clinton today. now live from new hampshire tonight. the clinton camp has got to be concerned about that national poll, a near-tie now? >> they say they always expected it to be a close race here. but i spoke with hillary clinton, and i said, do these numbers mean you're not doing something right? she said she's sticking to her strategy, and feels good about it. >>> we do have one more question before moving on. jonathan karl, here with me tonight. we're just hoping you could give us a lay of the land, where will folks be standing? >> i expect two debates tomorrow night. here 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 debates , featuring marco rubio versus everybody else. especially the governors, jeb bush, john kasich, and chris christie. they want to emerge from this debate as the primary alternative to the outsiders, and the only way they can do that, knock down rubio. >>> super bowl weekend is here, and so is the week

cecilia vega, one-on-one with clinton. asking do these numbers worry her? >> reporter: the crowds so big for bernie sanders today, they couldn't all fit inside. >> in the midst of a snowstorm, you can't get all the people into a room. that's momentum. >> reporter: and hillary clinton making a pitch directly to those supporters. >> and i want to say a word to the young people, who are supporting senator sanders. i know you may not be for me now. but i am for you. >> reporter: today, at her field office in nashua, i spoke with the former secretary. and asked her about those polls showing this race tighter than ever. i have to wonder if these numbers go through your mind and they bother you. and you think, maybe i'm just not doing something right. i haven't cracked it. >> no, not at all. i have every confidence that i will be the nominee, and i will be the next president. race so far. >> enough is enough. if you've got something to say, say it directly. >> reporter: clinton and sanders sparring onstage. >> being part of the establishment is in the last quarter

tonight, new signs hillary clinton is feeling the bern in nevada. could senator sanders be closing the gap? meanwhile, former president bill clinton facing tough questions about his relationship over the years with mr. trump. abc's cecilia vega is in florida tonight, one op one with bill clint top, and how he answered those questions about trump. >> i need your help on saturday. >> reporter: tonight, hillary >> i'm hoping to get your support in the caucus on saturday. >> reporter: bracing for yet another embarrassment in a state she can't afford to lose. hillary clinton was supposed to be here in florida today. instead, she stayed in nevada. this is who showed up in her place. >> we keep rewarding people who tell us things they know they can't do, because it pushes our hot buttons. >> reporter: bill clinton going after bernie sanders and coming under fire himself from this trump supporter. >> you liked his money. you took his money. >> i certainly did. >> reporter: the former president, firing right back. >> i took his money for my foundation, where

clinton today. cecilia now live from new hampshire tonight. the clinton camp has got to be concerned about that national poll, a near-tie now? >> david, they say they always expected it to be a close race here. but i spoke with hillary clinton, and i asked, do these numbers mean you're not doing something right in your campaign? strategy, and feels good about it. david? >> cecilia vega, our thanks to you as well. >>> we do have one more question before moving on. jonathan karl, here with me tonight. 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 here in new hampshire, 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 this will be rubio versu

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when we defeat hillary clinton. barack obama is doing terrible damage to america. >> reporter: you still feel momentum? >> i wish more republicans would say that. >> reporter: you still feel momentum? >> absolutely. every day, we have people joining our effort. we feel great. we really do. >> reporter: for rubio, the timing couldn't be worse. the day before the primary, undecided voters telling me, the debate moment stuck with them. >> i personally didn't think rubio did so well. i think he kind of got beat up on. >> reporter: inside rubio's manchester headquarters, the keep making those calls. the campaign feels he's knocked down, but not knocked out. >> and tom llamas joins us tonight from a rubio rally. and tom, some prominent conservatives are coming to senator rubio's defense tonight? >> reporter: that's right, david. rush limbaugh acknowledges the debate was not rubio's finest moment, but he says the line that rubio kept repeating is a winning strategy. rush saying that president obama, quote, executed a plan

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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 obama's policies. 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 his outsider status. he did very well with voters looking for someone from the >> reporter: no question. and nearly half of the iowa republican caucus goers said 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. tonight. home. and with iowa now behind us, next up, the republican debate, days. join martha raddatz and men as we moderate the

we stopped by hillary clinton's campaign office today. hi, how are you? where they are calling thousands of people. thousands of calls. >> reporter: out of this office alone. in the pages of "vogue," an inhave sprekive moment for 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 saying, quote, "i think it's 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 vegega 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, t

hillary clinton was supposed to be here in florida today. this is who showed up in her place. >> we keep rewarding people who tell us things they know they can't do, because it pushes our hot buttons. >> reporter: bill clinton going after bernie sanders and coming under fire himself from this trump supporter. >> you liked his money. you took his money. >> i certainly did. >> reporter: the former president, firing right back. >> i took his money for my foundation, where i used it to better than he's using it now, i guarantee that. >> reporter: later, i asked clinton an nevada. you seem like you are nervous in nevada right now. should you be? >> it's a caucus. any time you have to caucus, it's more unpredictable. >> reporter: sanders feeling so confident, he's leapfrogged ahead to michigan, where he was met with huge lines and nearly 10,000 supporters, all feeling the bern. >> and cecilia vega with us live. you were telling us the clinton campaign signaling it is closer what are they seeing in south carolina? >> reporter: well, they see a much

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abc's cecilia vega with what clinton just said. >> reporter: hillary clinton today implyin racism is behind the threat to block president obama's supreme court nomination. >> some are even saying he doesn't have the right to nominate anyone. as if somehow he's not the real presidenent. you know, that's in keeping what we've heard all along, isn't it? many republicansns tal in coded racial language about takers and losers. and encourage the ugliest impulses of the paranoid frie. this kind of hatred and bigotry has no place in our politics or our country. >> reporter: clinton and bernie sanders with their eye on the same prize -- the african-american vote. >> you can't just show up at electi time and say the right things and think that's enough. >> reporter: but her speech nearly derailed by a coughing fit tt went on more than four minutes. >> too mucuch to say >> reporter: sanders today attending a prayer breakfast in south carolina. >> if we didn't dream, does anybody here think that we'd have a african-american as president of the united states today? >> reporter: and a day earlier

. >> reporter: tonight, hillary clinton's new ad invokes the horrific church shooting in charleston, south carolina, using the husband of a victim. >> somebody called me on the phone. she said, reverend thompson? i said, yeah. she said, there's shooting around the church. and i just dropped the phone. >> reporter: reverend anthony thompson. his wife myra singleton thompson was killed that day. >> hillary is really committed don't get into the wrong hands. >> reporter: bernie sanders is channeling the pain of another african-american family. >> i was able to see my dad die on national tv. >> reporter: erica, whose father, eric garner, was killed by police. >> we need to believe in a leader like bernie sanders. >> reporter: both candidates battling for key african-american votes. at last night's debate, something else. sanders asked if he's standing in the way of the first woman president. >> senator, do you worry at all that you will be the instrument of thwarting history as senator clinton keeps claiming? >> i think from an historical point of view, somebody with my background, someb

clinton an nevada. nevada right now. should you be? >> it's a caucus. any time you have to caucus, it's more unpredictable. >> reporter: sanders feeling so confident, he's leapfrogged ahead to michigan, where he was met with huge lines and nearly 10,000 supporters, all feeling the bern. >> and cecilia vega with us live. you were telling us the clinton campaign signaling it is closer than they'd like in nevada. what are they seeing in south carolina? >> reporter: well, they see a much more positive outlook there, and they are banking on support from african-american voters. and hillary clinton seems to be starting that push early, meeting with community leaders, including al sharpton in new york city. >> cecilia, thank you. >>> now to the other battle brewing tonight over the supreme court, after the sudden death of justice scalia. the hearse carrying his casket fierce debate over who will replace him, and who will choose his replacement. republicans vowing to block anyone president obama nominates. abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl ton

>> humble. >> hillary clinton? >> intelligent. >> cecilia vega with us live tonight here in new york. very tough loss for hillary clinton. and are 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, supporters on capitol hill. aides trying to ease concerns after what happened in new hampshire. the big question right now, though, is what happened next? these aides privately are saying they are heading into south carolina in good shape, but they are worried about what would happen in nevada, david. >> all right, cecilia vega with us again tonight. 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 quote, ongoing an pervasive. the nation watched those images as they came in, police in combat gear, clashing wit

but sanders acknowledging clinton has a head start. she's got the infrastructure, she's got the name, she's got 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 now live. cecilia, hillary clinton and bernie sanders both fighting hard for south carolina, and tonight, that state's most powerful democrat appears to be torn, choosing his words very carefully? david. congressman jim cliborn saying that he is undecided in this race. his own family is split. his daughter is for hillary, his grandson is feeling the bern. and listen to this. he says, quote, my heart and head are in different places right now, but we will see. a sign of the tough road ahead for hillary clinton. >> all right, we'll let the viewers interpret that one. cecilia vega with us tonight. cecilia, thank you. >>> to the polar vortex and the arctic air sinking south tonight. the deep freeze on the way for 65 million americans. sub-

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. 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. powerful democrat appears to be torn, choosing his words very carefully? >> reporter: very carefully, david. congressman jim claiborne s