in mississippi, 40 republican delegates in the open primary on tuesday. donald trump is looking to re-create his performance from neighboring alabama, where he won 43% of the vote and carried every county on super tuesday. joining me to talk about both contests, louisiana republican chair roger vilry from new orleans and mississippi republican party chair from jackson. let me start with you, roger your contest is first saturday, the difference between open and closed primary, a lot of the cruz and rubio people believe this is the most fish way to beat trump when there are closed republican primaries. give me your assessment of the trump support. is it less so because it's registered republicans only? >> no, we see a lot of people that really favor trump, but cruz, rubio, kasich, all have been active in louisiana but trump has a tremendous organization, cruz probably has the deepest organization in the state and most ac

we are waiting for the results from idaho and the republican primary and the republican caucuses in hawaii. and let's check in with tracy. >> we are keeping an eye on feeds from around the country, and most of the candidates speaking within the past hour. so let's take a look at reaction from donald trump and more reaction from him in jupiter. over and we will have that to go against hillary and polls are showing that i beat her. >> and the democrats will be in florida tomorrow night far debate and tonight hillary clinton is in cleveland to build a future to live up to his or her full potential no matter _ where you come from and what you look like or who you lover and let's stand up and be prepare ed d. so let us be prepared to tell the billionaire class they @ cannot have it all. >> a pattern not complying from legal settlements to teacher evaluation s evaluations so no one up here is real keen on it. and -- all right, mrs. gordon is keen on it. you can go in a minute. i am on floor. >> don't disrespect me. >> no one is respecting you. i am going to adjourn the meeting if you don't respe

>> to your first point, i think this republican primary season has been a disaster for them. the last week or so you've had conversations about the kkk, paul ryan and mich mcconnell having to disainvoice the kkk. you have marco rubio talking about the size of someone's hands. it's crazy-- disavow the kkk. >> they're going to need to do better in 2012. to the point about the excitement gap, that's something that democrats have to be - they have to be concerned about that in terms of making sure that they're motivating all parts of democratic party to turn out. i will say that traditionally democrats, the numbers during a primary season are not always what the republicans are - we tend to take more resources to turn out and we will tune in later, especially during a general election. there is a lot of talk about inexcitement or enthusiasm gap in 2012 between romner and obama. we know how that turned out. i'm worried about it, but i also think that we have time to address it. that's going to be a huge priority for whoever the nominee is, whether that's clinton or sanders >>> in

what to expect this morning, and why he says he's not out of that race in the republican primary. the bigger the burrito, the bigger the fun. dunkin's new grandde burrito -- a breakfast burrito packed with big southwest flavor. go grande with veggie or sausage today. >>> sky witness nine is over the scene of this crash, the turnpike southbound your on and off ramps from orange blossom trail are blocked off right now because of this crash. orange county fire rescue crews have been out there for quite some time trying to clear that out. in the meantime you will need to get on or off at i-4 or 417. >>> republican primary marco rubio continues its -- his 10 day visit kissimmee today. eyewitness news this morning's angela jacobs has been following rubio for his push in the state last night in sanford. he-- he is at the bakery where he is expected this morning. >>reporter:he drove that point home in his message last night to the crowd in sanford. this morning, at this corner bakery, he will be dealing with a much smaller venue, a more intimate group. but still hoping to make a more pers