have donald trump firmly ahead in the sunshine state.wñ senator rrubio just 44 years old. but he will not be the nominee this year. >> in this tush ewe lent era, his calm demeal nor. nvf9 >>> remember, you also have missouri, illinois and north carolina. he probably will win all three of those come next tuesday. having dr. carson this morning endivorce him helps. and then you've just got to continue. he's the only other article r m sh sh. >> no with your r wumpb epg moerk. >> i think this will thv. >> well, nvrkttr 12340e6. >> he was drafted into the race by 18940. but nothing like this. trump has conscious le set up noejd. >>> and hi's a sfe notch non. i don't fully understand how he's doing it. and i think people in the media who think they're going to attack him in traditional ways completely misunderstand how powerful his appearance/xpp the digging deeply for sufficient that's nod and believe me, everybody's going to be looking for that. that's whooi i think to kaishich and rubio o(. >>> and i think, you know, that's not going to work. >> do you see any hkt hkt mkt. >> the e knack

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

, 70 national security experts and senator john mccain have warned nald trump sp unfit to be commander in chief. romney says trump would lead america into recession. so even though donald trump has offered very few specific said is enough to know he would be very bad for american workers and for american families. thank you done o omentd romney's comments today in starke contrast to four years ago when trum endorsed him for president. >> donald trump has shoand extraordinarily ability t understand how our economy works and create jobs for the american people. >> reporter: at a campaign rally in maine donald trump speak about romney. >> i backed romney. you can see how loyal he was. i could of sed mit drop to your knees and he would have dropped to his knees he was begging. >> reporter: trump saying romney should of easily beaten president obama. mit is a failed candidate. he failed. to. republicans will debate in detroit. donald trump says if he is a c tacked in the debate. le hit back harder. live in the newsplex. i'm alex diprato. 7 news. >> danielle: all right alex. now on

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

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

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

shows a big change for florida senator. marco rubio who is now behind senator. ted cruz here in his home state. a cbs news poll of likely republican primary voters shows trump ahead with 44%, ted cruz is beating marco rubio in florida with 24% and senator. rubio not too far behind at 21%, the poll's margin of error is 4.8%. >>> donald trump targeted florida senator. marco rubio during his campaign rally tonight in boca raton and he urged the crowd of thousands to vote in florida's winner take all primary and cbs4 is live in boca raton with the latest. >> reporter: good evening natalia, we are here in style, the campaign rented an amphitheater, he touched unfamiliar topics of emigration, the trade imbalance and the crowd loved it. it was about as presidential as he could get, republican hopeful, billionaire businessman donald trump arriving at his boca raton rally on a chopper. two days before the florida primaries he urged the crowd to vote even though he is ahead in the polls.>> we love that don't wait? that is going to happen folks, no one will tell us what to do and i am working

senator ted crews is helping to maketh t with a rally in columbus. we are going to seek millions of high-paying jobs created were goingt to keep wages rising for added that heep was a young people coming out of school with two, three, four, five job opportunities. he hosted a rally at a performing arts center yesterday. he shot took shots that donald trump saying if trump is that many than hillary clinton will win the white houseday republicans need to come together and standouts month gop front runner donald trump is planning to return to ohio today after campaigning in florida that will lead our route at the end towns their way down from what a could be the most important day foror several presidential camp a large number of delicates are up for grabs and they have been hitting the state very h hard hillary clinton in bernie sandersr burton:this sunday night. stacy fry is lifert as it continues. >> good morning. >> bernie sanders will be here out 1:00 p.m. he and hillary clinton both legacy center last night in columbus before heading over to meeting. both clinton and sanders read

. still too close to call. senator bernie sanders 51 percent or.so hillary clinton at 48. on the repubcan side that race was called early. donald trump came out on top. big win for him 37 percent. ohio governor kasich with 25 same for texas senator cruz. senator rubio trailed with nine percent. >> in mississippi trump wls a big win there edging out he won with 48 percent of the vote. cruz with 37 percent. governor kasich in third with nine percent and marco rubio coming in with 5 percent. on the democratic side of things in mississippi hillary clinton sailing to an easy victory there. that race finished by hillary clinton beating bernie sanders 83 percent to 16 percent. >>> tonight races wrap up the foybing usz tourns florida. >> that's where some prltal hopeful are trumping for support and we begin with nicole at bernie sanders event held this evening in downtown miami. >> rock star welcome in downtown miami for the 74downtown miami for the 74-year-old senator from vermont. >> thank you miami. >>reporter: candidate hoping to rest the nomination from hillary clinton. and for more than an

going after the district 118 seat currently held state senate. he last held office in 2012 when he lost to joe garcia in a congressional contest. at that time he was actually involved in a federal investigation into a campaign finance scheme which some suspect he orchestrated. rifvera has not been charged and has repeatedly denied being under investigation. >>> former presidential candidate marco rubio returned to capitoto hill for the first time since suspending his campaign. what't' next for him? >> i'm not going to be vice president, i'm not running for governor of florida. i'm going to finish out my term in the senate. we're going to work really hard here. we have some things who want to achieve and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: the rmer senator says he has ruled out being vice president. rubio announced he's not going to seeke-election like you just heard him and says he plans his senate term ends. >>> 5:14. donald trump's emergence as the big fish in a tiny pool of candidates started a scramble by political power brokers to try to shut him down. in t e meantime

miami. four candidates left. senator marco rubio, this is a do or die debate for him. for more on that, let's go to steve litz live here at the university of miami. >> reporter: hi jackie. governor scott may not endorsing a candidate, but a sitting senator now is. senator ted cruz enjoying his first endorsement from mike lee. that is the senator in utah. a big deal here. mike lee came into the spin room and annnnunced his support for ted cruz. he didn't ask marco rubio to drop out of this race, but he did encourage mr. rubio to, quote, get behind cruz. this is the last debate before the primaries in ohio and for the second night in a row, a south frida college will host a major presidential debate. the university of miami welcoming the four republican presidential hopefuls. florida gop chairman remains nntral on his candidates, but has a preferred opponent come novememr. >> i would love to run a cacaaign against hillary clinton, which is probably the antithesis of what people thought two years ago. >> reporter: the repuican underdogs like marco rubio need a strong performance tonight t

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

. back to you. >>> at 6:00, we begin with democracy 2016. donald trump and florida senator marco rubio are both taking their campaigns on the road today to louisiana. >> they are trying to drum up support one day before people

top of the list, senator marco rubio is not only a contender, he's al become one of trump's main targets as florida's primary 0 approaohes. representative of the people of florida, doesn't get much worse. he never shows up to practically. he's got the wor@st voting record in many years in the u.s. senate and the people of florida are not happy with him. i think he's going to do very poorly. he's been doing poorly elsewhere as you know, and i certainly think it really looks like it's a two-man race at this point. >> reporter: that has yet to be seen but what is verer visible is trump's awareness of cuba. things could go two ways with the new administration. a complete stall-out of the communist nation or a continue push of where we're headed now. >> we're living in the modern age and now it's time to do something, but certainly i would be open to it. as you know, i own doral, many buildings in miami, my people are really open to it at this point. >> this would be something >>> we're talking to all the candidates. our decision 2016 cerage just beginning there. nbc 6 anchor jackie n

total to 67. last night the state senateu.s. senate passed a zika bill. the goals to give drug makers an incentive to come up with a re. the measure goes to the full house for consideration. scott signed off on the state budget, the mood at the state budget being considered as cordial. he kept a promise to veto 256 milln of it. there's been the usual grumbling. however, the watchdog group florida tax watch says lawmakers did a better job this year when it came to transparency. >> really did a much better job in budgeting this year the taxpayers' hard earned money, so they added a bit more transparency and accountability than we've had in the past. >> florida tax watch says it still plans to release its annual budget turkey list, which highlights items inserted into the budget without much public scrutiny. >>> the focus shifts west in tonight's decision debrief. a big name throwing his support behind senator ted cruz. herrs brian moore. >> reporter: bernie sanders is defyingay sayers reportedly, including president obama himself, who believe it is time for democrats to close ranks behi

bruising loss last night. friend and fundraiser george lewis lopez tells me the senator's future in gop party politics remains bright. >> marc has a role and his youth is a great asset in that energy and excitement. the most important thing is to unite this party. >> reporter: lopez and others feel senator rubio is not done with politics after he wraps up his senate term this year. we're going to take a more detailed look at mr. rubio's possible future in politics and alsoin his private life. live into the newsroom, i'm steve litz. >> perhaps you used it yesterday throughout the day, the nbc 6 news and weather app. >>> two of the three teens arrested in the shooting death of a 6-year-old king carter appeared in court today. claudia claudia claudia d dcampo has more. >> do you think i thought that would be the last time? >> reporter: the last time she would see king carter live. today the grieving grandmother was in court for the arraignment of the twoeens accused of >> charging the defendant with one count of murder in the second-degree with a deadly weapon. >> reporter: irwen press

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senator ted cruz in his the poll shows donald trump ahead with 44% on the bow, ted cruz is not beating michael rubio with 24%. senator marco rubio is not too far behind at 21%. the polls margin of error is 4.8%. >>> donald trump target marco rubio during a rally last night. he urged the crowd to vote in florida when were take all primary.>>reporter: it was about as presidential as you could get, hopefuls, billionaire is this man donald trump arriving at his rally on the chopper. two days before the primary, he urged the crowd to vote, even though he is ahead in the polls. folks. nobody is going to tell us what to do. i am working for you, and for you, and for you.>> this country is very social. i came from cuba in 1961 link from a communist -- fleeing from a communist. obama is a socialist. >> she will see that the schools again are clean, well educated, all safe places, i love the women. i win with women, i win with men, we win with the military . we win with young, we win with old, we win with highly educated and we win with less than highly educated. >>reporter: there were the disru

. >> reporter: and earlier today, senators rubio and cruz both calling out trump saying it's his heated rhetoric causing the violence. one more quick note. today was a very very calm rally and a big reason why is because trump's campaign actually rented out this entire amphitheater. it's a public park. therefore they were abl@ to tell security who they wanted in and who they didn't want to. earlier today we did see a number of protesters who were not allowed inside therally. >> reporter: and the trump criticism about how protesters were handled. the demonstration was at first -- since friday when protesters forced trump to cancel on friday. he had the protesters removed much to the delight of supporters. >>> police had to use pepper spray in kansas city. and in ohio trump supporters used their car alarms to drown out protesters and they said, build the bridges, not walls. >>> trump's rallies have come under fire after violence in chicago. the campaign was forced to cancel the event after demonstrators took to the street in protest. at one point a man tried to storm the stage. >>>

now in sunshine state, democrat hillary clinton meanwhile, us senator. marco rubio quiz from florida says he is not going to go down without a fight. tuesday could be the nail though in the coffin for rubio's campaign. right now he is campaigning across the state feverishly, trying to reel in voters before tuesday. mel martinez sat down with me today and says next week's primary could really help donald trump's bid for the republican nomination and push him all the way through. for the white house. >> i think he will probably go back to the private sector. he is a very talented person and is very young. i can't imagine marco rubio doesn't have another act in public life. i doubt he would run for governor at this point. >> rubio also said the same thing to her christopher heath regarding running for governor in florida. if you bills out of the gop race. as for a spot on the trump cabinet mark -- rubio says that is unlikely. you can watch more of what our president clinical analyst had to say about the florida primary on central florida spotlight. they also chime in on the trump fatter

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state government. republicans have blocked both measures in the state senate, so the bill's final passage remains uncertain. >>> 17 counties are due for federal help to recover from the blizzard in january. the money can be used to repair the only counties not mentioned are passaic, sussex, sail ex-and gloucester. an i team investigation into worker's kpen taking, why many doctors are choosing to no longer treat injuries of workers hurt on the job. >>> here's a look at what's on nbc tonight when chuck and i see hey, have you heard? heard what? before school starts in september, all kids going into 7th and 12th grade have to get the meningococcal vaccine. it protects against diseases like meningitis. that can be serious, even deadly. yeah, that's why they can't start school without it. something to share? (giggling) actually, yes! talk to your health care provider. even kids who've had one shot >>> the new york senate passing a bill to make st. patrick's day a holiday in new york city. the irish committee expressed disappointment for scheduling parent teacher conferences on back in

political future is on the line at poling places like this. the senator predicted a win in his home state but is way behind in the poles. this state will elect 99 i need it to be me. >> ted cruz may have the best shot at winning illinois. the texas senator is within striking distance of trump. meanwhile on the democratic side, bernie sanders is trying to pull off another midwest upset against hillary clinton. the vermont senator is making a run for missouri, ohio, and illinois where he's campaigned heavily in chicago. >> the states that are coming down the pipe, we have great opportunities to win many of them. we're feeling really good. >> clinton has the lead in florida. a winner take all state with 214 delegates up for grabs. don champion, cbs 4 news. >>> it's an uphill battle for senator rubio here in florida but the junior senator from the sunshine state is confident voters in his home state will prove the poems wrong. but he says turn out is key. he's hoping to encourage voting with an all out media blitz today which started here at cbs 4 this morning. >>> winning in florida wo

kendall campus. hillary clinton and senator bernie sanders will debate the issues leading up to tuesday's florida primaries. university of south florida political science professor susan mcmannis told me young voters could tilt this race. >> the millennials are firmly in the hands of bernie sanders. the downside for him in florida universities are on spring break. >> reporter: clinton has a hefty lead. 62% compared to sanders '32%. he's opening an upset win in michigan last night will energize his democratic base. >> i want to take thihi opportunity to thank the people of michigan who repudiated the polls. >> reporter: clinton won big in mississippi and chose to boast about the campaign her and sanders are age ingwaging. >> we have differences, but i'll tell you those differences pale in comparison to what's happening on the republican side. >> reporter: tonight't' debate just one hour is expected to be substantive. just six days before floridian go to the polls. a lot of eye osess on this one, rick scoto's administration. she has an opinion and there are protesters out here as

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that my candidacy could lead to the election of donald trump or senator ted cruz. that is not a risk i can take in good conscious. he says extreme rhetoric coming from both campaigns is ohio governor kasich campaignohio governor kasi campaigning next door in michigan before their primary tuesday. he's polling well there and he says he will win his home statesays he will win his home state, too >> you washington than the to win a voter that likes trump you give them an answer that is real. because they want to know how the wages are going to o up. how the job will be secured. >>reporter: democrat contra also in the wolverines state dueling for vote. senator sanders won three contest over the weekend but rmer secretary of state hillary clinton continues her domination among minority voters. >> w ware going to help small businesses that create two third of the jobs in america. the fastest growing segment of small business are minority ownednd women owned small businesses. >> fight number one is a very fundamental fight. does this country belong to all of us or does it belong to han

drones near the airports. senator bill nelson joined consequences. >> if a seagull, which is flesh and blood and webbed feet sucked into a jet engine can cause that airplane to come down, you can imagine what plastic and metal would do when sucked in to the jet engine. >> mia ranks fourth in the nation with incidents involving drone and aircraft. for a full list of drone miami.cbslocal.com. football field fight. dozens of students poured into a board of trustees meeting to protest plans to build two practice fields over a popular nature preserve, hoping the fast track the project for were met with the unexpected backlash at fiu. >>> hundreds of student violence, bullying and drugs, soaring over sunrise for the fourth annual above the influence march and rally. above the influence is a national movement that in counsels kids to always be they will selfs and never cave to peer pressure. >>> the material girl as emotional roller coaster. >>> her cuss dee battle taken on tour. >>> say hello to ocean drive's cover photo. >>> and it's a shark tale two (donkey sound) (elephant sound) there's

make changes to the structure of florida's death penalty. today, the senate gave its final approval on a measure that would require at least ten jurors to recommend the death penalty in order for the sentence to be imposed. the senate wanted a unanimus vote, but the house moved to require just 10 of 12 jurors to governor rick scott will have to it. florida has the second largest death row population, but executions have been putut on hold since january 12th. >>> there's some major changes coming to downtown miami. today city officials are breaking new ground on one of the largest development projects in sooh florida history, the miami world center. miami with the details on this grand development. amanda >> reporter: yes, trina. downtown miami is about to get a whole new look. this empty lot will soon house a major brand-new development that will take up six city blocks. officials are digging in to the future of miami. >> we're breaking ground on one of the largest private master plan projects in the nation. >> reporter: today's ground breaking kicked off construction in the massive

record in the last senate. we don't have to gro into it real big. >> and senator crews cruz ready to make this a two man rairks cruz versus trump. we welcome you with openn arms because only one campaign has beaten donald trump. >> reporter: earlier today donald trump did get a win in the islands. nine delegates in this raise. he won the caucuses there in the islands. he is throok reach that 1237 magic number to he is ciewrt gop nomination. he is in the lead right now. donald trump will be here at his marlo go resort later to night. and taking to the podium and hoping to talk about big wins across the five primary states. the polls closing later today

tuition free. >> reporter: at the university of florida, the senator dawned a gators baseball cap and encouraged students to change the country by stangds up to the status quo. >> i know that florida is big football country, right, but unless you're out on the playing field, football is a spectator sport. democracy is not a spectator sport. >> reporter: both contenders are gearing up for the big prize. florida's primary next tuesday with its winner take off laura rodriguez, nbc 6 news. back to you, jackie. >> all eyes are on senator marco rubio. he knows the importance of h winning on his home turf. that's five days away this coming tuesday. we also spoke to the head of the r who told us that whoever the nominee will be, the party will support. it's been an interesting couple of days here in south florida with two debates and a big day coming up on tuesday. live from the university of miami campus, i'm jackie nespral. back to you. >> thank you. >> keep the nbc 6 news and weather app handy for the primary. you can see everything you need to know about decision 2016. >>> the u.s. and ca

victory. >> reporter: senator sanders, lots of travel plans ahead of him. meantime, on the republican side, donald trump did an interview early this morning with nbc 6, our anchor team. they covered a variety of topics. also, a new ad out today. it is a campaign video by a superpac that is anti-donald trump and it calls him out on his choice of words. >> this an exclusive interview on nbc of today, donald trump told our morning anchor team he does favor warming relations >> i am, after 50 years, you know, it's been 50 years, i would like to see a better deal than obama's making. obama's not making a very good deal as i see it. i would certainly be open to it. i think it's time. reporter: today voters in michigan and three other states are taking part in primaries and caucuses, with the next big prize being florida's win-or-take-all primary one week from today. >> he gets the nomination, they'll sue his [ bleep ]. >> reporter: a blistering campaign video by an anti-trump political action committee takes the billionaire to task over his >> [ bleep ]. >> what the hell are with edoing? >>

the senate, which is why it's called the sec primary. taking that name from the southeast conference, an association of southern universities that may be best-known for its football rivalries. no football there, b bhe u.s. territory of american samoa will hold its caucus on super tuesday. there are more gel gatts up for other day on the calendar. it offers nearly half of what's needed to win for republicans. one-e-ird, or 36% for deputies. super tuesday will probably not decide the race for the republicans because of the number of candidates in the race. they splint the vote for a clear, fast win, but it could have a significant impact on the democratic race between hillary clinton and bernie sandersrs >> lynn: there you go, that was jonathan mann explaining everything. and most polls find hillary clinton and donald trump well ahead of their competitors in most states tonight. >> danielle: coming in off of the satellites, a mosque hit by hate in indiana. surveillance video showing three people spray painting the building in indianapolis. anan the trio leave being a slew of hateful me

must-win for senator marco rubio, but trump maintains he's going to come out on to >> tonight, team coverage from the campaign trail. we start with jackie nespral live from the university of miami's campus in coral gables, the sightte of tonight's big debate. jackie? >> reporter: when i graduated from the university of miami in 1989 it was a much different campus. as i look behind me, i see the student union and new buildings. there's a lot of new development here on campus. as they say, the more things change, the more they stay the same. senator marco rubio graduated from here in 1996. he must make a statement here tonight in order to stop donald trump. for more on that, we send it over to jay gray live on campus. jay? >> repopoter: hey, jackie. the spin room. tonight is a crucially timing event for the republican party and all of the ndidates. it's their final face-to-face showdown before the pivotal primary on tuesday where each of these candidates are trying to make their mark. the votes could deliver some clarity to what's been a chaotic political season so far. the democrats

people like mitch mcconnell, how do you work with him if he's the senate majority. those are the two issues that i read the most. >> let's take the first one in general. what is abundantly clear, if donald trump is our nomination, we get killed in the general election. you look at poll after poll after poll, hillary wollops -- those very same polls, poll after poll after poll, show me beating hillary kwlin ton, head-to-head. and if you look at the people, if you look at the people we're turning out, the states we're winning, we're seeing record turn-outs. republican turn out is dwarfing democratic turn out. >> why do you think that happens? is it because of the eight disast yous rears of obama? it's pafrt of it. >> people are frustrated. they're angry. you can't get jobs. opportunity going away. you have a federal government that doesn't listen. doesn't care. people are ready for a change. >> well, let me ask you this. if i had one issue, senator, that i would tell you, there is such palpable anger towards republicans. if you look at all of those polls, exit polls, states, it's 60, 6

mean a lot of them. i mean a lot of them. >> reporter: florida senator marco rubio was quick to remind the crowd that he is in his home state. >> my mother who happens to be here today, i am against any changes in social security that are bad for my mother. >> reporter: texas senator ted cruz used his roots to connect to florida voters. >> 59 years ago, florida welcomed my father to america. as he stepped off the ferry boat from cuba onto key west. sending a message to his party, if he gets the votes, he should be the republican nominee. >> the republican establishment or whatever you want to call it should embrace what's happening. >> in the context of illegal immigrant -- >> the race is heating up for the democrats as well. a day after hillary clinton rallied supporters in ybor, daughter chelsea will be stumping for her mother in sarasota and st. pete today at the francis at noon then head over to st. pete's soiree at 2:14. meanwhile, bernie sanders is headed up the east coast to target other primary states. sanders would start with a rally and head to toledo, ohio and wrap up the ev

importantly f i'm so honored to be your president. >> clinton's challenger, senator bernie sanders also stopped in the bay area, attending the rally at florida state fairgrounds. thousands packed into the expo hall. >> this campaign is asking people to think outside of the box, outside of the status quo and ideas that the television people and the newspapers and the radio do not talk about. the florida primary is march 15th a few days from now. early voting is right now check out the don't miss it section of wfla.com. when you visit that section of our website, you will find out everything you need to know for the florida primary, and you will see all the polling locations available to you. >>> an 11-year-old girl has admitted that a girl made up a story about a person trying to abduct her. >> the reason she lied, she has to walk approximately 1 million home, and she doesn't like walking home. >> she had to write a letter to explained she was scared, but now she will be charged with a misdemeanor and she will have to go through counseling. >>> this is deadly flooding from louisiana

has come and gone and the future of florida senator marco rubio's campaign is up i the air. with florida primary less than two weeks away, many are wondering what rubio's next move will be. >> the race for the gop nomination appears now to be a four-man contest. the issue for many republicans after super tuesday is how to keep donald trump from getting the nomination and for marco him competiti in this race. florida senator casting his ballot during early voting, flashing it at the camera, then answering a softball question. >> who did you vote for? >> i voted for marco rubio. what an incredible honor to vote for myself. >> reporter: marco rubio winning just one state yesterday, the caucuses in minnesota. florida's primary lies ahead, a must-win for rubio. >> it's my home and we're going to win it. i feel great about it. >> i think the other path for marco rubio is how long these other candidates stay in the race. if he can get into a one-on-one matchup with donald trump, i think he can do very well. >> reporter: donald trump maintains a huge lead thatt the delegate count and the

. >>> senator marco rubio returned to capitol hill today. the former presidential candidate thinks there is still time to stop donald trump from winning the republican nomination. >> i think that's going to happen now that the race has narrowed even further hopefully this time it will prevent a trump nomination which would fractre the party and be damaging to the conservative movement. >> rubio did not endorse any of the remaining candidates directly. he said he plans to return to a private life once his senate term ends. up a leftover rubio endorsement today. jim inhofe says he's backing the ohio governor because he has a proven record of delivering results results. ted cruz is, quote, the only conservative that's left in this race. >>> calls from bernie sanders today for republicans in t senate to hold confirmation hearings to conside supreme court nominee judge merrick garland. president obama nominated garland for the high court on wednesday. sanders says the 63-year-old has decades of experience on the bench. on the steps of the capital, sanders says obama has done his job by nominatin

trump, of course, ted cruz and marco rubio. let's concentrate on senator marco rubio, here in south florida. three candidates decided to spend super tuesday here in south florida, very interesting. but let's concentrate on marco rubio because he won minnesota. he needs to win his home state % of florida. what is the strategy now because still donald trumpis ahead in the polls. >> yeah. he is -- donald trump is leading the polls in florida. marco rubio, home state, last out in 2010. it is a must win state for marco rubio. if wants to re-energize his campaign, florida is the place for him to do . it is an expensive state. markets, miami, tampa, orlando, sop i think part of it is getting his message on air and spending time campaigning, grassroots campaigning the same way he defeated charlie crist in the republican primary in 2010, that's whatatt takes for marco rubio to win florida. >> trump said he's a unifier. do you think the republican party would support a donald trump campaign? >> you know, that's a good question. and a tough question. donald trump has never gotten over 50% of a

putney has more on last night's debate which is being called more@ civil than those past. >> senator marco rubio of florida. >>reporter: marco rubio got thunderous applause when he came out. it was clearly a hometown crowd. >> our country is in serious, serious trouble. it's a bubble and it's going to explode. >>reporter: at first donald trump spoke with his usual hyperbole but without his usual passion until he was asked does he really think islam hates america. >> last night you told cnn islam hates us. did you really mean all 1.6 billion muslims. >> i mean a lot of them. >> the problem is presidents can't just say everything they want. it has consequences here and around the world. >>reporter: at this stage of the campaign every debate is who must win his home state tonight was huge. >> if we don't capture these terrorists alive, they are not going to have the right to remain silent and they are not going to go to guantanamo bay, cuba. >> i would probably have the embassy closed until such time as a really good deal was made and states. >> first of all, the embassies, the former c

appellate judge where she was unanimously confirmed by the senate. the president is likely to make his selection in the next couple of weeks. >>> a legendary astronaut is back home after spending almost a year in ace. scott kelly returned to houston overnight where he was welcomed biden's wife, jill biden. he toughed down with his two russian colleagues after returning from the international space station. >> a year is a long-time, you know. it felt like i had been up there my whole life after about the first six months. >> ashley: nasa scientists will be comparing his body against twin brother hoping to use this information against future missions to mars. >>> and time now to check on stories making news today. >> ashley: omar lewis is in the plex with that. >> omar: a mystery-making police officer honored. they will designate section of 175th street.. harris was the first african-american police officer in floda a served 20 years with the miami-dade police department. plus, american idol unveiling its amazing 8. two contestant wills be sent show leaving the remaining eight to sin

. senator ted cruz and bernie sanders celebrating big wins. of the after winning two states, donald trump made it clear who he wants to drop out. >> reporter: the super saturday showdown started out with a big win by cruz. texas senator in the state of kansas and taking -- >> we were the only campaign that can and weather beat donald trump. >> reporter: cruz' wins made headlines. donald trump with victories in kentucky -- >> we are going to build a wall, stuff will still get done and everything will be fine. >> reporter: trump doubled down on his promise to build a wall at the mexican border. >> we will build a wall, don't worry. we will build the wall. who is going to pay for the wall? >> reporter: protesters interrupted trump's speech a dozen times. >> reporter: inside, trump thanked police for restoring order and told floridians he will do something to help >>> >> hundreds of you watched our live stream during the rally, yesterday. you can hear more from the protester at today's rally. head to our website and click on the video tab. >>> florida senator marco rubio campaigned in j

my endorsement of ted cruz. >> texas senator ted cruz is making headlines from a fellow senator. >> he is the only republican candidate who can defeat donald trump and hillary clinton, and i believe he will. >> one, he's a tea party favorite. conservative we need in office. >> reporter: they expressed regret of what's happened so far. >> we knew the field was going to narrow. it would have been great if still in it. >> what do you say to all this criticism that donald trump is doing well because he's doing everything the republicans are not? >> he's tuned into something that's going on. the republicans are frustrated with the last 8 years with barack obama, and they want some things to change. >> i can tell you, naturally, the number 1 person being searched as far as the candidates go is donald trump. you can see all the donald trump conversation. good or bad, it's being searched on google. in florida, we've had an outstanding number of people casting ballots early. republican chairman, not only can you see record turnout, you would see a lot of this decided prior to election tu

and we are getting the first results of the night coming into the plex. senator ted cruz of texas beating out the rest of the republicans in the kansas caucuses. let's take a look at the numbers. ted cruz with 50.7% of the vote. donald trump with 24.4%. senator marco rubio with 14.5% and john kasich with 9.1% of the vote. caucus locations reporting, it is still very early in maine, cruz with 48%, trump with 35%, rubio 8.6% and kasich with 7.4%. >> meanwhile stumping for support in the state and before making his way down the palm beach county tonight. >> and florida senator marco rubio making a stop in the campaign state and trying to keep the front runner status. >> but still a long way to go until the respective party's conventions. >> the fight for more delegates continues as they head to the states on saturday. kansas, louisiana, maine and kentucky for republicans. and kansas, louisiana and nebraska for democrats. 155 delegates at stake for the republican front runner donald trtrp made the last minute decision to head to kansas and skip the conservative polilical analyst confe

are supporting him but they can't wait to vote for him. >> senator ted cruz hopes to make it a two-man race. >> will we will see i believe it will tmp and me coming out what they significant chunk of delegates. >> hillary clinton is hoping to land a knockout blow from senator bernie sanders. he voted early this morning but he is looking for more than >> the goal today is it to end up with as many delegates as we possibly can. >> there are 859 delegates at stake for the democrats but polls show the lead of 20 points or more in six southern states. clinton has already focused all mac shifted some of her focus to the election. >> i will stand up and figig for u this campaign no m mter who the republicans nominate. >> hunted will hold a rally in florida a night. >> donald trump and marco rubio both plan to hold super tuesday celebrations in florida tonight. >>> and iowa, governor terry branstad said he is not ready to support a presidential candidate but t did weigh in on chris christie's decision to support donald trp. >> i think it was a brilliant so i think it was ace tuesday." chri

are going to say, mr. president, we're winning too much. it's too much. >> reporter: texas senator, ted cruz is trying to broaden his appeal from evangelicals. >> we need a real conservative who will provide real conservative solutions in people's lives. that is the only way we beat donald trump, and that is the only way we are going to beat hillary clinton, and ted is the man to do it. >> reporter: the campaign focus now shifts to a group of delegate-rich states, one of those is florida, marco rubio's home state. he has had a string of poor showings in recent weeks. but the senator remains bullish on his chances. >> i will be on that ballot on tuesday. i will complain as long as hard as it takes. we are going to the white house, and we are going to win the nomination. >> reporter: rubio said he regrets his personal attacks on trump. >> in terms of personal stuff, yeah. that's not something i'm entirely proud of. my kids were embarrassed by it, and if i had to do it again, i wouldn't. >> reporter: donors are expressing concerns about his fate in florida. >>> the senate judiciary co

senate both approved a half% increase to the states sales tax to better find a teacher pay and better provide property tax relief. >> all the operations at the woodberry county clerk of courts office could is to be back in one building. >> currently the clerk's office a split between the courthouse of and the law enforcement center also known as the lec. supervisors want to change that. more on that. what to the timeline we are looking for for this move. >> the woodberry county clerk of courts offices are looking to be possible. this potential move would bring the employees from the county's law enforcement center across the street to the historic courthouse. earlier today members of the county board of supervisors met with other county staff to discuss some of the logistics that would go with the move. at that meeting third district court administrator lisa mcneil told the supervisors of this move would be best for the county. >> the word today is collaboration for effectiveness. and we are all responsible for trying to collaborate the best possible outcome. we could have all

in detroit. the former secretary of state leads rival senator bernie sanders by 190 pledged delegates. both will participate in a debate on sunday, in flint, michigan. republican presidential hopeful marco rubio cancels his trip to the bluegrass state. the florida senator was scheduled to appear in lexington tomorrow morning. his campaign did not say why the stop was canceled. rubio...is looking to stop g-o-p frontrunner donald trump's momentum by picking up some delegates in kentucky. republican presidential hopeful ben carson now saying he doesn't, quote, "see a political path forward". he will not be at tonight's g-o-p debate in michigan. it's not clear if carson will officially suspend more detail tomorrow at the conservative pac conference in maryland. and today... former g-o-p presidential nominee mitt romney has called a news conference. he intends to speak about the "state of the 2016 presidential race." that's all that is known about the utah event. romney, who has been very critical of donald trump, is not expected to make an endorsement or to announce he's getting

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