. 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

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 to k

. 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

course, jeb bush and others have been attacking trump too for his offensive style and coarse language. just this morning, trump had some harsh things to say about bush supporter senator lindsey graham, who he called "one of the dumbest human beings." but, sumter so far welcome trump's style. "i think donald trump probably says it like it is, and i'm a person that likes somebody that says it like it is, so i kind of like what he says. maybe he's a little rough around the edges, but people maybe like to hear that, and i understand that he has criticized some of the opponents, but they've criticized him, so it may be fair-play, you know." "well i support building the wall and all that. the people that's not legal and all that sending them back to mexico where they can get legal. i don't care whether they come back or not, but i want them to be legal when they come back." yesterday, president obama dismissed a trump presidency, so it'll be interesting to see if trump says anything more back at the president in his speech here tonight. if he has anything to say about governor nikki haley t

publicly for anyone since he left office eight years ago. the jeb bush campaign hoping south carolina voters can be swayed to support their candidate as they did -- as they did george w. bush who won the state's primary in his first campaign. we're covering all of that and much more this hour with our correspondents, our expert analysts and our guests. they're all standing by. let's begin with the escalating partisan fight left by the death of antonin scalia. michelle k kosinski is with us. >> reporter: we know the president has been in touch with his team on this and there's been some preliminary white house reach-out to congressional offices, both democrats and republicans. at the same time, though, the white house just minutes ago here blasted republicans for stonewalling, saying the constitution tells us what to do in this situation and it's iron clad. this is clearly shaping up to be the president's last big battle with congress and the outcome will shape both politics and the legal landscape in this country for decades. the white house today now leveling its own blows at republi

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

florida. scott maxwell talks about jeb bush's campaign. >> it will be a super tuesday for some, and it could be a disaster for others. the target in everyone's sight, donald trump. >> no. no. no. i talked about this five times four weeks ago. >> you did that four seconds ago. >> donald, if you want to be liked in washington, that's not a good attribute for a pt. >> i mean, first of all, this guy is a joke artist, and this guy is a liar. you have the combination of factors. >> about 600 delegates will be up for grabs. going on, you won't have a clear alternative to donald trump. >> that is one person who won the first of the primaries. >> donald trump is riding on pure momentum. >> it's going to be an amazing two months. we might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest. >> holds are tight between trump and senator cruz. >> i want to say, i cannot wait to get home to the great state of texas. >> the question is: can cruz win his home state? if doesn't, is done? on the democratic side, many analysts say super tuesday is going to make or break the bernie sanders campaign. crai

. 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

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 billie jean shaw who is following senator marco rubio on the campaign trail tonight. she joins us live fr

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

between donald trump and ted cruz, and trump and jeb bush. the trump campaign made a big point of taking down a negative ad of ted cruz saying they wanted to wage a positive campaign. but on the stump, trump continues to go after his opponents. >> poor jeb. he spent $20 million on negative ads. if he didn't do that, i wouldn't be talking badly about him, you know? and he's so off, all he has to do is stop and i'll leave him alone. bush says, i do not believe he's a true conservative. these people are stupid. cruz today took an ad that's so false. i just hope you don't believe the crap, because it's all crap. >> one of the big dirty tricks of the 2000 campaign was push polling against john mccain. i talked to a couple of voters who say they were targeted by push polls, highly negative of marco rubio and donald trump. the polls said they came from remington research, which is a company created by ted cruz's campaign manager. the cruz campaign said we had nothing to do with it, insisting that whomover was behind the polls was just trying to make them look bad. and we still got seven days to

didn't do was mention jeb bush, his favorite foil who is now out of the race. it will be interesting to see how these dynamics play out. they say marco rubio hasn't attacked them and maybe that could be the next bitter battle in the republican primary. >> and we understand the trump campaign doesn't feel it's getting the respect it feels it deserves. south carolina big tonight by 10 points at least. they feel if this was anyone else, we'd be measuring draps in the oval office. >> that is absolutely right. even before victory in south carolina. they said we won in new hampshire by wide margins, we're leading nation wide. but for some reason people think he's going to trip and fall and everything is going to disappear. if this were any other candidates, they would already be seen as the air apparent to the republican nomination. and after south carolina and after new hampshire, he is undoubtedly the republican frontrunner in this race. so, it's not clear what state someone else is going to knock him off in. >> and in south carolina. the party there is over physically. but metaphorically i

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

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 get on wi

governor jeb bush. what went wrong from a woman working on jeb's team. >>> and a former congressman is trying to get back to capitol hill. why joe garcia is throwing his hat back into the political ng. this is nbc 6 "impact" and i'm your host jackie nespral. >>> now on "impact", the former florida governor and member of the bush family dynasty ended his white house hopes after only three states voted. jeb bush's status from front-runner to after thought shocked political observers in a never before seen election season where billionairereonald trump rose to the top of the gop. joining me now to discuss jeb's campaign, a former consultant of bush. thank you for joining us. >> i'm delighted to be here. >> now you can decompress. >> sleeping a little and eating healthier too, which is nice, getting back to the family which is always good. >> very nice. let's talk about the disappointing primary, south carolina, which is really the catalyst for jeb bush reaeay bowing out of the race. and it was a stronghold for his brother and his father. what happened? i mean, he went into the election

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.

jeb bush to arrive. he will be greeting voters here. again, expect to cover right around 7:00. they can't be too close to the popoing location. take a look at this video yesterday. before today's election, hundreds had already cast absentee ballots. more than 5000 absentee ballots were turned in greenwood alone. we talked to some of those people casting the ballots. >> it was very nice today. i was probably in line for five minutes, voted. it was quick and easy. finally we are getting the list down to where you can learn something about the to the candidates. >> i voted for ted cruz. everything he says, i pretty much agree with. aly: several of those voters also told us there was a sense of relief knowing that their part was done, at least for the time being. again, if you would like to vote today, right around 7:00. i have covered a number of elections. this is the first time i have seen a line like this for a primary election. myra: thank you. if you are heading out to vote today we have a few reminders , for you. to vote, if your voter registration card doesn't have your picture

between donald trump and jeb bush. now after being called a loser and a lawyer, donald trump lets loose. wait until you hear my interview with the front-runner. >>> isis sleeper cells. are terrorists hit teams in place in major cities ready to strike? chilling new details about the intelligence that western security agencies have received even before the paris massacres. >>> and missile defense. as north korea celebrates a rocket launch, will the u.s. deploy an anti-missile system to protect its allies? and how great a threat does kim jong-un now pose to the united states itself? i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> with only hours to go before the nation's first primary begins, our brand new cnn/wmur poll is just out. it shows donald trump well in front of the other republicans in new hampshire. marco rubio is in second place, despite a much criticized debate performance and ted cruz is alone in third place. but as the clock ticks down, almost a third of the republican voters say they are still, they are still undecided. as the republican candidates campaign fran

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

the living daylight out of washington, d.c. >> jeb bush is about to speak live at a luncheon in new hampshire in the one to of nashua, in fact. we'll listen in and dip into that as soon as his mike goes live. in the meantime, i want to bring in my cnn colleagues who are standing by at their live mikes. we have a report from solemn. a fantastic picture of you. it is such a new hampshire shot. you're covered in snow. i know you brushed off a minute before air. yeah. and jeremy diamond gets a way better assignment. he's at the indoor rally in londonderry. we'll see how much snow accumulates on you as i ask jeremy the first question. jeremy, listen, i think governor bush said it himself. it is a battle for the second-place finish. give me a bit of taste of today and how it feels out there on the trail with that jump ball, say, up in the air. >> yeah. absolutely. this morning we saw donald trump making his case to finish in first here. and as far as jump ball for second, that's what jeb bush said a few weeks in an interview, himself suggesting that he and candidates like mash oh rubio an

speak now, but the real story of the night is jeb bush dropped out of this race, a race in which he was the prohibited favorite. there was a time where he had more support than all of his competitors combined and now he's out. where the votes will go are anybody's guess. a lot of them go to marco rubio, but a lot of bitterness between the two camps, because -- >> florida. >> yeah, and there was resentment on the part of the bush folks when rubio entered when it was understood he would not. >> they could go to kasich, who has momentum up north, and we will probably see some good things. >> i don't mean to interrupt, but tom kasich tweeted out, jeb bush worked hard every day, and kasich now the sole surviving governor in the race. go ahead. >> i think a lot of the supporters of bush will say, where do i go? they want somebody that can be elected and there are a lot of questions as to whether kasich can deliver on that. they most likely will. they will go to rubio, not to cruz. >> 90% are going to rubio, and one may go to trump, and i am not kidding when i say this, there's a good chance h

campaigning in new hampshire and even jeb bush's mother is out on the trail. but after flying home in his private jet, the front-runner was grounded in new york. not mincing words, bernie sanders and hillary clinton, they throw the gloves off in a stormy debate and trailing badly in new hampshire, hillary clinton complains that she's being smeared by her rival. >>> plus, laptop bomb. investigators believe it was a computer packed with tnt that blew a hole in an airliner. the man blown out of the plane may have been the bomber. al qaeda's african affiliate growing more dangerous. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >>> the breaking news, with only four days to go until the nation's first primary, our brand new cnn/wmur poll just out shows donald trump holding on to his big lead in new hampshire with marco rubio all alone in second place. ted cruz and john kasich are deadlocked in third. jeb bush is fourth and other candidates are slaugiogging thr the new hampshire snow and jeb bush's mother hitting the campaign trail, trump was stuck in new york city after flying back hom

second place. former florida jeb bush a doesn't fourth place which is big trouble for his campaign. we will look at the results from nevada today. we're waiting on the latest update on the numbers there. senator clinton is the you winner with bernie sanders coming in second place. the latest numbers here show a 5% point spread there. the numbers that you see on the bottom, they are the county delegates that will be finalising the absolute final totals there as they head into the convention. for analysis on that, let's head to our political correspondent. he is in l.a. for us tonight. so much to discuss with how this affects the democratic ticket here going forward, but it certainly looks like hillary clinton now has the momentum behind her heading into super tuesday, heading into states that she needed to win in order to secure this nomination and that could be big trouble for bernie sanders. >> yeah. it could be. i think that that sort of the conventional wisdom here. we now have 85% of the vote reporting a 6% margin for hillary clinton and it was certainly a victory that she need

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

republican field, it is leaner tonight. will that mean it's going to get even meaner? we'll see. jeb bush once considered the man to beat on the republican side with his multimillion dollar war chest is now out. announcing this evening, he's suspending his campaign in a way that couldn't be "classier," quoting his parents, his -- quoting -- that is quoting -- >> a bush family -- >> representative. exactly. thank you very much. marco rubio, ted cruz, now battling for second place. the night belongs to billionaire from new york donald trump. that's where we'll begin now. let's begin with our politics reporter jeremy diamond outside trump headquarters in south carolina. jeremy, big night for them, where do they head next? >> reporter: absolutely. donald trump tonight clinching a major victory here in south carolina. you know, this is going to help give him some momentum going forward. i talked to him tonight with his south carolina chairman, ed mcmullen, who told me this dispels the myths. you know, donald trump's ground game constrantly scrutinized here as it was in the past. donald trump offeri

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

up to trump...or run away from him in fear... jeb bush isn't afraid. jeb bush: "that is downright wrong..." he stands up to trump for his liberal democratic positions. calls out trump for insulting women, attacking the disabled... even trashing a decorated war hero. trump: "i like peoplethat weren't captured..." jeb bush: "john mccain is an american hero..." jeb bush. the better man. the real conservative. a commander in chief. right to rise usa season... with a win monday at tennessee. i would imagine it would feel great to accomplish that... against the former conference power. usc... seems to be running the show now in the sec. carolina's quest to maintain its dominance in the league requires tremendous focus. the second ranked gamecocks won't discuss what a win in knoxville means for instead... it's all about playing well in tennessee... where usc's only one once in program history. staley: "history says we haven't done well playing in knoxville. our team has done a great job at being the top team in this conference. we're going to go in pretty confident that if we play our st

. marco rubio, ted cruz, john kasich, jeb bush, in a four-way fight for second place. and look at this, the republican hopefuls swarming the state today in a last-minute push for support and less than a day before this first presidential primary, running war of words between donald trump and jeb bush, it is getting mighty personal. both of them talked to cnn within this last hour about this whole back and forth. >> i'm a joyful warrior. there's a difference between just sitting back and watching someone try to hijack a party that i believe will allow people to rise up again. we're in the heat of battle right now. we are big boys. we all can take it. i get a lot of incoming from donald trump. i'm the only one taking him on. everybody else runs away from the bully. >> why do you think that is? >> because they don't want to be attacked by the bully. there's no explanation. if someone is trying to hijack your party, believes higher taxes is better than reforming the tax code, believes a single payer system works well and other countries, believes in, you know, is pro choice, is anti-second

. kasich said he did well in fourth now that jeb bush took himself out of the race in south carolina, he is get more media attention. he will get it for this. and apologies to donnie wahberg and got to get it right. >> difference between calvin klein. and donnie. it is a big >> thanks for driving all of the flying objects in the the wind and bringing us a great report. thank you very. much. >> this is a serious conversation in the country. >> a big shake-up in the race for the white house with jeb bush dropping out and raising questions about p who will get his supporters and donors and campaign staff. >> it is the people who are on jeb's team and people we have known for a long time. town time loyalties and admiration for him. and now, hopefully we'll bring everybody together. >> we'll see over the next week, where those people move. we have picked up a number of them. key political supporters and raise money and it will be a scramble to see where it all goes. it will settle down and we'll look forward to march 1st. >> johnny is jackie from the taily beast. and dale from the weekly

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

jeb bush, the popular florida governor, the man once considered really the front-runner for the gop nomination, he is now out, announcing he's suspending his campaign in front of a room of supporters tonight. marco rubio, ted cruz right now still at this moment battling it out for second place. it is close, it is tight. we are watching this. the night, though, belonged to the republican billionaire from new york, donald trump. that is where we begin. sara murray is live inside trump headquarters in spartanburg, south carolina. sara, a very big night for donald trump. bh what are you hearing? >> reporter: well, kate, there was already a celebratory feel here before the numbers came in, and when cnn finally called this for trump, the crowd went wild. listen to what he had to say to his supporters tonight. >> i love you all. again, south carolina, we will never forget you. we will never forget you. we will never, ever forget south carolina. we will never forget our great volunteers. we love our volunteers. we'll never forget all of the people that have helped us so much, my family. and

distance. jeb bush, ted cruz, marco rubio still in a battle for third place and sixth place governor chris christie says he's headeding back to new jersey to take a deep breath, meantime the rest of the field will be pounding the trail in south carolina just hours from now. let's go to cnn political. i'm going to mark first. he's joining us from manchester right now. he's getting new information on marco rubio. >> we learned in the last 30 minutes he has sent out a fundraising e-mail that he's acknowledging that he dropped the ball during that debate on saturday night, that devastating debate where chris christie took him to the mat. now marco rubio trying to raise money, but telling his supporters that he will never let that happen again. marco rubio in the past has made some pretty big mistakes. the whole water incident had reached over and grabbed a water during the republican response to the state of the ununion, he says he's going on to south carolina. marco rubio not giving up even though he is has had a disappointing sixth place finish. >> he did blunder in that debate last sa

grass roots republicans, which -- who favor george -- jeb bush, and john kasich. now, that's fluid. certainly, there is overlap amongst those groups. personified by the fact that tonight, 10% of south carolina primary voters say they're still undecided. and 25% say that they still may switch their vote before they cast it tonight. so while we talk about insider/outsider labels, may not be the best way to describe voters. it's really those looking for someone who is going to shake up the system versus someone who is going to handle the status quo. because let's keep in mind, ted cruz has been in elective office and has had a government paycheck most of his life. and as we see every day with donald trump, he is a master politician. >> are you surprised, david, at how well donald trump is doing, given the fact that he hadn't run for office before? >> look, donald trump has a message that american voters, and i would say not just republicans, because donald trump won new hampshire with democrat -- with independent votes. and is doing very well in south carolina with democrat and indepe

wins by donald trump and hillary clinton. jeb bush may be ending his political career by dropping out of the race. >>> seven people are killed in an overnight spree of shooting. >>> and tragedy happened here with a 6-year-old being caught in a cross fire shot and killed. the emotional reaction from the >>> good morning, it is 7:00, on sunday, february 21st i'm steve goldstein. >> and i'm marybel rodriguez. let's get a check of the weather with john george, good morning. >>> hello south there, it's a good morning. i don't know if you have looked outside, but it's a gorgeous morning. clouds out there as the easterlyly winds pick up today. we will see some of the clouds rolling in, there's a pretty decent chance of getting a sprinkle this afternoon. 67 in key wise. the winds are -- key west. the winds are womb, -- calm, but will pick up. at 9:00, mostly sunny 72. 5:00, breezy and calm with a shower or two. we will hook at -- look at the upcoming week coming up. >>> thank you, john. the police have a suspect in custody in connection with seven random shootings. at least seven people were

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republican field, it is leaner tonight, and does that mean it will get meaner? we will see. jeb bush was once considered the man to beat on the republican side with the multi million war chest, but he is now out. he announced tonight that he is going to be suspending his campaign and in a word that is couldn't be classier, and that is a bush family representative saying so. and marco rubio and ted cruz battling for the second place, but the night belongs to billionaire from new york donald trump. that is where we are going to begin and so let's begin with the politics reporter jeremy diamond outside of the trump head kwa headquarters. big night for them, and where are they heading next? >> absolutely, kate. donald trump tonight clinching a major victory here in south carolina. this is going to help to give him some momentum going forward. i talked tonight with his south carolina chairman ed mcmullen who said this dispels the myths. his ground game has been scrutinized and donald trump offering some fighting words as well. this is what he had to say tonight about the pundits. >> and some

have reported and donald trump 35% right now and john kasich at 16% ted cruz at 12% jeb bush at 11% chris christie at 8% and ben carson at 2%. donald trump, big turn out now celebrating a decisive win. >> we are going to make america great again. i am going to be the greatest jobs president that god ever created. remember that. by the way, we're going to knock the hell out of isis. >> the other question was how would the governor's perform this this race, that's governor chris christie of new jersey, governor john kasich of iowa and former florida governor jeb bush. john kasich finishes here behind donald trump, but ahead of the rest of the field and he says he's going to carry that momentum into the next prime areas. >> we'll move through south carolina all across this country and we'll end up in the midwest and you just wait, let me tell you, there's so much going to happen, if you don't have a seat belt, go get one. we're going to shake this country from top to bottom. thank you all very much. >> not all the precincts are in yet. the candidates are already on to south carolina,

>>> republicans running for president pulling out all the stops. jeb bush taking his brother out on the campaign trail as competitors launch new attacks on each other. >>> in hours, president obama to address the supreme court vacancy. >>> breaking overnight. grammys honor the year's biggest moments. welcome to "early start." i'm alison kosik. >> i'm miguel marquez. it is tuesday, february 16th. this morning, the fight in the republican party escalating to all-out war. none of the leading candidates holding back. marco rubio attacking ted cruz and cruz targeting donald trump. trump lashing out at everyone. cruz, rubio and jeb bush and non-candidate george w. bush. the former president on the campaign trail in support of younger brother jeb. it was w's first time in full-on campaign mode since barack obama won in 2008. he returned trump's fire. and dana bash has the latest. >> reporter: miguel and alison, george w. bush back in the spotlight. he drew a big crowd for his brother and drew distinctions between his brother and trump. he did not mention his name, but described his persona

. beating jeb bush and finishing ahead of him, whether it's third or second. beating is beating ted cruz and obviously big casino beating expectations would be finishing first. marco rubio, people think he was riding high before he got the governor's endorsement from bouncing back from new hampshire. and the press, i think doesn't have the ability to evaluate how south carolina voters see that imagine we've seen all week now of gowdy, nikki haley, and marco rubio. but if he is doing well, part of is that momentum he has dominating the news coverage. >> i agree on that analysis. i will say that meeting is a little problem for marco rubio. the ted cruz campaign will rightly say marco rubio competed like crazy here. he had the entire republican establishment, most of it behind him in an establishment state, and very good story, one of our colleagues talked about how much he spent here. out spent everybody by an order of magnitude. if he comes in third in this state, what state is marco rubio going to win that question will be begged, asked, i don't know what the answer is for him. >> h

. patrick: some have pitted rubio against jeb bush in south carolina where bush once led in the polls. their relationship spans 20 years. how has that changed in the last year? sanator rubio: well we can't talk as often as we once did because we're running for the same position right now, so it makes that harder. but personally, i have tremendous esteem for him as a person, i'm not running against jeb. i didn't get into this race to stop him. patrick: and rubio said he's confident in his chances here in south carolina on february 20. >> we've spent a lot of time here personally, and as a candidate. of course it's a state that cares a lot about the issue that i'm most passionate about, and that's national security. patrick: the former college football player says he's in the middle of the second quarter of his run for the white house, but in south carolina. >> for south carolina we're in the 4th quarter. patrick: in greenville, patrick hussion wyff news 4. running for president talked to hundreds of voters at bob jones university. faith and family were the main topics of the forum toda

mess back in the pack. look at the cnn poll of polls. marco rubio, ted cruz, john kasich, jeb bush in a traffic jam with some 30% of republican voters yet to make up their minds, and it's all up for grabs. as we speak, the candidates, they are out clawing for votes. you can see right there, there's john kasich on your left. he's nearby in manchester, new hampshire right now. donald trump is speaking in salem. he has another event later this hour. manu raju is waiting for trump. >> he's doing something unusual behind me. he's addressing voters in a town hall, getting questions from voters. it's common among candidates doing this in this state that's known for its retail politics, but it's something that donald trump is not known for. he's been doing huge rallies instead. he'll have one later today. he increasingly is getting into a war of words with one of his rivals j jeb bush. he took direct aim at him when talking to voters earlier today. >> he's a stiff, jeb bush. here's a guy, honestly, if you weren't in government, if he weren't in government, you wouldn't hire him to do anything

rubio is in third with 15 percent. that's followed by jeb bush at 13 percent, and john kasich and ben carson at 9 percent each. all other recent public polling in south carolina has shown trump with a strong double-digit lead in the state. polls across the state have been open nowowor about 2 hours. our caroline patrickis is in irmo at the ballentine elementary school precinct. our michal higdon is live in lexington county at red michal how is it looking out lines are not supposed to very long throughout the day -- but turnout in this primary is expected to set a new record. once you've been checked in at your polling location, a polling manager will take you to the voting booth. essentially -- you'll have several choices, but you're not voting on anything other than the candidate you want to see as the republican nominee. so folks should be in and out of the booth fairly quickly. you can see a list on your screen of what you need to bring with you if you are coming to the polls today. "i think the biggest confusion voters have is who is allowed to participate in either the republican

. so, you know, it is pretty well a foregone conclusion she has future. >> jeb bush said governor nikki haley's governor nikki haley's endorsement was the most meaningful. he was disappointed in her public servant. jeb bushcome pained for governor nikki haley in 2014 and she said she wouldn't be jeb bush's support. jeb bush says if he wins there would be a place for governor nikki haley in his campaign. donald trump is appearing at a people started to line up around 1:30 p.m. this afternoon it is expected to get underway any moment now. we will have more coming up tonight at 11:00 p.m. >> ben carson was in columbia today. he spoke to veterans and supporters near fort jackson. he told veterans about his plans to take care of them, even though he is trailing in the polls he has no plans to drop out. >> we still have millions of people supporting us. we still have the finances that we need and we have a lot of people saying don't you dare drop out, don't you care listen to the people who tell you to get out so i am not getting out. i am going on to nevada. no question butt that. >> he talk

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

south carolina pry pairry by double digits. >> the form story floridians are talking about. jeb bush, former candidate -- -- tonight, he is cking out. >> i congratulate by competitors on a race that has been hd fought, just as the race for presidency should be. it's a tough skwr-b/. in this campaign, i have stood my ground. we put forward details ground. we put forward details, innovative conservative plans to address the mounting challengeshat we face because despite what you might have heard, ideas matter, policy matters. >> and jeb bush will be flying back to florida with his family >> as for the democrats out west, berniey sanders proving he could compete with hilary clinton in a state where she never expected a serious challenge. liz is live in the plex tonight with more on the results in the big races. >>>reporter: it has been a big night in the political world with done trump storming into south carolina, far ahead in the polls. his win didn't come as much of a surprise there. the big fight tonight is nor second place. he took the republican race by double digits at 3.32.5%. marco rub

distance. we're watching the republican battle for third place. ted cruz, jeb bush and marco rubio, each of this them needs momentum coming out of new hampshire. as you can see, donald trump a huge win over john kasich. 43,720 votes ahead of kasich, but you see the fight for third place between cruz, bush and marco rubio, they're all at 11% right now. 84% of the vote is in. plenty of votes remaining. bernie sanders had an impressive win as well as. he's almost 45,000 votes ahead of hillary clinton in new hampshire. as of right now only 69% for hillary clinton. big, big wins for these two candidates. >>>s that's right. wa an unpredictable night. we have bernie sanders and donald trump in first place in their respective parties. donald trump right now has a 19 point percentage point victory over his next closest competitor. then john kasich second place finish and then that tight, tight battle for third place among ted cruz, jeb bush and marco rubio. it has been a very, very eventful night. >>> we are going to make our country so strong. we are going to start winning again. we don't win an

. hurricane takes nevada and jeb bush is out. hell hello, and welcome to the special edition of "justice" i'm judge jeanine pirro. we have reports from the headquarters of donald trump and others, and also the inside word of our strategists. let's go to the headquarters of spartanburg, south carolina with carl. carl? >> well, donald trump got the double-digit win in the first primary in south carolina the state for decades has been saying it would always nominate a republican who is the most conservative who could win in the general election, and now it looks like mr. trump is is g getting 32.5% of the vote with 99% of the precincts counted. it looks like marco rubio has a lead over ted cruz, and they are almost exactly, and there is a 0.2 percentage point between the two candidates. and before donald trump made the victory speech tonight, we had a chance to chat him up just right behind the stage, literally as he was about to take the stage and claim victory. it was very clear for him that it was a releaf and a major triumph. watch. >> well, south carolina, like new hampshire, and i mea

lot of ha been made of the attacks on jeb bush and he pointed to barbara bush was in new hampshire and he has to rely on his family and rely on mom. that is risky to do in south carolina to say of jeb bush like the bush family. what do you think of the fallout as a result? >> i don't know. jeb bush, people have a great affinity for president george w. bush who was here last week. i don't think that people like the idea of a dynasty whether a clinton or a bush dynasty. so right now, jeb bush is down 10% in the polls but he is in the mid teens and maybe he will end up nipping a candidate like rubio or cruz and be able to soldier on from there. >> are they saying for jeb bush he has to place in the top three to still carry on? are they worried if he doesn't do that his donors might say, i don't know? >> i think there is a good chance that happens especially if you see marco rubio and ted cruz getting close to 20% and jeb bush closer to 10% it's hard to see where jeb bush goes from here. on march 1st there's a 20% threshold to get any delegates in any state. if they can't get to 20%, y

jeb bush. jeb bush: he was speaker of the house and he did a fine job there, but every speaker before him in after him that won is supporting me. three statewide elected officials in florida are supporting me. it is not that they do not like marco. it is they saw me in action as a leader. they want leadership. >> did he accomplish nothing in the senate? jeb bush: nothing. the list he put out has been 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, kasich camp, christie 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 constellation of th

wednesday. thanks for joining us this evening. when jeb bush first announced that he was running for president of the united states, there was an unexpected moment right after he said he was running when he ended up making an exciting and i'm pretty sure unscripted animal noise. >> i'm a candidate for president of the united states of america. [ cheers and applause ] whoo! >> whoo! jeb bush went whoo right after he announced that he was running for president of the united states last year. and that was the first sign of what has ended up being an unexpected pleasure in covering his campaign for president. without warning and for all sorts of different reasons on all sorts of different occasions, he makes unusual noises and he makes them a lot. >> the twitter universe, there's some heads exploding right now. i can feel it. >> politically we're going to win when we're hopeful and optimistic and big and broad rather than, rrrr or grrrr. >> speaking of which, you know the campaign has already started -- >> blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. >> you know what they're saying out there. >> th