i've seen marco rubio.romney during the 2012 campaign. >> you work forward governor romney. >> when i worked for him and saw him on the campaign trail, big audiences and small audiences embrace expectations. be that strong visionary leader that so many people feel is the -- is exactly what the republican party needs. especially to serve as a contrast to hillary clinton who has been associated with the last 25 years of american politics. that's the marco rubio that has to show up and fight and make his case. >> we saw him rebound after a disastrous debate and election result in new hampshire. and come back strong in south carolina. marco needs to show that he can rebound again. it becomes a harder sell as this goes along. he's got the ability to do it. >> stand by. more to discuss. let's take another quick break. we're counting down to the republican presidential debate here in miami. much more right after this. it took joel silverman years to become a master dog trainer. but only a few commands to master de

i need your vote. >> reporter: trump topping rubio in several polls here in the state, but the rubiodeterred by those numbers, saying they know how to win the state. but once again, it is a state they must win if rubio has any hope of moving forward. john, christine? >> jason carroll from rubio world, which is a world right now in a little bit of distress. joining us again, our panel right now. josh was reporting from a donor meeting on thursday in miami prior to the debate thursday night. these donors i have to imagine are getting jittery. i was asking that to m.j. >> i think marco rubio is on very thin ice with donors and also potential donors. when i reported a couple days ago about a meeting that his campaign manager had with donors, it was interesting. there was some potential donors who previously had supported jeb bush. they were sitting in on this meeting trying to decide whether to switch sides. they made it clear, look, we don't want to feel like we've wasted our time and effort. i can guaranty you, looking at how rubio is performing, they're not getting a lot of encouragin

will he endorse marco rubio? some of the other folks we've talked to here say that they previously voted, that they like jeb bush and some of them voted absentee for jeb bush. and now they're left without, you know, without any recourse now that they've already voted absentee for jeb bush and even though they support marco rubio, they think he has a steep hill to climb in florida. again, the vote here is march 15th. thomas? >> gabe gutierrez for us in jacksonville, gabe, thanks so much. >>> as we were talking about earlier today, marco rubio appeared at cpac giving this impassioned speech on conservatism and what it means in the 21st century. >> what does it mean to be a conservative in the 21st century? i can tell you what it can never mean. being a conservative can never be about simply an attitude. being a conservative cannot simply be about how long you're willing to scream, how angry you're willing to be or how many names you're willing to call people. that is not conservatism. conservatism has never been ab

[applause] marco rubio: the water. thank you so much. ♪ host: marco rubio in florida, one day less than a year from when he announced his campaign. tonight, dropping out. lot of themes that speech tonight, one that caught some people's attention on twitter. was early on, america is in a middle of a real political storm in which it is in this coming. guest: marco rubio had a rough campaign. he did outlast his onetime mentor jeb bush. after a strong third-place finish in iowa, he had a devastating debate in new hampshire where chris christie of being accused rubio a robot. up to memorized talking points. rubio ended up fifth in new hampshire. that was the beginning of the end, he has a decent showings but was nevere, able to catch fire. he tried to out trump trump at the debate, but can only be described as a childish move. the following debate, the last debate, was more congenial. at the same time, marco rubio is 45 years old,

marco rubio may have other ideas. jason carroll is on the campaign trail for us in tampa, florida, right now. jason, what's the latest? >> reporter: well, the rubio rally is just about to get under way here. as you know, wolf, rubio has his sights set squarely on his home state of florida. it is a state that he must win. while some people want this to be a two-way race, rubio telling reporters just a few minutes ago, he has no intention of getting out. >> who's going to win north carolina? >> reporter: donald trump's confidence on full display today, campaigning in north carolina, whose primary is still more than a week away. the gop front-runner running strong in tomorrow's big super tuesday prize, michigan. >> i've been to michigan a lot. i think we're going to do well there. >> reporter: a new monmouth university poll released today shows trump at 36% in the wolverine state, followed by cruz at 23%. after big weekend wins, trump and cruz say the gop primary fight is now turning into a two-man race. >> marco rubio h

not so much marco rubio. what does rubio do now?i want to quote my friend across the way here, dan jones, who said last week this could shape up to be good-bye rubio tuesday. and i think that's about right. i don't know how he continues in this race. he is not -- not only is he losing his home state, but he's getting nothing anywhere else. the only rationale for him to remain would be to be part of this kind of plot to deprive donald trump of the delegates he needs to get elected. but i would think that he would get out. and he might even get out tonight. >> if you're going to be part of a plot to stop trump, you have to pay for it. and i think if you're a funder, right now, of marco rubio, you have to be saying, i'm not going to throw more money away. now, there's a possibility that you could just withdraw sort of, you know, suspend your campaign if you wanted to play some games about not freeing up your delegates. but then again, to the voters, it looks like -- >> the other thing is, if you want to be part of the plot to stop trum

and finally marco rubio south florida marco rubio u.s. senator first victory of the season all the way newspaper minnesota 37-28 over ted cruz donald trump didn't do welln that state at all. that's the state that elected ventura as governor but they weren't going for donald trump as one of those candidates from way out in left field. marco rubio with the if is victory of the season so far aig and belkys so tell no ut out for rubio today. he got one. >> all right. >>> the chaos continued todayafter police say 4 teens led them on multi-satellite sti chase. this time the chaos in the courtroom. 4 teens appearing at the broward county courthouse after being arrested. several of them even disruptiveseveral of them even disruptive. one even making snide remark at the judge. chase happened monday when riding in stolen car. they ditched that one and two jumped in an suv and continued to run from police. cops eventually caught them all no one hurt in the pursuit. >> smash dash at south florida business. video capturing two mask men ash nothing an

they want to hear it's rubio, it's rubio. we can't deny what trump is doing in this republican primary. >> what do you think about that? you look at our most recent polling of republicans going up against hillary clinton and donald trump does the worst, losing to her. could you see that changing if trump is ultimately the nominee? >> i actually think that would stay consistent. i'm going to challenge that for a second. i do actually think that a trump/clinton face-off changes the calculation a little bit. going into this election year, people assumed it would be a base site, right turning out and left turning out and seeing how much enthusiasm was there. the country is about evenly divided in registration. everyone thought it would be a base fight but trump versus clinton totally changes the calculation. economic republicans who trump does not speak to. and they think clinton -- may not agree with everything, may not love her. republicans don't need to love their candidate. they may end up drawing a lot of independents and a

rubio. cruz's comments about needing to win your home state. marco rubio polling behind donald trump in florida right now. rubio spent the day campaigning in minnesota. he said the state's experience with another tough-talking celebrity is al of the proof needed to vote against donald trump. >> jesse ventura was an embarrassment. let rephrase na. jesse ventura is an embarra embarrassment. donald trump will be an embarrassment to america, to anyone who supported him. this can't happen. if anybody knows that it's minnesota, because of experience you have. >> manu joins us. rubio has yet to win a state in the race. does the campaign believe that minnesota can turn that around? >> reporter: they certainly hope so. but they're certain le not predicting a victory in minnesota. marco rubio talked to reporters after that and hopes to do reasonably well there. that state's hard to poll because it's a caucus state. we don't quite know how many voters will show up there and donald trump, if he does bri

marco rubio in second place. and yet marco rubio is binning in all of the places that you would look for in a republican race. you would say can he win in the suburbs? if you look up here, now there's a lot of votes up here, but loudoun county, 45 minute drive from washington, d.c., key growing suburb, 69%. prince william county, swing area in the state, only 16% in. rubio just barely ahead here. this is a tight race in what is always known as a swing county in the state. fairfax, rubio with a healthy lead. rubio is winning where he wanted to in the suburbs and suburbs around richmond. riko county, he's winning but by a small margin there. richmond county by a healthier margin there, but it's a smaller county. look what donald trump is doing everywhere else. this if you go back to 2008, if ted cruz were going to play in virginia, it would have been out here. instead, donald trump filling in -- >> let's go to oklahoma right now because that's still a contest we have not been able to project. >> one more quick poin

marco rubio, one.night calling for party unity when he spoke in a news conference, interesting it was not a campaign event but a news conference along with a new jersey governor chris christie who just endorsed him. >> we have won five major states and looks like we can win 6, 7, 8 or 9. and it's really been great. i want to congratulate ted on the winning of texas he worked hard on it and i know how hard he worked so congratulating ted cruz on that win. that was an excellent win. we're going to make america great again, folks. we're going to make it great again. i watched hillary's speech, she's talking about wages have been poor and everything is poor and doing badly. she's been there so long, i mean, if she hasn't straightened it out by now she's not going to straighten it out in the next four years, it's just going to make worse and worse. she wants to make america whole again, i'm trying to figure that out. >> and new questions, mr. truch scored big in the south but did not claim the home state of

he had choice words for marco rubio. >> marco rubio in florida calling it a reboot or launch of his campaign but he is optimistic because he's been here before. hilary clinton played a very key role tonight. she certainly has her eyes set >> we are glad you are with us tonight. we will dive into the campaigns and where they go. >>> as far as winning states, donald trump and hilary clinton clear winners. >> ted cruz is also a projected winner in two more states and marco rubio may have gotten his first victory. >> the republican establishment make this like donald trump, but that is not the case with republican voters. they have swept trump to victory in six states. tonight also is a big night for hilary clinton wrapped up victories in six states. let's look at the map of the states. texas and georgia are the two most populous states in play. in the republican race trump carries the states listed. listed. on the democratic side former secretary of state hillary clinton has won alabama arkansas georgia tennessee texas and virginia. bernie sanders is the winner in his home state of vermont as w

that's a rubio category. rubio with 34%. cruz at 26%. kasich at 15%.rump is all the way down at 11% in that shares my values category, which is also a top quality. jake and dana, as you know, the other qualities that we do test, electability, can you win in november, and telling it like it is. smaller share of the electorate are looking for either of those things. but still trump dominates telling it like it is, and marco rubio is dominating electability in virginia as the candidate that can win in november. it's just that those two qualities are not as high of importance for voters today in virginia. >> interesting. dana, normally donald trump does not do well in the one category of shares my values. he wins in the others, tells it like it is. needed change. marco rubio doing well. >> i was thinking the same thing. it's a question of whether or not, i'm sure people who are looking for somebody who shares their values aren't looking for some of the language that we've heard on the campaign trail. however, what marco rubio has been trying to do is point

rubio or mr. cruz sputters out, then they have the hard place of trying to stop a candidate who clearly has a lot of ground support, although he doesn't have a ground organization. michael bloomberg, i believe, made the smart decision not to throw his hat in the ring at a time when there's probably a couple of hats that need to come out of the race. >> jeffrey lord, in florida, a week is a long time in politics. rubio is right now last poll shows eight points behind. are you concerned at all about trump given the ads now being put out on television there? >> no, no, i'm not. i honestly don't think these kind of ads hurt donald trump. i mean, i think we've talked about this. he's such a familiar figure of american culture that if you are going to be anti-trump, you aren't going to be persuaded to be anything other than -- i mean by these ads, if you are pro-trump, you aren't budging. i don't think so. you know, there's one thing i'd say, anderson, and this just popped a few minutes ago. i just can'

if you beat marco rubio in florida, it hands the election to donald trump. >> if we beat marco rubio in florida, we become the nominee. i'm part of the pro ted cruz movement. that's the stop donald trump movement. the only way to stop trump this late in the game is through another candidate. there is no ballot in america that when you enter you vote, it says trump, cruz, kasich, rubio, hash tag never trump. if you want to stop trump, do it through another candidate, and that's cruz. a poll this morning says he's beating trump by 13 points. what else do we need to know? to margaret's points and the earlier points, it turns out trump has a plexy glass ceiling. he's not able to break through the 45% mark. he doesn't need to in a four person race. he does in a two person race. this ceiling is real. he has core supporters. he has core opponents who don't want him to be the nominee. >> what do you say to folks saying cruz making run for it. cruz beating rubio in florida is more of a run for trump? >> they're mistaken. where was the home state curtesy when rubio spent money in texas to get

rubio is vowing to stay in the race. marco rubio -- >>> we continue our team coverage. >> donald trump is a happy man tonight he did very well on this super tuesday. tonight he did not have a big rally like everybody else. he had a news conference. >> donald trump the big winner on the republican side. focus on november. >> i am unified. once we get all of this finished, i'm going to go after one person and that is hilary clinton on the assumption she is allowed to run. i don't know that she will be allowed. >> while concentrating on hilary clinton he had a few words for his fellow candidates especially marco rubio. >> was a very tough night for marco rubio. he worked hard and he spent a lot of money and he is a lightweight. i want to congratulate him on winning texas. ted cruz worked very hard. it was an excellent when. >> it just the border wall. >> mexico is going to build a wall. we have a trade deficit of $50 the world will cost $10 billion. it's so easy. >> is also promising to bring jobs back to the us. >> we will

marco rubio came in third.ping 46% to 33 with caseic coming in third. >>> and a democratic contest, bernie sanders took kansas and nebraska. he brought down his delegate down to 477 which is less than half of clinton's number. the nebraska race was closer. >> the candidates is not pass up a chance to comment on the ultimates. >> on super saturday, ted cruz visited the winners circle first, winning kansas and maine. >> i think the combination of the super tuesday results, and the last two debates has been more unified for republicans. >> cruz getting a symbolic win at the straw boll at c-pac. donald trump is playing by his own rules. >> i have taken more questions from reporters than any human being that has maybe ever lived. >> march crow rubio had a very, very bad light. i think he should drop out of the race. >> rubio brushed off that discussion. >> bernie sanders won kansas, but hillary clinton won louisiana and has her sights set on michigan. >> have to win this election and the stakes keep getting higher a

, you need to vote for marco rubio.he only one who can deprive donald trump of the 99 delegates. if we stop him in florida, we can stop him in cleveland. rubio can be the republican nominee. we can beat clinton clont. marco is the only candidate on the stage last night that consistently beats hillary clinton in every poll. there hasn't been a poll in the last month where hillary has beat rubio. if marco is the nominee, we'll win the white house this fall, and we'll bring in a new america. >> since you bring up polls, the polls don't look good in florida and haven't looked good in florida for marco rubio. i was at his rally in hialeah on wednesday. and he said, if he said one thing, he said it strongly, and he said it over and over again in any number of words. the nominee has to win florida. it was always going to come down to florida. it is all about florida. so are you acknowledging that if he cannot compete unless he wins florida? >> well, regarding the polls, they've been all over the place. just yesterday we saw th

a to a gaining rubio 38%. it has been famously said, that the only poll that counts is the one conducted on an election day. rubio and kasich remain confident, predicting they will win their home states of florida and ohio. now that quinnipiac poll released today, one of three dumped on the campaigns, we will see what the other two have to say for the various candidates coming up at 6:00. hank. >> reporter: lots of folks and here doing cheering, getting ready for marco rubio to show up, this is a little home cooking for marco, because he needs a boost, that's what he is going to be getting from them over the next 6 days as he primary. let's take a look. marco rubio soldiers on, on home turf. this is fiu, where he pretaped a town hall to be broadcast on a cable news outlet. rubio with big challenges, his campaign sputtering, down in the home state florida primary, 2-1 against dom trump in the latest quinnipiac poll. there have been calls for him to drop out to support ted establishment now favorite to stop the

rubio has also been going after him hard. but it would take a major upset for him not to win the majority of delegates tonight. regardless the campaign is looking forward to states that vote in the next few days, states that vote in the next few weeks. they're also looking ahead to the general election, promising to go after hillary clinton hard, to bring up her e-mail scandal every single day. they think she is a flawed candidate. to put this in a little bit of perspective, this is a campaign that started out with very little organization, a campaign that started out with no backing from the republican establishment, a campaign that still is getting a lot of hostility from the republican establishment, a campaign that was often called a joke. but now donald trump is poised certainly close races in virginia and vermont have got to be a little worrying for the campaign at this moment. >> all right, katy, thank yous. chuck todd is with us, let's continue that thought. what's happening in virginia right now? trump and rubio vyin

need to vote for rubio. he's the only one that can deprive donald trump of the 99 delegates. if we stop him in florida we can stop him in cleveland. he will not be the republican nominee. >> there is a tiny quid pro-quo. david gergen, he said this is stating the obvious. if you look at the polls it is stating the obvious. marco rubio didn't have a snowball's chance in you know where to get elected in ohio but is there a bigger -- with romney and rubio 's and kasich's campaign to stop trump? >> sure. what we are seeing is a prelude to the republican national con have been when people broker in the primaries. rubio is trying to get his voters to go to kasich in ohio because he understands his chances of winning in florida have diminished from what they might have been. he's an underdogging in florida. as we have been saying here on cnn for several days, kasich is the man to watch. he has the best chance of beating donald trump in a big state. if he would do it in ohio it could take a wheel off the trump mobile

barely beating out rubio but 35barely beating out rubio but35-32 w is a w. virginia also take a look on the democratic side. hillary clinton with another victory. the numbers easy for her in virginia. keep rolling along. texas ted cruz got a b b victory there. he said if you can't win your home state you can't win election. he won and he won easily over donald trump. rubio had 19 percent there. on the democratic side hillary clinton with an easy victory in texas. she got the nomination there, viory there 68-30. over 2-1ver bernie sanders. victory you will see. oklahoma ted cruz got the second victory of the night thisasn't a certainty. donald trump was winning there but he didn't win. he pulled in behind ted cruz. marco rubio in third place there. oklahoma went for bernie sanders. it doesn't have a large black population. therefore hillary clinton didn't get that support and she lost to bernie sanders in oklahoma. victory one of two for bernie sanders. there's the other one. this one is no surprise. senator from vermont. democrat like him in vermont look at

one, rubio's voters, rubio supporters are not necessarily going to listen to rubio's people about who to vote for. they've tended to buck the establishment so far -- and two, of course, if cruz wins all the states from here on out he'll be the nominee. it's not going to happen. donald trump is our nominee. we should be happy about that. >> ashley, boris, we will have you back. hold on. abby. >> very interesting. the time is currently 12 after the hour. so if it comes down to a trump/clinton ticket in november is there an appetite for a third party candidate? we are taking a closer look at brand-new exit polls just released overnight. >>> welcome back to "fox & friends first." it was a huge night for front-runners donald trump and hillary clinton, eve cementing their status as the candidate to beat. but how did they win? well, here to examine fox news exit polls released overnight is pollster and partner at mislansky and partners. >> good to be here, abby. >> i love these exit polls because it gives you a sense of how people were feeling going in to vote yesterday. let's start with flo

marco rubio putting in a good showing there. as you see, trump with 35%. rubio with 32%. cruz with 17%. >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton is showing her dominance w wning the majority of contests. but bernie sanders winningoklahoma, his home state of vermont and looking at a strong pa of other contests as well. >> that contest looking like this. senator sanders winning easily as you can see withh 86% to clinton's 14%. >> but in texas it was hillary delegate rich state with 67% and sanders with 31%. >> similar story in georgia, clinton winning easily there with 71% as she gets closer to the nomination. >> good evening, everyrye, south florida is the center of the political universe tonight as three major candidates hold events in south florida on this super tuesday. >> the sunshine state becomes the next big prize for both republicans and democrats. we have extensive coverage tonight. glenna milberg. janine stanwood. and carlos suarez covering the trump campaign in palm beach. carlos. >> calaln and laurie, donald trump didn't quite sweep sup tuesday, but his hall

marco rubio, that is the marco rubio playbook. the marco rubio playbook is give donors what they want. what do donors want? they want mass immigration that drives down wages. so mitt romney is coming in to pay back donors he blew a few hundred million dollars in 2012. deirdre: get back to the taxes because mitt romney through carried interest about 15 to 18% some of his investments. donald trump may be in the same kind of situation, we don't know yet. are you saying even if it comes out that he has paid 15 to 18% taxes on some of his income, when rest of america is paying between 30, 35%, it will not hurt donald trump? >> i'm saying that taxes had nothing to do with the reason why mitt romney failed to connect with working people. what i am saying is the way you connect with working people is by fighting against marco rubio, mitt romney dope nor class agenda by massive immigration a stealth tax on working class. i will say this, donald trump's tax plan cuts for everybody by especially the middle class to keep jobs and wealth here

. >> rubio losses.nd the fact is that ted cruz is doing well tonight. so we could very well be down to effectively a two-person race. the problem for the republican establishment now is, that cruz is disliked as much as donald trump is. not so much for his positions, his attitude, the way he separates himself from the middle of the republican party and from the republican party establishment. so the republicans could find themselves with still another kind of dilemma by the end of this week. now, two weeks left before we get to florida. rubio if he can pull that out, a couple of other things. but he has not yet won a primary. and ted cruz tomorrow will be able to say i beat donald trump in iowa, i beat him in oklahoma, i beat him in texas. i'm a real contender for this and i'm the one who can pull this off. >> all right, tom, thanks very much. that's going to do it for us on a tuesday night. supertuesday. we're back on the air throughout the evening with breaking news and the latest results and our prim

rubio has also been going after him hard. but it would take a major upset for him not to win the majority of delegates tonight. regardless the campaign is looking forward to states that vote in the next few days, states that vote in the next few weeks. they're also looking ahead to the general election, promising to go aer hillary clinton hard, to bring up her e-mail scandal every single day. they think she is a flawed candidate. tout this in a little bit of perspective, this is a campaign that started out with very little organization, a campaign that started out with non backing from the republican establishment, a campaign that still is getting a lot of hostility from the republican establishment, a campaigig that wa often called a joke. but now donald trump is poised certainly close races in virginia and vermont have got to be a little worrying for the campaign at this moment. >> all right, katy, thank yous. chuck todd is with us, let's continue that thought. what's happening in virginia right now? trump and rubio vying f

this could be marco rubio's last stand. if he loses his home state of florida next week, there will be deafening calls inside the party for marco rubio to get out of this race. a rubio adviser does tell me they think their internal polling tells them they'll still win next week. they're that optimistic. but it's also critical for john kasich to capture his home state of ohio. the latest polls do show kasich could indeed win ohio but if trump sweeps both of those states a top gop operative says get ready for trump steaks, trump wine to be on the menu at the republican national convention in cleveland later this summer. trump will be the nominee if he pulls off that kind of sweep on this biggest of all super tuesdays. >> should just point out -- >> the stakes, those kinds of stakes are just that high. >> and i want to point out the trump steaks are actually bush brothers steaks bought by trump and sold at mar-a-lago. they aren't actually things anybody else can buy. really could be something else to see tonight. plenty to tal

>> yeah, yeah. >> rubio loses? >> rubio loses because he's down. so when you look at where cruz is, kasich is the perfect fit to sort of squeeze between him and trump. >> trump had a good weapon he used against him. go down to florida. rubio will spend 25 million bucks or his people will. get down there and say you notice when you gave him a job of senator, he didn't show up. french leave. i mean that would be a pretty good shot. every time the guy talks say, you don't show up for work. >> big news oud of florida. governor rick scott now says he's not going to make an endorsement. my reporting tells me he's got a lot of pressure from rubio allies to not weigh in. but the fact that the sitting governor is not going to back the sitting senator, big news. hurts rubio. >> yeah, and that's actually in some sense bigger than actual endorsing. >> you start, michael. put it all together now. you have two contoenders hot and heavy trying to win the nomination but are way behind, cruz and rubio. you've got one guy way ahead, way ahead in national polling. yo

and rubio 20%. cruz and trump are almost in a statistical tie. >> what even more surprises me is how far up kasich is. making it more and more difficult for senator rubio to make the case that he's the on person that's dominate trump here. look at those numbers, 22% from kasich. but trump and cruz virtually neck and neck within the margin of error. deirdre: top three, that's the first type i have seen. >> he has to winnow high oh. he's almost i am nateed from winning the number of delegates he need. does he win florida? does he winnow high oh? this is a bad sign for donald trump but i'm not sure it's a kneecapper. it might just be a speed bump. deirdre: it's too early to be talking about cabinet. but is there a magic association, a nod to a potential vp that could most needle for any of these candidates? >> i saw the "wall street journal" poll and i saw trump-kasich sound interesting. that's very, very compelling that kasich can bring that to the ticket. he also brings a lot of things trump lacks in

rubio has also been going after him hard. but it would take a major upset for him not to win the majority of delegates tonight. regardless the campaign is looking forward to states that vote in the next few days, states that vote in the next few weeks. they're also looking ahead to the general election, promising to go after hillary clinton scandal every single day. they think she is a flawed candidate. to put this in a little bit of perspective, this is a campaign that started out with very little organization, a campaign that started out with no backing from the republican establishment, a campaign that still is getting a lot of hostility from the republican establishment, a campaign that was often called a joke. but now donald trump is poised to potentially win big. certainly close races in virginia and vermont have got to be a little worrying for the campaign at this moment. >> all right, katy, thank yous. chuck todd is with us, let's continue that thought. what's happening in virginia right now? trump and rubio vying for

rubio in: 29:35 even when a trump supporter interrupted rubio's concession speech, yelling trump for president, rubio tried to maintain his humor. rubio in: 22:24 but it was a symptom he said of a fractured nation. an angry electorate. he urged them - remain optimistic. rubio in: 32:15 rubio promised he republican party and the conservative movement, but stopped short of throwing his support behind trump. a notion rubio supporters clearly have a hard time with as well. daniela ferrera / rubio supporter in: 50:36 allan woods / rubio supporter in: 47:32 -------------------------------- ------------- ------------- clinton's victories tuesday clinton's victories tuesday night bolster her claim that she's her party's only win diverse states in the presidential election. 10 news reporter kendra conlon continues our team coverage with reaction from local democratic supporters. pinellas county democrats don't see eye to eye on hillary clinton's big win over bernie sanders... in the sunshine state. so what's next for the democrats? supporters say pushing for more wins in the primaries.. with

>> well, marco rubio's attacks are hurting marco rubio. i'm not talking about the attacks from cruz or rubio, but i'm saying it would be hard to suggest that in the battle for the soul of the republican party that the attacks would have no power, that the establishment suddenly would have no power, that the state apparatus would have no power. of course they're going to have some power. but i'm saying, to go and be the far and away front-runner in spite of all of that means that donald trump is speaking to and connecting to the people as no one else in this race has. and again to rubio, the only person that's been hurt by his attacks is marco rubio. and we can't overlook the fact that as we head into the next stretch of races, in michigan, in florida, and in many huge, rich primary states with many delegates at stake, donald trump is in a fantastic position. and i cannot stress enough just how badly wounded pro-amnesty senator marco rubio is heading into florida's primary, which has nearly 100 delegates up for grabs. that's one of the big

trump leads rubio, look at this in the poll, trump is up 16 points on rubio. the new quinnipiac poll, he leads rubio by 23 points in rubio's home ground. trump also has a 23-point lead over rubio, the favorite son if you will, i'm being sarcastic. in ohio, trump is second, john kasich leads by five points in his home state. meanwhile, msnbc learns that jeb bush will plan to meet with every candidate left in the field. oh, boy, the establishment is fighting back. catherine parker is a syndicated columnist, and the republican strategist, been a supporter of marco rubio. you know, henry, just out of pure masochism, i'll start with you, please tell me that rubio's strategy, when he is double digit back in his home state. he keeps saying it's like the alamo, well, that went the wrong way, too. >> i think senator rubio will win florida. and one of the reasons is -- >> well, you would say that because you're for him ha. what does it mean to say he could, when all the evidence shows he loses by 27 point. >> donald trump has two thirds of the republicans wanting to vot

that tells you he is working over marco rubio. >> any chance that rubio could take georgia? i know those results are not posted but that would be a good win. >> if he wins any state that's a huge win for rubio because he has not done that yet. all he has to do is finish a strong second. if he can get 20% in a state like georgia or more than that, it actually does him well as we head in the other contests on march 15th. he needs to just hang in there with enough delegates to stay somewhat competitive with trump. the big difference on march 15th, they are winner take all states. if he wins florida, his home state, if he wins ohio or illinois, he is in a great position to challenge trump in july. >> some analysts are saying minnesota is a good state for marco rubio to walk away with a win. >> possible. >> why? >> minnesota is one of those teetering states that is an indicator, a bellwether. as to whether he can win some of those northern states and central states. it's important for him to win -- well, everywhere. >> and ken hits the nail on the head. you know, if he can gain s

marco rubio is more nuance. i think what trump is doing with radical islam is what ronald reagan did in the '80s. it's simple and clear that we're not going to tolerate this hatred. this isn't bigotry or anti-culture. it's a culture that's specific in the middle east. if we look at muslims in america, doctors, engineers, these are 3 million wonderful people and they celebrate american culture where if a woman wants to get a divorce she can get one. but in the middle east their culture does not tolerate that. if you leave the religion you could be sent to death. that culture of hate is something that needs to be confronted. >> i think marco was not >> i think marco was not nuanced at this debate. i think donald trump was saying in cuba he was in the middle, marco was clear he stands with the people fighting for freedom. i think on the muslim question he did draw a stark contrast. he did it his way with the way with the poetic prose with the way that we've come to be used to by marco rubio. >> the other thing marc

one place he didn't do that though was with marco rubio. he took rubio to task. here's what he had to say shortly after coming out. >> he had a tough night but he worked hard he spent a lot of money, he is a lightweight as i've said many times before, but you know what we're going to go to florida, we're going to spend so much time in florida. we have about a 20-point lead. i know that a lot of groups a lot of the special interests and a lot of the lobbyists the people who want to have their little senator they will put $20 million or $25 million over the next two weeks and i think that's fine as far as i'm concerned it's fine. >> reporter: rumors of governor rick scott being donald trump set to speak at u.c.f. saturday at noon. live in west palm beach, mike synan fox 35 news. >>> a troubling night for florida senator marco rubio who has failed to win any state this supertuesday. >> but florida native remaining positive in miami. that's where we find dana jay with what rubio had to say. dana? >> reporter: hi, bob, hi, sonni. rubio supporters here several thousand

senator marco rubio with 8.6%. we will continue to watch results as they become available tonight and tomorrow and pass along that information as the road to the white house coverage continues on c-span. ♪ >> ime teacher. i am looking at the candidates closely for their programs in education. i have not been happy with all of the core standards and common core that has been happening, so i would like to see that changed. i will vote for either bernie sanders or hillary clinton. i am interested to see whether plans with her not to be. -- would turn out to be. >> i have decided that i will vote for ted cruz, because he is a scholar, eloquent, and he is principal, out of all the candidates so far. ♪ republican presidential candidate, senator ted cruz, spoke yesterday at the annual conservative political action conference. his remarks are about 40 minutes. ♪ [applause] senator cruz: god bless cpac. trump is a skipping cpac. [booing] senator cruz: i think somebody told him that megyn kelly was going to be here. or even

little marco rubio. he said the obama phrase. and then he did it again and again and again and again. after the fifth time i was getting ready to -- see the size of that hand? look at that. i was going to grab him to show him how strong the hand is because he made that sucker up. i was going to say, marco, i won't let you fall. i don't want you to get hurt, marco. >> oh, boy! good morning. it is election day. tuesday, march 8th. once again. 150 delegates, joe, on the line in four states today. republicans, holding primaries in michigan, mississippi and idaho. long with hawaii, right? >> yeah. you know, the thing is, there is no doubt, this is going to be one of the biggest days of the election leading into the biggest next week. and so i'm glad that they really raised -- look at that. michigan, 59 delegates. mississippi, 40. idaho, 32. hawaii, 19. so aren't we glad, mika, that everybody raised their game the way they did? >> yeah. it was nice to see them come together and focus intellectually on the issu

if rubio got out -- >> rubio's not getting out. >> i don't think he is either. >> how does cruz win? >> he could win if marco was effectively out and then people just stopped voting for him, which he did tonight. >> cruz isn't going to big industrial states like michigan and ohio. >> he came in second in michigan. >> i know. when do we give trophies out for second? these are winner take all states. you don't get a trophy. >> if donald trump did well in these states and -- but these other candidates are going to have to decide. if donald trump was any other candidate, it would be over. he's not so these other candidates are in the race and if they continue to be in the race donald trump will be the nominee and then you is a nominee who says things like little marco and et cetera. >> the only one of us that were in a campaign recently. if you were in a campaign with ted cruz and you watched that strange performance by donald trump tonight and defending himself by any attack made against him, it was a strange defensive campaign hitting point by point by point for an hour. >> right. >> w

marco rubio started to do it just there.ot more of that in this town hall, you won't want to miss it. see the entire town hall with marco rubio tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on msnbc. >>> senator rubio also had some town hall time in spanish here today with my colleague, jose diaz balart. and jose joins me now from the telemundo studio, down the road from here, right here in south florida. so jose, you know, i am curious about the miami political community, do you get a sense they want to rally to save rubio, or do you get a sense that they're in the middle of a wake? >> that's an interesting question, chuck. first of all, welcome home, chuck. we miss you here and we love to have you back. >> thank you, brother. >> in south florida. especially at fiu, which isn't your primary sports columnist -- >> that's all right. we love the panthers. >> we love to have you here. chuck, it's interesting, it depends on who you talk to here in south florida. and you were talking about it with mark caputo, that he's holding a rally

rubio got 63% of the vote to trump's 22%. ted cruz not 9%. that's sizable win. but again, it didn't offset trump in other parts of the state. and in broward -- miami-dade vote for hillary clinton. 75% for hillary clinton and 25% for bernie sanders. and broward is the most democratic county. and trump trounced everybody in broward. 49% to trump. 13% to ted cruz. and on the democratic` side, 73% clinton and 26% bernie sanders. and she is the far and away winner. and she won florida by 31 points. this was just not even close. >> anchor: and i think the headline tonight is looking at marco rubio, he is sororof ending his campaign where it began. not the same spot, but near. >> he ran a pretty good campaign buthe really never got traction. marco rubio and jeb bush, we ththght one of them might go all the way. and neither of them went all the way.y. >> anchor: and the chances of marco rubio and bush endorsing trump are 0. >> 0. >> and delegate count on the republican side, we have trump with 568. ted cruz 370. and marco rubio 163 w

it seems to be hurting rubio. is this another example of the anti-trump movement not knowing what to do? >> i think only one person can be donald trump and that's donald trump. and rubio has tried that and gone after him with personal insults back and forth. i think that hurt the republican brand. donald trump, we heard the other night saying, he's going to be more presidential. i think he's going to have to make that pivotal and i think he got hurt by the kkk controversy. he did hit a bit of an obstacle. was ait a speed bump over the weekend or a significant pothole that could help ted cruz get the nomination? you look at florida and ohio, if the home state guys win those two states, we're probably looking at some type of brokered convention. but if trump wins one of those states, and i think he's going to have a decent day tomorrow, if you look at the polls which are not that -- not a lot of polling, i think he'll have a good day tomorrow, but the focus will be on ohio and florida. >> before i get to hillary, wh

rubio's worse.e asked to choose the very identity of america, and quite frankly, the identity of the republican party and the conservative movement. >> we started with 17 candidates. as the field manarrows more and more, we're getting closer to a two-man race. >> as we mentioned, the candidates are already looking beyond today. all four are campaigning in states that vote next week, including florida, ohio, and north carolina. of course, no one, no one has more at stake in florida than does marco rubio. two new polls showing he is still traying donald trump from anywhere from 8 to 24 points. nbc's gabe gutierrez is following the rubio campaign in florida. haley jlie jackson is with the campaign. i want to start with you, gabe, with senator rubio is campaigning for a second day in a row. how are they feeling about florida right now? >> good morning. he has events today in the sarasota area and in the jacksonville area later today. his campaign feels like it could be closing the gap just a bit with do

it has, the state is really key for rubio. they hope they can get some momentum and possibly after the debate later on this week. rachel, back to you. >> to that point about the dirty tricks allegation, which gabe just mentioned, the ted cruz campaign was accused of doing the same dirty trick to marco rubio that they did to ben carson last month. they're accusing ted cruz campaign of spreading a false r rumor. this went out last night from ted cruz hawaii donald trump ha. advise advisors tell him to dop out. they were urging rubio to get out of the race in the next few days before the florida primary. they deny the report. but the cruz campaign did send it around at least in hawaii, saying they would be wasting their vote. in their own defense, the cruz campaign is saying the hawaii e-mail may have gone out with ted cruz's picture on it, but it wasn't sanctioned by the national ted cruz campaign. they're blaming over zealous volunteers in hawaii. if it sounds familiar, it is what he did to ben carson when they aggressively fal

rubio is counting on a victory in his home state of florida.w monmouth university poll shows trump taking the lead. here to weigh in betsy woodruff, "daily beast" political reporter. we have adolfo franco, former mccain advisor, matt welch "reason" magazine editor-in-chief. thank you for joining us. matt, let me start with you. will begging work in florida for marco rubio? >> his polling is better than two weeks ago. a couple of polls are in single digits. at a time when polls are really volatile and these primaries are really volatile. don't forget kansas swung 30 points from the last poll with trump up six to cruz winning by 25. things are possible. rubio had really good showing in puerto rico. there are glimmers of hope for him in florida. whether that is real glimmer of hope for the actual primary process is another story. melissa: betsy, what do you think is going on behind the scenes? do you think there is a lot of money trying to keep marco rubio in because he is the last establishment, whatever you want to call, that group of candidates

that's what some rubio advisers are telling the candidate tonight saying that rubio needs to drop out of the presidential contest before florida votes next tuesday. tonight, the campaign pushing back, insisting rubio is staying in the race through florida and beyond. this is a new poll tonight shows donald trump leading rubio in his home state by eight points. >> i'm going to be on the ballot. we're going to win florida. this is going to be a very long process. >> rubio's two main rivals are turning up the heat already calling it a two-man race. >> i think marco rubio had a very, very bad night, and personally i'd call for him to drop out of the race. i think it's time now that he drop out of the race. i would love to take on ted one on one. >> we started with 17 candidates. as the field narrows more and more and more, we're getting closer to a two-man race. >> all this could well be decided by the voters in just a few hours. gop voters heading to the polls in michigan, mississippi, idaho, and hawaii with 150 delegates up for grabs. i want to begin with the breaking news about rubio's

it is it a must win for rubio.rico is ined midst of a economic crisis that is teetering on a humanitarian crisis. this will drive a huge turn out for the economy and issue of becoming a state are at stake there. >> what is next on the electionical end >> there is a puerto rico primary tomorrow and march 8th. michigan primary and so 59 republican delegates are up for grabs and the second biggest day march 15th. 357 republican delegates up for grabs. kasich is leading in michigan by two points. donald trump is leading. and kasich thought he had momentum out of the last debate. and hillary clinton is leading big in michigan and 60 percent to bernie sanders's 36 percent p. and kasich said if he doesn't win ohio his campaign is over. analyst say rubio needs to win. and if trump wins florida or ohio. and cruz will say he is the only guy to go after and contend against him. >> i do solemnly swear. that i no matter how i feel and no matter the condition. hurricanes or whatever. that's good enough. will vote on or before th

senator rubio: no, absolutely not. i agree with joe biden when he said in 1992, we should not be nominating justices in an election year. much less in the 8th year of this president. the supreme court can have 8 justices. there is no magic number nine. and this president is completely unaccountable. he will be nominating someone for basically a lifetime appointment, and we cannot hold it against him. there will be an election in november. god willing, we will nominate and elect a conservative. that conservative will elect, i hope, someone more like justice scalia that the nominees we have -- scalia, then the kind of nominees we have gotten out of this president. [applause] ms. bash: you think all candidates now, republican and democrats, should pledge to not nominate a supreme court justice in the last year of their term? senator rubio: i would do that now. that has been the practice for the last 80 years in our country. it goes back to the point i made. this is a lifetime appointment. you cannot, unless this person wh