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congress and the senate have done things differently. can you talk about that? >> guest: there's about 20 women in the senate right now about two thirds democrat, one third republican. coming back to when there were essentially no women in the senate 30 years ago no democratic woman had ever been elected to the senate in her own right so the women that came in particularly in 1992 there's about six of them i think they were outsiders in this institution and they reached out to each other not because of some chromosome determination that they were senators that wanted to get something done so the story is senator barbara mikulski and kay bailey hutchison republican from texas, one of the second or third elected hutchison reached out on a bill to improve women's retirement security and it was in a very polarized moment as gingrich was taking over the congress and they worked together on disability and they went out together to make this deal happen when nothing was happening in congress because of the partisanship and they realized that they had such a good working relationship and liked

the potential for a contested republican convention in july. >>> i am very pleased that the senate has passed a bill that i introduced along with senator patty murray to help take us on the right path to work on fixing poverty in this country. if we're ever going to move the needle on poverty in america, we have to change the way that we think about this problem. instead of putting the focus on effort, we need to focus on results. this bill will help us address how we better treat the root causes not the symptoms of poverty. addressing poverty will be a big part of our policy agenda that we'll present to the country in the coming months. this is a good first step. i hope to get this legislation on the president's desk very soon. second, in a few days, the president will be traveling to cuba. before he does, let's not forget something. let's not forget that the castro regime has been guilty of countless human rights abuses. to this day, this is a regime that provides safe harbor to terrorists and fugitives. unfortunately, it is doubtful that the president will bring up the need for

he gets elected president and there's a senate nomination or a house nomination he can just endorse whoever he wants to. it doesn't have to go with the party structure and his endorsement could mean more. i think that romney personally feels as though this is a threat to what has worked for in politics and i think he's doing what he can to try to throw obstacles between trump and the nomination. >> host: one sentence from a piece of what trump has done is revealed how little power is left in the republican party. >> guest: exactly because they republican party if you think about how the nomination processes to work back in the day there was even a primary system. he was the party who the nomination would be. what they did is they leveraged the anonymity of candidates as a power source so people didn't know who these folks were. the republican party controlled the process and gave people the space to run for president if they thought they were real candidates. donald trump had way more media attention before he decided he was going to run for president through the republican party th

this based upon the constitution. they try to distract on the reasons. [laughter] >> senate democrats denounced their republican colleagues for holding up merrick garland's nomination to the court in a conference court of the conference today. senator reid said the majority leader mitch mcconnell cannot prevail on his vow to not hold a hearing or vote for the nominee. from the supreme court steps, this is about 20 minutes. >> merrick garland is a fine man in every way. his character is impeccable, his record in public service is surpassed and his time on the bench has been exemplary. all we are asking is for the republicans to do their job. now, mitch mcconnell set out and he did it publicly. his number one goal was to make sure that president obama was and wreak elected and he failed miserably. we are going to have a supreme court justice. it's the right thing to do. he is leading them over the cliff and they will rule the day that they threw him over the cliff. >> [inaudible] >> good afternoon. let me first say that we all know one of the most important constitutional duties as a u.

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is the same as always. the senate's right. >> you know you want to keep that dry, but you are seeing more and more come are you worried in any way that they may judge you? >> i do not worry about that because i see my role as a unique one. here is what i can control, if i see episodes where conservatism is being disfigured, ideas and comments that mislead the people as to who we are i will speak out on those. i will do that when i see conservatism being disfigured. so i am andi am and what we believe and what conservatism is as we understand it. number two, what can i do? well, help lead the house republicans to form an agenda. the way we see our roll through our agenda project is to add a heel and rudder and give direction so that we can take the american people a real choice. this is -- i wish we could have done better in 2012. give the country a clear and compelling choice so that they can decide which rubio as a nation. people are stuck in poverty. the economy is flat and stale and people are not getting raises are good opportunities. obama care is a bust.a bust. it will make of

out her new video coming out on amazon. >> senate president steve sweeney and senator loretta -- came to new york to make sure new jersey committees are getting what they need for this five state agency. number one a brand-new bus terminal in manhattan so new jersey commuters don't have to worry about taking another bus and another train and number two money will start rolling in for the building of a new tunnel under the hudson river. $70 million to get started. i asked senator sweeney what difference he thinks his presence makes here. >> i think they are thrilled that tom is here to show how important is this to the state of new jersey and the commissioners on both sides of the river listen to everyone and should walk away pretty happy. >> why did it take to port authority so long to get moving on this new bus terminal? senator weinberger believes jeanne vice president joe biden didn't take the bus. for more information on this second time under the hudson river and the progress follow me on twitter at chasing sibile and fox "chasing news" hymn without touching them let me k

a say, because we are the house. the president has every right to put a nominee up. the senate has every right not to consider a nominee. there is a precedence involved. we are already halfway through a presidential election. i think it makes sense not acting on a nominee in the middle of the election season. i think we should let the people decide. the whole thing is up for grabs. the whole thing meaning the supreme court, congress, and the white house. let's give the people the choice. >> speaker ryan -- speaker ryan: i was pointing at him, actually. >> go ahead. reporter: one of your relatives is reportedly being vetted for the supreme court nomination. you, at the time of her nomination to the federal court, you wrote a letter saying you support her. speaker ryan: i love her. she is family. but my point is the same. which is, i said we should not be acting on a nominee for the very reason i just answered chad's question. regardless, my position is the same, as it always has been. that the senate has every right not to consider a nominee. i think the senate is right in making th

this country. that's why senators roberts, gardner, and myself will use every weapon in our arsenal. god bless you. god has blessed the united states of america. thank you. [applause] >> from the state of tennessee,, please welcome,,,,, ,,,,esentative,,,,,,,,,,,,,, , it is about getting this nation back on track. i have constituents reading the constitution, watching the debates with their families, and most importantly of all, the people are the teachers this year. and elected officials are the students. this is what they are teaching us. they are tired of being taken for granted. they are tired of failure. they have expectations. those expectations are not being met. they want us to stop the talking and get to work on the big things. you know, things like preserving faith, family, freedom, hope, opportunity, the things that thomas jefferson wrote a lot about, like the self-evident s.uth he turned off into philosopher john locke. thee wrote so well about purpose of the law. this is what he said. the purpose of the law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freed

just as one example, why do you think senator mcconnell faced so much difficulty pushing in a writer from the tea party because he wanted to have more money to coordinate? they know it is giving the party more power. so there are differences out there and one of the most telling stories we had was it depends on where you sit. we had one executive director who was working for a very conservative group. his perspective changed entirely. my job is to get republicans elected, not conservatives. when i was doing that, that was my job. this equation that they are all the same is problematic russ. let me stop there. jonathan: thank you for the comments there. especially allies of. if we had magic bullets with no downside, all of this would be easier. it is possible if you lighten the contribution limit on parties, more money would flow in. i'm not sure we think there's anything wrong with that. money flowing to parties can strengthen their relative clout in the system and if you have looked at the presidential race right now, you might think strengthening relative clout might be a go

the presiding officer: the majority leader. mr. mcconnell: mr. president, the current senate democratic leader once stated that -- quote -- "nowhere in the constitution does it say the senate has a duty to give presidential nominees a vote." the incoming senate democratic leader, the one we'll have next year, should not even wait until the final year of the last president's term to declare that the senate should not confirm a supreme court nominee except in extraordinary circumstances. and we all know what vice president biden said when he chaired the judiciary committee. here's what he said: "it would be our pragmatic conclusion" he said "that once a political season is underway -- and it is -- action on a supreme court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over." that's the essence, mr. president, of the biden rule. yesterday the chairman of the judiciary committee and i personally reiterated to president obama that we will observe the biden rule. the american people deserve to be heard on this matter. that's the fairest and most reasonable approac

raising the gas tax. the senate cannot debate any other bills of opposition until it handles the road issue. senators cambell him down but that would limit that amount of time they have to debate the representatives from businesses across the state myare gathering at the statehouse today. they are hoping to convince the senate to take immediate action on the road funding bill and how the damage was affecting their daily lives. >>> the north carolina chapter of the naacp is holding a press conference discussing the the officer has been with the police department since 2009. the identity of the person who was shot has not been released. police have said he was wanted on drug charges. >>> in ohio school district is closed after a shooting by 14- year-old boy the injured for students. investigators say they are aware of a letter but they're not ready to release it to the public. authorities say the boy pulled out a gun in a school cafeteria and opened fire hitting two students. he has been charged with attempted murder, inducing panic, and making terroristic threats. >>> barack obama plan

his manhood against senator rubio's small hands insult. >> nobody has ever hit my hands. are they small hands? and he referred to my hands, if it they're small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there's no problem. >> later, we'll hear from mitt romney in an exclusive interview on "today." and the democrats hold four contests on your nbc station. >>> meanwhile, hillary clinton, who should be enjoying the republican circus has potential trouble of her own, namely the email controversy. >> thank you all so much. >> reporter: hillary clinton at a star studded fund raiser. at the same time as a new disclosure about the investigation into her emails. nbc news confirming the former aid who set up her personal server has been granted immunity by the justice department. bryan pagliano h fifth but now>>aihe overriding s what wasith d her knowledge? >> reporter: the fbi director has taken charge. >> i am very close personally to that investigation. >> reporter: clinton spokesman says she's eager to be interviewed by the fbi. >> calling secretary clinton in could be the final ste

people have voted for him. senator rubio: i don't mean to take you on this, but i want to be clear. i have been sitting here for five minutes, and the questions have all been about donald trump. that is the reason why. [cheering] [applause] ms. bash: that is fair, but he is the front runner. and you have been making your point about donald trump. senator rubio: even before he was the front runner, donald would offend someone personally, would make fun of a disabled reporter, or attack a woman journalist, and would dominate the news coverage. of course he is going to get attention. i'm not complaining about it. the reason we're talking about is -- the other night at the debate, over half the questions i was asked were about my opinion of donald trump -- i'm running for president because i think the country needs to re-embrace the constitution, re-embrace free enterprise, and re-embrace strong national defense. [applause] ms. bash: we have some questions from twitter. lisa asks this question, how are your children responding to your campaign? do they understand how important and seri

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. sittenfeld. in the senate, i'll fight for commonsense gun safety, criminal background checks, ban assault weapons. i approve this message because ted strickland will never stand up to the nra. i'm hillary clinton and i approve this message. her life's work has been about and so would her presidency. which is why, for every american who's not being paid what they're worth... who's held back by student debt or a system tilted against them- and there are far too many of you- she understands that our country can't reach it's potential... unless we all do. together. good morning welcome back. it is warm. it's just a little breezy. start it is in the effort to 70 went northbound they had an accident after 1:00 after the accident scene cleanup crews on the scene there's still blocked right side will get ready to go open sky fox g vote for one more day we are anticipating this warmth to continue late this weekend when we look at sunday it's going to be an interesting that means the sons going to set around 730. with a huge range in temperature from almost 60 plus i and ashtabula county at

about mitt romney's attack on his character. >> senator's ted cruz and marco kasich struggled to get a word in. lindsey mastis joins us live with your morning alert. a lot of people are talking about this debate right now online. what are they focussing on in. >> i've been monitoring the stats on social media all morning long and take a look at this. donald trump is dominating right now with more than 60% of the conversation on twitter. that means a lot of people are talking about him specifically. the rest of of the candidates are hardly getting mentioned right now. the most tweeted moment though came during an exchange between senator rubio and trump both accusing each other of being con artists. >>> and he is trying to con people into giving them the vote. >> the real con artist is senator marco rubio who was elected in florida and who has the worst voting record in the united states senate. he doesn't go to vote. he is absent. he doesn't go. now, the people of florida can't stand him. he couldn't get elected dog catcher. >> the name calling continued throughout the fox news debate

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he get a welcome in the senate? and smacked down. free speech butts up against the right to protest. plus, cartoon karma. did bart simpson predict the rise of donald trump? [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its fernando: welcome to "matter of fact." the nomination of a moderate judge to the supreme court sets up a high-stakes showdown between the white house and capitol hill. republicans have vowed to lock the republican merrick to the supreme court. the president has made his nomination for the supreme court. senate republicans are still saying they will not confirm him. what is next? >> the republicans are in an unreasonable position, refusing to do their job. many won' t even meet with the unquestionably qualified individual president obama has put forward. he has nominated chief judge merrick garland. he has more judicial experience than any other supreme court the chief judge in the d.c. circuit. he is eminently qualified and nominee. a lot of republicans say they t meet with him and all of hearing. this is an unprecedented esc

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>>> donald trump fires back after shots from senators marco rubio and ted cruz. nbc's tracie potts is on capitol hill for us this morning. attacks like the ones in last night's debate are really hurting the front runner it seems. >> reporter: it's not clear based on the numbers that we've seen in some of the state contests whether this is really have an impact at all. it is certainly drawing a lot of attention to donald trump. he was not only center stage, but he seemed to be the center it was very clear expose what t think visas,es we need to have guest worker visas. he was asked to confront is some of that. that "new york times" tape that recordedly has h reportedly has him talking about backing off building the wall. it was pretty much donald trump on defense all night long. >> despite sort of the back and forth and all the attacks through this whole process, i thought one of the trump becomes the nominee, that they would supp it just comes to show they're

u.s. senator said he would not back trump. it is just a brawl that is unlike anything i have seen. >> and with rubio's super pack out late today who is using the work of donald trump in his interview yesterday on cnn, the fact that donald trump would not refute the endorsement of david duke and talk about him as a former grand wizard of the kkk, trump said he has disavowed his with david duke but has the damage been done? >> he has been the teflon candidate for nearly a year. ever since he started flirting with the put presidential bid last spring. he has said so many things that would usually do my national candidate me he has not only survived but thrived. trump has insisted that he disavowed duke at a news conference and will continue but since he wavered on sunday some establishment saw an opportunity to attack trump as someone who's far too close to racist elements and former kkk leaders like david duke. it just does not seem to be sticking to this on conventional candidate. >> let's talk about tomorrow and march fifteenth. if the polls are accurate, ted cruz will win his hom

at 49%, can you believe it? [applause] mr. trump: we got the endorsement of senator sessions. and we have sarah palin and so many incredible people. junior.lwell we are winning every level with evangelicals. maybe that is one of the reasons we've had such help what the evangelicals, the tea party people, we are winning with old, young, highly educated. [applause] trump: we are winning with a little less than highly educated , which is ok. and we're winning with the veterans. we're winning with the military. >> we are mourning with everybody. are winning with everybody. it has been so much fun. i have a special treat. i love nascar. do we love nascar? an endorsement a little while ago and my son is very friendly with the folks and nascar. how good is brian france? and honestly, brian france, there's no one like this man. and the family is so incredible. some of the nascar folks came over here because they are endorsing donald trump. can you believe it? [applause] if the people that like and watch nascar vote for donald trump, they can cancel the election right now. nobody can win. [ap

-- padding her lead on senator bernie sanders. the missouri primary is still too close to call this morning. meanwhile-- it's the end of the line for republican senator marco rubio. he suffered a major defeat-- losing in his home state to front-runner donald trump. their homestate since 1960. not long after-- he thanked supporters for all their hard work. "while it is not god's plan that i be president in 2016 or maybe ever, and while today my campaign is suspended, the fact that i've even come this far is evidence of how special america truly is." we'll have much more on last night's primary results, and the remaining candidates, coming up in just a few minutes. breaking right now-- a university of virginia student-- arrested in north korea, has been sentenced to 15 years in a hard labor camp. 21-year-old otto warmbier was convicted and sentenced after a one-hour trial in north korea's supreme court. he was charged with subversion for trying to steal a propaganda banner while visiting north korea in january. during a tearful statement before his trial-- warmbier says he was paid to

debts in full or on time. al jazeera's robert ray spoke to one of the commonwealth senators just after the new year. >> reporter: the island paradise here kicked off the new year by payments. >> the debt is unpayable. some of us here in the senate were saying that since 2014-- have been saying that since 2014. >> reporter: the country cannot stop the crisis they say until they're helped >> in order for us to pay, we will have to sacrifice essential services for the people here. >> reporter: trying to pay down debt, the itemed has slashed health care and public transportation services. ountried has slashed. athey have closed over 100 schools and increased the sales tax by more than 50%. no what side you're on here, if you talk to the politicians and ask them what is the reason for the recession, almost all of them will point to a 1996 act of congress that cut corporate tax incentives. by the time 2006 came along, most of those big companies left the island. the governor speaking exclusively to al jazeera described what happened next. >> it was a tool that we had to bring investors to th

of the kind of judge i have tried to be for the past 18 years. if the senate sees fit to confirm me to the position for which i have been nominated today, i promise to continue on that course. mr. president, it's a great privilege to be nominated by a fellow chicagoan, i am grateful beyond words for the honor you have bestowed upon me. thank you. [applause] congratulations tores. obama you. good job. [applause] on thursday, judge merrick garland met with some senate democrats on capitol hill including senator patrick leahy vermont. this photo of was taken before judge garland met with senator majority leader harry reid. also on thursday, senate democrats held a press conference on the steps of the supreme court denouncing republicans for fusing to hold a confirmation hearing for supreme court nominee judge merrick garland. this is 20 minutes. >> after speaking at the center for american progress, senator reid returned to capitol hill where he and other democrats met with president obama's nominee to the supreme court. merrick garland. democrats denounced republicans for refusing to

press conference at 9:00 tonight. in. >> calvin: fla senator marco rubio will be returning to south florida for a event at tropical park. there. >> hatzel: it's going to be a big homecoming for the senator and here is how you know why. because opening doors is going to take place at 7:00 this evening and you could still already see, you can already see the clouds lining up because they want to be the first ones to get as close as they can to the senator. we saw senator marco rubio earlier in minnesota. that state we know offers about 38 delegates. this is a numbers game. rubio is behind in third place following cruz and trump has 80 delegates. to win the nom nation you need 1,237, which is why super tuesday is so important. e rubio campaign will once again be looking at totals. if rubio remains at least in second p pce, florida will be key. the problem is trump is leading in the polls h he in florida, so what rubio says here tonight will be inductive of where his campaign is goingng we know the florida primary is march 15th and here it is. marco rubio here in his hometown. again, do

clinton, senator, helped to bail them out. what i think is that right now we should impose a tax on wall street speculation. and if we do that, we raise all of the money we need for free to wish and in public colleges -- for free tuition and public colleges and universities. again, seeking outside of what the establishment wants you to think. if this country could bail out crooks on wall street, why can't wall street help the working families of this country? here is the simple truth on that issue. today, a college degree in many respects is the equivalent of what high school degree was 50 or 60 years ago. 50 years ago you had a high school degree, know what? good, out and get a middle-class job. today, in many respects, not all, it takes a college degree. and i believe that when we talk about public education today, it's jsut not good enough to talk about first grade to 12 great. it has got to be public colleges and universities tuition free. this campaign is talking to women and listening to women. and this is what women are saying. how does that happen that i work in an office or

c-span. senate minority leader harry reid tied the rise of donald trump to the republican leadership. rise the trump's consequence of republican strategies. his remarks are just under one hour. >> good morning, and happy st. patrick's day. just before president obama second inauguration, there was a headline -- i think it sums up where we have been for the last several years. republican leaders have made it their policy to block everything that the president proposes. we have seen heated rhetoric around the country and the president's future. today, donald trump is the republican party's front runner, thateople are surprised the rhetoric has contributed to a can see that mirrors the themes. honored toicularly here toator reid discuss the topics and many more. senator reid has been an incredible champion for the american people, working to help all americans on almost every issue that i have worked on in the last several decades. fighting his heart out to keep immigrant families together, protecting our environment for future generations. he has been an incredible voice for

tonight we're on the record with the candidates who want to be governor and a chance to run for the senate. >> it's time to go on the record with wral news. ? good evening. speaking of the senate, we'll be talk withing north carolina's senior senator richard burr and one of his opponents. but the race for governor first. pat mccaffery corey won that raise. the democrats want the seat back. there are two candidates for the nomination and a attorney from durham that served six years from the house and a man who held one of the most powerful offices in the state for 16 years.

i have received and there's birth of our daughters. >> now, some of the republicans in the senate voted for mayor garland when he was placed on the court of appeals, but that doesn't matter because the gop says it't's about the principle of waiting for the president to what's interesting, the next president, let's say a president hillary clinton or president donald trump, the republicans may not like either one of their choices, and so we'll have to wait and see. reporting live in washington, jim osman, news channel 8. >> before you go, now begins the public opinion on both sides. the president wants con fwres to act, but it's do you think -- will this be pushed back until november? >> well, keith, we were talking about this. the majority of americans want the senate to have a hearing and vote on this nominee. but then you have districts i in this country and states where maybe the republicans don't, mayaybe democrats do, really it's in the competitive state. i was looking at new hampshire, kelly, a race and i think president obama and his ali's will visit new hampshire and put up

, i said, "marco." >> reporter: this is what trump said to senator marco rubio just six minutes into the debate. >> he hit my hands. nobody has ever hit my hands. i have never heard of this. look at those hands. are they small hands? [ laughter ] and he referred to my hands, if they are small, something else must be small. i guarantee you there is no problem. i guarantee you. >> reporter: 20 minutes later, an all-out name calling blitz. >> i have a policy question for you, sir. >> yes. >> let's see if he answers it. >> i will. don't worry about it, marco. don't worry about it. don't worry about it, little marco, i will. >> let's hear big donald. >> don't worry about it, little marco. >> gentlemen. >> you ought to -- >> gentlemen, you have got to do better than this. >> reporter: today, david asking senator rubio if he regrets dishing out the personal attacks do you regret where this has gone? >> look, i regret the way the campaign has become, absolutely, because donald trump, for the last year, has made it one of the most vulgar spectacles in american political history. >> but do you

legislative authority. there is no way that speaker ryan can commit to what the united states senate will do under its rules let alone what the president will accept. sometimes people demand things that are unrealistic. there is only so much we can do from one chamber. prettyress is a truncated calendar this year in part because of the presidential nominating convention. lawmakers will be leaving earlier for the summer recess. do you anticipate that will mean congress will need to pass a short-term spending bill in september in order to take the threat of a government shutdown off the table before the 2016 election? guest: that is more likely than not. we have not waited on the budget. it will be easier if we get a budget done. the hearing schedule is complete and the first bill has been marked up in subcommittee. we will be ready to move bills but that becomes a larger leadership decision. we think the conference is ready to attack. some of these bills will be pretty basic. con has been marked up for military construction and conventions and others are more controversial. >> if hill

senate leaders met with president obama on tuesday to talk about the supreme court vacancy. senators mitch mcconnell and harry reid discussed the meeting on the senate floor earlier today. here is a look. >> mr. president the current senate democratic leader once dated that quote nowhere in the constitution does it say the senate has a duty to give presidential nominees a vote. the incoming senate democratic leader the one we will have next year is not even waiting until the last person's term to declare the senate should not confirm a supreme court nominee except in extraordinary circumstances. we all know what vice president biden said when he chaired the judiciary committee. here is what he said. it would be our pragmatic conclusion he said that once the political season is underway and it is, the supreme court nomination must be put off until after the election campaign is over. that's the essence of mr. president of the rule. yesterday the chairman of the judiciary committee and i personally reiterated to president obama we will observe the biden rule. the american peo

his win he nrly beatt trumin virginia ter the ll polls closed, the flori senator spoke to crude in miam criticizing donald trump. >> five days ago we began to expln to the americaneople that donald trump is con artist. and in just five ys, we have seen impac it isavinin all across t untry. we are seeing intate aer state his nbers comingdown, ourumbe going up. >>n his upbeat speech rubio viewed to win hisome state of >>> it was a d dma showing for ben carson but the neurosurgeon not ready to give up andold a crowd of 200 people i'm not ready to quit. in every sta except alabama he received leshan 10% of the vo. let's turn to t democra and hilla clinton was prelledo victory by voters looking for political experience an she steamrled sanders across the south enjoying strong support from african-american voters a clinton celebrated in miami. abc's matt gutman he. >> reporter: reena, kendis, we saw a vy confident hillary clinn here givg what wasn't so much a victory sech but certnly seemed ke a speech by a victor inrof an energized crowd here. >> i believe what we nee in america today i

to sound like a candidate. the senator continuing to say that even if he loses, he will get on a plane to utah tomorrow morning. low and many of his supporters think that if he can' t win in his own state, they may jump ship to another candidate. we will find out later tonight. jim: heavy traffic today at the polls. elections supervisors predicted anywhere from 25 to 35% turnout. roughly half the votes were cast before they even got here. we are hearing that a number of people turned out to vote. primaries are close to voters who are registered as independent. trump' s campaign. stewart, has donald trump arrived yet? we are still waiting for his arrival. we have already been to our secret service sweet. the one key player who has not endorsed anyone is governor rick scott. pam bondi also weighed in on this supporting donald trump. donald trump is -- expecting that he will win florida. florida. we spoke to one of his supporters and she explained to >> in his idea, what he is talking about is that we will get more work there. , more ability to make money. reporter: that woman was f

could believe in a political revolution. >> despite the big win, the senator trailing clinton by more than 700 delegates. a winner take off state gave trump another 58 delegates. the billionaire came up empty in utah where cruz surpassed the 50% threshold snagging all delegates there. the senator celebrating what many consider a major endorsement. >> it's fantastic. i'm very grateful to have jeb's support. we've been supported by jeb bush, mitt romney. >> donald trump and hillary clinton have commanding leads in their bids for their party's race to washington. >> we now know the organization offering to unlock the i-phone. an israel company gave them away to open the cell phone without erasing the data. it still needs testing and . >>> the city of vallejo sued for defamation. the attorney say that two were drugged and bound by an intruder who broke into the home while they slept. it accuses the law enforcement for saying it was a hoax. >>> a serial bank robber named the bearded bandit. he's robbed or attempted to rob 15 banks. the first one happened on february 12th and the most

senate for many years. if donald trump is on the ballot or someone else, i will make it my business to make sure that democrats, independents, and republicans will understand what i will do to fill those gaps in the senate. individuals who know the rules and you have the moxie to do it needs if you send people to mar, you are going there -- they are est system ever. i trust the voters. they will work this out. america cannot take four more years of the last seven years. ballot will do a betwe have had. insiders career politicians. it is time for us to change washington. getting rid of regulations. the world customers who live overseas. i'm going to use my rebuttal time. we have to get sound money in place. if we get these four elements in place, we have growth in our economy. we can give the middle class a seat at our table. that is why donald trump succeeds. that is why rs succeeds. people are looking for a solution and an answer. that is why i am running for the senate, to deliver those answers. question number three. >>the dow but here. we have maryland, where we have elected gov

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