bless america. ♪ >>> a very impressive win for hillary clinton tonight. she it's fair to say is shellacking tonight, maybe 40 points, potentially 50 points ahead of bernie sanders in south carolina, recalling that eight years ago was very different for hillary clinton in south carolina. then senator barack obama won by 28 points. that was considered a landslide. she will have a much bigger landslide tonight in south carolina over bernie sanders. she just delivered her remarks. and there was a not so veiled reference to donald trump. she said despite what you hear, we don't need to make america great again. america has never stopped being great. but we do need to make america whole again. jake tapper, not so subtle in terms of a reference to donald trump. and she also at the very end she cited first corinthians. not one corinthians. >> right. donald trump having once said two corinthians instead of second corinthians. this is the first time i've heard her talk about corporate responsibility. it's a way of talking about the business world that is different than bernie sanders. it'

secretary clinton is winning. looking at the map now and what we're missing, as long as the trends continue as they have been so far, she will keep this lead. that's a giant question mark. we don't know which are out. we don't know if the reason they are slow is new voters came out. if that's true the sanders people think that helps them but we'll do the math. at the moment she held pretty consistent her lead has grown a little bit. >> winning big in clark county the home of las vegas. that's where most of the people of the state live. i want to go back to dana and david as we watch all of this unfold. you guys are taking a close look at the entrance polls, the questions we asked people as they were going into these caucuses. >> right. i was looking at the numbers from 2008. back then hillary clinton won among the democrats who describe themselves as liberals. she beat barack obama on that. but it's a different picture now. >> it is a different picture. we talked about this before it is a liberal electorate and much more than we saw eight years ago. now we can look at how are those liberals

as i know how >>> coming up a win in nevada. hillary clinton trying to keep her momentum going. but will bernie sanders supporters stop her in her tracks. >> we need a political revolution. are you ready to join in that revolutio revolution. >> hillary clinton is polarizing, hasn't shown herself to be honest. >> hillary clinton was the best choice to me >>> the results about to roll in. our coverage 2016 starts right now >>> good evening. thanks for joining us. i'm adam may live in new york. >> i'm ali velshi is charleston, south carolina. these polls have closed finally across south carolina. results should be coming in fairly quickly. this is a democratic primary. republican already had their primary in south carolina. this has a little less suspense than many have had in the past. we're expecting a win by hillary clinton across the state. it remains interesting and remains competitive >>> certainly does. we should get the first numbers any moment. i think it is interesting to note that while this may not be a suspenseful race tonight, eyes are already on super tuesday a couple of

and forth overñr campaign financing. >> secretary clinton's reliance on well straut. >> let's not get get by here that either president obama or myself would in any way not take on any vested interest, whether wall street, or drug companies or insurance companies or frankly, the gun lobby. >> let's not insult the intelligence of the american people. people aren't dumb. >> why does wall street make huge campaign contributions? i guess just for the fun of it. they want to throw money around. >>> a special edition of leshg's headquarters starts right now. >> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. in the next hour a look at the just-completed democratic presidential candidate debate. plenty of highlights and nal sis from a wide array of experts including the care of the democratic party and how will it play against the republican field. first, what is said? let's go to senior political correspondent mike emmanuel in the spin room. good evening, mike. >> well, bret, good evening. it was clear secretary hillary clinton tried to be more aggressive in shutting down bernie sander

you america >>> two wins in a row for hillary clinton >> tomorrow this campaign goes national >>> we will win if the voter turn out is high. i have annoyed about that. >> the only campaign that can beat donald trump is this campaign >>> for the republicans, the insults rise to or sink to new lows >> you can't say when i get there i will hire the smartest people appeared they will tell me what to do >> this guy has a fresh mouth, a very nasty divide >>> the next stop, perhaps, the most important day in the political process. super tuesday, where campaigns are won and lost. also tonight we hear from millennials. a town hall of the voices of youngest voters >> we're all young and going out into the world. we can all agree that things in washington are not getting done >>> a lot of pot particulars to cover-- lot of politics to cover tonight. the democratic race was an overwhelming victory for hillary clinton in the south carolina primary. it was expected, but nowhere near the margin with 73% of the votes and almost all of the ballots cast. a former secretary of state, one with wide margi

minutes after polls have closed at the 7:00 hour and we are learning that hillary clinton is the projected winner. this does not come a as major surprise as clinton has enjoyed a very large lead in the polls and this has been a long expected time to be a big night for the hillary clinton campaign. clinton supporters have counted on a convincing win in south carolina to build momentum ahead of super tuesday. >> charles: coming together at the usc volleyball center in columbia and meaghan norman is there. meaghan? >> reporter: it is very loud in here as you hear the supporters behind me chanting hillary. they were doing a countdown until the polls closed at:00 and erupted in loud cheers once they heard cnn reporting that hillary is the projected winnerhillary is the projected winner. hillary clinton having a very large lead for weeks, and has been campaigning in south carolina all in the area at the last minute. she got the minority vote someththg she was unable to see but this time around, president obama and breaking down barriers. and $25 proposed in helping -- [inaudible] -- ab

is too hard. meanwhile, cruz is going after hillary clinton with the spoof of "office space." here is part of it. we paired it with the original scene so you can appreciate it. ♪ >> ♪ damn, it feels good to be a clinton the clinton never needs to explain a real clinton knows veterans titles and hillary does not know what they do ♪ john: mark, i think we all could appreciate that piece of work. my question to you is if that or any other punches are landing? mark: we are over a week away from the primary. we have seen some of those attacks and there are plenty more out there. it is hard with all these candidates. it is hard to break through. donald trump has proven he is masterful at breaking through with his attacks. i think it is going to be hard, but i predicted by next wednesday, there will be a lot of attacks that will hurt at least one or two of these guys. john: this office space ad is a cult classic. it is the case of that a reason for an ad like that is to cut through the clutter. there is so much negative advertising. that will get attention from people like us. it is to

clinton and bernie sanders. martin o'malley drops out. ted cruz the clear winner here on the republican side. we're told he is popping champagne bottles on his campaign. but marco rubio, donald trump, one point apart. >> yes, if you put the democratic race up here one point apart, 2/10 separates hillary clinton and bernie sanders. that is with 99% of the precincts reporting. we don't know how many precincts we are waiting to here from. there are a few out there, the democratic party says they're trying to get in touch with the precinct chairs to find out what is going on. we keep waiting for the numbers to be updated. it could happen any minute. let's bring in chris moody in des moines, chris, explain what is going on here. >> reporter: well, you said it, it is -- we are still waiting. it's 3:00 a.m. on the east coast and we still do not have the results of the democratic caucus at this point. it's very quiet in des moines. at this point a lot of the candidates have already left town heading to new hampshire. but the democratic caucus watchers are still biting their nails wai

as follows. 27 in this room for clinton, 20 for sanders, that's the early count that we're getting here. in terms of the official percentages now, it looks like we have clinton at 57%, sanders at 43%. again, i want to point out this is very early, in the process here. it was interesting to watch how things went down in this particular precinct in this classroom. they did a count at first, they weren't happy with that, there seemed to be some sort of discrepancy between the number of the people in the room so they did a recount. and came up with this final number here for where we are. at one point, one uncommitted caucusgoer. she was in the back of the room, a young woman. she ended up going for sanders. again the final count at this precinct and this classroom here, 27 for hillary, 20 for sanders. >> all right. jason carroll, we're going to get back to you. this is very, very early data, very early. just one caucus site. one precinct. there's a lot more to be had. >> a lot more but we are learning more about how this electorate, the people who are going to caucus feels about the c

close to call but hillary clinton has a slight lead. let's get more numbers from steve kornacki who is back at 30 rock. >> we're close to half of all of the precincts in across the state right now. you say a slight lead. you look at those numbers, basically a 200-county delegate advantage. there are over 12,000 county delegates up for grabs here. these are not just people checking off boxes. it's a democratic caucus, it's complicated. a little more than 12,000 up for grabs. she's up by 200 with nearly half the vote in. this county right here, clark county, las vegas, it was hillary clinton's best county eight years ago, it was why she was able to win the state eight years ago. right now it's why she was ahead. clark county, we're getting more significant numbers, 40% in in clark county. hillary clinton continuing to lead by 10 points, that's the same margin she had eight years ago, that's the margin she needs today, that's the margin she's getting. if it stays 55-45, sanders is not going to be able to make up that statewide gap we're showing. he's got to reverse this number in clark. t

hillary clinton, they're getting ready to face off in just a little bit, two hours from now in the pbs news hour. you'll see it on cnn and your local pbs stations. that's tonight 9:00 p.m. eastern. "erin burnett outfront" starts right now. >>> next, the stakes could not be higher. hillary clinton and bernie sanders one on one, a debate you'll see right here on cnn tonight. plus, donald trump says he's going to positive. is he taking a page from john kasich's playbook? and when bill clinton attacks, could he actually hurt his wife's campaign? let's go "outfront." >>> good evening, i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, showdown in milwaukee. hillary clinton and bernie sanders about to face off in the pbs news hour presidential debate which will air right here on cnn at 9:00 eastern. two podiums tonight. the stakes could not be higher for both candidates. they will meet on this stage at the university of wisconsin. it has been just 48 hours since sanders landslide victory over clinton in the new hampshire primary, beating her by 22 points. for clinton, not long ago considered the presum

bless america. [ applause ] [ ♪ ] >>> hillary clinton declaring victory in south carolina giving some elements of her standard stump speech but also very obvious in this speech she just made she is reaching out to supporters of senator sanders as she talks about younger voters and talk tough on wall street. we will let the noise die down there. she is using the opportunity with the national cameras on to extend her credibility. >> yes. keeping constituencys that she has trouble connecting with. she also hugging president obama as close as she can because he is still popular in the democratic party. she needs to support going to super tuesday >>> >> quite a serious speech on the part of hillary clinton as she came back, after having campaign throughout the day in alabama, to thank south carolina voters giving her an overwhelming victory. she touched on all points of her campaign, of promoting domestic issues such as income and equality. i'm talking about the need for retirement and really the theme i suppose you would say was that america should come together. she said it's sort of unu

race, it's nevada's choice. hillary clinton, planning to look like a front-runner again, after her crushing loss to bernie sanders in new hampshire. it's the first battleground where minority voters could decide the winner. will they rally behind clinton and her her rebound? >> it's not whether you get knocked down that matters. it's whether you get back up! >> announcer: or will nevada feel the burn? >> a funny thing happened. the people became involved in the campaign. >> announcer: later tonight in the republican race -- it's south carolina's choice. donald trump resurgent after his landslide victory in new hampshire. >> all of these characters are going to give it up and we will make america great again. >> announcer: ted cruz hoping to thump trump as the race moves into the bible belt. >> if conservatives stand together, we will win the republican nomination. >> announcer: marco rubio, john kasich and jeb bush, all battling to be the mainstream alternative in a diverse state known for its military might, and political brawls. >> donald trump. he has no clue. >> jeb bush has no

for her, and that hillary clinton. [cheering] offirst election was kind close. votes.y 312 hillary came twice for me, once in october, and then i heard i call from her the sunday before the election. out."id, "i'm coming and we did a big rally in duluth. than 312 votes at that rally, i gotta tell you. [applause] >> i'm a paul wellstone progressive. [cheering] >> and let me tell you what that means. we all do better when we all do better. i knew what a high coup highi'd say that was a coup. but evidently, i've been told it isn't. do betternew we all when we all do better. in suburban minnesota. neither of my parents went to college. my dad didn't graduate from high school. bedroom, onea two bath house. but i considered myself the luckiest kid in the world, because i was. i was growing up middle class, at the height of the middle class in america. but a lot of kids don't feel days.ay these that.'ve got to restore and hillary clinton will restore that america! [cheering] thisfe, i'm familiar with part of the country. in portland,up maine. down east. i know that. now, she wasn't as luc

military conflict. >> thank you so much. a reminder that you can see hillary clinton and bernie sanders tonight in the pbs news hour democratic presidential debate here on cnn as well as pbs stations at 9:00 eastern. that's it for "the lead." i'm jake tapper. thanks for watching. >>> happening now, breaking news. debate night. hillary clinton and bernie sanders face off for the first time since new hampshire. sanders is riding high after his stunning victory, but clinton's new strategy is to go right after him. the fireworks just a few hours from now. >>> toned down trump as other republicans step up their harsh rhetoric out there on the campaign trail, is donald trump trying out a kinder, gentler approach? and how long will that last? >>> and un-opposed. kim jong-un's inner circle gets smaller as the north korean dick tarlt executes his army chief. is he afraid of a coup? who's left to pose a real threat? i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> start with the breaking news. stakes couldn't be higher. you're looking at a picture of the debate hall in milwaukee, wisconsin,

reporters are using phrases like victory all but assured for hillary clinton. so while we're passed that story, and while an hour from now, we'll see how we characterize this race, there is so much more to talk about. like how much of the obama base can she ignite and excite to get out there during a year of suppressed voter turnout for the democrats? all of it will be part of the discussion we will have tonight, rachel. >> this is a more exciting night than the expected results would indicate. if only because, we're sort of waiting for a clarifying moment in the democratic race. at the very, very start of the democratic race, hillary clinton was seen as the prohibitive front-runner. but now we've had a series of contests so far that have essentially been split decisions. we had essentially a tie in iowa. hillary clinton winning by less than a fraction of 1%. in new hampshire, it was a bernie sanders blowout. and in nevada, we had a hillary clinton solid, about five-point win. so the question tonight is whether tonight will be a clarifying moment. the polls all say that hillary clinton w

, it's debate night. clinton versus sanders. their first one-on-one debate. their one before the new hampshire primary. the stakes couldn't be higher. this is "mtp daily" and it starts right now! >> good evening, welcome to "mtp daily." i'm tamron hall. chuck todd prepping for the main event, moderating with rachel maddow, the first one-on-one debate between hillary clinton and bernie sanders tonight on msnbc. just a few short hours, the candidates will have their only showdown before the new hampshire primary, five days away. and that comes on the heels of fresh polling in state. we have brand-new numbers at this hour from our nbc/"wall street journal"/marist poll for the new hampshire primary. despite, listen to this to such volatility in iowa and the race overall, not much movement here hours before the big debate. be and hillary clinton support remained unchanged since january. he leads clinton among likely democratic voter business 20 points. sanders' lead in new hampshire also extends to groups where clinton typically does well. this may come as a surprise. among women, senator

marco rubio at 10%. and now we're looking at hillary clinton and bernie sanders, the democratic primary. persony sanders ahead 51% to 40%. early numbers here. these are pictures that donald trump's headquarters. if the polls are right this is a very happy crowd tonight. it's not just about the wins and loses, but strong third or second place. ali velshi is in manchester tonight. ali? >> i think that's the more interesting part of it, john, who does come in. we've seen ted cruz come in with a fairly strong performance, but we're really look at jeb buck, john kasich and chris christie. bush and kasich have spent a lot of time in new hampshire. kasich and christie ignored iowa all together, putting their eggs in this basket. and you see a significant showing of what you're seeing, and 2% of the numbers are in, but most of the rest of the polls would have closed by now unless there are some problems with people not finished voting. we'll see if the trends hold up. on the democratic side you're seeing less than 10-point lead by againy sanders. the polls indicate a stronger lead. if i

, and the person who could best make sure hillary clinton never gets within 10 miles of the white house. once we made that decision, it was clear the only choice was donald trump, the best choice was donald trump. our family is one that price loyalty. we have been good friends with donald and his family for many years. i don't send smoke signals. i am endorsing the prison i believe is the best person to defeat hillary clinton and restore american jobs, restore american prestige, and restore the faith and confidence of the american people again. mark: we are going to break down the extraordinary trompe-christie tech team. why did chris christie do this endorsement? and how does it change the race? john: i'm going to start with the first part of that, which is why. chris christie has made it clear that he thought the freshman senators, in this case the remaining ones, ted cruz and marco rubio, are not ready to be president and can't beat hillary clinton. that rules them out of the endorsement. that left him with two choices, his fellow governor john kasich and donald trump. i think

side as bernie sanders looks to build on his big win in new hampshire, and hillary clinton tries to regain her standing with voters. we have a terrific lineup for you tonight. chris stirewalt is here to explain why the stakes are so high for the republicans in south carolina. then we'll have howie curts about last night's democratic debate and why this moderator failed to even ask mrs. clinton a key question about something. you'll have to see. plus, frank luntz breaks down the best campaign messaging so far. but we begin with john roberts in greenville, south carolina. >> reporter: south carolina is famous for its bare knuckle politics. it took senator john mccain years to get past the anger he felt over what bush supporters did to him in the 2000 primary campaign. and there are plenty of bean balls being thrown back and forth by all sides. the sharpest battles at the moment are between donald trump and ted cruz, and trump and jeb bush. the trump campaign made a big point of taking down a negative ad of ted cruz saying they wanted to wage a positive campaign. but on the stump, trum

race between former secretary of state hillary clinton and vermont senator bernie sanders. some, hang on as we say, good day, good afternoon, i'm bill hemmer, special edition of america's newsroom. >> great to be here on a saturday afternoon. it's a really exciting day. and we've got a live look for you at las vegas. where they are caucusing as they can do only in las vegas. cesar's palace, folks, and the big question, and this is a very big question for hillary clinton today. will her firewall hold up in the face of what bernie sanders is calling a political revolution that is clearly catching fire? we should have an answer some time in the next couple of hours. on the republican side, let's go over to columbia, south carolina, where the polls are open, analysises saying that the state is trump's race to lose. as the rest of the field is jockeying for a second or third place finish, most likely. >> so we have live team fox coverage, and here we go, carl cameron covering the trump campaign, he's live in south carolina. ed henry watches the democratic race in nevada. we have anal

. since heading south and west means plaque and brown voters and they're a lock for hillary clinton. that tightly packed bunch of assumptions, tv chats about fire walls, who has done more for who for longer. could hillary clinton, should hillary clinton, rely on black voters? should anybody ? contested to rain, it's the "inside story." welcome to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. public opinion researchers have found a big and persistent gap in black voter sentiment on hillary clinton and bernie sanders. margin. bernie sanders was the at large congress member then a u.s. senator from vermont, one of the whitest states in america. so goes the thinking, the map looks good for the former secretary of state. the action this week testing that assumption has been fast and furious. the political action committee of the congressional black caucus endorsed hillary clinton, keith ellison and others endorsed bernie sanders. secretary clinton and her husband the former president, are the fast friends of black america. the daughter of eric garner who died during a confrontation with the nypd, endo

what hillary clinton stands for. senator bernie sanders says she's only progressive on some days. clinton says she's disappointed with sanders. >>> blast on board. stunning pictures of the chaos onboard an airliner after an in-flight explosion blew a hole in the side of an airliner. one passenger was sucked out and died. miraculously, the plane landed safely. sources tell cnn investigators have confirmed explosive residue. so who's behind this horror? >>> i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following breaking news on both sides of the presidential race. donald trump is accusing ted cruz of stealing the iowa caucuses by fraud, letting caucus workers spread false reports that dr. ben carson was dropping out of the race. this afternoon, cruz dismissed the accusation and i'm quoting now, as a trumper tantrum. and carson compared the spectacle to ancient rome citizens watching gladiators fight while the nation fell apart. while the republicans brawl, democrats hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders are getting personal. clinton says she's disappointed in sa

hillary clinton if she wins or bernie sanders if he were to win in iowa. that would be significant. clearly an embarrassment for the democratic party right now. let's take a closer look at what has happened so far tonight in the iowa caucuses. first on the republican side, cnn projected a while ago ted cruz, the texas senator, he is the winner in the iowa republican caucuses with 28%. trump with 24%. marco rubio in a very impressive third place with 23%. ben carson with 9%. but cruz did win. he beat trump by 6,233 votes. a big win for ted cruz. he now goes on to the next contest. all of them go on to the next contest. clearly a disappointment for donald trump. he was hoping to win the most recent polls in iowa showed he would win. but he did not win tonight. impressive night, though, for marco rubio. on the democratic side, hillary clinton and bernie sanders about as close as you possibly can see with 98% of the vote now in. 49.8% for hillary clinton. bernie sanders 49.6%. martin o'malley, he's down. he's now suspended his campaign for all practical purposes he is now out. technica

clinton who has won the nevada caucuses. [applause] [chanting] bernie! bernie! sen. sanders: thank you. for your support that we are able to be here today. we were 25ago, points behind in the polls. we have made some real progress. a little while ago, i called up secretary clinton and congratulated her and her staff for their victory here in nevada. they ran a very aggressive, and effective campaign. i applaud them for their efforts. [applause] what this entire campaign has been about is the issue of momentum, the issue of bringing more and more people into the political process. when we began in iowa we were 50 point behind. in new hampshire, we were 30 point behind. we were way behind here in nevada. ist i think is happening that as people hear our message, it speaks to the truth of an american society today. have a campaign finance system that is undermining american democracy. [applause] we will not allow billionaires and their super pac's to elections in the united states of america. the american people are catching on that we have a rigged economy. people, people, working working

tie with former secretary of state hillary clinton here in iowa. the latest vote count 95% of the votes in. 49.8% for clinton. 49.6% for sanders. sanders essentially declaring a moral victory this evening. regardless of how it turns out. he said it was a virtual tie, and it looks like his campaign and clinton's campaign will end up with roughly the same number of delegates. this is a bad night for the establishment, i would say, wolf blitzer. both the democratic establishment. you have bernie sanders, somebody who describes himself as a democratic socialist. basically tying with the ultimate insider figure, hillary clinton, here in iowa. and on the republican side outsider candidates really winning the day in that contest. jeff zeleny is with the sanders campaign and has some news for us. jeff, a powerful speech for bernie sanders. what's next for him? >> jake, it was a powerful speech. of course he said that iowa started the revolution here. so he's going to take that energy on to new hampshire, where he's leading so much in the polls, has so much energy. but i'm told by a senior

can you explain? >> bill clinton said some things about barack obama that people took to mean that he was saying something racist. i'm not sure that was totally fair. it was taken that way. and i think, look. i think there's a diffe÷% between making a contrast and going negative.qe1 i think jeb bush has to go after the front-runner. also, part of the problemt( wit south carolina is it happened so fast, right? you have all this time inr and new hampshire and you go to south carolina and you just don't have that much time. people have a reason to vote for you. do you think people will try to throw some attack ads toward hillary clinton? >> he's done well so far. finish her off. he has to getok in there and ke raising money. he did well the other night when he gave a speech and askedi] everyone, i'm not going to hold big fatt( cat wall street fund-raiser. i'm doing it right here right now. and i'm asking if you can donate what you can. $20, $50. and the money came rolling in. >> $6 million at $37 a pop. >> that wasyq average. and the number of individual donors. he said that he succe

for democrats in nevada... and hillary clinton has won the state. i'm john huck. i'm christine maddela caucus sites across the state opened their doors at 11 a-m this morning.. the race between hillary clinton and bernie sanders in nevada was neck and neck... but just after two-- declarations started pouring in for hillary clinton. we have team caucus coverage-- tonight we are spread out across the valley. we've got you covered from every angle.... from hillary and bernie's camps... as well as the center of the las vegas strip. we begin tonight with cyndi lundeberg tonight... live from caesars palace... where hillary clinton spoke hillary clinton began her speech today by congratulating senator bernie sanders on a tough race... we were inside the palace hall when they officially announced clinton had won the event... before hand speaking to voters they were nervous heading in to today...because it was neck and neck. during her speech clinton thanked all of her supporters and contributors.. and said she wants to continue fighting for everyone... she also touched on the solar bat

and welcome to wis news at 11:00. dawn i'm dawndy mercer plank. hillary clinton has decisive victory this evening.she spoke to a fired up crowd of supporters in downtown columbia, and she spoke about after the polls closed. >> i'm so greatly appreciative because today sent a message, that we will stand together. [ cheers and applause ] when we stand together there is no barrier to big to fight. >> charles: tonight a landslide victory for clinton who came this with 73% of the vote, 270,000, bernie sanders had 95,000, and willy wilson was considered the third place finisher, from the start, and in with about 5,000 votes. >> we are joined now from the volleyball center on the usc campus. meaghan? >> reporter: a disisive win for hillary clinton, and she needed a big win, she won in nevada and declared by a slim margin in iowa but tonight's victory was different. >> tomorrow this campaign goes national! [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: hillary clinton ready for a bigger stage after winning the south carolina democratic primary by a huge margin over senator bernie sanders. ed crowd was

, hey, i'm going to win by a landslide on tuesday. >> clinton and sanders trade jabs ahead of their first ever one-on-one debate tomorrow. >> there's nothing wrong with people who are moderates. some of my best friends are moderates. >> the attack clinton is calling a low blow. and what the sanders campaign says is insulting. >>> then -- >> it is no surprise that donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum, or if you like, yet another trumper tantrum. >> will donald trump actually sue ted cruz? >> will you file a formal complaint? >> i probably will, yeah. no, what he did is unthinkable. >>> plus, we'll look at the recently departed -- >> today i will suspend my campaign for the presidency. >> -- and those desperately trying to stay in the race. >> to get back in the business of creating a more peaceful world. please clap. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from manchester, hp hn. we are in the heart of it. i am chris hayes. the once fairly polite contest for the democratic nomination is now an all-out high-stakes brawl, a tone of attacks today between hillary cli

now. -- starts now. >> hello, friends. >> we do begin with breaking news. hillary clinton picks up a big endorsement. the congressional black caucus, the political wing will endorse hillary clinton any minute. this comes with a big democratic debate airing on cnn tonight as bernie sanders is also picking up more and more support from influential african american leaders. >> both sides in this primary racing to appeal to this key part of the electorate in south carolina and beyond. and right now as john is talking about, the count down is on to the other crucial debate. clinton and sanders set to battle it out tonight in milwaukee. we're showing a live picture right now from inside. >> again, we're watching the congressional black caucus event. the endorsement coming any minute. in the meantime, let's go to milwaukee, the site of tonight's debate which is airing on cnn. we are there. brianna. >> reporter: hi. 95 crucial minutes tonight for this debate. the narrative coming out of new hampshire not good for hillary clinton, a stinging loss there. good for bern nir saie sanders on a lan

numbers. the vermont senator is the choice of 58% of likely democratic voters. hillary clinton runs a distant second at 35%. now the trend line among the democrats, sanders lost three points over the past three days. clinton gained five. sanders says in every interview and in most speeches, he thinks the race is actually closer. >> this campaign is trying to do -- to ask the american people to think big and not small. >> now, if his ideas are big, it's pretty clear who he regards maybe as small. and she takes offense. >> i have spent my entire adult life trying to knock down barriers. trying to even the odds. >> there's the tension between the candidates of late, and listen to this one, the surrogates are turning it up, too. listen here. former secretary of state madeleine albright after saying she doesn't understand why young women are flocking to support senator sanders. >> just remember, there's a special place in hell for women who don't help each other. >> wow. okay. cnn's mave reston and jonathan mann are still with us. we're also joined by molly ball and jeff zeleny. who would

come over and vote in the democratic race and they could defeat hillary clinton. >> you vote for the republican side. let me ask you what we've been watching in congress in the washington area for now a decade at least, is this dysfunction. this voting against. voting no all the time. the tea party. some certain percentage of the republican party comes in every day to vote no, no, no. that dysfunction i believe has seeped into the presidential process. and now we're basically saying no as the response of the voter. >> you look at the rise of bernie sanders against hillary clinton. certainly senator sanders could win here tomorrow. this is systemic failure across the depth and breadth of the country. we have a total collapse of trust in very nearly every institution of the country with the exception of the military. the bonds of trust between the american people in all these institutions is broken. it extends to politics. fill ures of leadership, failures of governance are not contained to the republican party, they exist in the democratic party. we don't talk enough about the kevive

south carolina last week. today voters will decide whether its hillary clinton or bernie sanders. a clemson university poll shows clinton with a staggering lead over bernie sanders. she has 64% support compared to sanders' 14%. right now we getting reports of steady turnout in greenville county, where the most registered voters live in south carolina. carol: election officials say it's still too eaeay to compare the numbers to last week's showing during the republican primary. wyff news 4's corey davis has been speaking to voters at polls today. right now he's live and local at carolina high school in greenville. corey? corey: we're told that this precinct usually has a stronger so far nearly 300 people have showed up at carolina high school to vote any democratic primary. that's more compared last week with about 100 republican voters coming in here all day. we also stopped by the sears shelters, next to mcpherson park in downtown greenville. we're told they had a steady turnout with no major issues. over at the scrolling school -- the sterling school in the area of the phillis whe

country and that's the clinton organization. >> reporter: only five days away from the new hampshire primary, senator bernie sanders taking off the gloves jabbing secretary clinton over which candidate can claim to be progressive. >> you can't go and say you're a moderate on one day and be a progressive on another day. some of my best friends are moderates. i love moderates. but you can't be a moderate and a progressive. they are different. >> reporter: clinton pushed back at his assertion when she took the stage. >> i said i'm a progressive who likes to get things done and i was somewhat amused because under the definition flying around on twitter and statements by the campaign, barack obama would not be a progressive, joe biden would not be a progressive. >> reporter: forcing to defend her relationship with wall street. >> i do not know any progressive who has a super pac and takes $15 million from wall street. that's just not progressive. >> reporter: the former senator from new york stumbling a bit when anderson cooper asked her about her paid speeches by goldman sachs. >> did yo

here on cnn. big stakes for hillary clinton and bernie sanders tonight. a full preview this hour as we count you down here in new hampshire and what the candidates need to do. >>> breaking news tonight. donald trump accusing ted cruz of stealing the election. and the attacks getting nastier between clinton and sanders. will we see more fireworks tonight? >>> good evening to all. i'm erin burnett live tonight in dairy, new hampshire. that is tonight's cnn democratic presidential town hall site. outfront tonight hillary clinton and bernie sanders. they'll be facing tough questions from voters starting very soon. the stakes for both candidates could not be higher tonight. in just six days there will be voting in the new hampshire primary. i want to begin with the breaking news tonight. donald trump speaking today, charging ted cruz stole the iowa caucuses, threatening to sue. >> i probably will, yeah. what he did is unthinkable. he said the man left the race and he said it during the caucus. then the clarification went out of ben carson saying it was untrue, they got the statement and the

to brianna keilar over at clinton headquarters. >> reporter: her campaign is relishing this moment, wolf. that is certainly no understatement. hillary clinton's communications director talking to reporters a short time ago and she said that they did better than they expected here in south carolina. she did noticeably strike a cautious tone. she said there's still a long way to go, there's still 46 states. she did say if african-american turnout for hillary clinton here in south carolina is indicative of what we will see in the southern states, they feel they're very well-positioned to pull ahead considerably from bernie sanders. now, privately, wolf, this is the more interesting part. sources with the campaign not so cautious. one of them, in fact, saying that they think that this race is going to be over mid march, march 15th. there's another series of contests on that day. that's just two weeks from wednesday. that tells you something. they have a lot of work to put in. but they think ultimately by mid march hillary clinton will have pulled far ahead of bernie sanders. almost 60%

>>> this time it's the democrats' turn to choose in south carolina. >> can hillary clinton close the deal, or will bernie sanders surprise again heading into super tuesday? >> announcer: right now the democratic candidates fighting for their first primary victory in the south. >> the fight goes on, the future that we want is within our grasp. >> it's the last chance for t triumph before the race goes national on super tuesday. >> you have a chance to make history. >> announcer: who will have the advantage heading into the biggest round of voting yet? it's south carolina's choice. tonight in the battle for the democratic nomination, hillary clinton re-energized by her win in nevada working to knock out her opponent and take control of the race for good. >> going to wrap up the nomination and then we're going to win this election. >> announcer: bernie sanders trying to spread his political revolution to the south and prove he can go the distance as the campaign moves cross-country. >> we are actually listening to the american people, not the 1%. >> announcer: it could be a game cha

president, you are literally running across this state right now. for the democrats, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, they are fighting for every last vote. >> on the republican side, it's an old fashioned battle. maybe not for first place. donald trump seems to be solidly in the lead, but it is a mess back in the pack. look at the cnn poll of polls. marco rubio, ted cruz, john kasich, jeb bush in a traffic jam with some 30% of republican voters yet to make up their minds, and it's all up for grabs. as we speak, the candidates, they are out clawing for votes. you can see right there, there's john kasich on your left. he's nearby in manchester, new hampshire right now. donald trump is speaking in salem. he has another event later this hour. manu raju is waiting for trump. >> he's doing something unusual behind me. he's addressing voters in a town hall, getting questions from voters. it's common among candidates doing this in this state that's known for its retail politics, but it's something that donald trump is not known for. he's been doing huge rallies instead. he'll have one la

clinton tonight than for bernie sanders. she has an advantage there. she also had an advantage in that the single, biggest cluster of outstanding is in polk county. des moines, the biggest county in the state. hillary clinton's been leading there by between eight and ten points tonight. the biggest, single precincts, 20, or 30 outstanding are in polk. that said, there are a couple college counties, story. iowa state. blackhawk, university of northern iowa. the city of davenport. some outstanding precincts there, i should say. some sanders area. some high concentration of sanders supporters as well. it is tough to see looking at that either can a, oh, yeah, i'm confident of winning. confidently hearing the clinton campaign say they are winning the primary. when he lost, came out by eight points. early that night, a fateful decision, a tied rate. declared victory, called himself a comeback kid, might as well be a win. history remembers him the comeback kid and forgets paul tsongas one. >> the declaration can be everything. obviously, weigh this out, interesting, even psychological gambit

canvassing event for hillary clinton. both stops offered an intriguing facts. bernie sanders is much better in person. he comes across more calmly, and more compelling than bombarding himself through the tv screen. hillary, meanwhile, seems to be leaning more on her status of the first woman with a good chance to become president. she was joined today by several u.s. senators, jill owe breen of new york, minnesota, stabthank you, the senator from next door, massachusetts, elizabeth warren. we'll talk about that abbens later the. the challenge seems to from bernie sanders. a fight very similar to ted cruz saying he's the most conservative. last night's msnbc debate charged clinton with being part of the establishment. and too tied to wall street. today, clinton came back in an interview with andrea mitchell. >> this is an effort by the sanders campaign to basically say anybody who has ever taken a donation, not just from wall street, if you take it to the natural conclusion from anybody, is bought and paid for. that is absolutely untrue. i'm the one who advocated for ceo compensation

. >> secretary clinton's reliance on well straut. >> let's not get get by here that either president obama or myself would in any way not take on any vested interest, whether wall street, or drug companies or insurance companies or frankly, the gun lobby. >> let's not insult the intelligence of the american people. people aren't dumb. >> why does wall street make huge campaign contributions? i guess just for the fun of it. they want to throw money around. >>> a special edition of leshg's headquarters starts right now. >> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier. in the next hour a look at the just-completed democratic presidential candidate debate. plenty of highlights and nal sis from a wide array of experts including the care of the democratic party and how will it play against the republican field. first, what is said? let's go to senior political correspondent mike emmanuel in the spin room. good evening, mike. >> well, bret, good evening. it was clear secretary hillary clinton tried to be more aggressive in shutting down bernie sanders momentum on tuesday, sparks flew when cli

final winner. let's read the statement from the democratic party chair. clinton has been awarded 699.57 state delegates. bernie sanders with 695.49 state delegates. we are still waiting for one precin precinct. polk county. that is only worth 2.28 state delegates. even if bernie sanders wins that, it was a 4.08 state delegate difference. there are only 2.28 state delegates remaining. that is the situation which is why the clinton campaign says she has won. >> they are looking at that map, clearly and saying they are ready after thorough reporting and analysis and results, they say there is no uncertainty. she won the race. >> let's go to chris moody. let's be clear, cnn has not called this race, but we did just look at the math, chris. >> reporter: the math lookings to be on hillary clinton's side here in des moines. it is getting obviously very late. many candidates have already left the state. the snow if you can see it has started to fall. even though the republicans announced so long ago, they are waiting on the last precinct in des moines. the chairman from the democratic pa

that survived the weekend. for hillary clinton and donald trump, the win was worth more than that. have solidified their front runner status and amplified doubts that anyone could halt of their respective marches to their nominations. said whent ted cruz he asked whether donald could be defeated. >> the only way to beat him is for conservatives to unite behind our campaign. if other candidates devote all their time and energies into attacking us, it is possible they could weaken us to a sufficient extent that they hand donald trump the nomination. >> marker, you have a brand-new piping hot story on bloomberg.com about this topic. oneuestion for you, why did south carolina victory make trumps try and -- try and cash tryouts -- triumph? zika >> he his -- are and crews put a lot of effort in there. him to do well tomorrow and into the big march contest with momentum. there's no one else on the field . i think one of the things that tells you how important ins was that saturday night the trumps and her circle, the campaign manager was on fire over how important south carolina was. the fact

38% for hillary clinton. >> what began last week in iowa, what voters here in new hampshire confirmed tonight is nothing short of the beginning of a political revolution. [ applause ] >> and for the republicans, donald trump took 35%, winning by 51,000 votes. this is the largest margin of victory for any republican candidate in a contested primary, at least since 2000. >> we are going to make america great again. [ applause ] >> ohio governor john kasich, dark horse of the establishment candidates, if you will, came in a strong second place. though still far behind donald trump, with a pile in his rear-view mirror as they fight it out for third place. >> jeremy diamond joins us now from manchester with more on tonight's winners and losers. the winners were big winners, jeremy. >> reporter: absolutely. i mean, you had donald trump and bernie sanders both coming out with huge double digit wins over their closest competitors. donald trump tonight really proving finally that his momentum, that his movement as he calls it, is absolutely 100% real and he now has the votes to show

clinton and bernie sanders in our live town hall with anderson cooper. what a night. important conversation with just six days to go until the new hampshire primary that everybody's looking forward to. this is a special cnn tonight. i'm don lemon. the race for the democratic nomination is up for grabs. let's discuss with our political dream team -- yeah, you guys are my political dream team. mr. bill press, don't be intimidated by these people, author of "buyers remorse," gora borger, donna brazile and you think they helped themselves tonight? >> i think they did. first of all, let me say welcome to new hampshire tonight because those questions were unbelievable. they were great. they were personal and they were the kind of questions that you -- they're water cooler questions. people are thinking about it and the people in new hampshire are so used to getting the candidates one-on-one, they're not afraid to ask these questions. and so kudos to the audience there. second thing, i think we saw bernie sanders' passion for the issues and for what he stands for and what he's been fi