he knew this is a do or die situation for his campaign and his home state of texas. l of the precincts are ordained ted cruz winning but 43.7% of the vote. donald trump coming in second place in texas for 26.8 and senator mark of rubio placing third in the lone star state was 17.7%. but the celebrated my santa cruz headquarters near houston. ted cruz seven supporters republicans need to come together and unite all taken a few jobs at his opponent, businessman donald trump. >> we can nominate a washington dealmaker, profane and folder who has a lifelong pattern of using government power for personal gain. or we can nominate a proven conservative who has fought consistently for working men and women and can defend the constitution. reporter: strong voter turnout across the state of texas for super tuesday. long lines reported that locations. texas gop having to provide ballots by midafternoon. as far as the delegates go since this is not a winner take all state, donald trump's the walks away even though he and his second-place finish, he still walks away with at least 2

of the remaining republican candidates. they have important states ahead. voting in ted cruz's home state of texas begins today. ch 15th they will head to the polls in marco rubio's home state of florida and john kas h kasich's hoech state of ohio. if they secure their home state can they clear the path to the nomination. our political panel weighing in. fox news contributor and radio talk show host tammy bruce. thank you for waking up with us this morning. it is a big day. tammy, let's start with texas. that is today. ted cruz is hoping to win the state. it's a proportional state. if he doesn't win it a make or brake for him? >> it is a break. when you are already dealing with having to win your home state you are already having a problem. like donald trump is not worried about winning new york. it is not a consideration. cruz will win but not by the kind of margin he wants to. rubio is at a much different place. well behind in florida. one of the arguments of course is in order to win the nomination the general election is you have to win florida and ohio. when your favorite son is getting blasted you have som

he's got a clean sweep so far. they're still expecting ted cruz to pick his home state of texas, and also john casick and leaving trump a run for his money in the state of vermont. >>> developing now, the investigation into fake parmesan cheese has uncovered a potential health risk. castle cheese in pennsylvania pleaded guilty to selling parmesan that was mixed with cheaper cheeses including mots -- including mets rella, swiss, and wood filler. the cheese was also stored in an unrefrigerated room. the company did find listeria in its production area ten times but never tested the actual cheese. the state inspector gave the plant grow glowing reviews. and that inspector has since left his job with the state to work >> i'm with cbs news. >> that man would not explain those inspections. >>> self-driving cars can also crash. one of the cars hit a city bus near the headquarters in los angeles. it was trying to get around sandbags when it flipped the bus. the employee believed the bus would stop. >>> a survey from aaa discovered 75% of drivers say they wouldn't feel safe in a self-driving c

texas. and bernie sanders managed four victories. ted cruz won three states, home state ofas, oklahoma, and he just added alaska for good measure. marco rubio pulling out a victory in minnesota. a calmer and more measured version of donald trump is already looking ahead to hillary clinton. >> this has been an amazing period of time. been amazing even from an educational standpoint and honestly, we've done something that almost nobody thought could be done and i'm very proud of it. i am a unifier. i would love to see the republican par a get together and unify and when we unify, there's nobody, nobody that's going to beat us. i beat hillary in many polls p.. i don't think marco's going to be able to beat her. i'm going to get along great with congress. paul ryan, i don't know him well and we're going to get along well and if we don't, he's going to have to pay a big price, okay. >> and hillary clinton touch ogen the water crisis in flint, michigan and criticizing the gop. >> thank you all so much. what a super tuesday. i'm grateful to all of you who voted for me. to the volu

and hillary clinton, steak super high for ted cruz who is voting at the very hour in his home state of texas. the bottom line is he's got to win here. you hear much the same from the likes of john kasich in ohio when their home states are up for grabs. take all voting primaries. for today, all eyes in the lone star state. but the very latest. >> hey there. this is the single biggest voting day of the campaign so far. the single biggest prizes here in the state of texas waiting for senator ted cruz to arrive here and go for himself. an exciting day for the senator. he may be arriving as we speak with the houston area just miles from where he lives not very far from where he grew up here to your earlier point, nobody in this race has higher stakes today than senator cruz with all the pressure building on him and the narrative of the campaign as it has been changing. not only have emotions been so high coming out of south carolina and moving in super tuesday with the sec across the south. the delegate math is getting difficult for senator cruz. 155 republican delegates at stake here in the stat

ted cruz picks up his home state of texas. bernie sanders picks up his home state of vermont. showi show us what the map shows right now. >> the big picture, the republican establishment may not like donald trump but republican voters from northeast down the south and across do like dronal tru trump. let's look at the places we're waiting to see. oklahoma, ted cruz in the lead. this would be very important to the cruz campaign. rivals will argue it borders texas, no big deal. for cruz to get two wins tonight and one outside of his home state even though it's a neighbor would be a big deal. half of the vote counted. that's stretched a little bit, the lead in recent moments. mostly cruz filling in the rural areas, getting the tulsa suburbs. watch how this plays out. important for cruz tonight if he would win two, would strengthen his message the other candidates should get out of the race. mentioned arkansas, trump running this up good at the moment. reasonably competitive. trump ifilling in. seeing this in every state. marco rubio wins suburbs around decent sized cities, donald

here is what we're just learning in from republican voters in that key state of texas. preliminary exit polls coming in now shong 45% say they are looking for a political outsider. that's fewer than other states we've seen so far. republicans favor building that wall along the border. our political team covering it all tonight. the winners, as soon as we get them. and we begin with abc's tom llamas on donald trump's final pitch, trying to seal the deal. >> reporter: tonight, the biggest moment yet in the republican race for president and donald trump feeling invincible. >> every poll shows i can do practically anything, maybe even anything and nobody's going to leave. >> reporter: in ohio state, trump gushing about his throngs of supporters. >> there is such love in those rooms and those stadiums and those areas that i speak. it's actually easy. there's love. it's like a family. it's love. >> reporter: but love, not a word to describe the nasty current running through some trump rallies. in virginia, the billionaire asking one protester if she's mexican. >> are you from

of 11 states. the south had most of the attention. ted cruz is playing all of his cars in the home state of texas. donald trump campaigned in georgia and virginia. marco rubio was in georgia. marco rubio was by far the busiest today. georgia, tennessee and the only candidate in arkansas and oklahoma. and where was john kassig. he avoided the south, campaigning in the north-east, vermont and massachusetts. more from michael shure. >> i'm here on familiar turf for you in miami florida. it is not a super-tuesday state, but is where marco rubio, clinton and donald trump will be tomorrow, tuesday evening. the candidates have been all over the country. marco rubio has been in four states, tennessee, arkansas, georgia and oklahoma. and you have seen john kasich in vermont and massachusetts. what you are seeing right now, antonio is the wind down to super-tuesday, but a lot of stories will be written tomorrow. >> donald trump is nothing but a first rate con artist. the race for the republican nomination is becoming a brawl. >> there has been multiple media reports about don alds business world. hundreds o

of cheers, as you can hear. it was a second-place finish for donald trump he still walks away with 20 texas delegates because the state awards them proportion@ly based on overall voting totals and each of texas' 36 congressional districts. abby, heather? >>> coming up, it will be winner take all. the peach state primary, extra sweet for donald trump. >> that's right. the republican front-runner pulling out a big win in georgia. jonathan steary is live for us. good morning. >> good morning. donald trump had a great night in georgia. take a look at the scoreboard. marco rubio and ted cruz tied at 24%. ben carson and swron kasich tied at 6%, well below the 20% threshold needed to win any delegates near florida. trump touted himself as the most likely gop democrat to win against front-runner hillary clinton. >> you see the polls. i beat hillary in many polls. i don't think marco will be able to beat her. in all fairness, i think ted is going to have a very hard time. ted has, at least, a shot because at least he has won a little bit. >> they watched marco rubio as a second place contender across super tuesday states. one

he won his home state of texas and oklahoma. text teaks big win because, of course, so many delegates he won in that state. now let's take a look at hillary clinton and had a very good night. arkansas, alabama, arkansas, georgia, texas and virginia. bernie sanders winning vermont, that was expected of course. and oklahoma. now let's hear from some of the front ruppers tonight. >> i know people are going to find that hard to believe. i am unifier. once we get finished i will go after one person. that is hillary clinton she is allowed to run ways big assumption. i don't know she is going to be allowed to run. that is frankly going to be easy race. you foo he see the poles. i beat in many polls. >> head-to-head. trump resoundingly. [cheering and applauding] >> but for that to happen, we must come together. >> instead of building walls, we're going to break down barriers and build, build ladders of opportunity and empowerment so every american can live up to his or her potential. >> million clinton as you heard there looking toward t

senator cruz won in oklahoma, and his home state of texas. ictories for ben carson or john kasich. >> now shifting focus to next week's super tuesday in four states. >> then super duper tuesday. hundreds of delegates up for grabs as five states and one territory make their presidential pick. >> before that, the big fox debate tomorrow, coverage starts at 9:00 eastern here on fox. >> we'll be there. >>> let's keep talking politics. what's your prediction for the general election match-up? log on to our facebook page, #keeptalking. >> and "fox & friends" starts right now. >> have a good day. >> bye. >>> i am a unifier. once we get this finished, i am going to go after one person, that's hillary clinton. >> america never stops being great. we have to make america whole. we have to fill in. >> she wants to make america whole again. i'm trying to figure out what is that about? if she hasn't straightened is t out by now, she's not going to straighten it out in the next four years. >> this campaign is about making a political revolution. [ cheers ] >

we just projected cruz the winner in his home state of texas. now cbs news is projecting he will win in the state of oklahoma. you can see right there a pretty good lead on donald trump. interesting development for cruz. certainly really important for cruz to win outside his home state and outside of iowa, which he won early on. >> reporter: that's right. marco rubio has not won anything yet. cruz has won. therefore i am the trump alternative. but this is not bad news for donald trump. obviously he's had his wins, but sticking around in the race, splitting the anti-trump vote. ted cruz has done well, better than the bare minimum, but he hasn't run through hose other states, alabama, georgia, where he was hoping to win originally. so if donald trump is doing well tonight and the other rest of the race becomes a model, there is not a single alternative, that's still good for donald trump. >> pelley: nor, yeah hillary clinton, duh she run away with it at this point? >> reporter: her team is hoping to open up a 100-point delegate lead. she's doing we

yes, 155 delegates at stake in the state of texas, it's a huge state but only 47 are statewide delegates. if one candidate gets more than 50% of the vote, they get 4delegates. that is unlikely to happen. so what does happen? the 47 delegates get up between maybe two, possibly three candidates. you have to get 20% to get any. if you're following along you still have 10delegates. two per district. those too may get split up. bottom line in texas, melissa, whoever wins, not only look at name, second and third place finners are behind and how many delegates they were able to pick up. cruz, we'll cover it tonight, hoping to get victory and fairly large-sizeable lead in the delegate race to take it out of super tuesday. some other states down the line he thinks he will do well. still a long shot. cruz campaign hoping for the best. melissa: it will be a late night. thank you so much. connell. david: i love the standing next to the redneck cafe. marco rubio still looking for a first win in the presidential race. coming in second place twice in a row. with nearly half the republican delegates at

cruz winning his home state of texas and in neighboring oklahoma. rubio with his first victory of trump coming in third there. >> okay, now take a look at the all-important delegate count. trump in the lead but still very far from what he needs to secure the nomination. >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton winning seven states. bernie sanders keeping hope alive, taking four states including colorado and minnesota. >> but we do know this. clinton is racking up hundreds of new delegates leading the count to date. still though a long way to go for her. well, republicans handing donald trump his overwhelming win were apparently motivated by his

and getting wins in vermont and massachusetts, cruz inwith his home state of texas and oklahoma. rubio with his first victory of this campaign in minnesota. trump coming in third there. >> let's do the math on the delegates. trump in the lead but still far from what he needs to secure the nomination. >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton winning seven states. bernie sanders keeping hope alive. taking four states. that includes colorado and minnesota. >> that said, clinton racking up hundreds of new delegates leading the count to date. both front-runners though are looking ahead to a match-up in the general election using their victory speeches to trade jabs. >> it's your voice, your vote. abc's marci gonzalez is covering all the victories from austin, texas. >> the polls are now closed in every from super tuesday state. here's in texas, a loss for donald trump. but that wasn't the cases in almost every other contest. after a day and night of long lines and ballot counting, abc news projecting major wins for and hillary clinton. >> the stakes in this election have never been h

so ted cruz had a big win in his home state of texas. >> casey stegall is live in the home state of texasstates went to ted cruz last night as you guys know. oklahoma. alaska and right here in texas. ted cruz knew this was a do or die situation and texas voters are pulling through for him. of course all the precincts reporting, ted cruz winning with 43.7% of the vote. businessman donald trump in second place at 26.8%. and then senator marco rubio placing third with 17.7%. of course, lots and lots of celebrating last night at cruz headquarters in houston. look at that crowd. cruz telling his supporters that republicans need to come together and unite. and in his victory speech, the junior senator continued to hit on the key issues. >> i will stand with the people of this country and end corporate welfare. adopt a flat tax and abolish the irs. >> reporter: took him a while to get through that victory speech. a lot of stopping and starting, you heard all of the applause. a strong voter turnout by the way across the state of texas for super tuesday. long lines reported at many polling locatio

ted cruz carried his home state of texas. scored a big important win in oklahoma, as well.

cruz winning his home state of texas and in neighboring oklahoma. rubio with his first victory of this campaign in minnesota. trump coming in third there. >> okay, now take a look at the trump in the lead but still very far from what he needs to secure the nomination. >> on the democratic side, hillary clinton winning seven states. bernie sanders keeping hope alive, taking four states including colorado and minnesota. >> but we do know this. clinton is racking up hundreds of new delegates leading the count to date. still though a long way to go for her. well, republicans handing donald trump his overwhelming win were apparently motivated by his outsider status. >> trump delivered his victory speech at his las vish club in palm beach, florida, calling himself a unifier and taking aim at hillary clinton. abc's paula ferris is there. good morning, paula. >> reporter: good evening, reena and kendis. the trump camp tells us they're extremely happy and the things that stood out to them, the number of first time voters and crossover voter who's voted for th

of the southern states. the only thing he won was his home state of texas and neighboring state of oklahoma. >> he's beating you pretty handily? >> in his home state of texas, sure. here's the bottom line, the map from here on out, it gets better for us. his whole campaign was built on the southern strategy. he lost them all except for his home state. we on the other hand have shown we feel really good about minnesota. i think looking forward at the map now and the states that are to come, we're going to start racking up some victories. when we get to winner take all, we love the way the map shapes up. the other point i would make, george, in most of these campaigns you have a front-runner. we have the opposite. we have people telling us, you must continue to fight on and that's what's happening. you go to our website, marcorubio.com. record number of people signing up and people donating. >> senator, you're 15 points at least behind in florida, all of the -- >> i don't believe those polls. that was one poll. no, no. we have seen other numbers that indicate otherwise. we'll win florida, i'm confident of that

states along with a majority of delegates. democrat bernie sanders won four states including his home , state of vermont, as well as oklahoma, minnesota, and colorado. ted cruz won his home state of texas, along with oklahoma and alaska, despite former governor sarah palin's endorsement of his rival trump. and republican marco rubio won only one state, minnesota. he also fell short of winning the minimum 20% of the vote needed to earn delegates in texas, alabama and vermont. ,meanwhile republican john , kasich came in second in vermont. ben carson had no wins. both kasich and carson vowed to stay in the race. hillary clinton dominated among older voters and african-americans as she swept the south and beat her challenger sanders in 7 of the 11 races contested by the democrats, including the delegate-rich states of texas, georgia and virginia, and by a narrow margin in massachusetts. she celebrated with supporters at a victory rally in miami. >> what a super tuesday. know, all across our country today, democrats voted to break down barriers so we can all rise together. it might be unusual, as i have said before, for presidential candidate to say this, but i'm going to keep saying it, i

trump swept through the delegate-rich southern states and ted cruz won his home state of texas and neighboring state oklahoma and marco rubio won for the first time in minnesota. hillary clinton widened her lead over bernie states and she won in the super tuesday states with more than half of the delegates up for grabs. sanders won his state of vermont, as well as oklahoma and >>> republican senator lindsey graham didn't pull punches when he discussed the outcome of last night's vote with "cbs this morning" co-anchor charlie rose. >> i think we are about to lose to the most dishonest in the democratic party, hillary clinton. how can you nominate somebody who is crazy? i think dishonest speaks crazy. that is our problem. donald trump, i think, is just crazy. >> graham says the only way for republicans to win is to rally behind ted cruz. >>> the ivy league football teams are taking a new measures to prevent injuries. coaches for all eight of the ivy league football teams agreed unanimously to forbid full tackling at all practices. the change adds to an already strict policy at contact at practic

as we just saw in his home state of texas. a quick look at those trump's 29. hillary clinton has won in every state now in most states clinton won by a huge margin. take a look at alabama with 78% of the vote. >> this campaign as i think all of you know this campaign is not just about electing the president it is about transforming america. >> 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. oklahoma the race for the white house dennal of marathon it's not a sprint. >> it's all about the delegates on the republican 1,237 needed on the so where do we stand right now. let's check in with keith landry. hi, keith? >> reporter: hey sonni and bob this is from fox news. hillary clinton has 878 delegates with bernie sanders 330, about 2400 needed. right now fox news is actually updating the delegate count on the republican side. but donald trump has a clear majority of the delegates on the republican side. ted cruz with his victory tonight has the second highest number. mar