abc's liz kreutz begins our coverage from cleveland. good morning, liz. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. hillary clinton took the stage here in cleveland, ohio, last night not even mentioning those races in mississippi and michigan. that one turning out to be much closer than her campaign expected. bernie sanders, the comeback kid? overnight, the vermont senator eking out a surprise victory in michigan. >> the bernie sanders campaign, the political revolution that we are talking about is strong in every part of the country. we believe that our strongest areas are yet to happen. >> reporter: for hillary clinton, an embarrassing loss. al mississippi, her campaign was hoping to lead by double digits hillary, bill, and chelsea clinton have campaigned there focusing on issues like detroit's auto industry and the water crisis in flint. >> i asked if we could have that debate there because i want to keep shining a bright spotlight on what happened in flint, michigan. >> reporter: sanders meanwhile now getting that extra boost of co

abc's liz kreutz is covering the democrats for us. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. just after those wins in north carolina, florida and ohio were announced hillary clinton celebrated with a crowd here in west palm beach. that win in ohio a turning point moment. overnight hillary clinton riding high after another night of victories. >> this is another super tuesday for our campaign. thank you, florida, thank you, north carolina. thank you, ohio. >> reporter: her staffers partying at their brooklyn head quarters and clinton gloating that she is now more than 300 delegates ahead of bernie sanders. >> we are moving closer to securing the democratic party nomination. >> reporter: the vermont senator charging on. >> don't let people tell you that you c >> reporter: but clinton's focus, donald trump. calling him out by name for the first time in a primary night speech. >> you know, to be great, we can't be small. we can't lose what made america great in the first place. and this isn't just about donald trump. >> re

kendis and reena. >> liz kreutz, thank you. as for the republicans, marco rubio is out. john kasich wins ohio. >> our coverage continues with abc's marci gonzalez live in miami. marci, what a night for republicans. is it pretty much over for the other challengngs? is donald trump the ultimate winner here? >> reporter: no, you know, it's not definitive yet. they've still got to look ahead. we've got more primaries coming up on tuesday. >> yeah, and marci in the meantime with, no clean sweep for trump, what's next for his feeling very confident saying they're going to win, win, win every race here on out. a t of confidence looking ahead to those next big races again on tuesday. especially arizona. >> and i guess the race really is getting more dynamic in many ways. isn't it, marci? >> reporter: yeah, it absolutely is. with marco rubio dropping out, it is now a three-man race. and it's giving trump that extra surge, that extra momentum as if he really needed any more. but ted cruz who has the second most delegates, he still insists that he can beat trump especially in a hea

abc's liz kreutz has the debate highlights from miami. good morning, liz. >> reporter: good morning. just one day after bernie sanders pulled off that surprising win in michigan, he came head to head with hillary clinton here in miami. last night's debate a critical make or break moment for him as he hopes to expand his momentum beyond the midwest. overnight, hillary clinton brushing off her big loss in michigan picking herself up as she faced off with bernie sanders at the eighth democratic debate in florida, hosted by univision. >> madame secretary, i will match my record against yours any day of the week. >> i will not deport children. i would not deport children. >> reporter: and, of course, donald trump. >> he's talking about a very tall wall, right? a beautiful tall wall. >> let us not forget that several years ago, trump was in the middle of the so-called birther movement trying to delegitimize the president of the united states of america. >> reporter: clinton also taking questions about those e-mails. >> if you get indicted, will

>> abc's liz kreutz in ohio tuesday. it was a big night for the republicans with donald trump winning huge. >> and our coverage begins again live in detroit with abc's megan hughes. megan, is michigan really important for trump? >> reporter: this is absolutely a big win. number one, it is obviously adds to his momentum. number two, it is a state with a the republican side, we're talking about almost 60 delegates. trump is going to get a big number of those. it's also significant when it comes to the general election. we're seeing a lot of reports that a number of independent voters came out for trump. now, if that's the case, there is a chance that we'd see a strategy to make michigan a real battleground state come november. >> and really things start to really change going forward. ted cruz is making gains, as well, right? >> reporter: we did see one win idaho tonight. that's significant because ted cruz, the only republican to beat trump tonight. or last night rather. so that's a case that we've been hearing cruz make