at hillary clinton is also expected to win tonight ted cruz in north carolina state the votes next week asking for republicans to consolidate maybe now you're supporting mark luke or john none of them have a path to beating down from john casey who is the least delegates of any gop candidate made the wolverine state of focus and his campaigns have the state of michigan send a message and watch me into the state of ohio where we will have a whole new day in american politics. robo calls for mitt romney may have given him a boost in car line at the half for america romney did another one for marco rubio in florida making good on his pledge to help any candidate take on trump rubio in florida today is looking ahead to see florida as well as ohio will be among five states up for grabs next tuesday a week from today mega news abc news detroit thirty thirteen is now i'd say it starts with the latest on a big fire in chesapeake right now just a big fire fighters are still looking for hot spots after a fire at a senior living facility this is video of the flames center thirteen news now from of your kelsey ryan peopl

done well as a republican state in the past. >> is that fair? >> of course it is fair. >> even though they are a bigger state gets fewer delegates. that is an excellent explanation for a complex set of rules, by the way. >> it is relative -- look, i think one of the things -- again, there's an element like the house and senate, an element of fairness. each state starts with ten. they get, if they are bigger, they have additional congressional districts they get awarded those and based on the performance, which is a way to ensure that states that are electing republicans get rewarded but size alone doesn't dictate how many republicans are in the state. north carolina that has a republican governor and senator and outperformed illinois in the past, granted, they have elected governor and great senator. it is trending the right way. we have to recognize these are formulas that exist to ensure that states have performed better than others do that. on the democratic side, ours is open and transparent. the democratic side, look at what they do. they gi

trump picks up half of the 14 republican states. ted cruz gets four, marco rubio gets one. for the democrats. hillary clinton takes seven of 11 states. bernie sanders gets four. the winning candidates were quick to take the stage... both clinton and trump are celebrating big wins, but they're staying focused on the next hurdle. presidential candidate: "i am a unifier. once we get all this finished, i am going after one person - that's hillary clinton." presidential candidate: "instead of building walls, we are going to break down barriers." the next big day for the candidates is this saturday. that's when voters in five democrats are hoping for a better turnout than yesterday. overall, numbers were down from 2008. republicans on the other hand saw record turnout almost everywhere. vermont was the only state of 14 that didn't break 2008's record. whole foods is out with a recall this morning. the grocery store is recalling maytag raw milk blue cheese nationwide -- over a possible listeria. recent tests done here in iowa showed the presence of listeria bacteria in two lots of

states and 14 republican states will hold either a primary or a caucus. senator bernie sanders is hoping to gain on hillary clinton with a good showing in today's caucuses and primaries. he voted in his home state of vermont earlier this morning. despite losing the last 3 states to the former secretary of state, sanders says he's confident he'll represent his party in november. " i'm very proud of what we are doing. and i'm proud of what we will continue to do. this is a campaign that's going to the philadelphia convention in july and i want to thank the millions of supporters throughout this country. " republican front-runner donald trump would have trouble in a general election against either sanders or clinton. that's according to a new cnn-o-r-c poll released this morning. would win 55 to 43%. clinton would win 52 to 44%. one of the more unusual states caucusing today is colorado. republicans in that state will caucus, but delegates won't pledge their support to any candidate until the convention in july. kcrg-tv9's kellie meyer has more from the democ

in virginia -- republican state senator jill holtzman vogel says she's going to run lieutenant governor. the seat is up next year. vogel was re-elected to her third term in the state senate in november. she represents the city of winchester and areas nearby. vogel would be the first republican woman nominated for statewide office since 1989. the coast guard and virginia port authority hosted the 10th annual search and rescue forum. the event wrapped yesterday at the marina at the crown plaza in hampton. state and local safety agencies, first vessels were there for five days. they held exercises between the monitor-merrimac memorial bridge- tunnel and the hampton roads bridge tunnel. hampton university held an open discussion about domestic violence keynote speaker kemba smith pradia talked about being associated with the wrong crowd, including a four-year relationship with a major figure in a crack cocaine ring. pradia was sentenced to 24-and- a-half years in federal prison. she served 6 and a half years - she received clemency from president clinton. she's used her experience to educat

ahead, another former new jersey governor, now state senator, richard codey, along with a fellow republican state senator who supported christie's lots to come. stay with us. in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state, the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in buffalo, where the largest solar gigafactory in the western hemisphere will soon energize the world. and in syracuse, where imagination is in production. let us help grow your company's tomorrow - >> welcome back to "upclose." diving a little deeper into the weaves of this christie controversy, two elected officials who work with governor christie, former new jersey governor and current state senator richard codey, and next to him, republican state senator joe pennacchio, who supported christie in the presidential race. gentlemen, thanks for joining us. >> my pleasure, bill. >> so, how did we get here? how did we get to this place where all this calls for your governor's resignation, and where's it go

states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer in the cnn election center. four republicans and two democrats, they are competing in this mega state round of primaries, but after tonight, the gop field may shrink. for the republicans 367 delegates are at stake on this super tuesday. that's 30% or so of the number needed to win the gop nomination. the winners in florida and ohio will get all of the states' delegates. these are the first winner-take-all contests in this primary season. donald trump heads into the night looking to add to his win column, strengthening his chances of locking up the nomination and avoiding a contested convention. his closest competitor, ted cruz, is likely to increase his all-important delegate count. tonight the spotlight is also squarely on marco rubio and john kasich. rubio is an underdog in his own home state of florida but kasich may be positioned to topple trump in the governor's home turf, that would be ohio. democrats also have a lot at stake right now with a whopping 691 delegates on the line, nearly 30% of the total needed to clinch the

the real percentage for the republicans in the state. a successful strategy because someone invested, invested at least 11 million in recruiting new candidates. the 1st sort of test ground for this type of initiative is what the republican national committee put together, 2014, receiving 36 percent of the vote which led to the elections of swings in the states that colorado for cory gardner florida for rick scott most notably greg abbott 144 percent. quite significant and larger than the predecessor previous. this initiative seems to be working very hard to engage the hispanic community. i am obviously a result of the hispanic community, and they are not monolithic. the us is not monolithic. i can tell you republican from arkansas is not the same as one from washington oregon or hispanic. there won't be the same as when they grew up on the border and taxes are miami. it is a very different culture and country. one of the things that excites me about the hispanic community is that 85% of hispanics already living in the us are citizens or a

the republican party in the states have been very engaged to try to find the best candidates and to are have them represent the republican party. we have seen a really interesting trend as a result of these elections. this trend may be familiar to you if you're watching the primaries. in iowa, for example, the vast majority, about 60%, of the republican electorate chose a hispanic or minority candidates date as their candidate for president. so combined, marco rubio, ted cruz, and ben carson received 60% of the vote in iowa. not a place that is typically known as very diverse. although their demographics are rapidly changing as well. we are seeing a wave of new faces representing the party. we feel this is an important project to not just help to diversify legislatures now, but to also build a diverse bench of candidates for the future. for example, marco rubio started in the -- miami-dade west miami commissioner. he was the firts hispanic speaker of the house. we find that building these candidates at the state level helps to build a party from the ground up. it's been enormously succe

let's look at the states won so far on this important night. on the republicane, donald trump has won in florida, illinois and north carolina. john kasich won his home state of ohio. he needed a win to continue. he won ohio. on the democratic side hillary clinton has won florida, north carolina, ohio and illinois. we're only waiting for missouri. that's the only outstanding race. let's look at the map right now on the democratic and republican side to see states that they've won. on the republican side you see the dark red, all those southern states with the exception of texas you see donald trump he's done really well including in florida which he won today. donald trump there you see cruz with that pink, he's not done well so far. we'll see what happens in missouri. rubio has dropped out. on the democratic side, hillary clinton doing remarkably well. a clean sweep including in texas and now in florida for hillary clinton, that dark blue are all the states you see over there on that map of the united states where hillary clinton has won that lighter blue and be

the other republicans are holding what they thought was their state republican convention, the ron paulre holding what they think is their state convention. they're all in the same room at the same time. they just faced opposite directions. and so one side had their chairman running their convention. the other side of the room elected their own chairman to oversee their convention and maybe it could have gone on like that forever. parallel universes next to each other in the same room but looking opposite directions. but then the ron paul convention people gave their chairman the microphone. and then security rushed him. >> sir, this is the chairman. >> this is the chairman! >> let go of him. >> he is handicap. he is handicap. what are you doing! >> look, back up! >> this is b.s. >> he has a chance to walk out. he has an artificial -- >> i'm a doctor. >> after all that after the broken fingers, the bad hip, the i need a doctor, i need a doctor the ron paul campaign at the end of all that actually got their 17 ron paul delegates sent to the national convention in tampa. even though they

senate republicans stated whoever wins the presidential election this fall should be the one to replace justice scalia. >>> a major change involving very serious medications. the centers for disease control its very first guidelines for opioid prescriptions. the cdc says nonopioid drugs should be prescribed whenever possible and when they are given they should get less than a week's supply of low dose opioid medication. >>> last night people reported multiple tornadoes in the eastern quad cities of iowa and illinois. strong enough to flip over a semi. high wind warnings and advisories are up now across multiple states. >>> the winds are not the only problem. there's ping pong ball size hailstones in durant, iowa. it can do a lot of damage. >>> ivan, will we get a break today? >> let's talk more about that hailstones there. they were not even the largest ones. we had tennis ball sized once, can you imagine that? that's what they had to deal with yesterday. for us more of the same. minutes to let us know the latest with the skyway but look sarasota. half in venice. doesn't look good. half

there's a bunch of democrats in the state that are going to be republicans. >> you said it was tough -- it's better for the democrats. people organizing this effort, suppose donald trump, he's got 22 states. by the time he gets to 35 states can they still deny him the nomination. >> statically they can. the rules the rules. >> of course they can deny him the nomination. you either get 1237 or you don't. >> when is the last time they denied it? >> i don't know. >> 1952. they've had ten contested conventions. only three times the guy who was the front-runner was the nominee. >> there is a precedent for doing it, but if you talk to republican strategists there's a lot of angst about whether or not trump is the nominee do you abandon the presidential race and focus on the senate. there's fear he could take down those six most vulnerable republican united states senators who already have tough races. they don't want him anywhere near their states. how do you handle a presidential front-runner who is toxic down the ticket. >> this is the first state where trump invested heavily -- >> i aske

kentucky is a key state, a key state for the republicans right now. donald trump is doing well. this state badly. >> he sure does. he wants to make a statement especially after the ted cruz in kansas and a convincing win in kansas. trump wants to cause any conversation that maybe there's a pause in the trump movement. this has been a lead that donald trump has been holding for some time but as a caution, the largest county in the state, jefferson county, louisville, david chalian said there is high turnout there. we've got nothing. we're missing a huge chunk there. also missing a huge chunk here in the middle of the state, fayette county, 17% of the population, we have absolutely nothing. the city and suburbs around here are very important. and we have some of the cincinnati suburbs. campbell county. ted cruz winning this particular county. it's all in. if you move over one county, just shy of 4% in covington, we're waiting for votes up there as well. at the moment, because of his support in the rural areas, you have donald trump pulling up a lead. again, this is like something

states so far. the only winner so far on the republican side of states.the democratic side, five states for hillary clinton, georgia, virginia, alabama, tennessee, arkansas. five states going for hillary clinton. bernie sanders carries his home state of vermont. we have projected that as well. let's go back to jake. >> thanks, wolf. no surprise that the former first lady of arkansas, hillary clinton, has won the state of arkansas. but nonetheless, it is a big victory for the clinton team, jeff zeleny who joins us from miami where the clinton headquarters are located this ev evening. >> reporter: no doubt, jake. i mean, arkansas is no surprise, but it's a win nonetheless and a very sweet win for this democratic crowd here. you can hear behind me right now, they're just hearing the news here. 32 delegates in the state of arkansas. of course, bernie sanders will win some, again, but hillary clinton, of course, carrying this state. and it's an interesting question to think about arkansas. george w. bush was the first republican to carry that in 2000 since it'

in virginia -- republican state senator jill holtzman vogel says she's going to run lieutenant governor. the seat is up next year. vogel was re-elected to her third term in the state senate in november. she represents the city of winchester and areas nearby. nominated for statewide office since 1989. the coast guard and virginia port authority hosted the 10th annual search and rescue forum. the event wrapped yesterday at the marina at the crown plaza in hampton. state and local safety agencies, first responders and their vessels were there for five days. they held exercises between the monitor-merrimac memorial bridge- tunnel and the hampton roads bridge tunnel. hampton university held an open discussion about domestic violence keynote speaker kemba smith pradia talked about being associated with the wrong crowd, including a four-year relationship with a major figure in a crack cocaine ring. pradia was sentenced to 24-and- a-half years in federal prison. she served 6 and a half years - she received clemency from president clinton. she's used her experience to educate people across the c

he also wins the republican caucuses in maine. two other statesepublican contests still outstanding right now. we have a key race alert for you. here are the results for you as of right now in louisiana. the republican primary. 8% of the vote is in. donald 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 co

so the other republicans are holding what they thought was their state republican convention t. n paul are holding what they think is their state convention. they're all in the same room at the same time at the shreveport convention center. they faced opposite directions. one side has their chairman running their convention t. other side elected their chairman to oversee their convention. maybe it could have gone on like that forever. parallel universes next to each other in the same room, then the ron paul convention people gave their chairman the microphone and then security rushed him. >> after all that, after the broken fingers, the bad hip the i need a doctor, i need a doctor, the ron paul campaign at the end of all that actually got tear 17 ron paul delegates sent to the national convention in tampa. even though they won 6% of the vote in the state primary and everybody thought they'd get zero. they did this kind of thing all over the country. ron paul also lost the nevada caucus in 2012 pretty soundly, never mind that, that's just the voters. ron paul lost with nevada vote

. >>> republican state lawmakers are calling for action about charlotte's new non discrimination ordinance allowing transgender people to use the bathroom of their choice. cbs north carolina political reporter beau minick was on this top state lawmakers. why is this an issue to address at the state level. >> republican lawmakers are constantly hearing concerns from constituents and want roy cooper to step in. lawmakers also did not rule out the possibility of holding a special session on this issue. into session on april 25 but this ordinance goes into effect on april 1. >> you don't have to be an attorney to know that men start using the ladies room there's going to be problems. if they do it here in the general assembly or anywhere else in north carolina they are going to be arrested. >> it's the same type of fear amongerring that i was growing up as a young gay teenager it was gay people in the restroom that were threats. now it's redirected against transfolks. >> governor mccrory said he wants lawmakers to address the matter but he would they not have to call a special session to do so

[applause] half of they nearly republican state legislature in texas. my thousands upon thousands of republican women and grassroots activists. [applause] they know my record. they know me personally. they know my heart. and they know that i have kept my word to fight for them, each and every day. [applause] sen. cruz: america, i will do the same as president. [applause] together, we will repeal obama care. [applause] irs.cruz: abolish the pulled back the epa regulators that are killing small businesses. stop amnesty and secure the border. [applause] sen. cruz: and the result will be small businesses exploding millions of high paying jobs, wages going up, and young people coming out of the school with 2, 3, 4, 5 job offers. forward, let us together show that reagan cost , and optimismve in the american people were not misplaced. that we will not let the american lights go out. we will fight or our constitution, for life, and for freedom. [applause] you have shown that we remain a strong and just people. a people who do not give in to fear, but rise only

states. that sort of bolstered his argument he's the republican best gieable to go against trum and marco rubio finally won his first state in minnesota, just enough to keep going himself. so neither candidate is going to drop out of the race. they're both looking at march 15th, which is another big date, starting as a winner-take-all process, taking on more delegates. it went basically as we thought it would. the big tossup was massachusetts. that was a big state for "headline news." you see alabama, arkansas, georgia, massachusetts, tennessee, texas, and virginia, all big stating sort of mirroring south carolina. bernie sanders won the states he had been talking about, vermont, oklahoma, colorado, and minnesota. despite bringing in $42 million in february alone and while the path gets narrower for him, the the there's no reason for him to drop out any time soon. >> eric bradner, thank you so much. we have breaking news just moments ago. we called the race in alaska. the republican caucuses there, now that the votes have been counted, ted cruz is the winner in alaska. ted cruz with a 577-vote

jason, the state of the republican race as we head toward wisconsin? >> it's a very big deal. if trump does well there, it could mean no contested convention. he could win on the first ballot in cleveland. it's a state that plays to his strengths, lots of blue collar voters many the governor scott walker was a former republican candidate, has not endorsed, he's leaning toward ted cruz also as we heard in the clip, donald trump doesn't have the talk radio support in wisconsin that he's enjoyed in other states, he's in for a fight. i think that's why he's decided to go and campaign. how novel is that. >> the trump campaign has now hire hired someone to oversee their delegate effort. in part because this tweet over the weekend, just to show you how unfair republican primary politics can be, i won the state of louisiana and get less delegates than cruz. lawsuit coming, louisiana essentially, what happened was, some of the delegates went toward ted cruz, they were uncommitted, cen willy and signed on even though he won the state. now the trump campaign realizes every delegate is goi

hillary clinton are celebrating big wins this morning -- pulling in seven states each.on the republican states -- including his home state of texas.marco rubio notched his very first state -- edging out cruz in minnesota. now we're taking a look at the most up-to-date delegate count in the republican race.trump leads the pack with 315.cruz now has more than 200, while rubio has a little more than a hundred.to win -- a candidate needs to secure 1,237 delegates. delegates.meanwhile john kasich and ben carson have yet to win a state and are lagging well behind the top three.cruz put pressure on those two, to drop out. "we are blessed with a deep, talented honorable field for the candidates who have not yet won a state, who have not racked up significant delegates i ask you to prayerfully consider our coming together, uniting, on the democratic side, hillary was out in front, winning several states in the southern portion of the u-s. bernie sanders picked up four states, including his home state of vermont.clinton declared victory on super tuesday, and took aim at the republican party. "it's clear

democratic canidate hillary clinton and republican canidate states. republican ted cruz won three. marco rubio scored one. democrat bernie sanders won four states. late this afternoon republican ben carson announced he is suspending his campaign. for some people in tampa when they hear the name trump a presidential canidate may not be the first thing to comes to mind. many lost money on a luxury sky scraper that was supposed to be built ten years ago. it was set up to go on ashley drive. jeannie dean talked to an investor to find out what he think about donald trump today. >> reporter: in february of 2005 with a lot of fanfare open a sales center for his later project trump tower tampa. jay remembers seeing it on the news. >> i stopped what i was doing to see if i could be part of that. >> reporter: he said with donald trump's involvement he wanted to buy a condo there. he made a down payment of $130,000. this construction marketing booklet are the only things jay has to show for the money. >> it was part of my life savings. when i sold that place it would have been for my retiremen

the other republicans are holding what they thought was their state republican convention, the ron paulare holding what they think is their state convention. they're all in the same room at the same time. they just faced opposite directions. and so one side had their chairman running their convention. the other side of the room elected their own chairman to oversee their convention and maybe it could have gone on like that forever. parallel universes next to each other in the same room but looking opposite directions. but then the ron paul convention people gave their chairman the microphone. and then security rushed him. >> sir, this is the chairman. >> this is the chairman! >> let go of him. >> he is handicap. he is handicap. what are you doing! >> look, back up! >> this is b.s. >> he has a chance to walk out. he has an artificial drk. >> i'm a doctor. >> after all that after the broken fingers, the bad hip, the i need a doctor, i need a doctor the ron paul campaign at the end of all that actually got their 17 ron paul delegates sent to the national convention in tampa. even though th

reporter: ted cruz made illinois, a state his campaign believes is winnable. >> there is only one campaign in a position to beat donald trump and win the republican nomination. ( applause ) >> reporter: cruz's strategy has been to hunt for delegates in non-winner-take-all states to offset predicted trump gains elsewhere. scott, if kasich wins ohio this evening, from the perspective of gathering delegates could be as much cruz's as it is trumps. >> pelley: major, thanks very much. hillary clinton is also running in her home state of illinois. she and bernie sanders are fighting over 691 democratic delegates don't, which is more than a quarter of what's needed for the nomination. nancy cordes caught up with clinton today. >> reporter: in chicago, sanders predicted he would beat expectations again today and dominate the midwest. >> well, i think that if there's going to do just great here in illinois, missouri, ohio. >> thank you. thanks, everybody. >> reporter: clinton has a comfortable lead in ohio polls, but neither campaign is putting much stock in that after her surprise loss in neighboring michigan. what do you say to that voter in a manufactu

there are more republican state legislators today than anytime in the history of the republican partyng back to its founding in 1854. so things are happening that are far beyond donald trump. in addition you have in trump somebody who is bringing in independents and democrats. and i find it ironic that people who don't want trump say, luckily, a number of the upcoming primaries are closed. think about this. they're basically saying we don't want to let democrats and independents into our party. now, how do you grow a majority party if you say to the democrats and independents, we don't want you? trump is doing more than anyone since ronald reagan to bring in a new generation of voters who are saying, you know, i like what he's saying about american nationalism, i like what he's saying about controlling the border, i like what he's saying about taking on washington. i think, of course, if you're a washington establishment type, all that stuff scares you to death, and that's why you see these constant ripples as they try to find change. but look what the alternative is, it's ted cruz. c

clinton with a commanding lead missouri for to noting in this important on like some of the republican states the democrats do not have any winner-take-all state clinton and sanders will be splitting the delegates that is why clinton's bow out when and florida is so bed with 214 delegates up for grabs by far the most of any state today. >>grant lodes: if she keeps on and she's keeping on it will be howe five states with for secretary clinton certainly not projecting herself as the front runner the presumptive nominee for the democrats will have a long way to go secretary clinton will be a better life for her. >>catherine heenan: the bolland of the wish showing that sounded like he went prayer for the republican party if he ended a state of supporters a few minutes ago saying he is playing for st. for the gop meeting of the four numbers trump taking on 99 the evidence the sea with a huge amount and he won by here people said he beat up will his home state parlor because of the immigration issue partly because trump has huge name recognition a while is the other big winner take all state 66 del

state!the republican candidate is coming to ohio ... and not everyone is exactly 'happy' about it ... how a group plans to voice their objections to the g-o-p frontrunner today. good morning tri state wekeend now , breaking right now on good morning tri-state ... more than ten thousand people are without power in oakley .., duke energy says power is expected to be restored to those homes by 6 this morning ...no word yet on the specific issue that caused those outages ... we're tracking the problem and will bring you updates as we learn them. today the republican frontrunner donald trump will hold a rally in west chester ... this just a few days after a planned rally in chicago that never actually happened ... it desolved into 'chaos' with 5 people arrested... protesters on friday night.and there are protesters expected to show up at the rally happening today right here in the tri-state.reporter briana ohio's highest ranking republicans could all be found eating pancakes in sharonville hearing from the presidential candidate who leads the state. governor kasich gave the keynote for the

states. one of the biggest prizes is ohio. no republican the white house without winning the buckeye state. and this year, it's taken on heightened importance in the effort to derail donald trump's path to the republican nomination. newshour correspondent john yang reports from ohio. as ohio governor john kasich and donald trump criss-crossed the buckeye state, campaigning forw3 tomorrow's primary -- >> oh, i love ohio. it's about time we had an ohioan become president of the united states. it's been far too long. (cheers and applause) >> more is at stake than just 66-degree gats in this winner take contest. >> i want to win ohio. we really want to win ohio. ohio republicans say they're bat thing for their party's future. >> they don't like liars!# couldn't be more different. >> we'll fix these things when we remember we're americans and not republicans and democrats first but americans first and work together and lift this country, we will fix this. >> we're going to build the wall, folks. don't worry. (cheers and applause) who's going to

states that are coming later in the process. >>reporter: he believes he has the best chance against donald trump should he become the republican nominee. >> the the that's not the kind of person the american people, i this. >>reporter: want as president of the united states. i'm very proud in almost every poll out, national and state poll we wet him. >>reporter: first he would have to defeat hillary clinton who won the mississippi primary tuesday. >> i know we have a long way to go. in fact the future that i envision is going to take work from all of us. because i want to knock down every barrier this stand in the waishtion senator tills he will be staying in the area because he has some debate prep to do before the debate come up then he will be heading over to west and central florida. reporting in downtown miami, 7 news night team. republican now they debate at the university of miami on thursday night. robin continues our team 7 coverage. >> candidates of the g.o.p. can now turn the attention where senator rubio has been focusing for a week. always comes down to florida done it. >>reporter: florida. all 99 of the del gets for the

state's republican primary, senator cruise's second win of the night after he took his home state. peg powers is on the phone and is the chair of the republican party and joins us now. a bit of a surprise. donald trump had been leading in and then take a look at that. just kind of flip it around. what happened. >> well, i think ted cruz proved what he started out. ted cruz came in to oklahoma several months ago. he continued it all the way through. trump came in with a ground game in the last three or four months and had it very, very well. rubio came in the last 30 days during the ground game. >> the majority of the voters, 75% or so, consider this as evangelical. how did that tobacco xx in. >> well, i think whern you have direct voter contact and you're ache to get your message out to the voters, i think the evangelical part does not sway one way or another. it's your message that you ear trying to reach out. i think one thing that did help trump to overcome the advantage of cruz's ground game is we had record voter turn out. >> and what does that mean? what does that indicate fro

. >> republican state leader say the change needs to be to charlotte's ordinance. >> i think the general assembly does need to act to make sure that local municipal tees. >> the general assembly comes back into session is on april 25th. some including a review rand want the ordinance overturned now in a special session. bathrooms or locker rooms or changing rooms puts women and children in danger. >> supporters of the ordinance say it only protects people and they do not want the state to get involved. she says she just wishes people were not afraid of each other. >> our fears equal in the fact that we all live with each other and you're afraid of us and we're afraid of you. >> now, a special session would cost about $42,000 a day. house lawmakers say they believe they do have enough support to call a special session. >>> some weather caused quite a bit of a headache for some drivers in texas. headache a look at this, golf sized hail fell on several highways. the storm caused damage to police vehicles and ambulances in one apartment as you can see some of the damage. i don't see the hail

republican state lawmakers say they plan to address this issue at the general. assembly. someone they ordinance to be overturn before it takes effect on april 1. that will require a special session with a price they called on lawmakers to not get involved.>> i am tired of being told that i cannot use the women's dressing room. i am sick of getting my food >> the general. assembly does need to act to are not passing these sorts of political statements .>> reporter: opponents to the dangerous situations and restrooms. supporters dispute that. the general. assembly is expected to come back on april 25. >>> a young man from our state in trouble with the police because of this video that is been viewed more than 1 million times. the role social media played in this case in the charges that the young man is facing. >>> alarming statistics say department whe >>> one of the most familiar faces at raleigh-durham international is moving on. mindy hamlin's equivocation strecker there also known as the face of the airport for the past 15 years. she has been a huge help to us here. sh

has consolidated the wing of the republican party -- he won at least 44% of non-college republicans in every state tonight. he's won most non-college republicans in 17 of the 20 states with exit polls and no one has consolidated anything to the party to that extent. donald trump's hold on that blue collar side of the party is unsurmountable. >> we have three uncalled races right now. we hope to get some answers. stay with us. pet moments are beautiful, unless you have allergies. then your eyes may see it differently. only flonase is approved to relieve both your itchy, watery eyes and congestion. no other nasal allergy spray can say that. complete allergy relief or incomplete. let your eyes decide. flonase changes everything. testing, testing... 1, 2, 3, 4... ♪ ♪look out honey... ♪because i'm using technology...♪ ♪ ♪ain't got time to make no apologies...♪ ♪ ♪soul radiation in the dead of night...♪ ♪love in the middle of a fire fight...♪ ♪ ♪honey gotta strike me blind... ♪somebody gotta save my soul... ♪baby penetrates my mind... ♪ ♪ [cheering] ♪and i'm the world's forgotten boy...♪ ♪ ♪the one who'

the water supply crisis has become an election issue with the republican state administration accused of ignoring it. a doo bate on sunday. more than a dozen protesters interrupted donald trump's rally in new orleans. they chanted black lives matter and held up banners that read your hate is killing people. trump was in louisiana to really, really voters ahead of the state's primary on saturday. the number of candidates is narrowed again, retired neurosurgeon ben carson has pulled out of the republican race. he announced he was suspending his campaign at a gathering in maryland friday. his decision to stop campaigning comes after a disappointing super tuesday finish. >>> cubeages stranded in central america have begun to enter the u.s. they left cuba wearing their special status which provides them the u.s. residency will end soon. it's thought out of the 8,000, many will go to miami. officials there say the city can't comb. andy gallacher reports. >> at the church world service in miami, newly arrived cuban families are given all the help they need to resettle in the u.s. it has been

state today. multiple republican candidates have held events. 42 gop delegates up for grabs. there are 91 democratic delegates at stake. molly is in newton, massachusetts. >> reporter: you are right. massachusetts, so rarely viewed as a battleground state. but this year the candidates are paying attention here. john kasich making a final push here in the state holding a town hall and a rally. the question is will the last-minute efforts pay off? will they garner the votes that he needs to defeat front-run ne donald trump? he packed an arena in early january. this year, it's the democratic primary the real fight. secretary hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders both making a last-minute appearance on the ground here. hillary clinton hitting springfield before holding a rally in boston yesterday. her husband holding an evening rally and he is still out there campaigning in the state today. bernie sanders held a rally last night. that stop following a huge rally he held at the university of massachusetts amherst a little more than a week ago. both camps investing a lot of res

are calling on the governor to resign now, but every day we've got increasing numbers of republicans in the statetgomery party and now it's the alabama division of republicans calling on the governor to resign and two republican state representatives and senators, member of the executive committee of the state republican party. as more information is released each day about the alleged affair that the governor denies con sue mating it becomes an increasing pile of alabamans who are calling on the governor to step down. on wednesday we got the first sex tapes. on monday we got the second round of phone sex tapes. now there's unconfirmed reporting in the state that the governor and his alleged mistress may have shared a safe deposit box at a bank. that reporting from yellow hammer news. it's not been confirmed, but it's the next piece of the scandal that's been circulated in that state. now there are reports that the governor and his mistress on the subject of an investigation, from the state and the attorney general's office and the feds. the press saying the point of these federal and state inves

and the republican party in the state has been very engaged to try to find the best candidates and tohave them represent the republican party. we've seen a really interesting trend as a result of these elections. this trend may be familiar to some of you. if you're watching the primaries, in iowa, for example, the vast majority, about 60% of the republicans electorate chose a minority candidate. so combined, ted cruz, marco rubio and ben carson received 60% of the vote in iowa. that's not really known as a diverse state though their demographics are rapidly changing as well. we're seeing a wave of new faces representing the party. we feel that this is an important project to not just help to diversify legislatures now but to also build a diverse bench of candidates for the future. for example, marco rubio started in the -- as west miami commissioner and he was the first hispanic speaker of the house. we find that building these candidates at the state level really helps to build the party from the ground ln up. it's been enormously successful in helping us win. not just win the regula

republican primary, 94% white. georgia's 94% white. tennessee, 97%. virginia is state that's only 71% white in terms of population. at the republican primary, it's 94% white. you know, what you start ends up finishing. process matters. choosing to have your nominee picked by all white, deeply conservative voters has consequences for who gets picked. that has consequences for what a winning campaign sounds like this year in the pursuit for the republican presidential nomination. this was donald trump in madison, alabama this weekend in front of a crowd that local law enforcement described as 15,000 people. the trump campaign described it as more than 30,000 people, naturally. at this huge alabama event, donald trump was endorsed by the first u.s. senator who has signed onto his campaign, jeff sessions. he's known as an immigration opponent in the senate. that's why the endorsement was seen as competitively important in the republican race because ted cruz has been dropping jeff sessions name throughout his campaign in order to make himself seem as hard line anti-immigra

drawn and it didn't take long after the ceremony at the rose garden at the white house, for republicans to state for them absolutely nothing had changed. mitch mcconnell was on the floor of the senate, there will be no hearing, the next president thought to be a republican will make the selection not obama. >> made this nomination not with the intent of seeing the nominee confirmed but in order to politicize it for purposes of the election. >> reporter: in other words, if the senate doesn't give garland a confirmation hearing and an up and down vote it will become a 2016 campaign issue and a very big stick for democrats to hit the republicans with. well, merrick garland spoke by telephone this afternoon to mitch mcconnell and the majority leader refused to meet him face to face, said there was no point, the phone call was a matter of politeness and charles grassley the important around influential chairman of the judiciary committee, the long and the shot of this is that tonight it seems very difficult to see a path for this nomination to confirmation anyway. back to you. >> thank you john. so w

states that vote tonight. we're still waiting for more information from illinois and missouri. on the republican big win in his home state of ohio, but trump wins in florida, knocking marco rubio out of the race. john dickerson, the anchor of "face the nation"" is joining us. john, ohio what, does it mean? >> reporter: this really shakes up the race for a couple of reasons. kasich benefits from marco rubio dropping out. he can consolidate those kind of more moderate mainstream republicans but ohio is really important because it is a way to deny donald trump the majority of delegates on his way to the convention. now the question is do kasich and cruz coalesce and work against trump together? >> pelley: john dickerson, thank you very much. as votes continue to come in tonight, we'll have prime-time television updates, wall-to-wall coverage on our digital service, cbsn, and late returns on your local news. and, of course, all of this night's developments will be on "cbs this morning,"" tomorrow. that's the cbs evening news for craters tearing up tires... angry drivers demanding ans. th >>> pothole

if any republican in any state has a built-in advantage, certainly john kasich the sitting governor of ohio a well-established political organization and approval ratings at 80% among republicans in the state. for as long as we've been asking him, governor kasich has told us he's going to win. he's going to win at home and then take that momentum out on the road. phil mattingly has the latest from kasich primary night headquarters. phil, when john kasich voted this morning, he said he felt terrific, and again said, quoting him now, we're going to win. what's the latest from his campaign this evening? >> reporter: well, his campaign shares the enthusiasm, maybe more cautious on the optimism. look, wolf, you pointed it out, they have significant structural advantages in this state but still, it has been an uphill climb over the last couple of weeks. what we've seen in public polling, onjohn kasich building a lead. they feel good about that. but they recognize that donald trump's message resonates in certain parts of the state and know that tonight will be close no matter what their hope

despite a 36-hour philabuster, the senate has passed a measure proposed by republican state senator would protect clergy and vendors who refuse services to same-sex couples. it will be put to a vote to amend the state done city tugs. supporters-- constitution. supporters say it will protect liberty and opposer say it will inline law. u.s. forces have captured the man said to be in charge of the group's chemical weapon's program. our correspondent has details. >> reporter: good evening. the fight against i.s.i.l. has had some recent setbacks. today top american officials are to touting a top official. >> reporter: u.s. forces have captured the suspected head of an i.s.i.l. chemical weapons program. the suspect reported by the new york times and others to be such man was captured two weeks ago. he is in u.s. custody under interrogation. official $were tight-lipped on wednesday citing operational security but they lauded the targeting force sent into iraq last year by president obama to carry out the operations lining the raid that netted the man. >> there are u.s. military forces on the gro

states. tonight this campaign enter as new phase. we given with 17 republican candidates. through the first four states, the race narrowed considerably. tonight was another decision point and the voters have spoken. tomorrow morning we have a choice. so long as the field remains divided, donald trump's path to the nomination remains more likely. and that would be a disaster for republicans, for conservatives and for the nation. and after tonight, we have seen that our campaign is the only campaign that has beaten, that can beat and that will beat donald trump. i congratulate donald trump on his victories tonight. with you we are the only campaign that has beaten donald trump once, twice, three times! [ cheers and applause ] 15 states have now voted. every one of those states so far has been won by either donald trump or myself. republicans, together we have a choice. we are blessed with a deep, talented, honorable field. for the candidates who have not yet won a state, who have not racked up significant delegates, i ask you to prayerfully consider our coming together, uniti