and we can now report on the republican side that governor casic of ohio has won ohio, on the republican side. and we join the special report for the entire network. stay tuned. >>> this is an abc news special report. your voice, your vote. now reporting, george stephanopoulos. >>> we are coming on the air now with breaking news in the race for the white house. it is big news from the critical state of ohio. abc news can project that governor john kasich has defeated donald trump in his home state. he'll get all 66 delegates there tonight. i'm here with our political analyst matthew dowd, and matt, this is big news. because it dramatically increases that no republican is going to have the delegates they need before the convention in cleveland. >> the odds of a contested convention go up dramatically. it stops donald trump's moment m momentum. it's likely to be a major fight on the convention floor of who will be the gop nominee. >> have not seen anything like it since 1976. let's go to jon karl at the delegate map. >> george, it all comes down to those delegates. if you look at where thi

look at ohio. we asked that same question in ohio. it's a little less there. 75% of democrats there say they are very or somewhat worried. then we went back to the trade issue that bernie sanders rode to success in michigan. look here in ohio. 28% say trade with other countries creates u.s. jobs. 53% a majority of democrats in ohio say it takes away u.s. jobs of the that's not as big as it was in michigan. down about four points, guys. but clearly in states like missouri, ohio, illinois, that sanders pob you louse economic appeal, there is a big electorate that has opened his argument. i'm sure that's why the clinton campaign is very focused on the midwest states. >> david chalian, thank you so much. dana, that's one of the things on my show earlier, mayor nutter, a clinton supporter, was pushing back when bernie sanders was talking about why he does better with voters that don't like nafta, cafta, and the trade deal. while hillary clinton was not in office. she was just first lady during nafta. she now opposes the pacific trade deal

john kasich wins ohio. but still people think he has credibility, he is the governor of ohio, for heavens sakes. >> do polls point, if kasich does in fact win ohio, then the chances of there being some sort of a brokered convention, some sort of a deal? >> i think there are people scheming as we speak to try to arrange that. i really do think that. whether or not they will succeed is a whole other story. there would be such an incredible backlash if the perception was afoot that they were in any way monkeying with this and succeeded. >> because already, i mean, we talked about this before, we've seen in the polls already, among voters, there's huge dissatisfaction, distrust of their own party leaders. >> one of the thing i learned when i was home this weekend, i write a monthly column, on a front page that 46,000 democrats had registered to vote in the republican primary in april. and the comment was, obviously, that there's something going on here. i've seen trump people say that's why they're doing it. >>

however losing ohio. which has 143 delegates will make it hard for senator sanders to catch up to linn ton. in the weeks here to come. thank you. >> ohio is just one of five states voting tonight. >> . results from florida turned this into a 3 man race. >> . standing by. with the latest. >> . trump and clinton won florida. handily. as expected. florida was a winner take all state. important of ohio. without the victory tonight caseic would have had to drop out. >> he's pulling well in connecticut. california. and where the governor is from. pennsylvania. next. all right. thank you. we're also watching a pair of >> . on the democratic side. former governor streubg strict and on the republican side. portman is dominating. >> still early. but the numbers have flip-flopped here. having a very early lead. now with less than 14 percent still of the vote counted. o mallly up. two men in the race. >> targeting repeat offenders and creating a task forts force. to prosecute old rape cases. his message has been drow

ohio. thank you very much. >>> thank you. >> we'll take a break here, because at the bottom of the hour, we're going to have the first poll closings of the night, and the first characterizations of the vote. in north carolina and the critical state of ohio. please stay with our live coverage. >>> we're back. our two big first closings are in five minutes. first to the big board, we explain how raw vote is coming in. even though we don't declare poll closing in florida until the top of the hour, at 8:00 eastern, but we've got a third of it in. donald trump 45%, marco rubio 27%. let's pan right, and move over to the democratic party. hillary clinton, 66-32% lead with a third of the raw vote in in florida. >> again, that's only a third of the vote in. 2-1 advantage is striking there. >>> looking ahead at bernie sanders' prospects, steve has been looking at what a best case scenario might be. >> it gets complicated and comes with a catch because of what we've seen in the democratic race. think

we really want to win ohio. ohio republicans say they're bat thing for their party's future. >> they don't like liars!# couldn't be more different. >> we'll fix these things when we remember we're americans and not republicans and democrats first but americans first and work together and lift this country, we will fix this. >> we're going to build the wall, folks. don't worry. (cheers and applause) who's going to pay for the wall? >> mexico! who? mexico! >> reporter: and it goes beyond style. party leaders fear trump isn't a real conservative says paul beck, a it mr. is scientist at ohio state university. >> that is what's scaring republican leaders more than anything is if trump gets the nomination and if he wins the presidency, he redefines the party, and he moves the party away from what it has been for almost forever. >> reporter: that's why the state party is throwing its full weight behind kasich. >> volunteer for governor kasich's presidential cam poison. how are you? >> a former nine-term congressman --

he's in ohio. jim, ohio of course could be the key to these republicans trying to stop trump. >> reporter: that's right, jake. donald trump is closing in on perhaps the most critical moment of this campaign tomorrow as he is looking to drive more of his rivals out of the race and ease his path to the nomination. but trump is also defending himself against mounting criticism that his events are out of control. one day before what's likely to be the biggest super tuesday yet, donald trump insists his rallies are misunderstood. >> these are lovefests. >> reporter: as more protesters were removed from another trump rally, this time in north carolina the gop front-runner blamed democrats for the chaos at his events. >> the democrats are seeing what's happening and they try and disrupt what's happening, but it's not a big deal. they stand up they shout for a couple of seconds and get whisked out. >> and trump told wolf blitzer the media is also at fault for hyping the protests. >> there's not much violen

and gearing up for primary voting in ohio. who' s leading in the polls prior to the third rendition of super tuesday. [captioning made possible by wlwt-tv] >> from cincinnati' s wlwt, leading the way, this is wlwt news 5 today. lisa: good morning to you. i' mark hayes is out this morning. it is very springlike. randi: can we start planting now , i got tweeted over the weekend. it seems like spring is here. towards the end of the week, some 30' s for lows creeping back in. warm air in a chance for showers and thunderstorms. that will be the case over the next 48 hours. you can see some clouds and patchy fog in a few spots. not everywhere. over the last hour or so, we haven' t seen much in the way of rainfall. we take a look at a wider view along the ohio river, rain showers and those are moving in our direction. the rain will start to creep on hand. right now most places almost 60 degrees to start the day. lunchtime, rain showers arrive, 63. expect temperatures around 66. we will talk about a better chance for storms tomorrow.

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with this crowd it's been amazing you win ohio u win florida is it over. >> if i win ohio and florida together as a veryin big lead you have to see what happens but florida mess when i guess we are tied with member that k-6 wanted not veryer much and he voted in favor of nafta it to the businesses out of ohio they were devastating for ohio and now he's going ppp and not skin to be worse than that you're going to lose your car industry you will loseo the rest of your steel industry most of it is gone alreadye. >> him from cleveland at the sight c of the convention what are your concerns about a contested or brokered convention i guesste i could happen but if i went ohio and if i won florida tomorrowcpp that won't happen and it would be a really good to start focusing on hillary clinton i much rather focus now we haveon a big lead but i would much ratherhe focus on hillary and ohio will be the case in case it has not done a good job if you weren't sitting on oil ohio would be a disaster your budget went up more than any other state in the union 35 percenth now thehe problem is your pric

ohio, game on. but if he wins ohio, you can see how he gets the nomination. martha: only real avenue shaking up this applecart at this point is do something at the convention. bill: if he loses there correct on that. that is where you get the conversation with rubio, kasich and cruz as well. martha: watch everything that happens this evening. fox is the place to be for all of tonight's action. our coverage kicks off 6:00 p.m. eastern. "special report" begins with bret baier. bret and megyn will air the coverage this evening. bill and i join you with the billboard and exit poll information as that comes in. all of that we'll get to you this evening. what a night it will be. stick around for that. >>> in the meantime you've got bernie sanders who has been barnstorming the midwest cutting into hillary clinton's lead in several key states. keep close eye on democrats tonight. we saw bernie upset in michigan. can he do it again tonight. bill: no charges against donald trump of this campaign incident in c

florida and ohio. what do we care about tonight. florida and ohio. stay with us all night. five states, five primaries, on both sides. we're all here. we'll see you in a few. >>> come and join us, we welcome you. >> will it be another night of surprises for the democrats? >> what we saw in michigan, we're going to see in florida. >> it's make-or-break. tuesday. >> i'm so worried about what could happen if we don't elect a president who can represent all of america. >>> good evening and here we go again. i know we have declared previous tuesdays super, but it may turn out that this one is indeed the most consequential of all. put another way, political ar keyologist, we just don't know what they'll find. >> chuck todd calling it separation tuesdays. good words that start with s. honestly, the fact that it is this contested, so much unknown, this far into the primary season, it's putting some people into a stupor for this tuesday, because it feels like too much information. i think we're going to get a little bit of clarity by the end of tonight. poll closings at 7:30, and th

senate in tuesday' s ohio primary. incumbent senator rob portman has been called as the winner on the republican side. political veteran ted strickland november. wlwt news 5' s tammy mutasa takes a closer look at the race. tammy: p.g. sittenfeld giving a very gracious speech tonight, saying even though it' s tough to lose this senate race, he' s learned a lot and calling for democratic unity. sittenfeld said he has reached out to the projected democratic winner, former governor ted strickland. on the republican side, incumbent senator rob portman won the republican spot over don eckhart. it was a packed watch party for sittenfeld at the cincinnati fire museum. his supporters. he says he is proud of the substantive campaign he ran and the exposure he got. but sittenfeld says he needed to have more name regocnition around the state. still, he says never stop working and never stop dreaming mr. sittenfeld: i learned a lot about the people of ohio. they have hopes and dreams and aspirations that deserve meaningful leadersh

our primary system is broken and ohio can save it. in an excellent opinion piece in the new york times, political writer emma rauler makes the about 90 percent white. ohio more closely match it is demographics of the nation. it's racially diverse and culturally mixed with big cities, small towns and rural areas. we're a swing state that has a balance of republicans and democrats and it doesn't cost too much to campaign here. media costs are reasonable. giving underfunded candidates a prayer shot. but it probably won't happen. the parties have put penalty unless place for states that move their primaries up. cutting their delegates and our own secretary of state is on the record against it. still, it would've been nice to have had the chance to vote for a wider range of candidates if we wanted to. instead, we'll just have to take what's left after about 30 other states have had their say. in ohio first primary would be better for both parties and the country. i'm dominic mancuso and that's this bale of hay almost derailed the ranch. wh

this is the capital city of ohio. we are very close to the ohio state university, home of the buckeyes and we are going to be talking a lot about this state, this winner take all state, in next tuesday's republican primary over the next hour we are also going to be turning some attention down south to the sunshine state of florida. that's where many of the republican candidates are today and for that crucial debate tonight ahead of the next round of super tuesday voting. >> we are going to have a big -- i think we're going to be a fantastic week. >> at this point our campaign has beaten donald trump not once, not twice, not three times, but eight separate times. >> anyone tells you, oh, marco rubio is getting out you tell them you heard it from me, they are lying to you. >> you knock them out. if you knock him out nothing can happen. >> you want to go for a knockout. >> i'd rather go for a knockout. >> when the opposition union nice donald loses. >> everybody that has hit me has gone down. >> it is true we haven't don

breaking now at seven...a car plunges into the ohio river.. shutting down a major interstate and prompting a water rescue tonight.we're live with the latest in the search for the vehicle. plus- it's primary day in ohio and the polls are open for another 30 minutes. we have special coverage across the state.. and the country tonight. good evening.thank you for joining us for this special edition of nine on your side at seven on this potentially historic night. night.the polls in ohio are open for just another 30 in.and nine on your side will bring you up to the minute results as the races are called. look for updated numbers on the bottom of your screen and push alerts on your phone from the nine on your side app. we want to get you to breaking news tonight in the ohio river. chopper nine - the only local helicopter getting you breaking news first is over head as search and rescue crews look for a car that crashed off the combs hehl bridge.nine on your side's ashley zilka is live with new eyewitness accounts as the search for the car in the riv

hall meeting, sarah palin was with him at one point, he wants to win florida and ohio, this is traditionally democratic area we asked some people why they were supporting donald trump. >> i think he has any wider voting demographic that think that is what it will take to beat hillary clinton . >> this is exciting something like this for years. >> we are awaiting donald trump 's arrival,, a lot of people said they just got on the drum bandwagon in recent days . today in north carolina have a dozen protesters were cited for disorderly conduct . do not want to see people arrested this want to see a rally, a donald trump few locks in ohio and florida that he had likely lock in lock-in the nomination to be the candidate for november.i >> there's no second place for republicans tomorrow and ohio, bernie sanders made a last-minute push in youngstown doesn't. >> snow tubing acrid crowd . >> bernie sanders go to a crowd of about 2,000 at the akron civic theater today and momentum is on his side, he has narrowed look the lead of hillary clinton to single digit in the latest polls. >> last tuesday we w

on deck this week, ohio, florida, ohio, north carolina and illinois. for the gop it's winner take all in ohio and florida and happening this hour, john kasich will host a town hall in akron, ohio. he is the ohio governor. he wants to believe he is the favorite here. meantime rival ted cruz will be stumping at any moment holding a rally in north carolina. you see right there, carly fiorina, who endorsed ted cruz, stumping for him on his behalf from concorde, north carolina. and bernie sanders and hillary clinton are gearing up for cnn's democratic town hall in columbus, ohio. the scene is set there in the auditorium. and there, ohio voters will get the chance it ask face-to-face the questions to bernie sanders and hillary clinton. so over all, 691 delegates at stake in five states for clinton and sanders. and clinton heads into tuesday's contest with a healthy lead. she has more than double the number of delegates that sanders has. let's talk some more about the democratic race and what we can expect at tonight's town hall with cnn's senior political co

we care about the heart of ohio, and ohio's soul. , he is washington's soul. race --why i win the and winning the race. but we cannot let up. i ask you tonight to fight harder than you have ever fought before, for the neighbor who needs health insurance, for the autoworker who has a job and needs to keep it, for the couple that has the right to marry the person of their choice. [applause] mr. strickland: go out there, and fight for a clean environment. fight to make college affordable. go out there and fight for ohio, because when we fight for ohio, we are fighting for america, and we have got to be in that fight, thank you. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, please will come back to the stage the chairman of the ohio democratic party, david pepper. >> hillary, hillary. mr. pepper: i am not her, and not she. we've heard from one candidate, we have another on the way. i would like to think my beautiful wife who is here with me tonight and puts up with a lot, when i do this. thank you. what i actually think is appropriate is that we, of the ohio democratic part

crowd. >> if you win ohio and florida is it over?y >> florida, i've got a very big lead, and in this state we are tired, kasich wantedta nafta and he voted in favor of it, matter to the business out of ohio it was devastating and now he's wanting that you're going to lose your auto industry the rest it is gone already. >> from cleveland come, the site of the rnc, what do you think of a brokered convention?at >> it is possible that if i win ohio and florida that won't happen, that would be a bad thing it would be good to start focusing upon hillary clinton we we got a big way but lead but i would much rather focus on her in ohio will be the key inli w kasich has not done a good job . your budget when i'm more than any other state, 35 percent and now the problem is then oil o prices are so low that you will have massive problemss, we're going to bring jobs back thank you very muchb. >> today's vote could have a big effect on the democratic ticket,y hillary clinton leads in most polls in the station also has a looking for a knockout blo

welcome back to columbus, ohio, and the campus of ohio state university. tonight, cnn is hosting the town hall for the democratic presidential candidates. let's now turn to the florida primary where marco rubio faces an uphill battle in winning his home state. earlier, rubio said why voters need to repudiate trump at the polls on tuesday. >> maybe you think it's a joke but there are people out there that are not balanced. there are people out there that are not completely in control of themselves and they hear something like this from a leader, you don't know what they are going to do next. and when someone is seeking a position of leadership and is already in a position of influence, you speak responsibly. this notion that a candidate can say whatever they want, it's not true. it's reckless and dangerous. i hope people wake up on time and see what is happening here because if we reach a point in this country where we can't have a debate about politics without it getting to levels of violence and anger and people think just because you're angry you can say

then let's talk about the state where you are right now, ohio. all eyes are on ohio. a lot of polls show secretary clinton has a comfortable lead there, but if you talk to the campaigns, they think it's much closer. the reason why, of course, that surprise win in michigan. that has really rattled the clinton campaign. it's clear that senator sanders' message about trade and the economy resonating throughout the midwest. secretary clinton, though, feeling very confident here in florida and north carolina, and of course, she's going to have her big rally here in florida later on tonight. tamron. >> kristen, let's also talk about one of the things that many anticipated would happen with senator sanders challenging secretary clinton, that she would move to the left further to the left, and now you have this over trade and even the death penalty, a part of the story line today. >> absolutely is. and look, i spoke with one top democrat who put it this way. the challenge for secretary clinton right now, if she can continue to rack up her delegates lead, is going to be not to

the spotlight is on ohio voters today... our sara celi joins us live with what you need to know before you head out to cast your votes. live it's an important day for ohio voters... all eyes are on this state as voters head to the polls. both democrats and republicans for democrats... the national race has tightened between hillary clinton and bernie sanders... and ohio poll averages have the two candidates within ten points of each other... and clinton in the lead. on the republican side... polling averages have ohio governor john kasich with a slim lead over donald trump, followed by ted cruz and marco rubio... but that race between kasich and trump is within less than ten points, too. polls open at 6:30 and close at 7:30... voters are asked to bring at least one form of id... and in addition to the national race... primary voters will decide on senate and congressional contests. live florida... illinois... north carolina... and missouri also host primary contests today. reporting live, sara celi fox 19 now. last year, pre

n ohio. he could have a good night elsewhere. 4 other primaries and continuec to build on his momentum. magic number here. 1237. needed to clench the nomination.om much more unlikely tonight that nobody gets there. so while the parties not eager to see a brokered convention. it's a real possibility tonight. t >> right now trump projected i guess. could win in pennsylvania. although the governor does have momentum going. >> . he has potentially donald trump. a very big night. a loti of delegates at stake in illinois asn well. 8 years ago. when she beat then senator obama in the primary. >> . clinton reached back to ohio. o in her remarks tonight. >> . 8 years ago. on the night of the ohio primary. i said i was running for everyone. who has ever been counted out. berefuseed to be knocked out. for everyone who has stumbledst but stood back up. >> also said the nation needs aa president who tries to bring people together. t rather than trying to divided people through her word bigotry.go a clear

we're speaking with ohio governor john kasich in lima, ohio. we'll get to the audience in just a second. >> as we were in break, i said, what was the bigger endorsement i got? arnold schwarzenegger or urban meyer. and all we heard was o-h. >> -i-o >> arnold has been a friend of mine for a long time. when i was running for governor, they were running a bunch of negative ads against me. and he looked at me and goes, love the beatings, love them. [ laughter ] >> read into that one. we're going to talk to the crowd in just a second. democrats in ohio, new proposal this week to raise the minimum wage from $8.10 to $10.10, good idea? >> no. i think we have a steady raising of the minimum wage each year that fits our economy. if you jump it up too much, i was just at qp over here, the hamburger place. you raise it up too much, people are going to lose their jobs. we have a perfect situation. it's a modest increase every year. but it's a political time, we're getting close to an election, so just let's politicize the issue. we should not politicize som

, ohio, ohio. a lot of other people looking at ted cruz having a good night in missouri, having a good night possibly in illinois. we don't know. i've got to say, though, i still believe friday night may provide donald trump with momentum for all the right reasons or all the wrong reasons. it just seems right now like he is so dominated the race. >> you're talking about the case os in chicago. >> it seemed to be precalculated. he is, think about it, since then, he has sucked all of the oxygen out of the room. everybody has been talking about trump. today, he had a phone call with mitch mcconnell, majority leader. which shows, again, trump is now realizing he has got to start reaching out to republicans. mcconnell made it known that he told donald trump that any vai lensz -- violence, regardless of whose fault, must be discouraged and condemned. >> kind of seems like a no brainer, but thank you. under the ohio election laws, they can decide which party they want to vote for, so will ohio democrats b

trump how important is ohio how bad do you want it i really would ohio that's why i'm here i've been to ohio a lot i used to work year i worked here for a long time had great success and gave me a lot of competence and light because i was really young when this took place ohio is important to me the governor too high you just losing your you're losing so many industries and we would turn around i'm bringing countries back on billing all these companies not all but many of them are coming back are they going to come back into ohio but winning ohio to me would be so important is can it be so great and you see the enthusiasm we had with this crowd it's been amazing you win ohio u win florida is it over. >> if i win ohio and florida together as a very big lead you have to see what happens but florida mess when i guess we are tied with member that k-6 wanted not very much and he voted in favor of nafta it to the businesses out of ohio they were devastating for ohio and now he's going ppp and not skin to be worse than that you're going to lose your car industry you will lose the rest of yo

a water found in the ohio river. the violent collision that led up to the crash and how this could affect the interstate for hours to come. and how it had in impact on the polls. that evening. i am sheree paolello. mike: a big night for ohio and the nation. sheree: a big night for ohio and our governor john kasich. he did get that victory in the winner take all ohio primary. that could help derail donald trump' s road to the nomination. mike: in ohio, it didn' t take long for hillary clinton to be declared the winner. sheree: extended hours because of the crash i mentioned. the accident prompted in order to keep the polls open. open for an hour this evening, leading to some questions and a or so. mike: let' s get back to the it is a win. sheree: kasich' s winning with 46% of the vote. mike: he has already been declared the winner. john london is live in berea, outside of cleveland where kasich and his supporters celebrated the victory. john: this was a night for a lot of cheering and confetti. a reset button being hi

and while ohio governor john kasich is leading in most polls in ohio. if trump tops kasich and marco rubio in their home states tonight, any candidate will be facing an uphill battle on that side to stop the trump train. so let's bring in former democratic congressman from ohio and fox news contributor dennis kucinich and former florida senator george lemieux. you are in the critical states. to begin with, dennis, start with you. you've got your ear to the ground in ohio, the big battleground state. on both sides, democrat and republican, who does it look is the winner here? >> the republican side i think trump has been closing fast. john kasich is the favorite son in ohio for the republicans. he has been the governor. people know him here, he has many supporters. donald trump is a national phenomenon. you have those two forces that are clashing. the thing to watch for tonight is this, democrats who are not polled in republican primaries crossing over and voting in the republican primary for trump because that factor is what could change the outcome fro

i represent all ohio. i want you to know i will never take the low road to the highest office in the land. no personal jabs at this townhall meeting saturday k-6 says he's taking to the issues that effect all americans keeping taxes low access to health care and job growth. all of my political career has always been to fight frankly for those that don't have any power at republican governor and presidential hopeful spent time at gorman-rupp and mansfield a pot manufacturer. the spirit of our country is what we believe a must if you speak of his republic all competitors by name but he did give reference to recent highs will never crew at a toxic atmosphere are people show up and political events in fight with one another with his wife karen their words ahead of big impact on people and this crowd. he's not back rushing any of the other candidates which is awesome kind of like their bowling each other. known as the quiet one but they say that's all right. actually i would've voted for trump. i'm going to cha

there in ohio. thanks to david wright and donald trump strengthening his chances of winning the nomination by taking home the big prize in florida. >> during a victory speech in palm beach he did not mention the violence overshadowing his recent rallies but did address the amount of negative ads airing against him. >> i have to say, and nobody has ever, ever in the history of negative advertising that i have. record, record, record. by the way, mostly false, i wouldn't say 100% but about 90%. carson -- >> trump also mentioning someone he's rarely talking about on the trail saying that he's -- it's hard to be away from his 9-year-old son barron, and rubio in florida means one less republican in the race. where it started, 11 months ago. shortly after losing his home state to trump the florida senator in miami announcing he's suspending his presidential bid. rubio says he's concerned for american politics. >> america is in the middle of a real political storm, a real tsunami, and we should have seen t

watching ohio today. molly line in black lick, ohio. >>> marco rubio stealing the florida heat do or die with 99 "dateline" gats up for grabs. the biggest one today. >> fill keating is here with us. polls open in just two hours. good morning, phil. >> speaking of florida heat, the temperature is supposed to hit 84 degrees here in miami today. the polls open in about 2 hours. here in the largest concentration of cuban americans we shall see how strongly they support fare fellow cuban. marco blitzing across the entire stiet. i went to miami where he abandoned the state. when the system broke he used a bull horn to trump the crowd. it showed trump with a commanding lead in florida at 43 percent 19 points ahead of rubio. rubio says don't believe it. >> the polls have been way off in michigan and virginia on the democratic side. there is not a 20 point gap going on but very relevant. billionaire businessman donald trump in ohio last night. yesterday afternoon he visited tampa along with sarah palin pumping up

the demographics in ohio are a good representation of the nation. sarah phinney, newschannel 5. >> thank you. >>> and for the other gop contenders, marco rubio focusing on his home state of florida. and things got heated when a random guy got on stage and rubio will win. >> and ted cruz is focusing on a different state, illinois and had protestors show up at the rally there and cruz pointed out he's not asking anyone to punch him in the face. >> and sarah palin canceling a campaign event with trump in florida after her husband was seriously hurt in a snow mobile crash. she's back in alaska where he is in intensive care. >>> and by now, ohio, as you know, is a key state in the presidential elections and in part because of our 66 delegates. >> and we're a battleground state here and we can swing in any direction in the general election and this is what is at five winner-take-all states. 358 republican delegates will be decided and nearly 700 >> and the presidential race is getting a lot of attention this morning. residents in jackson township are fire

tonight, all eyes on ohio. governor john kasich is betting on his home team advantage to help him score ohio's 66 delegates it's a winner take all state one of tonight's biggest prizes. dan simon live at a polling station in north olmsteed, ohio. >> reporter: not surprisingly in our unscientific survey john kasich is doing well with republicans voters but democrat voters as well. the same can be said of donald trump. a spoke to a 59-year-old construction worker supported democratic candidates his entire life. today he supported donald trump. let me explain. when you come to the desk if you're a voter in ohio, you can choose either a democratic ballot or republican ballot. republicans here on the pink side, democratic ballots here on the green side. so the bottom line is, that crossover vote could be critical in determining the winner tonight. i can tell you that voter turnout has been extremely high high at this one precinct and the same can be said throughout the entire state, according to the secretary of sta

ohio. polls show a dead heat or a slight edge for kasich in ohio. it' s difficult to say just what that lead may be. some polls show a double-digit lead over bernie sanders. others show a tighter race and both sides have been working to for democrats, it' s not winner take all, so a close race means a close split in the delegates awarded from ohio. mr. sanders: a few weeks ago people were saying, bernie sanders winning ohio? no way. well, guess what. we have a good vote tomorrow, people come out, we' re going to win here in ohio. mrs. clinton: i am so worried about our country and what could happen if we don' t band together to elect a president who can represent all of america. andrew: we' ll know how it all shakes out tonight. the polls close at 7:30 and the results should start rolling in here at the hamilton county board of elections shortly after. reporting live, andrew setters, mark: volunteers were hard at work monday calling voters to get some last-minute support before primary day.

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she may have another rally in northeast ohio today. as for bernie sanders, he will be rallying in northeast ohio tomorrow. live in the newsroom, meg shaw, newschannel 5. >>> >>> as meg said hillary clinton stayed in cleveland after her rally at the church yesterday. a group of supporters will be meeting with area voters on her behalf today. they call themselves the mothers of the movement. they are six mothers who lost their children to gun violence or police involved shootings. for months they've traveled the country speaking about why they think hillary clinton is the best candidate to put a stop to the violence. today's events include a luncheon with the mothers of eric garner and dantre hamilton in cleveland, and two other both start at 1:30. >>> while most protests for donald trump remained peaceful. thanks in large part to cleveland police, tensions ran high as the frontrunners moved on elsewhere. police in kansas city said on twitter they used pepper spray to control the crowd and arrested two people. during his rally in caverns

what a good guy, ohio. oh, i love ohio. i love ohio. you know, i worked in ohio for summers, in cincinnati, and i love cincinnati. and i had a great experience. it was early on and it was a job, and i bought it with my father. i bought it and it worked out really well. i stayed here, i ran the job myself. i was very, very young. and i bought it for this and i sold it for this and i looked good and i felt good. it's like sinking that first putt or getting a home run your first time at bat. so, i always had a good feeling for ohio and the people are amazing people. thank you. i love you. look at these two. i don't know if the media's getting this. i mean, here we have a full hangar, and we thought, and this is a big, big hangar. this can take just about anything. and we figured the crowd would be okay, and we have so many thousands of people extra that we had to put them out in the runway, right? they never want to capture that, just so you understand, right? they'd never want to. so, it's really fantastic. let's address -- thank you, dar

it's the pivotal moment for the ohio governor john kasich. kasich.9 on your side's evan millward is live near cleveland where kasich will hear the results this evening. he has the governor's reaction to seeing his name on the ballot today - evan? this is clearly a buckeye battle between trump and kasich -- the governor indicated he may drop out of the race if he doesn't win here tonight - - but he isn't addressing his toughest opponent today.governor kasich voted this morning in columbus and told cameras there that he his day.depending on the poll you look at, he's in a dead-heat with trump here in ohio - tied at 38 percent according to quinnpiac university.the two couldn't be running more different campaigns - something the governor alluded to at the polls this morning. 20-35(15 seconds)"you know attention and success can be very, very dangerous if its not handled the right way and time, make sure that i'm handling it the right way which is to be appreciative of the opportunity." in the last few weeks - both kasich's campaign and the super p

to ohio, ohio, ohio. donald trump is feeling very confident about beating marco rubio down in his home state tomorrow night, but here in ohio if john kasich can pull off a victory here, that might put us right back in that muddle where john kasich stays in the race. ted cruz stays in the race. marco rubio has to drop out. however, as you said, if it is a clean sweep for donald trump, this becomes a candidate who is going to be very difficult to stop on the way to the nomination. >> thank you very much. donald trump obviously trying to make that happen, switching his entire schedule to be in ohio tonight instead of florida. phil mattingly is traveling in ohio. >> reporter: battleground ohio. >> if we win ohio, we'll have to take some pictures because you might be taking a picture with the next president of the united states. >> he may win ohio. it's right now a tie according to most of the polls. we're literally tied. he may win in ohio. who knows. he's the governor, but he has not done a good job. >> repo

many other companies are coming backm to ohio, winning ohio, be so important . you see the enthusiasm has been amazing. >> to win ohio and florida together, have to see what happens, that's kasich on the nafta and devoted in favor of nafta it was devastating to ohio and now this is going to be worse going to lose your car andis the steel industry most of it is gone already . >> we are concerned about a brokered convention's claim if i that won't happen . we have a grade i would much rather focus on hillary .. imagine a more than any other state 35 percentt now the problem is the oil price is so well that you're going to have massive problems . we're going to bring jobs back. . it is a given that if trump went to florida and ohio that he will most likely be the nominee and that means today is known asan survival tuesday for ted cruz and marco rubio either focused on ohio, today is just >> senator rubio putting emphasis on florida and they say that he really needs to winis to stay in theed game, as for ted cruz he is second in total delegates . >> only two candida

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ohio factories, ohio supply companies are doing so well. [cheers and applause] >> so my friends, america is a big complicated country facing big complicated challenges. we cannot afford a single issue strategy or a single-issue president knocking down barriers, knocking down barriers means we can't just talk about economic inequality, we also have to take on racial inequality, we have to face up to the reality of systemic racism, you know it's real. african american families face discrimination, they have just a fraction of the assets and wealth of white families. african-american families suffer in the great recession. we have too many dying, shot and killed while playing in a park, we have to put an end to the fears of immigrant families who are laying awake at night listening for a knock on the door even after they've lived and worked here for years and we have to stand up for unions and labor rights. [cheers and applause] >> and i have to thank you, ohio democrats, because when the chips were down you did not let governor kasich drought

in ohio, especially. and that's why kasich, even though he is, i think, 0 for 24 at this point, has not won a single state, which is why this candidate is so important to the party's nomination. because if he wins ohio, john kasich does on tuesday, that is crucial to denying donald trump from getting that delegate majority that you just mentioned by the last day of voting in june. if kasich can win ohio and ted cruz can pick up delegates in north carolina, missouri and illinois on tuesday, michael, the states that are kind of forgotten, by the way, with all this focus on florida and ohio, then it's a lot harder for trump to get 1,237 before the roll call at the convention this summer in cleveland, and that's what the game is now. it's almost impossible that anybody else is going to be able to get 1,237, besides donald trump, by the time california and new jersey vote on june 7th, but it is possible that trump could be denied from getting that delegate majority himself, and that's the entire game now. >> o

and says platte city bath ohio . when the gunner , when 20,000 jobs, region higher than they actually are . he wants to take those punishments here in our state to washington .e what he is doing right now is answering questions , the first question is n how would you come donald trump ? and asked asked about improving healthcare and he talked aboutk how he can bring people together . give examples of how glib and responded to tensions after the michael brelo verdictct and their rice cakes. >> clarebird, working with relators and worth working with ministers and activist working with law enforcement, putting people together, we all know that we have had some tough challenges..

in ohio she has got a 20 point lead. tuesday is very important because we could be dealing with a very different republican party race if john kasich doesn' t win ohio, if marco rubio doesn' t win florida. we will have to wait and see how tuesday shapes out. lisa: both democrats and republicans made their appearances at the columbus last night. s closest competitor, ted cruz was in town for a rally at last night. last night' s rally, 22 -- cruz said voters are wasting their time with other boaters. -- other candidates. ohio with the all-important primary tomorrow. ohio democratic leaders say they wanted support of hillary clinton or senator to know that it was their party. >> we can criticize or protest mr. trump all we want but none t also show up at the polls. >> this campaign is about ending a corrupt campaign finance system that allows billionaires to buy elections. >> other big names in attendance, jesse jackson says he remains neutral and has not yet made an endorsement. longtime clinton supporter jerry springer wa

welcome back to columbus, ohio. we're in the student center a couple blocks away from the democratic town hall that is taking place. in this very important state, governor john kasich faces a major bid with a must-win in tuesday's primary. he says he will drop out if he loses in his home state and the biggest obstacle before him is the unprep diktable campaign being waged by donald trump. >> there's no question that donald trump has created a toxic atmosphere, pitting one group against another and name-calling and all of those kinds of things. i think there are people that would go to a rally that would look to disrupt. the environment is there and he needs to back off and start being aspirational telling people to get it together. at my events, any of my town halls or rallies or whatever, i tell people that we can solve these problems and i've got a record to show whether it was in washington creating jobs and an inenvironment for job creation in ohio, you can go into a room and get people depressed and down and an

a more likely scenario could be trump wins florida but loses ohio but in ohio it's a very close race with kashich, including some polls have kashich ahead. if that happens we're back where we areblright now. trump would still be well ahead of everyone else, however he wouldn't be above the 50% margin. so move on to the next winner take all states, and next big one up is arizona next week. >> if he doesn't get that magic number 50,% pluss one, then the party steps in, whoever that is, and begins. i guess that means paul ryan and what happens exactly? >> well, that's the issue. i talked to a lot of experts, from the people who know the system well and have been around a long time, and no one really knows what happens, because you think about you go to a convention, trump will have the most delegates but if he doesn't have a majority of the delegates -- what will happen, who are 0 going to be the brokers. once you have the first ballot and let's say the doesn't get the majority on the first ball lat, delegates are free to do whatever they want but who is going to tell them what to do. o