primary debate between george w. bush, john mccain, and alan keyes. the event was hosted in south carolina. larry king is the moderator. thege bush was considered front runner, but john mccain in in newn me when -- w hampshire, to ask before. one and highly contested race, later. this is courtesy of cnn. ♪ larry king: tonight, a crucial debate for the three remaining republican presidential candidates. joining me in south carolina, site of saturday's gop primary, senator john mccain of arizona. former reagan administration official, ambassador alan keyes. and texas governor george w. bush. they're next on a special edition of "larry king live: election 2000." this is the south carolina republican debate. ♪ good evening. a couple of notes before we start. we're at seawell's banquet center here in columbia, south carolina, the capital of this state. this event tonight is sponsored by bipec. that's the south carolina business and industry political education committee. this is the second such event they've held. they held one four years ago. we are live, as you can tell. there is

. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2016] >> governor bush was widely considered the front-runner in the 2000 gop race, but senator mccain won a victory in new hampshire just two weeks prior to this debate. h won and went on to secure the republican nomination. bush defeated al gore in one of the most highly contested races in u.s. history. this 90 minute event is courtesy of cnn. >> tonight, a crucial debate for the three remaining republican presidential candidates. joining me in south carolina, site of saturday's gop primary, senator john mccain of arizona. former reagan administration official, ambassador alan keyes. and texas governor george w. bush. they're next on a special edition of "larry king live: election 2000." this is the south carolina republican debate. ♪ larry king: good evening. a couple of notes before we start. we're at seawell's banquet center here in columbia, south carolina, the capital of this state. this event tonight is sponsored by bipec. that's the south carolina business and industry political education committee. this is

: barbara bush is in new hampshire for her son jeb. we will show that you in a bit. o'keefe of "the washington post." host: let's go to fort bragg, california -- john, are you in, when you, republican coloring? -- caller? caller: yes, i am. thank you for including me. congratulations for giving carly airtime, absolutely. whens being disrespected she is actually the very best candidate we have for president. let folks, i want to know we are covering carly simon again tomorrow morning. she will be in new hampshire right here on c-span could go ahead with your comments. caller: yeah, thank you, i'm going to watch for sure. she is great, absolutely great. we need her to i listened to the top 45 selected by whatever and they are just, they don't have it. the argument talk and think they are something else. carly is for real. she is absolutely the one person that would be great for our country to bring us back. that is my comment, thanks again for the airtime. host: let's hear from a democratic caller. leigh, go ahead. caller: i think she sounds real great. i would like to ask a question

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>>> if it's monday, it's presidents' day. and jeb bush found onemps for t fist time in a decade, but can the family brand help jeb bounce back in south carolina? and how hard will the bush brothers try to beat back relentless attacks from donald donald starts right now. >>> and good evening and welcome to "mtp daily." i'm steve kornacki in for chuck todd. we're here at the liberty taproom and grill in columbia, south carolina. the state capital. and as you have no doubt seen the feuds brewing on the campaign trail, boiling over big-time at saturday's republican debate here in the palmetto state, and then today, well, they outright exploded. in just under an hour from now, former president george w. bush is due to hit the presidential campaign trail, for the first time in over a decade. a rally with his brother, jeb. remember, george w. bush wasn't a presence, physically, at least, on the trail when mitt romney and john mccain were running. as bush 43 hopes to stump for the man he hopes will be bush 54, donald trump is lashing out yet again at the former president and his record.

in this instance, he mixed it up with jeb bush and ted cruz. marco rubio tonight seemed to be able to bounce back from his poor showing, what was widely papped his debate performance last week in new hampshire. his campaign saying his moment where he defended george w. bush was a highlight, where he mixed it up with trump was a highlight. john kasich's team think he was the adult in the room. kasich coming off that new hampshire second place finish. but ben carson seemed to fade into the back ground a little bit. he told me before the debate his supporters wanted him to get in there and to yell and interrupt and shout a little more. you didn't see that from ben carson tonight necessarily, on a night when he needed to stand out to compete with, for example, jeb bush, who was fiery tonight. he had those moments with donald trump where he took him on and defended his brother's legacy and he talked about his father and mother, popular figures here in south carolina, and you could feel that the crowd was on bush's side as well. >> kerry, speak to that on the trump side, because he was b

, new hampshire, where former governor jeb bush and barbara bush, his mother, will be holding a town hall meeting at west running brook middle school. they are making an appearance here tonight, -- we are watching the appearance here tonight, then interviewing some people. about 250,000 -- about 250 people are expected to attend. >> joe adams and senator judd gregg. [applause] >> ladies and gentlemen, will you all please rise for the pledge of allegiance. i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america, and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under god, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. oorah! you, jim. it is a pleasure for kathy and i to be here and very bank tonight. we are big fans -- in derry tonight. we are big fans of the robert frost home across the street. we have spent a lot of time trying to keep it preserved. it is a special night for us to be back in derry. it is an extraordinary night for us to have the opportunity to introduce to you two people. the first person i want to talk about is the person i think should be the next presi

. mr. bush: it did not change my passion for disruption, because we need to disrupt as much as we can, reward the excellence that takes place, and have no tolerance for the mediocrity that takes place in classrooms. assume that students can learn. it does not matter what zip code they were born in, every kid can learn. we should not lower expectations because we will get a bad result. but it is hard in the federal system to make this a national priority. you would think everybody would consider this the right thing to do. i know that people move to florida now because our schools were significantly better than they were when i started. yes, sir. [applause] mr. bush: one other thing, people say, what about common core? common core is on higher standards than those that existed in prior states. here's what i believe about common core. it should not be imposed by the federal government. there should be no requirements from the federal government on content curriculum or standards, directly or indirectly. [applause] mr. bush: someone is smoking in here. lighting up in the school. [laughte

. 20.6% for cruz. kasich, bush, carson, donald. but kasich now in fourth place, took over for jeb bush. jeb bush now in fifth place. dr. ben carson in sixth place. look at donald trump, a very, very impressive win for him right now in south carolina. let's go over to john king. john, these numbers are impressive. a fierce fight for number two, it's going back and forth between marco rubio and ted cruz. but you've got to give donald trump credit for a big win. >> we're going to spend a lot of time from now until the end of the night how it impacts the race going forward. let's make sure while we have the time to salute the winner. if you look at this and watch this and this dark red is donald trump. he's winning everywhere. he's winning here in the center of the state. main line establishment republican voters. he's winning along the coast. military bases, you have retirees, more moderate voters in charleston. at the moment, donald trump is not only winning, but winning impressive margins. 28% there, marco rubio, second. ted cruz third. you want to watch this down here for marco ru

carolina where any moment former president george w. bush will be holding a rally for his brother jeb bush. first the gloves cape off at saturday's republican debate. trump attacked bush and his family and jeb fired back. >> i'm sick and tired of him going after my family. my dad is the greatest man alive, in my mind. while donald trump was building a reality tv show, my brother was building security apparatus to keep us safe and i'm proud of what he did. >> the world trade center came down ... [booing] charles: joining me now tammy bruce, kathy kaylor. senator brown. congratulations in new hampshire you pulled off a huge win there. was it sullied in any way with what happened saturday night? not just donald trump but the way it was hand, it was a blood sport. >> politic is a blood sport. i said that before. if you don't like it, get out. that being said, i would like them to point out what they can do better. this plays into the democrats' hand. but south krcial is known as being a blood supported kind of area. i'm hopeful after they get through this state along with nevada that we can ge

donald trump. as john kasich has risen, review and bush have gone negative. -- rubio and bush have gone negative. doing whatever it takes to win is not presidential. john kasich did cut ohio's taxes, state spending, turned the deficit into a surplus. brought back jobs from mexico and china. that is john kasich. that is conservative. and that is presidential. >> new day for america's responsible for the content of this advertising. >> i am tim scott. is a long way from where i grew up to the u.s. senate. here in america, all things are possible. that is why i support marco rubio. he understands that here in america, is not about where you start, it's about where you're going. i am tim scott, and marco rubio is the conservative i trust to inspire our country, unite our country, and win in a november. i am >> marco rubio, and i approve this message. trump'se to hear donald business plan for america. >> it is cool to hear him speak the truth, tell it like it is. >> make america great. >> he wants to make america great, and that's what i want too. donald: we have a country that we are proud

cruz's faith. trump is even threatening to sue the texas senator. >>> bush brothers rally. george w. bush campaigning publicly tonight for the first time since leaving office. the former president taking the stage in a state that helped propel him to the oval office with just five days to go before a critical primary. can he lock up south carolina for his brother, jeb? >>> isis attack inevitable. a chilling new warning from the head of the cia saying he believes that terrorists will try to strike inside the united states. officials now on heightened alert. with isis and its sympathizers now known to be communicating using encrypted messages, is a terror plot against the u.s. in the works right now. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> we're following the breaking news. president obama moving ahead with a nomination to replace the late supreme court justice antonin scalia who died in his sleep over the weekend. we've just heard from a white house spokesman who says the president is talking with his senior team and his aides have been in touch with members of congress

threatened lawsuits. >> he really did. >> he kept going after george w. bush on 9/11, which i just don't understand. >> well, i do, but i don't for south carolina. i don't for, you know, republican politics. >> when you say you do, what do you mean? >> i was watching his press conference and i was sort of agreeing with what he was saying in some ways. >> like what? >> i get very, very thrown off when people just unequivocally say george w. bush kept us safe, because i don't think he did. i think he brought us into a war that's destabilized the entire world. it's just -- it's interesting to see donald trump saying that in south carolina. >> what is interesting is that this has been one of these issues. we have few issues where i say something -- >> yeah. >> -- and it drives her crazy. >> it drives me crazy. >> and the fight comes. what i'll say about bush is, you know, he did a lot of things i disagreed with. i was very critical of him, but he kept us safe. i say that, and she goes crazy. >> yeah. keeping us safe after making us unsafe. thank you. >> what that means is i am thinking like

against bush. candidates calling other candidates unstable, liars, threatening lawsuits. heent been this tough since adams supporters called jackson's wife, well, you'll have to look that one up because i'm not going to say it. jeb bush has been used by trump as a political punching bag is punching back bringing his brother, the former president, into the fight. george w. bush may have left office as one of the least popular presidents in history but remains one of the most popular republicans in south carolina where he campaigned with his brother today and where donald trump was the unspoken subject. we'll have more on the impact he had from gary tuchman. >> reporter: former president george w. bush with his wife laura on the 2016 campaign trail to try to make his brother jeb the next president. >> i came here for two reasons. one, because i care deeply about jeb and, two, because i care deeply about our country. >> reporter: the two sons of another former president george h.w. bush have not campaigned together until now in south carolina. >> there seems to be a lot of name calling

. one of the big names heading to the campaign trial in the palmetto state george w. bush-- in support of his brother and gop presidential candidate jeb bush. our will whitson joins us from north charleston where a rally will be underway in about an hour. hey will. the elder bush will appear at a jeb bush rally at the north charleston convention center. the younger bush says his brother can vouch for his readiness to be commander-in-chief. jeb bush is hoping to gain more momentum after a fourth place finish in new hampshire. we go now to our billie jean shaw who is following senator marco rubio on the campaign convention center. the younger bush says his brother can vouch for his readiness to be jeb bush is hoping to gain more momentum after a fourth place finish in new hampshire. we go now to our billie jean shaw who is following senator marco rubio on the campaign convention center. the younger bush says his brother can vouch for his readiness to be commander-in-chief. jeb bush is hoping to gain more momentum after a fourth place finish in new hampshire. we go now to our bill

campaign of jeb bush is hoping for a lifeline from his brother, former president george w. bush. an estimated 2,500 people waiting for all of this to get going any minute now. this is the first time 43 has been on the 2016 campaign trail. and it couldn't come at a more critical time. jeb bush is tied for last place in a six-man race in the latest cnn poll. in spite of his low poll numbers, bush has been in donald trump's sights, and so have his brother, who trump says didn't keep america safe. >> if the ex-president is campaigning for his brother, i think he's probably open to great scrutiny. maybe things that haven't been thought of in the past. you know, when jeb used his name in the reagan debate, i left it alone. but when he kept using it, i said, i have to bring it up. when he talked about the great safety we had, i said, i'm sorry, at some point we have to bring it up. and the other day i brought it up. i said the world trade center came down during your brother's reign. >> the bush campaign thinks the criticism is a repeat strategy for trump, and they stand by their decision.

perspective on both of these issues. thank you very much. >>> former president george w. bush hours away from stepping back into the national spotlight to campaign with his brother jeb in south carolina. after donald trump's blistering attacks over the weekend on the former president in the debate and in the sunday shows how will his return really change this race? let's go to athena jones in charleston, south carolina. athena, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, brooke. the bush team is making a big play for south carolina. and so they're bringing out perhaps their biggest gun, george w. bush. it's a whole new stage in the race for jeb. >> george w. bush hitting the campaign trail tonight for the first time since leaving office. >> is he a popular republican? you bet he is. >> reporter: giving his younger brother a helping hand as the battle for south carolina heats up. >> i know jeb. >> reporter: he already lent his famous face for an ad for jeb. his guest-starring role on stage tonight is part of the bush camp's effort to pull out all the stops. after a dismal sixth place finish

. the rhetoric really heating up on the campaign trail. jeb bush is rolling out the big guns. george w. and laura bush. but in the wake of the sudden death of justice antonin scalia, the big issue in this election may be the supreme court. and the democrats aren't losing any time getting the gop on that. >> well, how about obeying the constitution? and start holding hearings when president obama nominates the next supreme court justice? >> the senate has a duty to consider that. and to decide whether or not to confirm whoever the president nominates. >> there's a lot going on tonight. i want to begin with the gop at war and the debut of george w. bush on the campaign trail. jamie gangel, douglas brinkley joining me. how are you? >> great. >> great. president george w. bush joined his brother on the campaign trail for the first time today. he took some veiled swipes at donald trump. let's watch. >> jeb is a man of humbled deep and genuine faith. faith that reveals itself through good works, not loud words. you can trust jeb bush to be measured and thoughtful on the world stage. our enem

. that is a matter of principle. mr. trump: i will tell you, you are probably worse than jeb bush. sen. rubio: donald doesn't outline any policy. patrick: knocking -- now he can include francis to that list. >> person that only things about building walls and not building patrick: when is all said and done, donald trump has led in nearly every republican poll since july last year. mr. trump: by the way, the original polls that just came out here -- we are through the roof. we are high. [applause] >> i like that he's not politically correct. >> i dislike what he has to say. he is brave and bold. -- i just like what he has to say. patrick: he came into the race as tv personality, businessman, and author of several books. the billionaire real estate mogul is self-funded, and quick to remind his supporters that he has turned down tens of millions of fundraising dollars. mr. trump: no, i don't want it. i want to do something else. i want to be greedy, but for the united states. we want to bring money into the united states. for an exclusive interview in the days leading up to the south caro

♪ >> we are live here and waiting for jeb bush and his brother, george w. bush. it is the first time that he is joining his brother. they are campaigning together. this republican primary in south carolina traces back to lee atwater, who got the primary scheduled early to help his candidate, ronald reagan. plays]ewis and the news ♪ quirks we are waiting for jeb bush bush to come out. republican primary was won by his father and brother. it was uncontested in 2004. stage by hison brother, george w. bush. crowd, livearge coverage, and a chance to hear from you here on c-span. grahamse welcome lindsey singingweathers for the of the national anthem. >> let's honor of country with the national anthem -- honor the country with the national anthem. the nationalrms anthem] ♪ ♪ [applause] announcer: welcome george w. bush, laura bush, and jeb bush. [driving country music plays] ♪ [applause] [applause] >> even i cannot screw this up. thank you for coming to show your support for jeb bush. presidents, welcome back, mr. president, and of laura. south carolina has missed you. the cou

next few minutes, both ted cruz and jeb bush will be holding their first events in the key state following the stunni stunning finish in new hampshire. this is the kickoff of a ten-day scramble with a state known to not be always so fair but intense campaigning. or as one rubio aide puts it, it's going to be a blood bath. >> ted cruz coming off a surprising third-place finish behind john kasich and jeb bush. this week, jeb bush will be joined for the first time on the trail by someone who took the south carolina primary back in 2000, his brother, george w. bush. it worked out pretty well for him in 2000. cnn anchor and correspondent victor blackwell is in bluffton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're 30 minutes out from a rally starting here in bluffton with governor bush. you mentioned george w. bush. he's recorded a radio ad for the campaign although he has recorded television ads for the super pac right to rise, the pro-bush super pac. they believe this reset this race and as they come into this state with strong momentum. of course, the fight for the establi

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bedford. in the same town, but maybe blocks away, jeb bush having a rally there as well. he has been campaigning with his mom and former first lady barbara bush. we have an incredible interview on that coming up with jamie gang gel. and bernie sanders, the favorite in new hampshire, fresh off an endorsement from former head of the naacp. he is holding a rally in the city of ringe. this is in the context of striking poll numbers. in new hampshire, sanders tops hillary clinton by 30 whopping points. 61-31. this is from cnn and wmur polling. and donald trump dominates at 28%, but marco rubio snags second in the granite state with 17%. ted cruz and john kasich are also tied for third. and jeb bush climbing more than we've seen in other states at 9% now. so we have our team of reporters out in new hampshire, fanned across the state today. cnn's athena jones is following hillary clinton and chris frates is with bernie sanders. athena, let's begin with you. how is clinton handling the drastic polling difference of 30 points between she and sanders? >> reporter: hi, fred. well, it is a big g

. trump. >> what a book end. jeb bush gets out. that's a very confident donald trump. i noticed he was gracious to his chief opponents, cruz and rubio. let's see how long that lasts. i think it is essentially rubio will be the one. he will have to be the most fearful of. the big news tonight is jeb dropping out in this almost, it means he does have a ton of money people. does money matter anymore? we'll find out. but all of those people will move to rubio. whatever is left of this establishment wing of the party. and we have to question how much they really have. they'll put their chips in with rubio. so seeing how that argument is framed between two of them. it will be immigration. we know where it will go. this is what has been trump's strength. look how he does the audience back and forth? who will pay for that wall? and the whole audience jumps in. what will dough to fight back against trump on the issue of immigration? i keep coming back to that issue. we talk about, i can't believe trump did this in a week that he defended planned parenthood. there's one issue he is in tune with

>>> 43 is back. >> i'm a proud brother of george w. bush. >> former president hitting the campaign trail for the first time in more than a decade. >> my brother will help a lot. >> will he give jeb 's campaign a jolt? >>> the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia sparking a fierce political battle. >> mitch mcconnell made it clear we are not moving forward on nominees in the senate until after the election and i agree with him. >> we need a conservative person. >> what is at stake? let's talk live in the cnn news room. >>> good morning. thank you so much for joining me. george w. bush is back and on president's day, too. the former president will be in charleston, south carolina tonight. his brother, jeb by his side. the ads already out. >> i know jeb . i know his good heart and his strong back bone. jeb will unite our country. he knows how to bring the world together against terror. experience and judgment count in the oval office. jeb bush is a leader who will keep our country safe. >> donald trump ripping the move this morning tweeting, quote, funny jeb didn't want help

candidate who outperformed expectations last night, governor jeb bush. he's here next to talk about trump, cruz, and whether he's about to go after marco rubio and john kasich and how. >>> plus, chris stirewalt, dana perino and stewart stevens are here to explain why the south carolina primary could turn into a blood bath. >>> then why are hillary clinton and bernie sanders working so hard to win support from al sharpton? that debate just ahead. >> our votes must be earned. nobody can deliver our votes. none of us are kingpins. this just got interesting. why pause to take a pill? or stop to find a bathroom? cialis for daily use is approved to treat both erectile dysfunction and the urinary symptoms of bph, like needing to go frequently, day or night. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medicines, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas for pulmonary hypertension, as it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. side effects may include headache, upset stomach, del

end. jeb bush gets out. immediately donald trump declares victory. the timing of it, i think poetic in a number of ways. that's a very confident donald trump. i noticed he was gracious to his two chief opponents, cruz and rubio. let's see how long that lasts. i think rubio is the one he's going to have to be most fearful of. because the big news is jeb dropping out. in this respect, it does mean he has a ton of money, people. now does money matter anymore? we'll find out, but all of those people are going to move over to rubio, whatever is left of this establishment wing of the party. and i think we have to question how much juice they have. they're going to put all their chips in with rubio, so rubio's going to have the resources, and seeing how that argument is framed between the two of them, and i tell you, it's going to be immigration. we know where it's going to go. this has been trump's strength. look at how he does the audience back and forth, who's going to pay for that wall? and the whole audience jumps in. and that's what the whole rest of the week's going to be like for m

ted cruz and marco rubio, each coming in at 18 percent. john kasich coming in at 10 percent. jeb bush and ben carson, both coming in at 7 percent. on the democratic side hillary clinton is still leading bernie sanders in south carolina. their latest poll has clinton at 55 percent. sanders at 34. public policy experts say south carolina exemplifies the way in which the democratic race changes in places where there's a large african american electorate. among african americans, clinton continues to have a substantial advantage over sanders . clinton at 63 to sanders 23 percent. . percent. when it comes to white voters, sc voters will have a chance to hear from gop candidates again before the primaries. cnn will host the back- to-back republican town halls in south carolina. ben carson, ted cruz and marco rubio will be in greenville wednesday night. on thursday, donald trump, jeb bush and john kasich will be in columbia. both events will broadcast live at 8 p-m. wis is following the presidential candidates as they make their rounds through the palmetto state. we have everything you need

in south carolina, including jeb bush for the first time with his brother, former president george w. bush. john kasich is campaigning in michigan. on the democratic side hillary clinton is campaigning in nevada, bernie sanders in michigan. in a race that was already won for the history books this battle supreme takes it to a new level. we begin with three reports for you as we follow the fight to replace scalia. let's start with pete williams. wrapped up in the politics of all this and there is a lot of that, is a judicial reality that there are now cases before the court that are huge notice minds of liberals and conservatives alike. so let's start by laying out the big cases. >> right. well, even if everyone was in the same party and all -- everyone agreed there should be a replacement successor to justice scalia on the bench soon, it would be quite clear that this term is going to finish with just eight justices and that is as the term moves into its busiest phase with some of the more controversial cases. with just eight justices it raises the possibility of a 4-4 tie and if tha

. so what do you make of the acceptance speech? >> what a book end. jeb bush gets out. immediately donald trump declares victory. the timing of it poetic in a number of ways. that's a very confident donald trump. i noticed he was gracious to his chief opponents, cruz and rubio. let's see how long that lasts. i think it is essentially rubio will be the one. he will have to be the most fearful of. the big news tonight is jeb dropping out in this respect, it means he does have a ton of money people. does money matter anymore? we'll find out. but all of those people will move to rubio. whatever is left of this establishment wing of the party. and we have to question how much juice they really have. they'll put their chips in with rubio. so he'll have the resources. so seeing how that argument is framed between two of them it will be immigration. we know where it will go. this is what has been trump's strength. look how he does the audience back and forth. who will pay for that wall? and the whole audience jumps in. i think a's what the next couple of weeks is going to be like for marco

jeb bush of florida t. jeb bush campaign, god bless them, they woke up in south carolina today to this. this 5:00 a.m., bush machine running on fumes. the lead quote, some of jeb bush's moststead fast allies think saturday might be the end. governor bush's close confidants and lifetime frents are dejected. one allie is quoted saying the fact of the matter is there isn't strength anywhere. about the decision by south carolina governor nikki haly to not endorse jeb bush and endorse marco rubio, one of the cloetest reporters, forgive me, quote, what a kick in the balls. sorry. now i'm regressing. i want to go back if tin time a not say that. this is terrible for any campaign, it's terrible, dejected. we're done, morose quotes from bush's closest supporters, a fundraiser close to bush up until now remains optimistic about his chances, florida based bush donors, people described as being closest to jeb bush. this quote from somebody described as a florida bush supporter who has been close to the bush family for the better part of three decades, quote. the question is, will jeb bush do

preparing a good offense and defense, some are still working the ground game. jeb bush spoke to voters in fountain inn, south carolina today. john kasich will hold a rally today. let's go to ryan nobles and mj lee, both in greenville, the site of tonight's debate. ryan, you first. south carolina has been the scene of recent attack ads, among other republicans. is it expected this kind of sets the tone for what could happen at the debate? >> reporter: yeah, it could get testy in greenville. the primary is only a week away. could see the battle play out on a number of fronts. ted cruz, donald trump battle. let's not forget about candidates in the middle of the pack. marco rubio, jeb bush, and john kasich all fighting over the same pile of voters. we have seen marco rubio start to mention other candidates by name, kind of going after them on the campaign trail. then john kasich who largely hasn't been attacked that much in the campaign, but after a strong finish in new hampshire he's someone the other candidates could go after on the debate stage tonight. of course, everybody has their eyes

power, the american odyssey of george herbert walker bush, has just been published. he's jon meacham, this is overheard. - [evan] let's be honest, is this about the ability to learn or is this about the experience of not having been taught properly? how have you avoided what has befallen other nations in africa? you can say that he made his own bed but you caused him to sleep in it. you saw a problem and over time, took it on and-- let's start with the sizzle before we get to the steak. are you going to run for president? i think i just got an f from you actually. (crowd applauds) - jon meacham welcome. - thank you sir. - nice to see you again. - delighted to be here. - and you have another winner on your hands? - well i hope so, i hope so. - who knows these days in the book business. - in the book business but it's been a long time, a long journey. - it has been. why him? - because he matters. he's a consequential president with an extraordinary life. it's an american saga. if we wrote this as a novel and submitted it, it would get bounced for being improbable. - not believable enou

. todayst exmample came from jo jeb bush. jeb bush: he was speaker of the house and he did a fine job there, every speaker before him in after him that won is supporting me. three statewide elected officials in florida are supporting me. it is not they do not like marco. is they saw me in action as a leader. >> did a coalition nothing in the senate? jeb bush: nothing. has beenhe put out debunked not just by me, by other people. john: we've seen marco rubio's foes employ a number of different varieties of ammo. the question is whether bush has found the magic bullet. mark: i've been asking the other campaigns, bush camp, basic -- kasich camp, what will take rubio down. no one has real answers. people are trying different things. this thing about he does not have accomplishments. some people think that is not going to break through. that is too complicated for voters. he's a united states senator. i believe that part of what marco rubio is having so many different things thrown at him that nothing is going to break through. john: there is some consolation of things i think that people b

iraq and the legacy of george w bush for the rest of the republican field or does it leave donald trump alone, isolated as the campaign moves forward. iraq's loose ends. it's the "inside story". >>> welcome to inside story. in a world of don't go theres, donald trump has a way of going there and stomping all the way. one of the most rigidly observed bits of stated belief in the years since the invasion of iraq goes something like this. that the war was worth fighting, that the bush administration could be forgiven for being wrong about the presence of weapons of mass destruction because everybody, everybody, everybody agreed they were there. no-one could have predicted how things were going to turn out once the u.s. toppled the bathurst ray jail and the-- regime and the real mistake was getting out too early and bankruptly. a set of assumptions assertions and convenient inattention to inconvenient facts. enter donald trump. >> george bush made a mistake. we can make them. that one was a beauty. we shouldn't have been in iraq. we have destabilized the middle east >> you think he sh

jeb bush in the amount of negative money he's putting in the race in south carolina. the game plan for trump generally is, if someone comes after him, he responds. how he handles debates for the most part. someone comes after him early, don't be surprised if he returns fire. >> no question. before i let you go. jeb bush, john kasich, the only two to hit the trail ahead of the debate tonight? >> reporter: right. john kasich held a rally at a barbecue joint here in the greenville area. a pretty big kraut, and jeb bush did retail politics, at a diner talking to voters there. and he talked about his debate strategy. listen to what jeb bush had to say. >> no, just trying to butt in when i have a chance, when i have something to say that's important. try to remember i'm speaking to ar audience of whatever it is, 10 million, 15 million rather than just the crowd there. answer the questions respectfully but say what's important to say about the future of the country. >> reporter: and one other quick note, we saw dr. ben carson in sixth place in the polls here and is prepared to interrupt d

, 1980, bush won iowa, reagan came into south carolina and put to it bed. dole had won iowa in 1988. george bush put it to bed. sap thing in 2000. same thing in 2008 when mike huckabee won iowa and john mccain won new hampshire. that split. they always split in the republican field and then whoever wents in south carolina puts to it bed. that happen every single time since the start south carolina primary. until the last one. the wild card. newt gingrich. and then south carolina became something that men who knows what in the process. the question remains whether or not south carolina is still a who knows what this means state or whether this will be once again the place that settles it. on the surface, this looks like a return to form. the split in the first two states for the republican field baltimore ted cruz won iowa and donald trump won new hampshire. donald trump has now come to south carolina and he has beaten ted cruz soundly. ted cruz is in a tight fight with marco rubio. before 2012 you would have said that means that trump will be the flom 93. of course we cannot say any

new york. [applause] senator ted cruz of texas. [applause] former governor jeb bush of florida. [applause] and governor john kasich of ohio. [applause] now, as most of you have heard by now, supreme court justice antonin scalia died today at the age of 79. he was the longest-serving member of the court appointed by president reagan in 1986. justice scalia was the court leading conservative, and even those you disagree with his opinions regarded him as a brilliant legal scholar. please join us and the candidates on our state in a moment of silence for justice antonin scalia. thank you. we'll talk with the candidates about justice scalia and the road ahead when the debate begins in a moment. ♪ dickerson: before we get started, candidate, here are the rules. you have one minute to answer a question and 30 seconds more if we ask a follow-up. if you are attacked by another candidate you get 30 seconds to respond. here is how we keep time. after we ask a question you would get a green light. the yellow light means you have 30 seconds left to finish your answer. my time is up, the r

expectations? mark: meeting is beating jeb bush. beating expectations is beating ted cruz, and, obviously the big casino, finishing first. i think -- marco rubio people , think that he was already riding high before the endorsement. reducing the image of trey gowdy, nikki haley, tim scott and marco rubio. my guess is if he is doing well, , he has momentum, dominating the news. john: i agree with all that analysis. i will say that meeting expectations will be a problem for him, because the ted cruz campaign will rightly say that the marco rubio computer is like crazy here. he had the establishment here. this is the republican establishment behind him, in an establishment state. and talking about how much he has spent here. he has outspent everybody by magnitudes. if he comes in third in the state, in which states will he win? that question will be back, asked. mark: he has a better chance of winning a state if jeb bush gets out. and now jeb bush. another family affair for the florida governor, who held campaign events with his mother, barbara. our man was at the event in greenvi

himself 8th in iowa. from there, it's been a nail biter between ted cruz, jeb bush and marco rubio. at this hour, we still do not know the answer. but we're still waiting for the votes to come in. there is the bottom of the screen. you can see the numbers. 83% of the raw vote has been counted now. cruz and bush have 11%. rubio showing at 11 now. it's going to be tight. really tight. on the other side of the aisle, bernie sanders defeating hillary clinton, every demographic voted for bernie. including men, and women. here is a taste of what the candidates had to say to their supporters tonight. >> thank you. >> we have sent the message that we'll echo the wall street to washington from maine to california. >> you're the reason we're here and you are the reason we're going to win the nomination and then, win this election together. thank you all. thank you so very much. >> i thank you for your vote. i thank you for the hours you gave us on the phones and doors you knocked, thank you. you will see us again because we're coming back in november to win the general election. >> we can do

between second and third has been going back and forth all night between rubio and cruz. jeb bush has left the race, suspended his campaign. kasich and carson continue. >> in terms of the news what has been made tonight, the winners are the big news. jeb bush suspending his campaign is the other big news. we have very interesting news in terms of turnout. on the democratic side, a third straight race in which the turnout is way down. preliminary numbers show turnout was down almost 50%. on the republican side, a third straight race in which the exact opposite happened, in which they appear to have record turnout. the previous record turnout in south carolina was 606,000 in 2012. right now 725,000 were 99% reporting thus far out of south carolina. so it's been a very big night for the republicans again. and again, turnout isn't everything. and a six-person race is different than a two-person race but this cannot be good news for the democratic party looking ahead to the general. >> before we go to steve kornacki, we also had widely anticipated a primary in south carolina with a lot of

rewound. a south carolina republican primary debate featuring texas governor george w. bush, john mccain and allen keys. cnn hosted the event in columbia and larry king moderated. governor bush went on to secure the republican nomination, and at 6:00, american artifacts looks at selections of objects left at the vietnam memorial wall, including letters, photographs, artwork and medals. the collection includes about 400,000 items all stored at the national parks service resource center in maryland. for the complete weekend schedule, go to c-span.org. >>> road to the white house rewind continues our look at the 1992 presidential race. next, campaign ads that aired in new hampshire just ahead of the first in the nation primary. candidates include republicans george h.w. bush and pat buchanan, bill clinton, bob kurry and tom harkin. president bush won in new hampshire. on the democratic side, paul tsongas came in first ahead of bill clinton who went on to become the party's nominee. this is just under 10 minutes. >>> when president bush led america to victory in desert storm and the cold war

last republican president. george w. bush. take a listen. >> obviously the war in iraq was a big fat mistake. george bush made a mistake. we can make mistakes but that one was a beauty. we should have never been in iraq. we have destabilized the middle east. >> you think he should be impeached? >> i think it's my turn, isn't it. >> you call it whatever you want. i want to tell withdrew. they lied. they say there were weapons of mass destruction. there were none. hay knew there were none. >> the next day the "washington post" headline reading "debate rips over gop wounds and party risks tearing itself apart." "the post" noting the series of deeply personal ferocious attacks the candidates lobbed at one another as well as suggestions by mr. trump that president bush deceived the american people. some are now likening his remarks to a democratic talking point. but mr. trump wasn't done repeating his attacks against george w. bush on the sunday shows and, again, today in south carolina. >> the world trade center came down during the, you know, reign of george bush. it came down. i'm sorr

usual staid and reticent jeb bush, he's at it too, telling trump he sounds like michael moore. all of this as we still have four more days until the real slaughter begins, the south carolina primary. let's kick off our coverage with jim acosta in north augusta, south carolina, where donald trump is set to take the stage. any guesses what could happen there in a matter of minutes, jim acosta? >> well, donald trump was already measuring himself against george w. bush earlier this morning. he made a pit stop at this fixture for presidential candidates here in south carolina, brooke. maybe you've heard of it before. it's tommy's country ham house. i've been there before. the ham's pretty good. donald trump was there earlier this morning. he made the remark he's getting a better response there than george w. bush. so there you go, another dig at the bush family. this comes after george w. bush was reminiscing about his time at tommy's country ham house back when he was running for president. at one point, as you remember in that speech last night, it was kind of amazing to see george w.

caucuses ted cruz in a dead heat for third with jeb bush. >> this campaign is not dead. we're going on to south carolina. >> as marco rubio suffered a bruising fifth place finish. >> i know many people disappointed. i'm disappointed with tonight. >> even admitting his rocky debate performance was likely to blame. >> our disappoint tonight is not on you. it is on me. it is on me. i did not -- i did not do well on saturday night so listen to this. that will never happen again. >> now john kasich really pinned his hopes on new hampshire. he held 106 town halls there. spent 62 days in the state and it ended up paying off for him. he told he was not surprised by the strong finish. >> you know, i was very calm about it. i sort of felt we were going to be in second place. i heard earlier that, you know, there was some word that we were going to be there. and when i traveled around to the polling places it was pretty clear. i was running into everybody and they were like yeah we really like you and all that stuff. so, you know, i'm gratified by it for sure. but i wouldn't say i was shocked by

bush -- if jeb bush, sorry, is still in the race of south carolina. another fourth or fifth place finish, how long can jeb bush say in that race? we've got to see the results first. >> we'll see the results on saturday. thank you very much. that's it for me. thanks for watching. "erin burnett outfront" picks up our analysis of the bushes. >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> good evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, the breaking news. george w. bush on the attack speaking out for the first time at a campaign rally tonight trying to turn the tide for his brother jeb. he praised jeb's leadership and taking a not so subtle swipe at his chief rival, donald trump. >> strength is not empty rhetoric. it is not bluster. it is not theatrics. real strength, strength of purpose, comes from integrity and character. in my experience, the strongest person usually isn't the loudest one in the room. [ cheering and applause ] >> athena jones is outfront with the bush campaign. no speeches. no appearances. tonight, a very big development. what was the crowd's reaction to george w. bush? >> rep