outside the clinton headquarters. campaign sources telling you, cecilia, they are bracing for a tough night? >> reporter: oh, they sure are, david. unlike before the iowa caucuses, what's happening here tonight is not being billed as a victory party. they have been long bracing for an upset here, in fact, today, clinton's team sent around a list of her endorsements for south carolina, a sign, david, they are already looking to move past this state. >> all right, cecilia vega on this campaign every step of the way. thank you. and a telling number tonight, by one estimate, 44% of voters here in new hampshire saying they could still change their minds in the hours leading up to the primary. today, i met some of those late deciders who told us which way they went and why. across new hampshire today, voters determined to have their voice heard. we take you inside bartlett elementary school in goffstown. see the activity right in here. votering including michael clark jr., a veteran bringing his son and his mother. how impo

and then calling hillary clinton,n,quote, evil. even bernie sanders' wife defending clinton tonight. we're also one-on-one with marco abc's political team spread out across new hampshire at this hour, and we begin tonight with abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: tonight, a trump takeover of the granite state, and we are right there with him. is tonight you're night? >> well, we'll find out. you tell me. i think we have certainly big crowds. i'm hearing good things, but you never know. >> reporter: trump taking no changes, visiting with voters in manchester. >> very excited, huh? >> i love it! >> reporter: i van ka greeting supporters in windham. >> we are going to make america great again because of your father. >> thank you for saying that. and thank you, you're right here with us. >> reporter: the whole family here, sitting down to dinner at a manchester steakhouse. trump begging voters to make him a winner. >> your wife is disguste with you, she said, i'm leaving. no matter what, she says, darling, i love you, but i'vg fallen in love

voted for hillary clinton, his mother says clinton hasn't forgotten the veterans. >> because we have a lot of vets that are coming home. going over and coming home and -- >> forgot about when they come back. >> yeah, so,hat's a very, very important thing. for all of them, not just my son. >> reporter: it was not clinton for jean claude laroche, who never misses the new hampshire primary. how important is the new hampshire primary day? >> it's a must. >> reporter: he said trump, chriie and rubio topped his list. and today, he decided -- donald trump. and to the people who might say heses colorful language from time to time? >> i'm the same way. >> reporter: he got your vote today. >> reporter: vincent smith, a veteran, came all the way from ohio toally supporters for governor kasich. momentum. so you came all the way from ohio to get out the vote? >> oh, yeah, we got an ohio brigade. >> reporter: and meredith hungerford, a junior in college, her first vote. hillary clinton. >> bernie sanders. >> reporter: tell me what about >> him. >> i just think he's very relatable. he knows what pe

but the clinton camp is worried tonight. they have to be nervous that the momentum that bernie sanders has, they have to shore up efforts in nevada and south carolina. there is some talk of retooling their team right now. this is a much worse loss than they expected or wanted. >> george stephanopoulos tonight. we will see you tomorrow. and telling tonight, by one estimate, 44% of voters here in new hampshire said they could still change their minds in the hours leading up to the primary. tonight, i met some of the late deciders who told us which way they went and why. >> reporter: across new hampshire tonight, voters are heard. we take you inside the elementary school. voters ib including michael clark jr., a veteran, bringing his son and his mother. how important is this day? >> very important. >> reporter: he told us he voted for hillary clinton because of her experience. his mother says she hasn't forgotten the veterans. >> we have a lot of veterans going over and coming home. >> reporter: and john says trump, christie an

secretary clinton, your super tuesday prediction? >> just happy to be in virginia, working hard for every single vote. >> reporter: she's riding a wave of momentum after her south carolina blowout, winning 86% of that's even more than president obama won in 2008. now, she's looking for a repeat tomorrow in states like georgia and alabama, where african-americans make up half of all democratic voters. >> and tomorrow, this campaign goes national. >> reporter: bernie sanders now facing tough questions about the future of his campaign. >> we got decimated, but decimated. but we got killed. the crowds today -- >> we can win. no question. here in minnesota. if we have a turnout. >> reporter: the vermont senator logged just two stops on the campaign trail. while clinton and her husband made a super-sized super tuesday push, visiting three different states and the eight different cities. both clintons now have their eyes on the same target -- donald trump. >> when the republicans say they want to make america great again, she doesn't agree

abc's cecilia vega out with the clinton tonight. >> reporter: hillary clinton's sprint to the finish line today started right here in manchester. what is your prediction for tonight? >> it's -- i just love the way new hampshire does this thing. they focus in on the issues and they keep coming back. >> reporter: those supporters cheering outside polling stations. >> thank you, all! >> reporter: bernie sanders feeling like a rock star in his own backyard. the vermont senator swarmed by supporters when i caught up with him today. senator sanders, your prediction for tonight? >> if there's a large voter turnout, we're going to do just fine. >> reporter: now, in the final hours, the race comes down to this. >> go out the door and -- >> reporter: volunteers hitting the streets -- >> all right, here we go! >> reporter: these clinton supporters planning to knock on 50 doors today alone. have you been able to change any minds? >> we took two people and got them over. >> reporter: but will it be here in this state that has brought the clintons so much. in 1992 -- >> new hampshire, tonight, has

just 14% for clinton. but part of clinton's message worked with voters. >> i am proud of the progress we've made under president obama. stand with president obama. president obama. >> reporter: clear majority of iowa democrats want to continue and the vast majority who care about electability voted for hillary clinton. >> and jon karl with us tonight from iowa. still trying to get out with that blizzard. jon, good luck with that. but in the meantime, i wanted to ask about the republicans. let's go back to them. donald trump, his ace in the hole still would appear to be his outsider status. he did very well with voters looking for someone from the outside. >> reporter: no question. and nearly half of the iowa republican caucus goers said they were looking for an outsider. 46% of them went for donald trump. we're going to see a lot of that going forward. if you are looking for an outsider, chances are, donald trump's your guy. >> all right, jon karl with us tonight. jon, good luck and safe trip home. and wit

hillary clinton and bernie sanders. and this evening, the early gift for clinton. >>> inside the rescue, one >>> and the dramatic fire whorls, the whipping winds in chicago. >> your money tonight, are you passing up free money? >>> and america remembering harper lee and her work, read by generations of american students. >>> good evening. it's great to have you with us on a friday night. we begin with the showdown just hours away in the race for president. and breaking developments on both sides tonight. in south carolina, the republican rumble, and the new poll. donald trump at 28%, but his lead not as large as before. cruz five points behind. rubio in third, with 15%. and tonight, donald trump at the center of another headline. telling people to boycott apple until they help the fbi break into the terrorists iphone. tom llamas leads us off from south carolina. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump with a new target. the billionaire now declaring war on apple. >> how do you like it? i just thought it. boycott apple. >> re

in the pages of "vogue," an clinton. asked if the u.s. was ready for its first female president, considering new york city hasn't even had a female mayor, clinton gotten better. but i think there's still a very deep set of concerns that people have, which very often they're not even aware of are they couldn't articulate." >> and cecilia vega live from nevada tonight. tonight, bernie sanders leveling pretty harsh words towards clinton when it comes to her support of president 0 obama? >> reporter: that's right. it's an interview with b.e.t. sanders is saying that clinton is cozying up to the president. we know what that's about. that's trying to win support from the african-american community, where the president is enormously popular. clinton firing back, just now, highlighting sanders' own criticism of the president. david, this fight is hotter than ever. tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> now, to breaking the san bernardino terror case. federal agents today serving a search warrant at the home of syed fra rook's farook's brought. the fbi

. >>> hillary clinton with her final pitch. a razor-thin lead in the latest poll. >> i'm so excited! >> on both sides tonight, the polls so close, it all comes down to the ground game. >> we will win tonight, if the voter turnout is high. >> we're with the crowds as they head to caucus. many still undecided. >>> and many watching the major storm now bearing down from the west, hitting iowa tonight before heading east. the voters hoping to beat it, and the candidates hoping to beat each other. "world news tonight" begins now. >>> good evening. as we come on the air in the west tonight, we are live from iowa, where the election of the next president has begun. the iowa caucuses, of course, under way at this hour, and here's what we know as we come on. for the democrats, we are not projecting a winner at this point, but based on early estimates, so far, it looks like secretary clinton has a slight lead in initial preferences, followed by bernie sanders. and for the republicans, we are not projecting a winner at this point, but bas

but i met hillary clinton. i met president clinton. >> reporter: but sanders today, harry belafonte. >> i think he represents opportunity. i think he represents a moral >> reporter: all signs the campaign is moving to a new battlefield. the democratic vote, more than 90% white in iowa and new hampshire. but in south carolina, more than half of the democratic vote could come from african-americans. and in nevada, blacks and latinos could make up a third. but sanders acknowledging clinton has a head start. >> she's got the instra tuck sure, the name, the ground game. >> i agree. >> reporter: you bring? >> she's ahead of us. but we're moving quickly. she was ahead of us in iowa and new hampshire. but we caught up. >> and cecilia vega with us live. clinton and sanders both heighting hard for south carolina. tonight, that state's most powerful democrat appears to be torn, choosing his words very carefully? >> reporter: very carefully, david. congressman jim claiborne saying race. his daughter is for hillary, his gra

in clinton's corner -- members of the congressional black caucus. georgia congressman john lewis slamming sanders, saying he wasn't on the front lines of the civil rights struggle. >> but i never saw him. i never met him. i was involved in the sit-ins, the freedom rides, the march on washington, the march from selma but i met hillary clinton. i met president clinton. >> reporter: but sanders today, winning the support of another civil rights icon -- super star harry belafonte. >> i think he represents opportunity. i think he represents a moral imperative. >> reporter: all signs the campaign is moving to a new battlefield. the democratic vote, more than 90% white in iowa and new hampshire. but in south carolina, more than half of the democratic vote could come from african-americans. and in nevada, blacks and latinos could make up a third. but sanders acknowledging clinton has a head start. >> she's got the instra tuck sure, the name, the ground game. >> i agree. >> reporter: you bring? >> she's ahead of us. but we're moving quickly. new hampshire. b

hillary clinton and bernie sanders, tied. clinton at 48%, sanders at 47%. she does lead in south carolina, but her campaign is well aware of the new national poll tonight, as well. which could spell a long and difficult battle ahead. hillary clinton now leading bernie sanders by just two points nationally. secretary clinton had a 31-point and tonight, a revealing quote from clinton herself about her weakness on the campaign trail. abc's cecilia vega inside clinton headquarters tonight. >> i'm one of those mothers who met with her and was able to make it through. >> reporter: hillary clinton today, standing with the tearful mother of sandra bland, the chicago woman who's death in a jail cell sparked outrage. >> we need to face the reality of systemic racism. >> reporter: clinton and bernie sanders trying to woo minority voters. from the campaign trail -- >> what we have to do is bring justice back to the criminal justice system. >> reporter: to the airwaves -- >> bernie sanders. >> hillary clinton. >> reporter: clinton's now facing the possibility she could

the most recent polling in nevada showing a deheat between clinton and sanders. and the clinton camp, releasing a new ad tonight, with tears, all part of an 11th hour effort to appeal to latino voters. abc's cecilia vega on what's become a neck and neck battle. >> reporter: today, in las vegas, hillary clinton embraced by a weeping cafeteria worker. >> i know you're going to win. because people, they have to listen to you. >> reporter: the woman becking clinton to stay strong in this hard-fought race. >> be strong. that's what i like about you. you are a very strong woman. that's what we need. >> thank you so much. for nevada, clinton making a direct appeal for latino votes. a new ad hitting the air waves today includes this 10-year-old girl, a daughter of undocumented immigrants. >> come here, baby. >> reporter: clinton then comforting the child. >> i'm going to do everything you can so you don't have to be scared. and you don't have to worry about what happens to your family. let me do the worrying. i'll do all the worrying. is that a deal? i'll do the worrying

the clinton team responding to word that clinton aides may now have to testify. >> reporter: david, clinton's campaign manager said right wing attacks are behind this court case. for her part, she is here in this church tonight, making her last-minute pitch to south carolina voters. david? >> cecilia, thank you. >>> next, to a major new voice in the battle between apple and the fbi tonight. of course, at issue, whether apple should help the fbi unlock the iphone used by one of the san bernardino attackers. tonight, that tech giant, microsoft founder bill gates now weighing in, saying this isn't about finding a back door into that phone. he says it's an isolated case. again tonight, abc's pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, apple fbi and at apple stores across the country. >> hands off our phones! >> reporter: microsoft founder bill gates was weighing in on apple's fight against the court order to open a san bernardino killer's iphone. >> nobody's talking about a back door, so, that's not the right question. this is a specific case, where the government's asking for access to information. the

>> humble. >> hillary clinton? >> intelligent. >> cecilia vega with us live tonight here in new york. very tough loss for hillary clinton. and you're learning that tonight, her top aides are calling key supporters to tell them the campaign is ready for the next fight? >> reporter: that's right, david. there were calls today to donors, there were calls to supporters on capitol hill. aides trying to ease concerns after what happened in new hampshire. the big question right now, though, is what happens next? these aides privately are saying they are heading into south carolina in good shape, but they are worried about what would could happen in nevada, david. >> all right, cecilia vega with us again tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> to another breaking headline at this hour. late today, the department of justice suing the city of ferguson. filing a civil rights lawsuit, alleging the city routinely violated the rights of residents, misusing law enforcement, calling the abuses, quote, ongoing and pervasive. the nation wa

pso, what does hillary clinton phave to do here? p>> what they were hoping for pcoming in tonight was pulling pwithin double digits. pthe other number to watch for, pdoes she have a clear win over pbernie sanders. premember, 4 in 10 of the voters pare going to be independents. pmost of the big contests, those pare open only to democrats, if pshe has a clear lead among pdemocrats, that's a sign of hope pfor her. pif she falls short there, it's pher and a real long fight ahead. p>> all right, we'll be watching pright along with you, george, pthank you so much. pi'll see you as the results come pin. pstay with abc news throughout pthe night. pgeorge stephanopoulos and our owerhouse political team will pbreak in live as the results pcome in. pand as we watch for the results ptonight, we are also watching a pmajor storm brewing. p18 states from georgia to maine pseeing snow. pa system from the midwest, all pthe way to the east. pa blast of cold air behind it. pnew images tonight, a dangerous pcome mute in harrisburg, ennsylvania. pcars s

clinton today. cecilia now live from new hampshire tonight. the clinton camp has got to be concerned about that national >> david, they say they always here. but i spoke with hillary clinton, and i asked, do these numbers mean you're not doing campaign? strategy, and feels good about david? you as well. >>> we do have one more question before moving on. jonathan karl, here with me up on stage where the republicans will be standing tomorrow night. we're just hoping you could give us a lay of the land, where will folks be standing? >> david, i expect we'll see two debates tomorrow night. the first will be right here at center stage with donald trump and ted cruz. they've been locked in a blood feud, this is the first time they've gone face-to-face since cruz beat trump in iowa. the second debate, right here, featuring marco rubio. zooming to second place in new hampshire. i expect rubio versus everybody else. especially the governors, jeb bush, john kasich, and chris christie. they all want to emerge from this debate as the primary alternative t