trump won many states. his rivals picking up four states between them. on the democratic side, hillary clinton also adding seven states to her win column overnight while bernie sanders picked up four. both candidates giving fiery victory speeches last night. >> it's clear tonight that the stakes in this election have never been higher, and the rhetoric we're hearing on the other side has never been lower. [ booing ] >> trying to divide america between us and them is wrong, and we're not going to let it work. >> i'm a unifier. i know people are going to find that a little hard to believe, but i am a unifier. once we get all this finished, i'm going after hillary clinton on one assumption, that she's going to be allowed to run. that's a big assumption. i don't know that she's going to be allowed to run. >> the nomination contest, folks, is far from over. bernie sanders, ted cruz, and marco rubio all winning states, all collecting delegates, and all vowing to stay in this race. joining us live from washington to help break it all down is cnn politics report

front-runner winning seven states. georgia, virginia, alabama, arkansas, massachusetts, tennessee and vermont. >> and ted cruz now taking home three, including a big win in his home state of texas, as well as alaska and oklahoma. marco rubio, scoring his first win of the primary season in minnesota. >> really needed that one. >> yeah, he did. if you are keeping score, both john kasich and ben carson leave super tuesday empty handed leaving a total number of delegates for donald trump to 285. ted cruz at 160, marco rubio at 87, john kasich, 25, and ben carson, eight. >> hillary clinton moving closer to cementing her nomination with wins in seven states. bernie sanders still holding on, bringing home four wins. >> for democratic delegates, clinton breaking into the south with 1,001. sanders is sitting with 371. >> we have fox news team coverage live from all across the country on this super tuesday. actually, the day after super tuesday at this point. >> that's true. let's begin with casey stiegel in dallas. >> reporter:

state by state he said, look, his poll numbers are going down. the pundits want to call me an underdog. i will accept that. but this is a country of underdogs but we will win. he was looking ahead to the he said, of course, he knows how to win here in florida. interestingly, the polls show donald trump leading. >> okay, linsey, thanks very much. marco rubio does join us right now. senator rubio, thanks for joining us tonight. you're still without a win, how can you get the nomination? >> thanks, george. george, you have followed this for a long time. we're going to take delegates, major number of delegates in every state tonight. we're waiting to see what happens in minnesota tonight. i was 15 to 20 points down in virginia, tonight, we're leave virginia with the same number of delegates as donald trump. the question tonight is, what happened to ted cruz's southern strategy? he was supposed to win iowa, which he did. all of the southern states. the only thing he won was his home state of texas and neighboring state of oklahoma. >> he's beating you

>> we'll do what we did today, have victories in state after state after state. today's victories were overwhelming, obviously. we don't have to do that in every state. in fact, we have mapped out a path to victory with pledge delegates that even has us losing some states going forward. we don't have to win every state, but we have to win the vast majority and have good margins. today was a sign we can do that. >> reporter: you're talking about the momentum this is really important for you, talking about big states with big wins -- california, new york, pennsylvania. but these are the same states that the voter makeup don't necessarily work in favor of bernie sanders. we're talking about african-american, latino populations where he has not yet made a dent. how does he get over that? >> i don't think that's true. the latino vote, clearly won that in colorado, entrance polls in illinois showed he won the latino vote in illinois. he's been doing better and bet we are african-americans but we'll have to work on it, talk to those communities and, you know, engage the

every large state on the democratic side is a diverse state. there is not a large state.fornia, new york, georgia, north carolina, michigan, illinois. ohio. go down the list. they're all substantial minority populations. and bernie sanders has done better because he has moved beyond the beachhead. he is competitive for working class whites. but he is not able to establish enough of an advantage, among the white voters to overcome a hillary clinton tsunami. she is 70% of african-americans in every state. and 80% in almost every state. when you look at the advantage, of 2008. she won hispanic voters by 26 points. she lost because barack obama won 80% of african-americans. we are seeing her do that and not having a definite among the other groups. tough math for bernie sanders. they believe they may be able to make more inroads outside of the south. that is going to be tested quickly, in michigan, illinois and ohio. >> we'll learn that season. guys, stand by. why? we have an important update from alaska, the one state still counting votes. we're going to go to alaska live af

we are seeing in state after state he loves to talk about polls, we are seeing in state after state hisber is coming down, my numbers going up. martha: marco rubio after his supera tuesday win in minnesota, his first win of the campaign. joining me is marco rubio, good morning, good to have you with us. we heard what you were saying and it is true. five days ago, you began a campaign against donald trump that includes calling him a con artist and there are some indications some of the numbers we saw last night that some of that may be sinking in which voters. the first question is why did it start just five days ago? >> i hoped it would take us on course. like many of us i thought eventually donald trump would be exposed by the media and the others. unfortunately i think he has gotten a real pass in the media over the last few months. cbs said they love donald trump, he is good for ratings but it is having an impact. 65% of the people who voted yesterday did not vote for donald trump. he underperformed in every state on the map. let's not forget last night was supposed to be ted cruz's

but he didn't win every state. the biggest prize of the night -- texas -- went to the one candidate who calls the lone star state home.ted cruz won 43-percent of the vote over trumps 26-percent.cruz also took home the top spot in oklahoma and alaska. florida senator marco rubio notched his very first win of the primary and caucus season won 36-percent of g-o-p caucus goers in the gopher state -- cruz came in second and trump finished third. now we're taking a look at the delegate count in the republican race.some of the delegates that will be awarded from last night's races have not been assigned yet.trump leads the pack with 315.cruz now has more than 200, while rubio has a litte more than one hundred.to win -- a candidate needs to secure 1,237 delegates. on the democratic side -- it's been a two candidate race since the iowa caucuses. caucuses.hillary clinton won 7 states -- mostly in the southern part of the u-s. experts say this shows just how strong she is with african american voters. voters.bernie sanders to

it's kasich's home state. you're not going to see any other state where john kasich is tied for the lead. we haven't seen it so far, but tonight, john kasich tying for the lead. this is about half the electorate in ohio, among non-evangelica non-evangelicals, kasich doing better. you talk about ted cruz, the states that ted cruz has won, where he has defeated donald trump. he has won the white evangelical vote, and he has won it solidly. so if he is going to pull an upset in north carolina tonight, that's key. so with that in mind, how did the white evangelicals vote in north carolina tonight. well, cruz, it looks like at least according to the exit poll data we have got close to donald trump, but donald trump still leading in north carolina by a point among white evangelical voters, make up 60% of the republican electorate there. that's interesting to keep an eye on. >> steve kornacki at the big board. thanks. our final break here, because when we return, we'll bridge the top of the next hour, big closings ah

bernie sanders has won his home state of vermont and the state of oklahoma. also on the republican side, ted cruz has won the state of oklahoma and his home state of texas. i want to go to byron pitts who's covering that campaign. byron. >> reporter: hey, george, cruz is addressing his supporters now. that can, has and will defeat donald trump and he asked, quote, i ask prayerfully the other candidates to consider join joining our campaign. the argument he's making he's the one republican who has beaten donald trump and the party can now unite behind him. a gentleman, the tallest man in the room, dressed in an an uncle sam costume and he said that this is our night. that we have shown that ted cruz is the alternative to donald trump. he also made a joke about marco rubio. he said, we have a saying in texas, all hat, no cattle. >> okay, byron pitts thanks so much. the only republican who has beaten donald trump so far. these nomination fights are all the for republicans, where do republicans stand? >> donald trump is cleaning house. donald trump, 147 delegates

state.you know rural communities and i sure appreciate this effort in terms of the strike force and look forward to working with you. thank you very much. yield back, mr. chairman. >> you had no time to yield back but thank you for the effort. [ laughter ] >> senator from north dakota. >> thank you, mr. chairman. good to see you mr. secretary. thank you for your work on behalf of the farmers and ranchers. we want to make the farm bill farmer friendly as possible and that's important with low commodity prices. we're seeing the stress on thing a world in part of the formers and ranchers with the low commodity prices. in terms of making sure the bill is farmer friendly is with the national statistic service data and i think you're already working on this with your fsa director, but in some cases, that data because there aren't enough survey forms sent in for some counties, we're getting a bad result. so for example, in north dakota and it's not unique to north dakota, it's occurring in other st

polls are close in several states. donald trump is the projected winner in alabama; virginia, tennessee, and georgia. and within the last few minutes, bernie sanders won his home state of vermont. sanders also thinks he can take colorado, oklahoma, massachusetts, and minnesota. most of the states dole out so cruz and rubio are hoping if they don't win a state, and texas is a must-win for cruz, they will still pick up another delegates to keep their campaigns alive. >>> tonight is an important night in campaign 2016. we got a long way to go. state caucuses and primaries will be going on until mid-june. and the republican and democratic national conventions not scheduled until july. >> continuing our coverage, president obama met with senate republican leaders at the white house for the first time since the death of antonin scalia. his death leaves the high court split 4-4 between conservatives and liberals. republicans refuse to consider any nominees that president obama selects. the mrs. has vowed to -- president has v

marco rubio's home state. cnn put out a report yesterday that says there are some rubio advisors who are concerned. maybe he should think about getting out so he doesn't embarrass himself going forward. the rubio campaign denies that is the case. >> the donors want to get on another train if it is not marco. is there any life left in kasich? is that something that will happen in ohio? maybe they need to make peace with the two they don't like. >> let's talk about the democrats. two states up for grabs. michigan and mississippi. mississippi is in the deep south. one of the states is a large african-american voting population on the democratic side. these are states where hillary clinton has done well up to now. michigan is where everyone is looking. the first industrial northern state to vote in the campaign. it is a state where both campaigns have competed hard. >> the same reason that michigan is amenable to trump and also help bernie sanders. if he is going to make his stands anywhere, it has to be that clas

ted cruz won outside his home state but just one state. this was supposed to be a big night for him in the original game plan. marco rubio still hasn't won anywhere. donald trump is now basically trying to turn and move to the general election. he's basically made his pitch tonight in his speech, asking everybody to come together. the path for his opponents has narrowed tonight. >> pelley: the republican establishment doesn't want trump. they don't want cruz. they were putting all of their chips on rubio, but he hasn't won anywhere, and virginia was a big loss for him tonight. >> reporter: that's right. virginia was the state is it fhe was gog have a good state, after all of these attacks on trump, it was going to be in virginia. he did shrink the margin. donald trump was up in the polls and it's smaller in the results tonight. but i was talking to a republican who has been in and out of administrations and he said what we're seeing tonight is the party changing before our very eyes. donald trump is creating a trump coalition in the republ

a lot of state parties and state governments are interested in this.state party assure there's no fraud? >> the polls will be open on tuesday between 7:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m. they close then and will be tallied it will be a quick tally and so the way the state party describe security measures is that everyone gets a receipt. if the receipt matches who you voted for than the state party did rick cord your vote. it's more secure in some ways than voting in a machine because you can make sure the state party captured your ballot. the company that is running it has done this in other countries and they say they have never been aware of a security breach and it's similar to the rate of air as other masses of voting. >> other countries are experimenting, are there there lessons from those countries? >> on my voting is difficult. a lot of skeptics say that will we are learning how increasingly vulnerable the internet is. how vulnerable our personal data is. when it comes to something as important as the election there is really no good way to secure these sys

two states for texas so far. five states for donald trump. ted cruz also won iowa, so there's three states he has won so far. he was hopinging to win texas and oklahoma. jake and dana, he did win texas and oklahoma. impressive wins for him. >> this is huge. this is huge. this oklahoma win is ted cruz's third win in this contest. donald trump has eight. ted cruz has three. everyone else combined has zero. >> that's right. >> this is going to buttress his argument that it's time for everyone to consolidate around him, around ted cruz, so as to defeat donald trump. this is going to be a very forceful argument, and, look, jeffrey lord quoted lindsey graham speaking on behalf of the republican establishment saying a choice between donald trump and ted cruz was a choice between something like shooting yourself and poisoning yourself. >> right. >> well guess what, that's the choice that the republican establishment has. they're going to have to either shoot themselves or poison themselves. they have to get behind one of these guys. that's the argume

-- win his first state, and tomorrow when the fights are tallied and the five states plus one territory ballots are completed, it will be more than half of the delegates selected. meaning the race is more than half wear completed and john kashich could have beaten donald trump and be the only guy to win tomorrow. he'll be very far back, and we'll have -- will have less than half delegates remaining and could still take into may if things continue the way they are with no candidate able to clinch they actual nomination with the necessary 12,000wo,=im plus -- 0 plus delegates and actually go to the convention as'oe6e the presumptive front runner and nominee. remarkable and it is not over yet. >> no, clearly not.çk3ç carl, thank you so much. live down in west palm beach. bernie sanders could be on track for more upset thursday the midst if the polls are right this time. he is now two points behind hillary clinton, and the real clear politics average of the latest surveys in illinois, the state where she was born and grew up. the real clear average has hillary clinton up by eight points in

ted cruz wins two states including the biggest prize on the map tonight, texas. >> 12 states. two epic battles. and the clock ticking down. after a brutal fight on the stump. >> we will not accept -- >> we don't have to make america great again, america has never stopped being great. i guess now i am, but i'm not. >> friends do not let friends vote for conartists. >> if you want someone who will stand up to washington, ask yourself, who has stood up to washington. >> the battle lines get drawn all over again. >>> a very good evening to you, with the polls closed and almost all the super tuesday states. i'm joined in our election headquarters by savannah guthrie and chuck todd. we want to get straight to the results, the biggest prize tonight, the state of texas. ted cruz will be victorious in his home state. cruz also the projected winner in the state of oklahoma, in the republican primary. here's how it breaks down in the georgia gop primary. we also project him to win in massachusetts, the projected winner is donald trump. and chuck todd is here, what do you make of that so

california's state legislature is poised to vote as early as this week to raise the state's minimum wage to $15 an hour." the los angeles times" reports legislators have agreed in principle to raise the wage from the current $10 an hour to 15- an-hour over the next six years. california is already one of 11 states that requires a $10 an hour minimum wage. new york is also considering a hike to 15. a union-backed initiative to raise the state minimum wage to 15 dollars an hour has already qualified for the california ballot in november. learn how some states are rethinking guaranteed, minimum wages for tipped workers. watch our report online at pbs.org/newshour. the u.s. director of national intelligence estimates the number of men who've traveled from their home countries to syria and iraq to take up arms with the islamic state group, isis, now exceeds 36,000. these so-called foreign fighters hail from more than 80 countries, and according to the soufan group, the number from western european nations has doubled since june 2014. two brussels bombers are believed to have trained with isis

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 some delegates, then they can what is the line, slow the roll. >> yes. slow the roll. >> rubio has 16 delegates. >> right. >> and donald trump has 82. >> right. all night we will be looking at the math. trump doesn't win tonight but he can go a long way. >> ken, do you agree? about minnesota, that could be marco rubio's best shot. >> the problem with minnesota there hasn't been a lot of good reliable polling out of minnesota. there is not some accurate predictions on what we will see in minnesota. there is some states where there hasn't been as much polling and data coming out to give us a real solid idea on how those states are going to turn out. we will have michigan that will come up before march 15th. that's another state that rubio could conceivably do well. michigan has been a big union state with the auto industry there. so how are they going to take to trump's idea

there are six states where -- and nine states where he's gotten under 40. does that help the rationale of the anti-trump movement to say, you know what, he can't even -- he has yet to win 50% of republicans anywhere. does that matter? >> you and i both root for miami sports teams. the stop-trump movement doesn't have a lot of points on the board. and the stop-trump movement, in its most honorable form, i think is what carly described, an effort to beat him by his on e opponents. >> got to beat him fair and square. >> i think the fallacy of the argument that somehow ted cruz nah one on one race starts running away with this really overlooks the fact that trump does have a solid, very sticky base of support in the party. >> nothing moves it. >> right. >> he doesn't grow it, though. >> well, i don't know. >> he's having a hard time -- >> it's bigger than anyone else's. >> it is, but it doesn't grow the way normal republican nominees grow as they win. >> for obvious reasons. and part of it is, i mean, you talked the this morning -- because we were together at 7

and then we have won state after state with huge margins. i think when people hear our message, and that message is a very clear message, and the message is that the middle class continues to disappear, people are working longer hours for low wages, they're worried to death about what happens to their kids and almost all new income and wealth goes to the top 1%. you know what the american people say, that is not the economy we need in the united states of america. particularly in michigan, ohio, illinois, missouri, the midwest, people are profoundly disgusted with trade policies in which corporate america shuts down in america, they run to mexico, they run to china and they throw millions of people in this country out of work. people want to trade policy that works for workers, not just the ceos of large corporations. that is a message in our view that will resonate all over the midwest, not just in michigan and in fact in many other parts of this country. the difference between hillary clinton, myself, i vigs youly oppose all these trade ag

so even if he does win in those states, this is voted down compared to other similar states. is he winning by smaller margins he might have otherwise been expected to win. overall, are the turnout numbers, any can be signs the criticism against mr. trump is taking a poll. are the republican voters going to stay home now they heard so much trenching criticism against their front runner. that's the second thing to watch. finally, a third this inc. to watch. i mean it earnestly. the third thing to watch is the level of violence at donald trump political events and specifically violent incitement from him at his political events. does the violence continue to rise over this weekend and heading into next week's contests? does it level off? does it decline? does he try to distance himself from it? it has been a long time since we were forced to think about the electoral utility of violence in american politics and racially innexted violence specifically. now we're back to that. now one of the dynamic, one of the variables you have to watch here is whether this particularly front ru

even if he does win in those states, is his vote down compared to other similar states?s he winning by smaller margins than he might have been expected to win? are the turn out numbers on the turn out side? any of those things could be signs that the criticism is taking a toll. are republican voters going to stay home now that they have heard so much criticism against their front-runner. that's the second thing to watch. finally, there's the third thing to watch. i can't believe i have to say this, but i mean it earnestly. the third thing to watch is the level of violence and violent incitement from him at his political events. does the violence continue to rise over this weekend and heading into next week's contest? does it level off or decline? does he try to distance himself from it? it's been a long time since we were forced to think about the electoral utility of violence and racially inflected violence. now one of the variables we have to watch is whether this particular republican presidential front-runner continues to turn up that dial and encourage violence in h

we have the alabama state treasurer. the secretary of state. along with the governor. those of the elected officials in the state of alabama. now moving into the old supreme court chamber. today they meet on dexter avenue. just two blocks down. a very historic room. carrying the remains of jefferson davis from louisiana to richmond was lying in state between these two columns for five hours. you can see the casket in the picture. mrs. davis was very passionate woman. she wrote as the train rolled into montgomery, she felt that it was fitting to allow the casketo stop and look united states among those he loved so much. we are now on the third floor of the alabama state capital. inside the capitol dome. and muralslds below above. we became a state in 1819. this is william white drafting the first alabama constitution. he was appointed by james monroe who was the president of the united states. seals have a definite beginning a definite ending. the confederate states of america were formed. 11 states the confederacy. 13 original colonists. the firstdavis was and only pre

washington state was a big state. got about 70% of the vote there, and we are winning a lot of small states. when the aggregate those small states, it gives you a tremendous advantage. >> since the 15th of march we have whittled down secretary's clinton's laid by some 90 delegates. we are coming on strong. senator sanders is out campaigning. there is a path to victory here. we have mapped it out internally, and the truth is the path got easier. even we did not calculate in the huge marges by which we won six of the last seven contests. we're headed where we mapped out to be at this point, so we're feeling good about this. >> for our audience, i want to put this map back on the board. we had this up while you were speaking. these are the stasis that bernie sanders won. what i said to ask you is, if you look at a lot of these that his's won. these are caucus states, states that have a lot lower participation than primary states. primary states where people can show up all day. caucus states you've got to stick around. t

he's got a state, his own state.uz is the one who is number two for delegates behind donald trump. and ted cruz is the one who says, look, this is not a three-man race. this is still a two-man race. listen. >> starting tomorrow morning, every republican has a clear choice. only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination, ours and donald trump's. nobody else has any mathematical possibility whatsoever. only one campaign has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. [ cheers and applause ] >> there we go, guys. alex, from "the new york times," is it a two-man race? is it just find the ointment for the kasich win last night for ted cruz. >> what cruz is saying is absolutely right. the only two people with a path to a majority of delegates are trump and cruz and probably really only trump. the other two guys are banking on a convention to varying degrees. if you look at what kasich has pulled off in this race, he said in that interview with wolf, they said it couldn't be done. everybody doubted us. i d

after state. trump declaring victory. >> we've won five major states, and it looks like we could win six or seven or eight. we're going to make america great again, folks. we're going to make it great again. >> on a quest to defeat the billionaire businessman, marco rubio getting his first win, but his campaign to discredit trump mostly falling short as ted cruz picked up states of his own. >> god bless the lone star state. >> on the democratic side, bernie sanders flush with millions in new donations not winning several states. >> i am so proud to bring vermont values all across this country. >> clinton looking past sanders, taking aim at trump's signature slogan. >> america never stopped being great. we have to make america whole. >> on a night that belonged to the front-runners, where do all the races go now? full results and analysis starting now. >> announcer: from abc news, this is "world news now." >> we do say good morning to you tuesday. i'm kendis gibson. >> and i'm reena ninan. >> and w

one reason is she won the state of arizona in the state of arizona in 2008. she beat him by eight points. she did well in the state with latino voters who are expected to make up about a fifth of the electorate on the democratic side in arizona. the state's primary is also closed to independents or to anybody who isn't a registered democrat. bernie sanders, across the country, he's done well with non-democrats who have voted in democratic primaries. those people will not be able to vote in the democratic primary in arizona tonight. it's democrats only. that's another advantage to secretary clinton in the state. one final advantage secretary clinton has is evident in the early vote. arizonans love voting early. more than almost any other state. we're going to have an exclus i i ive look of what we know the state later on this hour. we have some exclusive data that may tell us how things will go there tonight based on who has voted in the state. stay tuned for that. that's said, with all those advantages for hillary clinton and how well at least doing in the po

in kansas state history. kansas had the credit rating downgraded. kansas school districts last year ended up having to cut short the school year. in some school districts in kansas last year, they sent kids home 12 days before the school year was supposed to end. not because the kids learn fast but the district ran out of money. they called the school year over before it was done. kansas never had a financial disaster like this one now. sam brownback has endorsed marco rubio as his choice for president. it's interesting. louisiana and kansas are two of the states that will be voting for presidential nominees this weekend. then, of course, there's the next big one. the biggest prize after super tuesday which will be the great state of michigan. it's lucky enough to be governed by rick snyder. you have this unprecedented disaster. you have this unprecedented disaster and right after those states they're going to disaster zone michigan where the biggest political question ahead of that state's presidential prima

states, bluer states. i think it's not until after march 15th that it comes. >> that's amazing that lindsey graham is saying. not a ted cruz fan. >> die by shooting or poison, that's between cruz and trump. for him to say that, it's earth shattering. >> i think it tells you the kkk thing did have impact on the senators. >> it really did. and i think they'll now move the potentially to consolidation, but they're going to give both cruz and rubio a chance to make their case. >> governor, his opponents couldn't put a move in his armor. where is there a vulnerability? that looks like america. all the people that he's been insulting, the swaths of demographics, she is going to embrace. when she talks about making america whole and filling in the hole, to be able to bring people together to break down barriers, well he's talking about building walls. that is a message that will resinate far large group. >> that's warm and fuzzy, but with trump, you're going to have to go straight at him. >> off positive and go f

no state is immune from the scourge.cross the country, our communities are asking why this is happening. they're asking why so many of our family members and neighbors are overdosing on these drugs. and sadly, as people have spoken on the floor, one of the primary reasons is because so many people are becoming addicted to prescription opioid drugs, better known as pain killers. so in 2012, 259 million prescriptions were written for these drugs. almost one for every american. that's more than enough to give every american adult their own bottle of pills. during a three-month stretch in 2015 in new hampshire, 13 million doses of schedule two pain killers were dispensed at new hampshire pharmacies in just one three-month period. 13 million pills in three months for a state with a population of 1.3 million, and nearly 80% of these prescriptions were for heavy pain killers like oxycodone, morphine and fentanyl. if we look, we can see how this graph dramatically tracks the increase in drug prescribing and the number of deaths

50 states. these laws pertain to false advertising, consumer protection, fraud, breach of warranty or unfair trade practices. this measure is a sweeping and draconian proposal. and that would be bad enough, but the dark act actually goes further. it would also bar states and local communities from enacting any kind of law overseeing genetically modified crops. several counties in california and oregon, as well as the states of washington and hawaii have restricted planting of g.m.o. crops, citing the untested health effects of g.m.o. seeds, the economic effects of the megacompanies that produce these seeds on local farmers and the unknown long-term environmental consequences. but this bill would stop all of those efforts, state and local efforts, stop them in their track dead. in addition to keeping information from consumers, the dark act would affect hardworking farmers who will have no way of knowing whether the seed they purchase is genetically engineered, and that's true even if the seeds a

in the state of alabama. we're not ever going to do anything to keep the people in the state of alabama from voting. >> a lot of eyes on the issue. we'll see from the totals tonight the effect it has had. >> speaking of the south and the southern voting block we are talking about today, collectively, how many delegates are we talking about? >> we're talking about a large number. you know, individually, a lot of these states like alabama don't have a ton of delegates, alabama has 50, on the democratic side, it has 60, but when you add up what they all call the s.e.c. face, out of the southeastern conference in college sports is what people refer to it as, there are a large number of delegates, really more than 250 on each side, because you have georgia voting to do, alabama, arkansas, oklahoma, so really that's why this deep south region is seen as important in this election today. >>> jonathan, thank you so much. we are joined now by lincoln mitchell, the national correspondent for the new york observer. linc

the dangers that stated both for puerto rico and for the united states in terms of fiscal and economic issues. but those are not the only argument from the mainland. sadly there are some races and oppressive comments that are the basis for the resistance of many in the united states. so the problem is this. there isn't, there hasn't been a will as from the political system to offer stated to puerto rico. there isn't, there hasn't been a will for the people of puerto rico to exercise its natural right for independence. there is and there has been territorial status has been -- as the majority of puerto ricans, and accept that as the current state of affairs by the federal government. if all other alternatives are unacceptable or either, many of the recently stated, then the only alternative for puerto rico and the united states to fashion a future to get this middleground alternative, but a middleground alternative has to start from a jumping point that puerto rico should be recognized its sovereignty, or draco should recognize it whatever non-territorial relationship with the united st

the state. we'll just watch turnout tonight beep kn . as we wait for the ruesults to come in, if ted cruz can support donald trump tonight -- it's been a while for a win. ted cruz's people early last tuesday were telling his people he thought they were going to get missouri and north carolina, they came up just short in both. arizona will be a win for him if he gets arizona. >> anderson, back to you. >> how important is a win for ted cruz tonight? not just arizona but if anywhere, it's mostly likely to be utah. >> i've been trying to find pockets where donald trump can't win. he surprised us all, right? it was supposed to be he can't win evangelicals, can't win women. the last holdout is the mormon vote. i don't think he's going to did well in utah. if ted cruz can't prove this voting block is his, i'm not sure how good the rest of the map looks for him. let's not forget, the mormon corridor goes through mesa, arizona. there is a huge mormon population, almost half a million mormons in arizona.

super tuesday now a dozen states up for grabs.ic about half of the 1237 republican delegates needed to secure the nomination are at stake here and polls show donald trump really dominating. our most recent polling here shows trump at 49%, up 8 pointsnus a month and that is pretty much spread across the states. the biggest prize today carol, the delegate count in texas. 155 there. look at the polling here. it is home to senator cruz. he's been campaigning hard in his own state. 155 delegates at stake to be awarded proportionally. cruz needs a big win there. even a narrow win means trump can still run up the delegate numbers. latest polls again favor trump. ted cruz, marco rubio vying for second here. marco rubio still looking for his first big win here. virginia perhaps. some folks on his team are confident about virginia. maybe minnesota. arkansas potentially. could be good for cruz. that is where he could pick up some delegates overall. quickly about the democrats. you have already seen here what's at stake. hillary clinton alrea

he's got to start winning states and doing well in states that have a diverse population. you cannot just win in iowa or new hampshire or vermont. if you're going to get blown out and have any percent of african-american voting's against you in south carolina you will lose the hispanic vote in nevada, if you're not going to dwell with minorities you cannot be the democratic standardbearer. for bernie sanders there's going to be a lot of pressure on him after tonight and certainly after march 15 to bow out of the race. >> looking for to your analysis through the evening. >>> our team coverage has now to texas and reporter jack spank of our sister station in dallas. you, senator ted cruz earlier. cruz remains upbeat. not just about winning his home state but also doing well in the other super tuesday states. he also called on the other candidates today to come together tomorrow if they don't do as well. he and his wife heidi went to vote this morning in their hometown they brought along their young daughters. texas is the biggest prize today with one or 55 -- 155 delegates i

states like texas, georgia, and virginia and while the vermont senator won his home state, clinton came out on top in neighboring massachusetts. all told, she won 7 of super tuesday's 11 races. nancy cordes is with the clinton campaign in miami. >> reporter: after a slow start to this election season, hillary clinton is starting to pull away. this wasn't a knockout punch. there are still many more races to come. but she has now established a lead in the delegate count and it will be very, very difficult for bernie sanders to catch up. >> what a super tuesday! >> reporter: hillary clinton swept six southern states, thanks, in large part, to huge support from african-americans, who make up more than a quarter of the voters in the seven southern states that voted yesterday. hillary clinton had at least 75% >> i believe what we need in america today is more love and kindness. >> reporter: with tuesday's victories in hand, the clinton campaign is seemingly turning an eye towards the general election and a potential showdown with donald trump. >> it's clear tonight that the states in this ele

as a jewish state. and applause] mr. trump: i love the people in this room. i love israel. i love israel. i have been with israel for so long in terms of i received some of my greatest honors from israel. my father before me. my daughter is about to have a beautiful jewish baby. [cheers and applause] mr. trump: in fact, it could be happening right now which is very nice as far as i am concerned. thank you all, thank you. thank you all very much. ♪ >> from the next "washington journal," representative marsha blackburn on the president's trip to cuba. her words on the selected investigative committee on infant lies and women's history month. then, more of the president's cuba trip with joe connelly, a member of the government reform committee. he will also talk about the new democrat coalition, promoting a centrist, domestic agenda. "washington journal" is live every morning at the clock a.m. eastern on c-span, and you can join the conversation with your calls and comments on facebook and twitter. >> comi

trump has won 7 states so far. marco rubio has just one state minnesota. and iowa caucus winner ted cruz won 3 states. we have team 8 super tuesday coverage. aixa diaz and sally kidd following both sides of the race in washington, d.c. we begin with aixa and the republicans. aixa: a strong super tuesday for donald trump winning states from new england to the south and in between. >> once we get all of this finished, i am going to go after one person, hillary clinton. aixa: a critical win for ted cruz in texas finishing first in his home state. >> after tonight, we have seen

states remain. and let me assure you that we are going to take our fight for economic justice, for social justice, for environmental sanity, for a world of peace to every one of those states. >> reporter: what might allow him to fight on, lester? those millions of dollars that his supporters are giving after an online call. they raised nearly $6 million in just 24 hours. >> kasie, thank you. we're joined by chuck todd and savannah guthrie, who will join our super tuesday tonight in prime-time. chuck, what do you make of what's happened so far? >> i was trying to look to see why is donald trump dominating in the south in particular? we have some interesting exit poll data that i want to share with you. we asked what candidate quality mattered to you most. overall in the nine super tuesday states, a candidate that either shares my values got 35%, can bring me to change, 30%. so going through the states, i went through georgia. among those that cared more about finding a change candidate as president,