now trump is under fire for not attending a political conference for conservatives called seatac. he's the only candidate not to be there. craig boswell begins our campaign coverage. >> reporter: thumbs-up announce he's getting the cpap convention a major gathering of conservative voters >> his opponents pounds >> he does not belong any conservative gathering he's not a conservative >> donald trump started gallivanting to the senate reports over >> reporter: you could the stupid will that think they are conservative. >> reporter: cpac voters was focus of they are disappointed they will not hear from them themselves but >> at the same time understand why he's not coming he has important primaries coming up in florida and ohio and that something he wants to focus on. >> reporter: the bickering after thursday night's contagious debate >> trump went to do to with senators marco rubio and ted cruz for two hours. at the end any voters were turned off. republican pollster tweeted out a few comments from a focus group one man who was carson. the neurosurgeon is expected to officially pull

he was in washington this afternoon to attend the seatac conservative political action conference. john kasich addressed the crowd and sean hannity for a discussion where he said he believes we are heading for a contested convention in cleveland. whoever comes out as a nominee, he said, it has to be handled >> was there is a really young man in 1976 when governor reagan try to beat ford. at the end, everybody got together and it worked out as crazy as this year is and there is nobody in here who it's a this isn't nuts, could you think of anything cooler than a convention? where we are all going to learn about how america works and our kids in school will learn more about american paul attacks -- politics? >> the focus is on michigan but we've got 162 delegates up for grabs tomorrow's four states go to the polls. >>> the gop candidates fired shots back and forth at each other from beginning to end. what was and what was untrue? some of the comments were so outrageous, they can't even be fact checked but ron reagan working with full effect pulitzer fact -- politifact was able to find

at what isxt, look happening at the severely conservative seatac meeting. ♪ mark: i'm down in the fabledngton dc area for the fabled see pack conference good today it was ted cruz and john kasich to lay out his case were the party faithful. think anybody is going to get that, i'm going to win ohio, and then -- >> you think it is going to be a brokered convention? , i do. >> i was there when president reagan tried to be jerry ford, at the end everybody got together. is, theres this year is nobody who say this isn't , i have to win 68% of the remaining delegates. marco has to win 64. ted is somewhere around 59 or 60. it is unlikely. john: tomorrow's speakers were supposed be little marco and big donald. trump scheduled a last minute rally in kansas. afternoon ted cruz saw that as an opportunity to strike. isator cruz: donald trump skipping cpac. i think somebody told him megyn kelly was going to be here. or even worse he was told there were going to be conservatives that were going to be here. [applause] for even worse he was told there were libertarians -- or even worse he was told there

they did tweet out, seatac tweeted out very disappointed that donald trump has decided at the very lastp out. sending a clear message to conservatives. >> take you very, very much. a real quick reaction. just some samplings. fox news not liking donald trump. especially you, cavuto. preference of the 300 million of us who do like donald trump. very clear that you are in donald trump's pocket. way to go after mitt romney. what is wrong with you people? we will have more after this. ♪ and i'll get the ...you promo materials.reports questions? i got a question, where's my omelet!! coming right up, mr. tinsley! um. who's he? until our startup gets on its feet, money is a little bit tight. so i opened an online bed and breakfast. there's supposed to be muffins! these are scones! ok, mr. tinsley. or we can just use fedex ground shipping. they're fast and can save us money. yeah. let's do that. also i'm gonna need more towels. also the toilet is busted. also those two things are related. fast, affordable fedex ground shipping. the 15 still waiting on donald trump. speaking to troops in michigan

atthank you for having me seatac. thank you for being conservatives all year long.e conservative, this is the presidential race you have dreamed up for years. in, haveof drinking it done it a lot. winle who were supposed to and were electable are off the stage. they are not even running for president anymore. if you look at 2010 and 2018, onere conservatives wi everything by running as fiscally conservative conservatives, and winning statewide, 2016 should be the presidential year where that manifests itself on the present jewel platform. nominating people who are just a little bit different than democrats is like asking 1%rica, do you want to drink milk or 2% milk? we want choices. electricity has replaced electability in this process. to conservatives have been created -- two conservatives have been created. the easy answer is that a lot of people are voting. the turnout in these caucuses is historic. people are lining up across the river in virginia, double the number of people turning out. double the number when say, mitt romney was on the ballot. you have many