pro tempore: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from texas. mr. sessions: i would like to yield five minutes to the gentleman, the chair of the sigh yepts committee, the gentleman from san antonio, texas, chairman lamar shoot. -- smith. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from texas virginia tech for five minutes. mr. smith: i thank my friend from texas for yielding me time and i appreciate the chairman of the rules committee for bringing this rule to the floor to allow for consideration of h.r. 3293, the scientific research in the national interest act. h.r. 3293 requires each national science foundation public announcement of a grant award to be accompanied by a nontechnical explanation of the project scientific merits and how it serves the national interest. this written justification affirms national science foundation's determination that a project is worthy of taxpayer support based on scientific merit and national interest. the bill sets forth that n.s.f. grant should meet at least one of seven criteria that demonstrate that a grant is, in fact, in the national interes

coming together on the same stage in houston, texas, for their final debate before super tuesday. this is the best and possibly last chance for one of those other candidates to put the brakes on donald trump's rocket ride to the nomination. >> well, first of all, i will admit he is the front runner and i'm certainly an underdog but i've been an underdog my entire life. >> donald wins the general election who the heck knows what he will do as president. we need a president we can trust. >> there is no honeymoon period in foreign policy. you can't just say when i get there i will hire the smartest people and they will tell me what to do. >> we can't be fooled by pt barnum. the time for the clowns and the acrobats and the dancing bears has passed. >> well, you heard marco rubio starting to take the gloves off there. the question, though, is whether he and ted cruz are going to be going after donald trump in that debate tonight or if as we've seen they will be training their fire on each other instead. now, as for donald trump, he predicts that we will, quote, see some good action to

going next, he said first we're getting very good news out of texas. >> yep. >> we're looking great in texas. i mean, you've been talking about all night, elise, that ted cruz is going to win texas, has to win texas, if he loses texas, he's toast, forgive me. that possibility that donald trump feels like he's competing there, that it's not ted cruz's state anymore, that it might be trumpville, that is -- that's intimidation. >> well, and trump has shown he wants to win every single delegate and he's fighting and he is going after what he knows cruz has a strength there and cruz is very likely to get about 60% to 70% of the delegates in texas and cruz wants to -- trump will cut into that in any way he can. >> yeah. >> over to katy tur who was in the room, katy tur obviously covers the trump campaign for us, was in the room when donald trump just came out. katy, what can you tell us about the folks you've been talking to tonight, folks that have been your traveling partners for months now? >> reporter: these folks were as excited as we've seen them. donald trump's rallies in the more sou

facing pressure to win their home states of texas and florida. trump is leading rubio in florida by 16 points. rubio was the speaker of the state house of representative before that. and you mean, on the end of february, just a little over two weeks before the florida primary, he's losing in a landslide to donald trump. maybe he will turn it around somehow. but i will believe it when i see it. if ted cruz loses texas, i don't think he will. he's out. i think he will end up winning texas but maybe not much by tuesday. if john kasich can't carry ohio on march 15th, he's out. if marco rubio can't carry florida, and this poll is terrible news for him, he's out. >> we'll talk about it with chris wallace on fox news sunday. f all, do those number in florida surprise you. marco rubio represents the state. and donald trump has a lot of interests there. do the numbers surprise you? >> they don't. that is the trend for some period of time. trump has had a big lead and when jeb bush was in the race, trump had a big lead over him as well as rubio. so it is not a big surprise. look, they have to wi

, gotten through without violent, attributable to a texas president by the name of lyndon baines johnson, a wonderful, wonderful lady, whose children i had the pleasure of meeting, some foot soldiers, when they were driving back, viola louisa was behind the wheel, somebody, violently took a gun and killed her. so voting has never been easy. voting rights have never been easy. a lot of blood was shed. and it baffles me why we're faced with a situation where the united states supreme court eliminated section 5, not an illegal provision, but a provision that somebody disliked because i believe it empowered voters. and so what the congress was tasked to do by the court, who i think incorrectly and wrongly ignored 15,000 pages of testimony, ignored tens upon tens of witnesses and a meticulous rewriting of the voting rights act to prove that it was still necessary in its skewed deliberation, the supreme court decided to reject it. indicating that it was long passe and of course some brilliant legislators used the example that because we have eliminated polio, because of the vaccination

castro in texas. texas is extremely important for the republicans. to begin with, 155 delegates. but is this a make or break state for ted cruz? >> that's what most observers are saying, del. ted cruz is leading in the polls in his home state of texas ahead of donald trump by about 13 points. but trump has advantage in all the other super tuesday states. ted cruz knows he's in the fight for his political life here in texas. now a rally for ted cruz is just letting out behind me. i have to say comparing the size of this crowd to what i saw at donald trump's rally last friday, this is about five times smaller. also the make up of the crowd very different. not quite as unbridled enthusiasm, slightly older crowd. the same crowd that in the past would have supported greg abbott or rick perry here in texas. so ted cruz taking aim at donald trump knowing that's his competition to beat, attacking trump for his record on the second amendment. >> i'll point out to you my two leading competitors have both previously supported banning guns. donald trump supported bill clinton's law banning

with the candidates. i'm megyn kelly. we are coming to you tonight from houston, texas. [ applause ] very nice.you can feel the enth. less than a week from now, voters will take part in the biggest prize so far of this primary season, super tuesday that's when 12 states will hold primaries and caucuses. up for grabs, 595 delegates, about half of what is needed to win the nomination. the state with the biggest delegate prize, right here, texas. [ applause ] so far, four states have had their say, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and nevada. donald trump swept through three of four of those contents. but when former governor ronald reagan ran for office in 19 80, he lost two of the first four stating and when bill clinton ran, he lost all four of the first four contests. both went on to secure the nomination of their respective party and won the white house. so before the candidates spread out across those states to deliver their super tuesday message to voters, some are here tonight to answer questions from texans. joining us tonight will be senator ted cruz. senator marco rubio.

you, mr. speaker. next tuesday, the supreme court will take up a case that challenges texas' outright offensive effort to strip women of their right to choose. last night, the fifth circuit court of appeals allowed a similar law to move forward in louisiana, all but guaranteeing the closure of three of four abortion clinics in that state unless the supreme court intervenes there as well. the men who have passed these laws, because to be clear the texas legislature is 80% male and louisiana has just made it up from dead last this year at 85%, claimed it would increase the medical accountability and safety of facilities that provide abortion. that's the new message. the new veil that covers these laws with the air of legitimacy. we want to make your abortion safer, so every doctor needs to have admissions privileges at a local hospital. and every clinic needs to function like an emergency center. it sounds logical until you hear what the folks behind these walls have to say after they -- behind these laws have to say after they passed. in texas, then-governor rick perry said an ideal wo

of death row stories, a brutal murder in texas. >> he went crazy. he started shooting all over the place. >> lands a 17-year-old offender on death row. >> young people were committing very adult crimes. >> but with questionable evidence -- >> there's no guns. there's no blood dna, nothing. >> and a death sentence looming. a d.a. has doubts. >> i was horrified by what i saw. >> and a boy's life hangs in the balance. >> evil people. i'm never going to change if they should be executed. >> there's a body in the water. >> people proclaim their innocence. in this case, there are a number of things that stink. >> this man is remorseless. >> he needs to pay for it. >> the electric chair flashed in front of my eyes. >> get a conviction at all costs. let the truth fall where it may. ♪ >>> on the south side of san antonio, texas, late on a fall evening in 1984, a murder was about to take place. >> the neighborhood was very tough. you know, there are street gangs all over the place. people talk about the mexican mafia. >> in a small half-built house slept two construction workers, 19-year-o

purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. mchenry: i ask unanimous consent to claim the time in opposition, although i'm not opposed. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. hensarling: i thank the gentlelady for her amendment, it is a bipartisan amendment. she makes some good points and happy to accept it and as long as i'm here, i would like to point out to the distinguished ranking member that any time my side wins all the votes, i'm not having a tough day, but having a really good day. with that, i yield back. the chair: the gentleman from texas yields back. the gentlelady from alabama. ms. sewell: i thank the chairman for septembering my amendment. all americans win when we act in a bipartisan manner and i'm grateful for your assistance in making this legislation stronger. i thank my ranking member and as well as my colleague, representative cleaver, for his leadership on this bill. and i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from alabama yields back. the question is on the amendment offered by the gentlelady from alabama. those in favor say aye. those oppos

grabs here in texas and all across the country. donald trump, of course, comes into it tonight with three straight victories, with a polling lead in most of those super tuesday states. and with a growing possibility of becoming all but unstoppable very soon. so tonight, the pressure on senators ted cruz and marco rubio, simply could not be any higher. time running out for them to try to stop donald trump, and soon so will the delegate math. as for the backdrop, well, donald trump calling mitt romney the party's 2012 nominee a dope, his words, for questioning donald trump's taxes. you've got mexico's former president, vicente fox, saying his country will not pay for any effing wall, and those are his words, as well. you've got rubio and cruz, slamming trump in the news, which we broke first here on cnn, that the rubio campaign is preparing, perhaps, for a contested convention to stop either trump or cruz. it would be an understatement to say that there is a lot in play tonight and a lot at stake for the candidates on the stage tonight. right now, let's get our chief white house corre

. game. then if you beat texas a&m on the road you're absolutely in. it would behoove them to beat tennessee, win a game or two in the s.e.c. tournament but kevin stallings's team has turned it around from the abyss of the middle of the season. snoorp barring any late collapse vanderbilt would climb to within one game of first place in the s.e.c., hard to believe considering where this team was a couple of months ago. they could conceivably in the afternoon tie with the wildcats for first place. >> doug: a&m, has to go to auburn. a&m could conceivably win out and win the s.e.c. it's been in this conference. briscoe fouls lachance with 34.8 and it is a party here in nashville. >> doug: in the s.e.c., if you storm the floor your athletic department gets fined. and i believe you get away -- there is like one free pass, one court storming. i don't know if they have had a court storming. >> spero: this is what lies in front of kevin stallings and vanderbilt. home for tennessee. the big one to close at a&m in college station. >> doug: if there is a game that costs kentucky the s.e.c. cro

of texas, georgia and tennessee. candidates are interested out across the country today making last-ditch efforts to gain more votes. we have fox news team coverage for you. ed henry following the democratic race in virginia. first we go to chief political correspondent carl cameron live in san antonio, texas. carl, trump leading the polls in most of the super tuesday states. what are ted cruz and marco rubio tao doing to try to stop him? >> reporter: everything possible. it is not a coincidence that the senator from texas, ted cruz is in san antonio, home of the alamo, because he recognizes that this is one where it could be the last-ditch fight and. he has to win it. you have got to win your own home state in republican presidential politics. and texas is a huge delegate way to get a head win going. he has been in a ferocious battle with donald trump this past weekend. repeatedly ted cruz accusing donald trump of being a fraud when it comes to fighting illegal immigration. citing reports this week and reports from years ago that on a number of years ago he hired illegal immigrants

texas. chief white house correspondent ed henry joins us from columbia, south carolina with more on the primary and the turnout today. ed, great to see you, what's going on? >> reporter: good to see you, uma. it's been a steady turnout, it's a beautiful afternoon in columbia, south carolina, a lot of people out and about, no longer really coming in here. it's been a slow turnout in the afternoon. hillary clinton has been leading by double digits here. that may also have an impact. the local polls have suggested that she's up big. bernie sanders knows that, which is why he has been spending a lot of time outside the state, as you mentioned, in super tuesday contests. hillary clinton is having three or four events here a week, trying to make sure she doesn't lose her big lead, she's not sitting on it. she's looking ahead to super tuesday and to a time when she might be president. >> if i'm fortunate enough to be your president, i'm going to fight to raise the federal minimum wage. but we also have to create more good jobs. jobs that can give people a real shot. >> reporter: now, the probl

30s to high 39s. so, 2/3 of the party is still against trump. and there's more delegate said in texas than the previous states combined. >> there are but depending on which poll, it's a close race and donald trump is near the top. it's proportional alication here in texas. even if ted cruz wins. even if he wins tksexatexas, no getting 155 delegates. >> it is a winner take all by congressional district. if you go back to september and october, donald trump led ted cruz in texas. donald trump's numbers actually have come down. so, ted cruz will win the state of texas. it will be oo life preserver for him. the problem is they keep your head above water but don't necessarily get you to shore. so his problem is in the other southern states. >> you are the former chair of the republican party in texas. how important is this indorsement from the texas governor right now coming cruz's way? >> it's very important. governor abbott is very, very popular. he has a great organization. ted cruz is very popular and something else, most of the vote in texas will be in by this friday. an estimated 55%

liking me a lot. i have many friends in texas. many, many friends. i'm here a lot. i think we have a really good chance. looking at south carolina, that was supposed to be cruz's stronhold. that was a stronghold. win that easily. i won by is it 22 points? i won in a landslide. i wonevangelicals, the men, the women, the military. same thing in nevada. we came in. we won every category including by the way hispanics. so, you know, it was supposed to be a stronghold. he was supposed to do great there. he lost by a lot. i think i should have a really good chance of texas. i see the bloomberg poll came out and massive leads in every state. doing very well in texas. emerson poll came out. tied or effectively tied. i think we'll do well here. i'm here now. i will be here. i would love to get texas because of my relationship to texas, so many friends. okay? [ inaudible ] >> he's desperate. he's a desperate guy. i'm watching him over the last number of -- he is not presidential material. that i can tell you. doesn't have the demeanor. he is a nervous nellie. i watch him, you know, backstage.

. >>> new tonight, ted cruz shifting his attention to his home state of texas. for cruz, he is counting on a home field advantage to cut into trump's growing lead into the delegate race. 82 pledged to 17 for ted cruz. the big question though is whether cruz can deliver texas. >> reporter: it is now make or break for ted cruz. >> georgia, massachusetts, minnesota. >> reporter: super tuesday with super sized stakes for his campaign and a major test. can he win his own home state of texas? >> super tuesday will be the single most important day of this entire presidential election. >> reporter: texas governor greg abbott. >> the state of texas has an opportunity to play a texas-sized role in this primary. >> reporter: but cruz is now facing a flood of new questions and today was defensive about his path forward. >> i'm curious how many reporters asked marco rubio after losing four states in a row, so when do you drop out when you haven't won a state. to win, you've got to win states. you've got to win delegates. >> reporter: beneath the surface, there are some warning signs for campaign. th

, texas, they're hoping to win all of those, especially texas. and they're hoping to put up a big margin there because there are 222 delegates at stake, by far the biggest prize available on super tuesday. for sanders, they're targeting the caucus states in the west. you have colorado and minnesota. also hoping for a win in massachusetts, of course, his home state of vermont, and interestingly, oklahoma where they think they can do well, as well. he could still have a nice night super tuesday. but when you add it together in the grand scheme of the election you're looking at sell gatts, not states. that's what really matters and there are just more delegates in the democratic party in diverse states like texas than there are in other states like minnesota, where the sanders campaign is hoping to do well. >> alex seitz-wald thank you very much. >>> now, let's turn to the republican race. which is getting weirder and nastier by the day. with nearly 600 delegates at stake on tuesday, some of at tacks are almost getting comical. particularly between marco rubio and donald trump. >> he

but vermont, and on the republican side trump is favored overwhelmingly except for texas, cruz leads there, of course that's his home state. here's more from houston, all eyes on texas. >> reporter: that's right. thanks good evening from houston, where texas senator but will it be enough in the state tomorrow to overcome what a real cowboy in houston told me looks like a big push from donald trump. ted cruz is campaigning at home in texas, the only super tuesday state cruz figures he can win and must win. cruz vows to take texas tomorrow, and then catch fire. >> at that point it will become abundantly clear it's a two-man race. >> reporter: at the houston rodeo today the cowboys are divided between trump and cruz. >> he's more of a constitutionalist type, not a whining new yorker. >> reporter: donald trump was in virginia. >> believe it or not, we're going to unify this country. >> reporter: but he's being called a racist. >> all lives matter. >> reporter: claiming he couldn't hear the question, trump on sunday refused to condemn the klan. marco rubio is adding that >> he's unelectab

november. we have karl rove, considered the act tectof george bush's campaigns and he's in austin, texas. here in washington, joe trippi has worked on the presidential campaign and howard dean, and walter mondale and john edward. here on the pan ple. a b stoodard and charles krauthammer and doug mcelway. molly line in boston previewing the massachusetts primary. and stacey casy in dallas. with the texas primary and john roberts in atlanta, georgia and georgia is an assess win for hillary clinton. & donald trump is the leader for the republicans in georgia. john roberts is in atlanta, tonight. good evening, john. >> reporter: georgia was not an after thought in the nominating process coming so late in the game. but this year, secretary of state brian kemp created the sec primary of southern states. georgia could give donald trump a big night. he leads in the polls byÑi 16 points and ted cruz and marco rubio have been be campaigning hard here and both in the state today. and rubio will be back on monday. he's hoping to convince voters to abandon donald trump insisting the future of the co

looking to texas and had been confident about texas. how confident are you about ted cruz in texas and does it matter? >> i would say i'm confident because he's won the state, he's well loved there. i'm really struck thinking about what a donald trump nomination would actually mean. i think it's the end of the republican party and it's a natural affect. we've watched what's happened by a lot of people that have wanted to stay in power so badly, they didn't listen to the grassroots and they didn't listen in 2010 and 2014, nothing changed, nothing changed and the voters still want change. they are desperate for somebody who will go in and shake up washington and it's like they didn't listen to the signs. they didn't change their course. and now they're being struck with donald trump, even if you look at what jeb bush was doing to marco rubio we had the scenario where so many times the party elders were trying to eat and defeat the party's young and now we have donald trump. >> it's no tt the end of the republican party, it's the broadening of it. he stands for policies that are not c

kelly. we're coming to you from houston theater in houston, texas. very nice. i can feel the enthusiasm. where in less than a week from now, voters will take part in the biggest prize so far this primary season, super tuesday. that's when 12 states will hold primaries and caucuses. up for grabs, 595 delegates, about half of what is needed to win the nomination. and the state with the biggest delegate prize right here, texas. [ cheers and applause ] >> so far four states have had their say in this primary: iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and nevada. businessman donald trump swept three of those four contests. but if history can be a guide, keep this in mind. when then-former governor ronald reagan ran for office in 1980, he lost two of the first four states to vote that year. and when then-governor bill clinton ran for office in 1992, he lost all four of the first four contests. both went on to secure the nomination of their respective party and eventually won the white house. so before the candidates spread out across those states to deliver their super tuesday message to

plane from texas. take a listen. >> in politics, on a given night, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. tonight we lost. i congratulate secretary clinton on a very strong victory. tuesday, over 800 delegates are at stake, and we intend to win many, many of them. thank you all very much. >> rochester, minnesota, bernie sanders speaking right now at a rally with a crowd. let's stop and take a listen. >> whose fraudulent behavior destroyed the lives of millions of people. you know what happens to you? you get a salary increase. [ crowd booing ] and then if you are the head of goldman sachs, you come to congress as a billionaire and you say to congress, cut social security, medicare, and medicaid, and give huge tax breaks to the wealthy. [ crowd booing ] together, we are going to bring justice back to a broken criminal justice system. [ applause ] and that means, you know, justice under the law is a profound statement, something deeply embedded in who we are as americans. what it means is that if you're poor and you break the law, you're going to pay the price. if you're rich and you

ride. wayne and kristi. a texas judge says there's no sign of foul play in the death of us supreme court justice scalia. the 79 years old with on a hunting trip was found dead in hisd room at a west texas pants saturday morning ski season will be put a political fight is going over his vacant seat on the highest court. >> flags at half staff in honor but he died on a hunting tripr late sunday left texas for virginia i'm quite confidentf that law students will be reading his opinions a decade from now.be little justice saying she and her conservative colleagues are best buddies for morear than 30 years meantime the passing rates the support for now split n between liberals and conservatives and that's fueling a politicalel fight obama says he put to nominate a justice toce fill the vacancy and democrats say they support that have republican save a new affect that should be for a new president. f in the middle of the campaign and someone's going to find the person who wentigng that's going to have the truth is justice scalia father is a democrat or tendss in the senate and on the cam

. i'm megyn kelly. we are coming to you tonight from houston, texas. [ applause ] very nice. you can feel the enthusiasm. less than a week from now, voters will take part in the biggest prize so far of this primary season, super tuesday that's when 12 states will hold primaries and caucuses. up for grabs, 595 delegates, about half of what is needed to win the nomination. the state with the biggest delegate prize, right here, texas. [ applause ] so far, four states have had their say, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and nevada. donald trump swept through three of four of those contents. but when former governor ronald reagan ran for office in 19 80, he lost two of the first four stating and when bill clinton ran, he lost all four of the first four contests. both went on to secure the nomination of their respective party and won the white house. so before the candidates spread out across those states to deliver their super tuesday message to voters, some are here tonight to answer questions from texans. joining us tonight will be senator ted cruz. senator marco rubio. governor john

"outfront." we are live from houston, texas. the five republican candidates for president are about to take the stage behind me in a crucial faceoff. this is the final debate before super tuesday when 12 states will vote and everything is on the line to want. center stage the frontrunner, donald trump. he'll be standing there. he has won three states in a row. in the lead by 65 delegates. ready to take him on his left and his right, the men running out of time to stop him. ted cruz is the only man so far to beat trump, but he's 0 for 3 after his iowa win and facing a must-win primary here in his home state. texas is going to be crucial. then there's marco rubio. the gop establishment rallying behind him even though he is yet to win a single state. his campaign is preparing for a brokered convention. trump is fighting with two people who won't actually be on the stage tonight. last debate it was the pope. this time it is former mexican president vicente fox. >> i'm not going to pay for that [ bleep ] wall. he should pay for it. he's got the money. >> trump's response on twitter, vice

in fort worth, texas, that's where donald trump will be holding a rally a few hours from now. mark, i guess we could say the rubio campaign executed a head fake yesterday, we woke up to stories that marco rubio was going to lay off donald trump, focus on ted cruz, then that debate started and rubio was relentlessly trained on donald trump, i guess he's keeping it up this morning, too. >> he's absolutely keeping it up this morning. he went on all the morning shows, including the "today" show, referred to donald trump as aç con artist, marco rubio' super pac is out with two very tough ads hitting donald trump in the super tuesday states. so you can end up saying that the whole kitchen sink is now being thrown at donald trump and you even look at last night's debate and with both marco rubio and ted cruz going after trump, it almost looks like a school yard game of king of the hill where they were trying to take down the republican front runner. i think as you alluded to is it too little too late with super tuesday coming up. if donald trump is able to emerge in -- as the victor in

"nightly news" with kate snow reporting tonight from austin, texas. >>> good evening from austin, texas. just over 36 hours until polls open here and across 11 other states. it is shaping up to be a pivotal night for so many campaigns. with the clock running down, the republican race took on a mean edge today. ted cruz and marco rubio attacking donald trump over everything from his taxes to his business connections to foreign policy. and trump was on defense, especially when it came to an interview this morning in which trump was asked about a supporter who used to be the grand wizard of the ku klux klan. >> reporter: today's firestorm was not over what donald trump did, but what he didn't do. >> just so you understand, i don't know anything about david duke. >> reporter: failing to disavow david duke in this interview. >> would you say unequivocally you condemn them and don't want their support? >> i have to look at the group. i don't know what group you're talking about. >> the ku klux klan. >> reporter: duke is not formally endorsed the gop frontrunner but has told his radio a

debate en texas desatÓ hoy mÁs acusaciones que rÁpidamente entraron en ataques personales. en fort worth texas donald trump dijo que marcos rubio es una persona que suda mucho y uso una botella de agua para simbolizar como el tomo agua en enero de 2013 mientras daba mensaje republicano en respuesta al discurso de mensaje de la uniÓn del presidente obama. ( habla en inglÉs ) un poco antes asÍ mismo donald trump, produjo un sorpresivo anuncio cuando gobernador de nueva york chris christie decidiÓ otorgarle su apoyo. " estoy muy emocionado por estar aquÍ esta maÑana para expresar mi respaldo dijo el mandatario regional." por su parte marco rubio llamÓ el magnate el artista engaÑoso, durante los dos recesos en texas se fue atrÁs del escenario, se aplicÓ maquillaje, tomÓ agua y conversÓ con alguien para que lo calmara, especulo que podÍa tener el pantalÓn mojado, ademÁs dio lectura a un par de tweets que enviÓ el magnate a primeras horas en el que resaltÓ fallas ortogrÁficas. " he llegado a dos conclusiones, una que asÍ se deletrean las palabras del escolas de negocio

en texas, donde los pre canto candidatos republicanos se enfrentan a un debate de jueves por las cÁmaras de telemundo. >>> rn un reporte oficial echa mÁs leÑa al fuego sobre abusos y negligencia flame nors que cruzaron solos la frontera. peligro mortal, alerta por el aumento en casos con sobredosis de medicamentos para combatir la ansiedad tenemos recomendaciones de los expertos, para luchar contra este mal, sin poner en riesgo su vida. >>> este es noticiero telemundo, con josÉ dÍaz-balart. y marÍa celeste arrarÁs. >>> ojalÁ joaquÍn guzmÁn loera fuera cualquier persona, que es como cualquier persona, pero que no fuera tan seÑalado, tan... que no estuviera siempre asÍ como que en el ojo del huracÁn. >>> ahÍ escucharon un fragmento de la extensa entrevista que la esposa del chapo guzmÁn dio en exclusiva a telemundo y los quiero chruz dar de la universidad de texas en san antonio, donde estamos promoviendo el voto latino, en particular el voto de los jÓvenes. josÉ dÍaz-balart tiene un merecido dÍa libre. y la reina de belleza hablÓ de temas sobre como fue su matr

en vivo en la ciudad de houston en texas. el primer debate republicano transmitido por una cadena hispana. tenemos avance de los temas de lo que van a discutir los precandidatos. los 5 contendientes tienen que responder las preguntas que interesan a nuestra comunidad. estÁ siendo preparado, 20 minutos comienza este debate y hoy tenemos una amplia cobertura con nuestro equipo de reporteros y de analistas de ambos partidos polÍticos. quiero recordar que donald trump llega a este debate con 3 de las 4 competencias, 3 ha ganado. estÁ en el centro del escenario, mientras mÁs marco rubio y ted cruz esperan aprovechar la oportunidad para tratar de reducir la ventaja que le lleva el empresario multimillonario. el analista republicano, alfonso aguilar comenzara la cobertura especial. vamos a hablar, gracias alfonso por estar con nosotros. todas las expectativas de esta noche. donald trump llega como ganador de 3 de las 4 contiendas electorales. en el estado de en evada cruzÓ el 40% de los votantes, hasta la comunidad hispana republicana votÓ por Él. >>> mira, realmente es un fenÓme

texas friday half noon. deputies think he was trying to run to mexico after he became a subject of a criminal investigation. accused of molesting a boy at his malla bar home. surprised. time. constantly and he bragged to me about -- i don't know maybe 3 months ago, about being in charge of the team, the league. something is very off and it always has been and i have been here for 30 years. >> boy's mom couldn't fronted while, then went to the sheriff's office a cord together rest affidavit the woman called white while police hisened in on the call. he denied the ale gagsings and told her what's been around is known as the kool-aid house. and said the allegations would ruin his reputation tags a coach for the palm bay youth basketball association and volunteer at local schools. >> we do believe he has been involved in the youth sports in the south area of the county for upwards and over potentially 15 years. >> a few days later, deputies got a call from white's wife who said white confessed to the molestation. and she said white had been drinking a lot, even getting picked up and arre

it is to stand here before you this morning at the country club right here in dallas texas. i am thrilled to be speaking to the national center for policy analysis, one of the world premier think tanks. it is a tremendous honor to be with each and every single one of you today. in the world's exceptional nation, in the world's indispensable country. and to top it all off in the greatest state in the country. [applause] >> i love coming to texas. i love being in texas. to me, texas is the living and breathing embodiment of american exceptionalism. it is a confident and successful society. and i so admire the moxie, swagger and bravado of texas and the steadfast refusal to enter the embrace the world that we now occupy and for that reason texas is a model for the entire world to follow. texas is to america what america is to the world. it is a guiding light. it is the idea that we should turn to whenever we seek guidance or counsel and that's why on the tenth of july, 2013 when the former governor rick perry appointed me an honorary texan, it was one of the greatest days that i eve

star state, texas, and that's where we find my colleague kate snow who will be joining me throughout the hour from the harris county smoke house in houston with a closer look at this must win state for ted cruz. if ted cruz can't pick up the lion's share of the state's 155 delegates tomorrow could be the end of the road for him. also ahead this hour hillary clinton scoring a blow out win in south carolina over the weekend. is that going to make her unstoppable in the south tomorrow? we will look at that. as well as bernie sanders and his campaign as he hits 11 states in seven days, trying desperately now to right the ship on super tuesday and to stay in contention on the democratic side. but we are going to begin this morning with the republicans. jacob rascon is with donald trump in virginia. hallie jackson is on the road with ted cruz in texas and gabe gutierrez is with marco rubio in georgia. jacob, let me start with you. the controversy of the moment with donald trump, yesterday he was asked about david duke, the former klansman, he was asked about the ku klux klan. he gave a ver

state of texas. >> it's going to be an amazing two months. >> one week from today will be the most important night of this campaign. >> we might not even need the two months, folks, to be honest, all right? >> this can't just be an election nominating about someone because they seem angrier than somebody else. >> we do better in elections when we actually nominate conservatives. >> you're going to be proud of your president and you're going to be even prouder of your country, okay? >> so how did trump do it last night? well, this is the part that should make his opponents most nervous because he won across the board among very conservative voters, trump, 38%. among somewhat conservative voters, trump, 50%. and among moderate voters, trump, 55%. how about whietd evangelicals, trump, 41%. good for first place there. college educated voters, trump, 41%, first place. among those without college educations, trump, 51%. first place there. and an across the board sweep for trump. let's bring in nbc's kerry sanders who has been with the campaign. nbc's gabe gutierrez is in grand rapi rapid

trump? they are very different fellows. >> all over the place in texas, what does it look like for you. >> i think we have a great shot and i think people like me a lot. i have many, many friends here in texas and i think we have a good chance. if you look at south carolina, that was supposed to be cruz' strong hold and he was going to win it easily. and i won by 22 points and won land slide and evangelicals and military and vets and won hispan pices and men and women, and every single category. we came in nevada every category including by the way hispan pices. he was supposed to do great there and he lost by a lot. i should have a good chance at texas. the bloomberg poll came out massive leads in every state the and the emerson poll we are tied or effectively tied and i think i will be here now. and i would love to get texas, because of my relationship to texas, so many friends. mark? >> [inaudible] >> he's desperate. look, i watched a part of his little act and he is a desperate giechlt i watch withed him. he is not presidential material that i can tell you. he doesn't have the

second in nevada-- plus third-place ted cruz and fourth- place ben carson, they were all in texas, the crown jewel of "super tuesday," with 155 delegates. and for lone star senator cruz, it's a must-win home state today. and he's telling supporters the stakes in its vote next tuesday are high. >> this call from texas to the country, we have six days to say we will not give up on our country, we will not give up on our freedoms, we will not give up on our children. >> reporter: also, look who's sitting next to cruz-- texas governor greg abbott, who endorsed him today. >> unlike far too many in washington, the ted cruz we've seen in the senate is the same ted cruz we elected. >> reporter: as republicans fan out, the democratic frontrunner hillary clinton is focusing on a theme in south carolina-- black voters. democrats there vote saturday. today she shook hands with members of a social justice group, and then spoke of racial equity at a black sorority luncheon. clinton is also using endorsements, like one today from senate democratic leader harry reid, to argue that she has momentu

lead in alaska in a monmouth university poll. marco rubio and ted cruz are tied. then there's texas. stake tomorrow. ted cruz is leading in his home state. recent polls show him anywhere from 15 points ahead to one percentage point ahead which we be a dead heat with donald trump. several other super tuesday states do not have recent polling but there's a new financial survey from cnn and it shows another first for donald trump. nearly half of all republicans tell the pollsters they support him nationwide. that doesn't count for much with our state-by-state system, still it could indicate the shifting mood of republicans as more and more get behind donald trump. his closest rivals have been frantically trying to cut into the front-runner's support. marco rubio and ted cruz piled on after donald trump refused to condemn the klu klux klan, and its former leader, david duke, during an interview. trump was asked about the klan, and support from white supremacy groups. today donald trump claimed he couldn't hear the question. and blames cnn. >> i have a lousy ear piece that is provided by

game. then if you beat texas a&m on the road you're absolutely in. it would behoove them to beat tennessee, win a game or two in the s.e.c. tournament but kevin stallings's team has turned it around from the abyss of the middle of the season. snoorp barring any late collapse vanderbilt would climb to within one game of first place in the s.e.c., hard to believe considering where this team was a couple of months ago. they could conceivably in the afternoon tie with the wildcats for first place. >> doug: a&m, has to go to auburn. a&m could conceivably win out and win the s.e.c. >> spero: what a wild season it's been in this conference. briscoe fouls lachance with 34.8 and it is a party here in nashville. >> doug: in the s.e.c., if you storm the floor your athletic department gets fined. and i believe you get away -- there is like one free pass, one court storming. i don't know if they have had a court storming. >> spero: this is what lies in front of kevin stallings and vanderbilt. home for tennessee. the big one to close at a&m in college station. >> doug: if there is a game that

complicated. >> reporter: up for grabs on super tuesday, cruz's home state of texas, the senator of the delegate-rich state securing the endorsement of its governor. >> we can't be fooled by pt barnum. the time for the clowns and the acrobats and the dancing bears has passed. >> meanwhile, at a rally in houston, marco rubio is now targeting trump by name. >> donald trump has actually alluded to the fact that he thinks parts of obamacare are pretty good. >> reporter: and that was a small but important shift from marco rubio who typically avoids taking on donald trump directly. now as the front runner tonight, donald trump will be right here at center stage, likely to take some fire from his rivals. sunlen serfaty, cnn houston. >> they get more exciting as we go from debate to debate. so that's why we're going in the republican think tank. jeffrey lord is a supporter and political director under ronald reagan. s.e. cupp is a conservative author and smart person. anna navarro. has plenty to say about everybody else. all three political commentators. i'm going to start with this little gem.

texas. mr. marchant: i yield three minutes to mr. roskam from illinois. the chair: the gentleman from illinois is recognized. mr. roskam: thank you, mr. speaker. thank you, mr. marchant. mr. speaker, mr. marchant has gotten people's attention this afternoon. i'm really surprised at how lively and engaged our friends ron the other side of the aisle and so it begs the question -- -- is so provock provocative about this bill? the administration to have a plan about the debt is provocation. i don't think the colleagues on the other side of the aisle have to take the bait. the ranking member said it came out with only republican votes. if i was a democrat i wouldn't say it. i would be trying to claim credit for this. why? because i come from the state of illinois and, mr. speaker, let me tell you what happens when you avoid problems. the state of illinois has avoided problems. year after year after year and now my home state has a $100 billion unfunded pension liability. that's a fact. illinois is a crisis. now, what mr. marchant is proposing is very simple and very clear and if this is pr

good news today in the form of a poll here in the state of texas. texas is a super tuesday state. it votes five days from now, next tuesday. ted cruz out in front in that poll. fairly comfortablcomfortably. nevertheless, of all the candidates, he has had the slowest path recently. >> if he can do what he's done well in previous performances, which i really think is read the mood of the room. he sensed the anger at the media, who, they're trying to get the candidates to fight each other. you listen through tick tock, well, you ask the candidate this, and that, and i'm not going to stand for it. but the stakes are a little higher this time around because you can't just beat up on the media. you have to take it to donald trump who is so wild, so unpredictable, you don't know what's coming. something has to shut the dynamic of the field. if anybody is equipped, in a position to do it, think it's ted cruz and we'll just have to see what happens. >> take it to trump. you say there's a lot of people inside cruz's world who say that means stop taking it to marco rubio, leave marco rubio alon

station, texas. captain brian kennedy, philadelphia, pennsylvania. captain kevin rouch, st. louis, missouri. captain steven torbert, florence, alabama. sergeant dillon similina, chaska, minnesota. sergeant adam shuler, guarders in, pennsylvania. sergeant simpler, woodruff, south carolina. sergeant william turner, alabama. corporal matthew drown, spring, texas. corporal thomas jardis, fort myers, florida. corporal christopher orlando, massachusetts. ance corporal ty hart, oregon. may we offer them a moment of silence to honor their service, support their loved ones and our entire u.s. marine corps in

have tennessee coming in here. you have to win that tennessee game. then if you beat texas a&m on the road you're absolutely in. it would behoove them to beat tennessee, win a game or two in the s.e.c. tournament but kevin stallings's team has turned it around from the abyss of the middle of the season. snoorp barring any late collapse vanderbilt would climb to within one game of first place in the s.e.c., hard to believe considering where this team was a couple of months ago. they could conceivably in the afternoon tie with the wildcats for first place. >> doug: a&m, has to go to auburn. a&m could conceivably win out and win the s.e.c. it's been in this conference. briscoe fouls lachance with 34.8 and it is a party here in nashville. >> doug: in the s.e.c., if you storm the floor your athletic department gets fined. and i believe you get away -- there is like one free pass, one court storming. i don't know if they have had a court storming. >> spero: this is what lies in front of kevin stallings and vanderbilt. home for tennessee. the big one to close at a&m in college station. >

de texas, ¿cuÁles son sus inquietudes en una carrera llena de sorpresas, donde reconocen la importancia del voto latino. hoy nos acompaÑa nuestra marÍa celeste arrarÁs para hablaron de su participaciÓn en el debate, en una ediciÓn especial de enfoque en vivo con josÉ dÍaz-balart. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> hola que tal, y gracias por dejarme ser parte de su domingo 28 de febrero. hÁblame de las primarias demÓcratas y que se llevaron acabo anoche y la ex vetarÍa de estado hillary clinton, ganÓ de una forma abrumadora en ese estado. 74% del voto recibiÓ hillary clinton, contra un 26% del voto acaparada por el senador de vermon bernie sanders. en cuanto a por lo menos carolina del sur. ella recibe 43 delegados ibero ne sanders 14. y miren la diferencia 112 a 66. pero hacen falta 2383 para convertirse en o la nominada a el partido demÓcrata, estamos todavÍa muy temprano en esta contienda electoral pero por lo menos para hillary clinton, anoche fue una noche importante. tambiÉn en el lado republicano, la batalla por primer y segundo lugar continÚa muy controvertida, le q

texas a&m on the road you're absolutely in. it would behoove them to beat tennessee, win a game or two in the s.e.c. tournament but kevin stallings's team has turned it around from the abyss of the middle of the season. snoorp barring any late collapse vanderbilt would climb to within one game of first place in the s.e.c., hard to believe considering where this team was a couple of months ago. they could conceivably in the afternoon tie with the wildcats >> doug: a&m, has to go to auburn. a&m could conceivably win out and win the s.e.c. >> spero: what a wild season it's been in this conference. briscoe fouls lachance with 34.8 and it is a party here in nashville. >> doug: in the s.e.c., if you storm the floor your athletic department gets fined. and i believe you get away -- there is like one free pass, one court storming. i don't know if they have had a court storming. >> spero: this is what lies in front of kevin stallings and vanderbilt. home for tennessee. the big one to close at a&m in college station. >> doug: if there is a game that costs kentucky the s.e.c. crown on the road. 2

has been taken. one exception. ted cruz has a lead in most of the polls if texas, his home state. should the senator not be able to win his home state it would be very difficult for him to argue any kind of a path to continue after this super tuesday's balloting. in the meantime, daump has gotten more questions about the tone and tenor of his candidacy. he has been known the retweet the tweets of white supremacists in the past, in the last few days david duke the former grand wizard of the klu klux klan said to vote against donald trump would be treasonous against one's heritage. and today mr. trump was asked about it on one of the sunday shows and said that he did not know anything about david duke or the kkk and therefore couldn't or wouldn't disavow it. listen. >> i don't know what group you are talking about. you wouldn't want me to condemn a group i know nothing about. if you would send me a list of the groups i will do research on them and certainly i would disavow if i thought there was smog wrong. >> in 20 # 0 when donald trump toyed with running fon the refom tilkt ticke