today alone picking up support from gop leaders like bob dole, orrin hatch and tim pawlenty. >> as the field continues to narrow the numbers are going to get a lot more competitive, and the door i think for at least one other candidate to successfully challenge donald trump. >> reporter: but history is on trump's side no. modern republican has ever won new hampshire and south carolina and then lost the nomination. some now starting to accept reality. >> got the momentum, i think there's more than a 50% chance that he's the nominee and that's what's setting in for a lot of sneem. >> reporter: do you think you could work with donald trump? >> i could work with him. >> any conversation of stopping donald trump, he's leading 10 out of 14 stops. who would stop him. >> reporter: cruz has to take texas and do well in other states to topple trump. rubio needs a win somewhere, looking for in florida, but even that may not be enough. time running out for his rivals to take trump down. hallie jackson, nbc news, las vegas. >>> i'm kasie hunt covering the democrats in massachusetts where bernie san

rolling out a series (tim pawlenty/(r) governor) "he's bold, he's next generation, he's reform-minded, change-oriented." bush's big dollar donors. rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "we feel like a lot of the people that were on jeb's team are people we're gonna welcome onto our team." ted cruz is in the middle of nine straight campaign stops in here in for a rally this morning at the durango hills community center near durango and gowan. cruz says the first thing he would do in office is rescind what he calls every illegal and unconstitutional executive action taken by president obama. he also discussed illegal immigration... a big topic here in nevada. "illegal immigration is powerful anchor pulling down wages or working americans taking away jobs i will tell on stage i am only fight against secure borders and american people. frontrunner a rally tonight at the south point casino. on that event... newscast. north breezes overnight to 15 mph before an increase in gusts on tuesday to 30 mph. we'll see a high of just 64 degrees..that will be one degree below average. we'll drop the gust

today alone picking up support from gop leaders like bob dole, orrin hatch and tim pawlenty. >> as the field continues to narrow the numbers are going to get a lot more competitive, and that's going to open the door i think for at least one other candidate to successfully challenge donald trump. >> reporter: but history is on trump's side no. modern republican has ever won new hampshire and south carolina and then lost the nomination. some now starting to accept reality. >> got the momentum, i think there's more than a 50% chance that he's the nominee and that's what's setting >> reporter: do you think you could work with donald trump? >> i could work with him. >> any conversation of stopping donald trump, he's leading 10 out of 14 stops. who would stop him. >> reporter: cruz has to take texas and do well in other states to topple trump. rubio needs a win somewhere, looking for in florida, but even that may not be enough. time running out for his rivals to take trump down. hallie jackson, nbc news, las vegas. >>> i'm kasie hunt covering the democrats in massachusetts where bernie sande

garnered two big endorsements yesterday from indiana senator inddan coates and minnesota governor tim pawlenty. >> he's electable. i think he has the total package. >> last night trump told supporters he plans to visit multiple caucus sites today and will get so angry if he doesn't see them there. >>> on the democratic side bernie sanders and hillary clinton are now looking towards saturday's democratic primary in south carolina. with superdelegates included delegates 503-70. has some questioning if the vermont senator can still win the democratic nomination. is yes. presidential race and believes he can win massachusetts on march 1st. >>> updating a story we first told you about saturday. the tampa woman critically injured while river rafting in south america is back in florida. scuyler arakawa landed last night in miami. doctors now evaluating her. she was crushed by a boulder on her trip in colombia. her family set up a gofundme page to pay for her injuries. to learn more search "boulder" on our web site. >>> a group of thieves steal 10 bottom the -- bottle of high end vodka from a publix i

today alone picking up support from gop leaders like bob dole, orrin hatch, and tim pawlenty. >> as this field continues to narrow, the numbers are going to get a lot more competitive and that's going to open the door. >> reporter: but history is on trump's side. no modern republican has ever won new hampshire and south carolina and then lost the nomination. some now starting to accept reality. >> he's got the momentum. i think there's more than 50% chance he's the nominee. >> you think you can trump? >> oh, yeah, i think i trump. >> any conversation at this stage about is a lot of wishful thinking. right now he's leading in 10 out of 14 states. >> reporter: cruz would have to take texas and do well in other southern states next week to topple trump. somewhere. looking for it in florida, but even that may not be enough. time running out for his rivals to take trump down. hallie jackson, nbc >> reporter: i'm kasie hunt covering the democrats in massachusetts, where bernie sanders is struggling to keep the bern from flaming out after a stinging loss to hillary clinton in nevada. >> let me

of several republican establishment members, former senator bob dole, former minnesota governor tim pawlenty, and arkansas governor asa hutchinson. support came after jeb bush dropped out of the race on saturday. greenville mayor knox white, congressman trey gowdy, and senator tim scott all endorsed rubio, as well. michael: donald trump has a strong lead in the polls ahead of tomorrow night's nevada caucuses. earlier today, he was in elko, at a convention center. tonight, it's las vegas at the south point arena for trump. he also weighed in on the cruise and rubio controversy on twitter. he said, "ted cruz has now apologized to marco rubio and ben carson for fraud and dirty tricks. no wonder he has lost evangelical support." end quote. carol: meantime, john kasich is looking ahead. he moved his campaign to virginia today. the ohio governor held a number of events in the state, including town halls in richmond and fairfax. there, he talked about the first time he ran for state legislature, back in 1978. he said he got help from, quote, "many women, who left their kitchens." end quote. his cam

up two big endorsements yesterday from indiana senator dan coates and former minnesota governor tim pawlenty. on the democratic side bernie sanders and hillary clinton are now looking towards saturday's democratic primary in south carolina. with super delegates included clinton is leading sanders in delegates 503-70. has people now questioning if the vermont senator can still win the democratic nomination. sanders says the short answer he's pledging to stay in the presidential race and believes he can win massachusetts on >>> 5:39. the death toll in fiji continues to climb after it was hit by a powerful monster officials now reporting 29 people are confirmed dead. a government spokesperson says the coral island is virtually are left after the storm. about 4,500 people live there. winds from the cyclone topped 185 miles per hour making it the strongest storm in fiji's recorded history. the state of emergency is in effect for 30 days as a major clean-up operation gets underway. right now officials say the top priority is getting emergency supplies to the islands. >>> new details coming into th

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tim pawlenty. bob dole, orrin hatch, jeff flake, tom tillis, dean heller. >> this is what marco rubio wants and needs. people say this is an okay guy. this is a good guy. we should keep in mind in state after state after state, you have thousands really of republican activists on the ground who are taking at least some of their signals from some of the guys at the top. bob ebola or thom tillis, they are saying we're going to go with rubio. we have a strategy now. we want to stop trump. it has been this confusion when you have a dozen candidates that led to a lot of what we have seen so far. >> ron, let's look at the map and the numbers. this is march 1st. super tuesday. delegates up for grabs march 1st. where does rubio win. >> that is the core challenge for rubio. i would say they are necessary but not sufficient. it's not going to be any better than any state he had in south carolina. he still got to 22%. which is the rubio problem, alisyn, he he has a little bit of everything but not enough of a

(tim pawlenty/former minnesota as the alternative to trump -- before it's too late (marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "if we nominate someone that half of the republican party hates we're going to be fighting against each other all the way to november. we will never win that way." but right now donald trump's blows are firmly trained on ted cruz (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "this guy is sick, there's something wrong with this guy." just hours before voters cast their ballots in the unpredictable caucus state of nevada... (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "you know it is las vegas, it's a little tricky, a little tricky." cruz was still trying to nix the narrative that his campaign plays dirty... (donald trump/(r) presidential candidate) "this guy cruz lies more than any human being i've ever dealt with. unbelievable." (sen. marco rubio/(r) presidential candidate) "it's every single day something comes out of the cruz campaign that's deceptive and untrue." yesterday, cruz fired his communications director... (sen. ted cruz/(r) presidential candidate) "this morning i aske

tim pawlenty, governor asa hutchinson, a slew of congressmen getting behind a first term senator doesis sound familiar? who hasn't done much but knows the game. and the game is the status quo, ladies and gentlemen, bought and paid for by the chamber of commerce, the business roundtable and handful of billionaires and today we learned the koch brothers, the favorite hired gun savant mark short is joining the rubio campaign. in this year of the outsider of anti-establishment mood gripping the country, the establishment just can't help itself. rubio's up, why not just brand rubio's forehead with a block letter e and call it good. the more endorsement rubio gets, the more establishment he is. the anti-trump super pac called ironically our principles funded by the ricketts family sent a playbook to establishment leaders and donors desperately urging them to stop donald trump, and don't doubt that the establishment may yet win, they may yet stop trump or cruz or whomever it. all depends whether enough voters figured out the establishment, the so-called elites, have abandoned social responsi

mark: i'm looking at two big things, if anyone has a temp a -- a tim pawlenty moment. i think donald trump will come back, the question is can you be donald trump at a moment of strength? you have to best him in the. -- substance, theatrics. no one has done that yet at any of these debates. that will be the question, whether they can make donald trump falter on the debate stage. that would be a game changer. john keep your eye on john : kasich. this is a moment for him. he's always in danger of becoming an asterisk and people ignoring him. it could do him some good in the states he needs to win like michigan and ohio. donald trump, the most entertaining draw at this moment. the new york billionaire finds himself in a match with a multimillionaire who was also a 2012 republican nominee. that's right, mitt romney is back. take the next 40 seconds and catch yourself up. >> the year is 2012. mitt romney is the republican nominee. 2016, mitt romney says we have good reason to believe there is a bombshell on income tax. mitt romney's tax returns made him look like a fool. he

today the rubio campaign endorsements from develop establishment figures including former governor tim pawlenty and bob doyle. >> now that my good friend jeb bush is no longer running, i'm supporting rubio. he wants to grow the party. cruz, i don't know what he wants to grow. >> rubio made the case that nominating trump would do the gop in the general election. >> if we nominate someone that half the republican party hates, we're going to be fighting against each other till november. we will never win that way. i don't care how much you think they are funny or how interesting they sound, if we nominate someone that 40 to 50% of our party can't stand, we will lose. >> rubio is yet to win a state. when asked when he might get one, he seemed to suggest not at all. >> that's where you really need to begin to win states. i feel good where we'll be by then. >> by then, trump will have won a bunch more states and it might be too late to stop. the anti-trump faction is not yet ready to throw up its hands. joining me now is michael steele, in your capacity has head of the rnc, as you look over the nomin

along with former minnesota governor tim pawlenty ... and arkansas governor asa hutchinson. rubio also received endorsements from three senators and a number of house republicans. he also snagged the support of popular south carolina governor nikki haley. much of the growing wave of support came after jeb bush dropped out of the race on saturday. bush finished a disappointing fourth place in saturday's g-o-p primary in south carolina. lukas: marco rubio is also getting a boost from one of his former rivals. new jersey governor chris christie... who dropped out of the g-o-p race earlier this raising list to rubio's campaign. the most recent rubio fund-raising email shows that it was sent by christie's presidential campaign. the rubio campaign i looking at supporters from withdrawn rivals to help boost his chances. despite the deal, christie has yet to endorse anyone for president. the new jersey governor is said to be angry over negative ads rubio ran against him back in january. lukas: there is still plenty of talk about who will replace justice scalia on the bench. u-s sena

however, there's a piece in politico running right now that says that big names like tim pawlenty are suggesting he step out of race so marco rubio has a better shot. that's got to be annoying as heck right now. what does he do with that? >> you're always going to have those kinds of speculative comments from people, but the fact of the matter is the establishment was wrong about governor bush and probably wrong about senator rubio right now. the fact of the matter is there's a long way to go in the primary race and people are starting to understand that impressive record of achievement that governor kasich and chairman kasich of the budget committee who led the most conservative transformation of the federal government our generation has had. the more people see his record as well as attitude of unifying america and leaning us forward together, that gives us the chance to move forward and secure the nomination. liz: imagine that, unifying. people hope for something like that. keep us posted. trent duffy, president for kasich communications adviser. we are going to have more on the ne

one is from former minnesota governor tim pawlenty.arned former kansas senator bob dole will also endorse rubio. both pawlenty and dole say rubio has what it takes to unite the party and former pennsylvania governor tom ridge has thrown his support behind republican john kasich. ridge had endorsed jeb bush but bush as you know quit the race after his disappointing showing in south carolina. >>> the nevada republican caucuses are tomorrow and it is still anybody's game. meanwhile hillary clinton's win in nevada has silenced naysayers who questioned her candidacy and as the campaign takes her and bernie sanders to the southern states. abc's bazi kanani live in washington for us tonight with the very latest. hi, bazi. >> reporter: good evening, monica. the republican race is now down to just five candidates. most of them now hoping for jeb bush's endorsement and even donald trump believes he'll get a good share of bush's supporters. the party frontrunner celebrating their weekend victory. >> the fight goes on. the future that we want is t

bob dole, tim pawlenty, orrin hatch. jason carroll is covering the campaign and joins us from reno. did the rubio campaign react to cruz firing his spokesman. >> marco rubio spoke to reporters this morning calling this a pattern of deceit. his communications director also weighing in on this. releasing a statement. let me read part of it. it pretty much says everything he says. there's a culture in the cruz campaign from top to bottom that no lie is too big, no trick too dirty. rick did the right thing by apologizing. it's high time that ted cruz did the right thing and stop the lies. that coming from marco rubio's communication director. rubio basically saying this is just another reason to prove that i am the most trustworthy candidate. i'm the right man for the nomination. >> after south carolina, for rubio, what's the strategy in nevada? >> in speaking to some of those on the cam feipaigncampaign, th canvassing all the population centers. up north we saw them at a rally. in reno. he's going to be holding the rally down here tomorrow in las vegas. another one tomorrow morning. an

reaction from the rubio forces who got a boost today and over the weekend, bob dole, tim pawlenty and betting on his las vegas routes to help him town. we are joined tonight from reno. how did the rubio campaign respond to cruz firing his spokesman? >> reporter: well marco rubio spoke to reporters this morning, anderson, basically calling this a pattern of deceit. his communications director also weighing in on this. releasing a statement, let me read part to you, everything he says, there is a culture in the cruz campaign from top to bottom that no lie is too big, no trick too dirty. rick did the right thing by apologizing, it's hard high time that ted cruz did the right thing and stop the lies. again that coming from marco rubio's communication director. rubio basically saying look, this is just another reason to prove that i am the most trust worthy candidate. i am the right man for the nomination. anderson. >> and after south carolina, for rubio, what's the strategy in nevada? >> reporter: well, in speaking to some of the those on the campaign. basically they've been canvassing al

but bob dole, tim pawlenty, not endorsements that particularly help him. so i don't think this race is over. >> all right. so let's ask the question another way. so why is there -- i don't know who the establishment hates more -- ted cruz or donald trump. but they clearly hate them. why do they hate these two men and why so out of sync with the base of their party? >> i think with ted cruz it's very personal and i don't think that's a worthy sentiment. you have bob dole saying he would support donald trump over ted cruz. and if you're bob dole, that makes zero sense. but there are a lot of washington lobbyists and others afraid that ted cruz actually believes things. he's actually a rock ribbed reagan republican and believes deeply in principle and sense about donald trump -- >> they hate him for that? >> and for the way they feel as though he treated them inside the senate lunches and the petty stuff but they sense about donald trump and trump actually says this about himself at times or suggests it that i'm a deal maker. i can get along with the establis

earlier today, rubio picked up endorsements from former senator bob dole, former minnesota tim pawlenty, tom tillis, and the arkansas governor. now donald trump is going after marco rubio calling into question his eligibility to be president. >> you're not sure that marco rubio is eligible to run for president. you're really not sure. >> i don't know. i really, i never looked at it. somebody said he's not and i retweeted it, i have 14 million people between twitter and facebook and instagram and i retweet things and we start dialogue and it's very interesting. >> joining us now for an interesting dialogue, columnist for the daily beast, political correspondent for the washington post. ann, we surveyed our constitutional scholars here at the last word today including a few harvard professors who have by the way strong quells about ted cruz's eligibility. they all question his eligibility. they all guarantee marco rubio's eligibility. there is nothing to talk about in his eligibility, but there's donald trump trying to play that same card with marco rubio. >> yeah. i'm not a constitutiona

it is bizarre. >> tim pawlenty, thanks so much for being on "new day".ve your endorsement announced here. >> thanks, alisyn. >> what's the landscape like before super tuesday? let's get right to it. >> the american dream is dead, but we're going to make it bigger and stronger. >> you're down to a core of three candidates. >> the only campaign that can beat donald trump has beaten donald trump. >> i get along with him. even putin called me a genius. >> there is an underlying question. is she in it for us or herself? >> south carolina has the opportunity to make american history. >> i've always been the same person fighting for the same values. >> we are going to see the results of one of the great political upsets in the history of the united states. >> they were intentional, shr b deliberate. >> we were driving through medians, driving through the lawn. >> picked up fares between his killings. >> this is "new day" with chris cuomo, alisyn camerota and michaela pereira. >> good morning. welcome to your "new day". is donald trump already crossing the line?

since former governor jeb bush dropped out of the race, former senate bob boil, tim pole pawlenty. >>> the candidates will be battling it out in south south carolina this saturday. the race, however, is believed to be tightening up a bit. our very own glenna millberg will be in south carolina covering the democratic primary. look for the live reports later this week. >>> apple's ceo tim cooke reaching o to staff, thanking them for support. writing this case is about more than a single phone. apple refusin the fbi's request to help them break into the iphone of a san bernadino shooting say ed farook. >>> still to come concerns for el chapo. eaking out explaining why she fares for her husband''s life. >>> also a rough rescue is caught on camera. the efforts to get two dogs to safety after they fall through an icy lake. >>> south florida changes are coming to our local forecast. today overall warm and humid with a slit chance of a shower but we have two areas we're watching increasing our rain chances as early as tomorrow. all the details you forecast coming up. (phone ringing) you can't

remember tim pawlenty in 2012 had talked about -- what was it?opportunity to talk about it again, he did not and cruz did the same thing. >> it will change in south carolina. >> it will change in south carolina, but the -- >> form er -- romneykair. >> jeb bush and donald trump clashed again today. trump told me that jeb bush is a pathetic person. bush tweeted at trump calling him a loser, a liar, a whiner. does bush pose a bigger threat to trump than polls may indicate? >> i think so. listen, i think that the debate foe performance jeb bush gave the other night was something his supporters have been waiting for. it wasn't just the words he directed at donald trump but he looked him in the eye and was trying to stare him down. that's not something we've seen in jeb bush in any of these debates until tonight. on the campaign trail, even his mother said this isn't the type of person he is. i saw jeb bush this morning. he seemed to have an extra spring in his step. as we talk about tickets out of new hampshire, jeb bush says he's going on and going t

this one from former minnesota governor, tim pawlenty. in minneapolis. and nbc's gabe gutierrez, who is with me here on the strip in vegas here this morning, he made a three-hour flight after that to the twin cities, and he's on his way -- he's at the rubio event now in minneapolis. so, gabe, quite a journey for you today. but the fact that marco rubio is in minnesota, minnesota one of those super tuesday states, the fact that he's there right now and not in nevada, what does that tell us about the rubio campaign's expectations for the contest here tonight? >> reporter: steve, you're right, a very busy day here. we started the day in vegas, at a rally there, and then that three-hour flight. rubio taking the stage just right now. he is obviously looking ahead to these super tuesday contests. he has an event here in minneapolis, and then we get right back on the plane, and they're going to head to grand rapids, michigan, before heading to texas later this week. now, the rubio campaign is trying to make that argument. as they pile up the end

state of minnesota passed its energy efficiency standard under a republican governor, governor tim pawlenty, in 2007. we have a goal of 1.5% annual energy savings, and we don't just meet that goal; we exceed it. these energy efficiency standards also send a market signal to companies to innovate and deploy energy savings technologies. the state of arkansas set its energy savings targets in 2011, and according to the arkansas advanced energy foundation, the program has generated $1 billion in sales by energy efficiency companies. the standard has also helped create 9,000 well-paying jobs in the state. the program has been so successful that the state public service commission recently extended the energy-efficient goals through 2019. arizona implemented its energy efficiency savings targets in 2011. just three years after its implementation, arizona went from being 29th to the 15th most energy-efficient state in the country. through the program, utilities have saved electricity equivalent to powering 133,000 homes for one year. businesses and residents have already saved $540 million from re