. >>> also tonight battle for massachusetts the new exclusive wbz umass amherst poll shows a race between democrats too close to call. super tuesday polls in massachusetts will open in less than 14 hours. donald trump has a lead over the rest of the gop field more than 30 points ahead of marco rubio and ted cruz. but the race between hillary cline to and bernie sand -- clinton and bernie sanders is within the margin of error the both are spending the day inmassachusetts and urging supporters to head to the poll. we have team coverage starting with jim smith. many states are involved in super tuesday but here on the eve of all of these primaries, the two democratic front- runners are right here in massachusetts. so, what does that tell you? it tells you that this is a very important state in the eyes of national politics. here at milton high school, a crowd is building and they are waiting to hear tonight from bernie sanders. >> there is nothing more than i would love to do than run against donald trump. >> reporter: earlier today speaking in minnesota, bernie sanders he was taking aim at

unpredictable election is headed next when we dig deeper into the details of the exclusive wbz, umass amherst poll. jon kel are at large wbz. >>> a boost for chris christie this morning. wbz learned that massachusetts governor charlie baker will be endorsing the new jersey >>> each democratic candidate for president urged the other attacks. but that doesn't mean last night's debate lacked fireworks. >> i am very proud to be the only candidate up here who does not have a super pact. >> i think it's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out. >> oh come on. >> a lot of debate focus on which candidate is best positioned to act as an independent voice away from the lobbyist and special interest groups that populate dc but addressed income equality and foreign policy. >> i said we will not send american combat trips to sear yoia or iraq that's off the table -- syria or iraq that's ousts table. but we've special force and trainers. >> i think our great task is to make certain that our young men and women in the military do not get sucked in into a never quag

a new wbz umass amherst poll shows clinton beating sanders 47 to 44%. because 9% of voters democrat canic voters are undecided. on the republican side donald trump is trouncing his opponents getting 47% of the vote marco rubio and ted cruz are tied for second place with 15%. but today, trump is facing criticism over one of his newest supporters. craig boswell reports from washington. >> reporter: donald trump finds himself at the center of controversy after former ku klux klan leader david duke publicly stated the support for the businessman on sunday trump can't immediately con-- didn't immediately condemn him. >> i no nothing about david duke or white supremacist. >> reporter: monday he said he a bad ear piece saying doesn't want duke's support. >> i don't mind disavowing anyone and i disavowed david duke and disavowed him the day before major news conference. on the attack. >> it makes him unelectable. how are we going to grow a party with a nominee that klan don't tell me he doesn't know who they are. >> that should be common ground among republicans and democrats and everyone the big

single word to describe the candidates and when they told us about the top two finishers in the wbz, umass amherst poll trump and rubio was revealing and puzzling. look at the negative terms they used to express their feelings about trump the leader in the gop race. bully arrogant, blow hard idiot not a recipe for political success you would think. but also note the prominence of strong, leader and honest. rubio. untrustworthy is not an adjective you want in a hillary clinton. but young is not necessarily a bad word. and in this antiestablishment comment even inexperienced can be positive if it helps brand you as an outsider. but other candidate descriptions were devastating. weak for jeb bush, scary for ted cruz. and bully for chris christie and perhaps the unkindest cut of all topping otherwise positive adjectives for john kasich, unknown. tonight at 11, what new hampshire voters told us they were looking for most in a candidate. david. >> and they called you jon lovely that was the number one word. >> reporter: that's sweet. >> thank you. join us primary night live coverage beginning at 5 on tu

a new wbz umass amherst poll shows hillary clinton beating bernie sanders by 3 percentage points but 9% of voters undecided it really is anybody's game. on republican side donald trum. front runner in massachusetts with 47% of the vote. marco rubio and ted cruz tied for second with 15%. massachusetts and one territory will hold the primaries or caucuses tomorrow. >> hundreds of delegates could have significant impact on the democratic race for the white house especially jim smith is live in milton tonight where bernie sanders is about to hold a rally. pretty quiet -- crowded there jim. >> reporter: even several states are involved nationally in super tuesday the two democratic front-runners are right here in massachusetts tonight. and that includes bernie sappeders. he is -- sanders he is here due to speak in about an hour at >> bernie bernie. >> reporter: the long lines formed early outside milton high school. a packed house expected for a bernie sanders appearance on the eve of super tuesday. sanders still faces an uphill battle but the race is tight here in massachusetts. and his

understanding where theunpredictable election is headed next when we dig deeper into the exclusive wbz umass amherst poll. jon keller at large wbz. >>> a big boost for chris christie. wbz learned that massachusetts governor baker will be endorsing the new jersey governor. each democratic candidate for president urging the other to stay above personal attacks. but that doesn't mean last night's debate lacked fireworks. >> i am very proud to be the only candidate up here who does not have a super pact. >> so i think it's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out. >> a lot of debate focus odd. ed on which is set to act as a they addressed i come equality health care and foreign policy. >> i said we won't send american combat troops to syria and iraq. that's off the table but we have special forces and trainers. >> i think our great task is to make certain that our young men and women in the military who cannot get sucked in to never ending perpetual warfare between the quagmire of syria and iraq. >> clinton and sanders agreed to 4 for debates. >>> new details i

morn -- new this morning, we are looking at how voters in the stay are leaning a new exclusive wbz umass amherst poll shows hillary clinton with slim lead over bernie sanders 47 to 44%. they used to tied 9% of democrats are undecided. jon keller says this race could be a cliff hanger. >> reporter: overwhelmingly been almost a 3 to 1 margin voters identified bernie sanders as the candidate whose views most reflect their own. and yet he is still in the dead heat. why? well if you look at some of the other qualities that voters want, likely democratic primary voters that is, they include being a strong leader, having a lot of experience, and being electable in november and in all three of those areas, clinton cleans sanders' clock. to the republicans we go donald marco rubio and ted cruz are tied for second at 15% and they are 32 points behind trump. kasich is third with 11% and ben carson at 2%. and 10% of those voters are undecided. jon keller says trump's hot button issues like immigration and home land security are resonating with voters here. >> reporter: trump has tapped into a large vein of

meanwhile, a new umass/amherst/wbz poll has sanders ahead by 23. the same by a cnn/wmur poll. a new wbur poll out of the granite state has sanders ahead by 15 points, 54% to 39%. >>> bernie sanders' foreign policy is being challenged this morning after what some see as shaky answers on world affairs during last week's debate. including his remarks that north korea is run by a handful of dictators. clinton backer and former secretary of state madeleine albright slammed sanders' foreign policy acumen over the weekend, forcing the senator to respond. >> he really, i think, does not know the things. i was really surprised at the answers to his questions in the debate. most people know how many dictators north korea has. i have spent an awful lot of time on the hill, in a variety of ways. i've gone up and down briefings and all kinds of things. unless he looked totally different at the time, he has never been to any briefing. >> number one, i have been to briefing after briefing after briefing. you know, the fact just a couple of weeks ago when i visited with the president, one of

jim smith, wbz news back to you. >> thank you. >>> the scare at umass amherst. reports of an armed man on campus forced the lock down tonight. police tell us it turned out to be an arm assault on a studentane dorm room. wbz's -- student in a dorm room. - julie l -- wbz's julie is live. . >> reporter: an arm asult on a student -- assault on a student. the student was injured. two suspects fled and they were told to shelter in place. police are looking for the suspects. they do not believe they are student but the shelter in place orderer has been lifted around 7:30 p.m. 515 p.m. police say a male student was hit in the head on an upper floor in the pierpont hall dorm in southwest. the victim was cut in the head. police now believe the suspects fled immediately but out ofsation they issued -- of caution they issued the shelter in place alert. students were terrified. >> terrified. cops with rifles. >> reporter: what did you see? >> i just saw bunch of cops. went back in my room. >> we were wondering what happened and then we got e- mails there were guns, an inciden

. >> and a lock down lifted at umass amherst but the search is on for two suspects who attacked a student. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> good friday morning to you it's 5:00 i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser thanks for being with us on this friday february 19th. we have to look at the forecast with danielle niles. happy friday. >> happy friday. we made it and we are all about to warm up this weekend. temperatures around 50 degrees and until then, chilly start this morning. we zipped into the -- dipped into the single dints. 10 in nashua. a lot of teens in suburbs north and west of boston. 21 in the sit they. and then a lower 30s in parts of the outer cape where the clouds have been a little thicker overnight with ocean effect cloud cover. real feel right now single digits in worcester is zero in keene 10 in boston. there's still a bit of a breeze but the wind will subside over the next several hours. clear skies and sunshine going to greet you today. we have had ocean effect clouds from plymouth to the cape and they will taper and gradually dissipate through late morning. so the planner goes

. >> developing a lock down on the campus of umass amherst but the suspects have not been caught. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston. this is wbz this morning. >> good morning it's 6 a.m. on your friday morning i am kathryn hauser. >> i am chris mckinnon. it's february 19th and it's friday which is the best day of the week. >> it is. we are so excited for the weekend. it's going to be a little warmup. >> a big warmup. we will be around 50 tomorrow and on sunday as well. 9 degrees in keene a cold start. 18 in worcester. 10 nashua. 21 in boston. lower 20s back down to falmouth and low 30s on the cape where we have had lower clouds ocean effect that impacted us overnight and are still in place. colder in spots the roll feel. it feels like 11 in boston right now. but that wind will subside over the next several hours. clear skies sunshine to greet you on this friday. except for plymouth to the cape where some of the ocean effect clouds may produce a flurry or two. rising to the 20s. 38 i lunchtime and a nice winter day. winds will be light and top out around 40 and cool back into the mid-30s heading through the commute home. the cl

wbz news now back to you. >> thanks so much. >>> we have breaking news. a framingham man is charged in the attack at umass amherst. mckeown surrendered. student were told to shelter in place but the order was live the after a couple hours. police say the student knew the attacksers who don't go to -- attackers who don't go to school and they are vegging the the second -- investigating a secondsuspect. >>> baby girl hit by a car while being held by her mother pass aid way. jim smith has the story. >> reporter: i will tell you this is really a terrible sad story a mother and baby girl hit by a vehicle while trying to cross busy humboldt avenue and now the baby has pass aid way. -- passed away. two sisters ran out and tried to help and tonight they aresharing their story. >> we got out there it was caseous. >> reporter: heart -- chaos. >> reporter: heart break a mother and a 5 month old girl hit by a car. mother seriously hurt the baby not breathing. >> i saw a man carrying the baby back and forth and looked like he didn't know what to do. >> reporter: she and her sister ran outside. she immediately began to give th

kate merrill, wbz news >>> to campaign 2060 now, presidential politics turning to massachusetts tonight. bernie sanders bring in his populace message to umass, he rallied students it amherst we had his economic solution and says his presidency would call for free tuition at public colleges. >> we are listening to young people, and people not so commit to have to be paying back student loans. >>reporter:earlier today sanders was out -- advocates for economic and racial justice. the republicans are crisscrossing nevada hours before tomorrow caucuses there. spokesman to resign for tweeting a story that falsely insulting the bible. ted cruz and rubio are chasing donald trump who is now getting advice from former new york city mayor, and presidential candidate himself, rudy giuliani. could he really when it all? john keller is going to take a closer look at the question. coming up >>> investigators searching for a motive in a deadly michigan had complained to uber about the driver now accused of killing six people. satellite center tonight. complaints just hours before >>reporter:they did, the received complaints from several passengers on saturday, including one about erratic

. >> and a lock down lifted at umass amherst but the search is on for two suspects who attacked a student. >> from the channel 4 studios in boston this is wbz this morning. >> good friday morning to you it's 5:00 i am chris mckinnon. >> i am kathryn hauser thanks for being with us on this friday february 19th. we have to look at the forecast with danielle niles. happy friday. >> happy friday. we made it and we are all about to warm up this weekend. temperatures around 50 degrees