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secondlace was little console lags for hillary clinton, baugh huge prize for john kasich setting off the scramble for support in next week's south carolina primary. nbc's tracie potts is tracking politics from manchester, new hampshire. . >> i want to thank you. we love you. >> reporter: more than a third ofnew hampshire republicans said yes to donald trump's bold, not-so-politically-correct brand of politics which he says will work anywhere. >> we are going now to south carolina. we're going to win in south carolina. cruz, rubio and bush in a four-way battle for second place. he credits a positive message. >> tonight the light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning. >> reporter: hillary clinton suffered a huge though not unexpected defeat. no comeback this time. she lost to bernie sanders by double digits but insists it's not or. >> we're going to fight for every vote in every state. sanders heads to harlem, new york, to pirk up key endorsements that could help him compete against clinton in souou carolina. >> they're throwing everything at me except the kitchen sink, and hav

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the republican side, former ohio governor john kasich kicked off the event hoping to build on his secondlace finish in new hampshire. kasich tried to appeal to people's softer side calling for the need to, quote, slow dn and listen to people. former florida governor jeb bush was also there. he said something about the south carolina's endorsement of marco rubio. clinton, sanders and bush said president obama used and should use his executiveower to nominate antonin scalia's replacement. others like rubio and cruz says the president should wait and leave the next commander in chief to handle that. >>>>>bc 6 is everywhere. political reporter steve litz is traveling to south calina ahead of the primary in that state. you can look for his live 5:00. remember, you can always follow the campaign trail in south carolina. his handle on twitter, stevenbc6. >>> donald trump toning down some of the rhetoric involving pope francis. the pope says it's not christian to build walls. initially trump lashed out but now says that the pope's words were probably a little bit nicer than first reported. he made t

ever since 2000 laconia voters have picked the same first and secondlace finishers as the voters in both parties statewide. >> i should say the largest number is probably going with donald trump. >> reporter: at j.d.'s barber shop owner john down bent my ears about trum as he gave me a trim. >> i like what trump is saying. and he doesn't [ bleep ] around. >> reporter: at my coffee house nearby, the owner john moren isn't a trump man. >> i don't see how people c c trust him. >> reporter: and what do you like about kasich? >> i like what he did in ohio. >> reporter: his co-worker robin fernold clearly voted in the other primary. >> bernie has a majority of the rural votes. >> reporter: why can't hillary get it here? >> you know, i -- >> she's not trusted. at all. >> that's right. she's not trusted. >> i want to begin by congratulating senator sanders on -- >> reporter: today hillary clinton was gracious in defeat suggesting she hopes to be the comeback kid in south carolina -- >> it's not wther you get knocked down that matters. it's whether you get back up. spent 1.3 million on ads. state

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his name is john kasich and he snagged a secondlace finish. >> it feels good. the key is not to get too up or too down. we labored in obscurity for monns. >>> for the democrats, bernie sanders blasted hillary clinton in his double-digit victory. that's likely to earn him more donors in the stretch from nevada to south carolina. in a few minutes, see what else the winners and runners up are taking away from new hampshire this morning. >>> coming your way in six minutes, we're checking in with tracie potts who is live in new we've got a lot of iormation surrounding decision 2016. check out our nbc 6 news app for more. >>> the search is on for a shooter who fired at two men in northwest miami-dade. this happened near 25th avenue and 61st stree yesterday. the hospital. one shot in the arm, the other shot in the leg. police think the suspect ran off. no word yet on who exactly they're looking for and whatt the motive for the crime may have been. >>> browardrdeputies are on the hunt for masked robber who thrtened customers and employees at an oakland park dollar stor

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cruz trying to fight off marco rubio for the secondlace position. rubio's campaign warning its supporters of potential dirty tricks from cruz today. ahd then guys, you have jeb bush hoping south carolina will not be his last stand as we look ahead to a very busy day voting day in south carorona. sheinelle. >> hallie, thank you. >> senatorarco rubio is in south carolina this morning. exclusive "today" show interview. good moing, sir. >> good morning. >> as we just heard, donald trump yesterday, last night down in south carolina makinin the controversial comments about the general rounding up muslims and shooting them in pig's blood. what do we make the of sentiment? >> it is bizarre. i'm sure people were offended. i hope people were offended by that. that's not what the united states is about. it is doubtful that ever happened. i never heard that story before. so, look, we're in a very weird year here. people are saying whatever they want in politics today and there seems to be no accountability. we will focus on our message. weill have a debate over

mar r anded crure fighng for secondlace a the chahae to becom trump's main nopponent. >>>> thiis@s a a man who for0 yearsshaha giveneney to j cartser, joebiden, hillary clton. >> >he gop's 2012 presidential nominee mitrmneyeyas suggested there's a bombshell lurking in trump' tax returns. >> i i want t t releasemyy taxax returns. but i can't relse it while i'm >> the forr president off mexicoicte fox on thursrsy used obscenity to say cotry wouldlnever p for trump's wall. >> the wal j jt got ten fee@ taller, believe me. >> for the gop stragglers, super tuesdsd could be their last hurrahn% atron showing on super tueseses couou put tru i front fo goodod. >> 4hiss guy's a choke artist and this guy'ss aliar. otr than that,t, i rest m mcase. >> bi kana, abc news, washington. >>> no fireworks a aall last ght. the democrats in the meantime are sharpeninggheir pitch to africacacaereran verss with th south carolina prima just a da away. hillarclinton campmigned black@church in@th carolina with new jersey@ senat cory boer a aereridid andnd talked ababt gun control and rececalled theharleston chu