. >> in a washington post op ed along with mentor william perry, carter argued the united states should make clear its intention to trike and destroy the north korean miss ail before it can be -- missile before it can be launched. he added the multi story fuel and they would puncture the missile and cause it to ex-please. late last year, with the wisdom from a preemptive strike, he made it clear that it was not something he wanted to revisit. >> a few years ago, a while back, you wrote a compelling bid with the secretary perry, advocating that north korean missile be taken out on a lunch pad before they can test it. does their thinking about that change, and if so why: i don't have anything knew on that. we are always concerned about north korean behaviour and provocations of all kinds. >> when i pressed the point carter ignored the follow up and pointed to another reporter. >> what about your argument about the pre-emptive fight. >> this week, as he rolled out the budget at the economic club of washington. carter faced the question again, his answer? >> it was a different circumstance,

along with his mentor, defense secretary william perry, carter argued forcefully that the united states should immediately make clear its intention to strike the north korean missile before it can be launched. he added that the multistory thin skinned missile is itself explosive, and it would cause it to explode. but late last time year h. i asked carter about the wisdom of a preemptive strike against a volatile regime, he made it clear that it's not something that he wanted to revisit. >> a few years ago, when you were in office, secretary perry advocated that the north korean missile be taken out on the launch pad before they could test it. are a you thinking about that change? >> where we are on that, we always are discerned about north korean behavior, and provocations of all kind. >> when i pressed him, carter gave it to another reporter. >> when you argue about the preemptive strike, you argued very convincingly. >> reporter: but this week, as he rolled out the pentagon budget, carter faced the question again, and his answer. >> that was a different circumstance then, and it was o

threw out the case against perry and reaffirmed a lower court's decision. >>> president obama fired back today at congressional republicans who say they will not hold hearings on a nominee to replacing justice antonin scalia. in a rare blog posting, the president outlined his criteria on a candidate. libby casey is here. libby. >> thank you, president obama contributed to scotus blog. in his writing he said picking a supreme court justice one of the most important decision he a president amakes and he promised to find someone with a sterling record and outstanding credentials. this comes despite republicans offering a fight to the president, prosmsing a fight inn fact. the president says it's his duty to pick the next supreme court justice. republicans drew a line in the sand this week. >> on the republican side unanimously have agreed we wrote a letter to senator mcconnell saying we are of the view that there should not be a hearing in the judiciary committee for anyone that the president nominates. >> reporter: president obama responded wednesday morning. >> i recognize the politics ar

. >>> a texas court has dismissed a criminal case against former governor rick perry. he was accused of misusing the power of his office. the charge was connected to a veto he made in 2013. the prosecutors said the veto was intended to force a local district attorney to resign. if he had been convicted it could have brought a prison sentence of up to 99 years. >>> we are learning more about what happened before those deadly shootings in kalamazoo, michigan. the shooter visited a gun shop and bought a tactical jacket just before the attacks. he is charged with murder. police say he killed six people and wounded two others. >>> more severe weather is hitting parts of the country today after dangerous storms brought tornados to the southeast, killing at least three people. hermela aregawi has more. >> reporter: the storms wiped through alabama, florida, mississippi, and louisiana, knocking down trees and turning over vehicles and mobile homes. at least two were killed and dozens were injured. emergency workers in a up to west of new orleans are still searching for people

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 the possession of many of the most popular firearms in america. and marco rubio in the city council in west miami voted to ban guns in city parks. i'll tell you right now i have never and i will never support banning guns because i believe in the second amendment right to keep and bear arms. >> we saw cruz trying to steer the narrative away from donald trump back to cruz's attack of the obama administration saying he would abolish obamacare and he will abolish the irs. >> heidi, texas has a large latino population, is that expected to be a major factor? >> it really depends on how many latino republican voters turn out for this primary, del, and historically that number has always been low. though, here in t

we're expecting to see texas governor greg abbott and rick perry also take the stage next to cruz. >> heidi, texas has a sizable latino population, is that expected to be a factor tomorrow? >> it reality depends on how many latinos turn out. especially those who vote in the republican primary. historically that turn out is very low in texas. however, the state is reporting very high very early turn outs. many texans have cast a vote. we know in nevada donald trump won with 44% of the latino vote among primary republican voters and he's trying to do the same here in texas. >> before i let you go, bill clinton stumping for his wife today. he's popular in the lonestar state despite the fact that it is normally a red state. what is his message to voters there? >> so as hillary crosses the country she's counting on her husband to visit three texas state. he's expecteded to target minorities blacks and latinos who historically have supported hillary clinton in the past. >> heidi, we thank you very much. also the poll showing donald trump with a sizable lead in most of those states this morn

former defense secretary william perry and ash carter argued that the united states should make clear an attention to strike and destroy the missile. adding that the high energy fuel is, itself, explosive. the u.s. air strike would puncture the missile and probably cause it to ex-belowed. when i asked carter about the wisdom of a pre-emptive strike, he made it clear it was not something he wanted to revisit. >> a few years ago, you wrote a comp compelling bid with secretary kerry, advocating that the north korean missile be taken out on a launchpad before it was contested. are you thinking about the change? >> i don't have anything new for you on that. >> it is behaviour and provocations. >> carter ignored by follow up and pointed to another supporter. >> what about the argument about the pre-emptive strike. this week, carter faces the question again. his answer... that was a different circumstance. it was a test launch. my policy was we were not to tolerate it. we were trying to figure out how to not tolerate it. then as now, north korea was teeking to develop the nuclear warhead sma

. >>> and in sport bad news for chelsea ahead of the champion league game with perry. ♪ south korea's president says the communist neighbor to the north has proven it doesn't want peace and has been addressing parliament in seoul about what she describes as provocations from north korea. last week it launched a long-range rocket into orbit that says it was carrying a satellite but says it was covered for band missile technology. the hospitalized baby in australia is uncertain as she faces being returned to an off shore detention facility and being treated for serious burns which she suffered in a prison camp on the island of naru and as we explain from brisbon the hospital is refusing to discharge the baby. >> reporter: this brisbon hospital is where the baby's situation comes about policy to refugees is being held and australia's government says she and her parents will get at least 72-hour notice before immigration officials go in and take her and her family back to naru and that same guaranty doesn't apply to the other 264 people in a similar situation in australia but risking depo

have turned out to help them win the vote with current governor greb abbott and former governor rick perry at two ernts. texas isvents. texas is one of two states not leading with donald trump. he is attacking trump comparing him to hillae clinton and on twitter, condemning trump for his refusal to condemn a kkk endorsement. del? >> speaking of attacking immigration, a major factor, texas has a huge latin 0 population. how big of a factor will that be? >> this remains to be seen. we know the latino vote will be important in deciding the general election. here in texas, turnout among latino voters is historically low. we saw in nevada that trump ran away with 44% of the latino gop primary voter support. >> could repeat itself here in texas. certainly at an event in fort worth that i attended odd friday form donald trump, there was a very big latinos for trump movement. >> yesterday, the trump campaign rolling out another endorsement, a big endorsement this time, alabama senator jeff sessions. is this a major blow to ted cruz? >> reporter: it is. absolutely, del, because cruz has been counti

still with us is enter perry -- still with us is andrew perry. we have turmoil and the markets were down 5% overall. channels close because of the tax year. this is a new china we're seeing. what is your take away. that's what is your take away? go --t is your take away what is your take away? andrew: this is going to take many years. president doesn't have people authority many thought he would. people standing against his reform. it won't be until next year that you will have that full authority. francine: as an investor, is the endgame, you want to know if they are competitive? andrew: the message has been quite clear. a riskier yuan was very important to the chinese. if you get ongoing weakness, it is an emergency record -- emergency ripcord. there are a lot of negatives it would bring. chinese foreign currency debt has risen at the corporate level. that is going to cause a lot of problems on the banking sector. bet. not a one-way i think the chinese will only do it if they really have to. is note: overall, and it a question, does the pboc ha

courts highest criminal dismissing the highest criminal charge against rick perry. the charges stem from perry carrying out a beutel of state --ding for public corruption carrying out a veto. sergei lavrov have held a phone conversation to discuss the cease-fire in syria. president obama discussed the possibility of a truce at the white house today. president obama: we are very cautious about raising expectations about the situation on the ground. we have seen modest progress over the course of the last week or so. the cease-fire is scheduled to begin on saturday. global news 24 hours a day powered by our 2400 journalists and more than 115 is because around the world. -- 150 news bureaus around the world. mark: the u.s. stock market closes in 30 minutes. all three benchmarks in the green. ramy is down at the nasdaq with the latest. amy: turnaround is what is happening. losses -- forg every nine stocks were up, 13 were down. now, the reverse. the nasdaq is on track for its first negative january and february since 2009. speaking about negativity, i want to point out

texas's highest criminal court the charge against rick perry. the charges involved perry publicly training and then carrying out a veto state funding for public corruption prosecutors. loretta lynch is defending the government's push to unlock an iphone used by one of the san bernadino shooters aaron lynch -- shooters. lynch said there's plenty of precedent for third parties to aid in the search for evidence. apple will tell a judge this week that the dispute should be handled by congress, not the courts. u.s. of brazilian and health workers are banding together to determine if the zika virus are causing babies to be born with a birth the fact affecting the brain. it is one of the epicenters of of zika andutbreaks sufferers. , i am news 24 hours a day mark crumpton. scarlet: there are signs of inflation may be picking appear in the u.s., keeping the prospect of a hike in march on the table. again, are moving from extraordinary accommodation in this economy to something more neutral. the fomc said it will do that in a very gradual fashion. so for

matching katy perry and susan sarandon. spike lee is now feeling the burn. now he has a lethal weapon. last night i spoke with one of the stars of that franchise, danny glover. outside the american theatre on king street in downtown charleston. danny glover. i support bernie sanders because i think he is an andaordinary candidate extreme every citizen. i believe in his message. it is not as about his personality. he has a message that he brings here. knew something about them before he ran for president. as mayor ofim burlington. i remember him in congress. in on thisook on in order si odds. john: which issues matter to you? glover: the inequities in our society. the prison system. the mass incarceration. the breakdown within the justice system. he is willing to tackle that. we know the numbers. the numbers don't lie. the number of african-american and latino men and women who are in jail incarcerated. what that means in terms of the being full-fledged citizens. we know that. for all the issues. he is not just the one issue politician. climate change and glo

this looked like perry mason, that's what it was. he said the obama phrase once, twice, he just said that. that was strange, but that's ok. then a third time. it was like a robot. then a fourth time and a fifth time, and i thought this guy is cracking up on us. he was sweating so badly. i have never seen anything like it. it looked like he jumped into a swimming pool with his clothing on. >> we don't need another washington politician in the white house. do we need a first-term united states senator in the white house? do we need a united states senator from florida who does not show up from work? let me tell you something marco rubio, the president of the united states has done a no-show job like you have treated the united states senate. mark: rubio versus trump is already pretty incredible, at this point who is winning? john: i just want to deposit for a moment, it's not incredible. it's like oh my gosh, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, my god. it is a completely crazy race so far. i thought to rubio was great last night on the de

rick perry for him. abby: we don't see it now. statewide matters but also this is broken down by congressional district. that weeks tell me ago ted cruz was doing great. in second andame marco rubio was third. they are closely watching it. though he is seeing any movement were donald trump has moved ahead but they are certainly looking for that. he has got wired. and that thes donors are drifting from jeb bush to marco rubio. abby: you have a sense of what the campaign believes in south carolina what went wrong? abby: the county i was watching more than any other was greenville. ted cruz went there more than any other city except to des moines iowa. donald trump and beat him there. i just think that the evangelicals went with donald trump. it wasn't by much but it was enough to really keep ted cruz from doing well there. as opposed elsewhere. john kasich said yesterday it is not perhaps his purpose to be president. do you get the sense that he wants this more now than he did when he first got in? is he still exhibiting ambivalence

the charges stem from rick perry's public threatening and carrying out of a veto of -- teams of health workers banding together to determine if the zika virus is causing babies to be born with a birth defect affecting the brain. cdc and from the u.s. three brazilian health ministries went to work in brazil where the virus has hit the hardest. global news to hours at a by our 2400 journalists in more than 150 news bureaus around the world. commodity markets closing in new york. , raw sugars morning prices surged the most in 20 years after the international organization -- crude oil advancing, closing out their highs of the session. cheap gasp a third demand and sent inventories lower. -- bolstered demand and sent inventories lower. that gasoline demand rising 1.8%. conception was up 5.2% in the same time last year. guess futures up 5.25% there. -- gas futures. chesapeake is the biggest gainer in the s&p 500 today after the company said it will pay off its $500 million debt after investors expressed concern over plunging that gas prices -- plunging nat gas prices. abigail doolittle spent

he has rick perry as well. does he need to worry about possibly losing the state to trump? abby: we don't see it now. but certainly, consultants are watching the polling. statewide matters, but also this is broken down by congressional district. consultants tell me, who have been running campaigns in the local state legislature in the congressional district, that weeks ago ted cruz was doing , great. donald trump came in second and marco rubio was third. they are closely watching it. no one is seeing any movement where donald trump has moved ahead, but they are certainly looking for that. he has got it wired. i would also add that the donors are drifting from jeb bush to marco rubio. al: --mark: staying with you and the question of ted cruz, do you have a sense of what the campaign believes went wrong in south carolina, why he didn't finish a strongly there as he had hoped and planned? abby: the county i was watching more than any other was greenville. ted cruz went there more than any other city except des moines, iowa. donald trump beat him there. i just think that the ev

stephanie: northern new jersey perry jonathan: no, austin, washington, san francisco -- a line -- stephanie: northern new jersey. no, boston, washington, san francisco. people stay with us, they want s hotels.or other loew we have also built some from scratch which have been successful and added it to our bottom line. openedhicago hotel downtown. our joint venture with comcast and nbc universal. stephanie: do you have a target for how many you want to own? atathan: we would like to be 50 by 2020. that puts us at a disadvantage to the much bigger names and lodging. look at the starwood marriott merger. they will end up with one million rooms and 30 grand. if you look at destination hotels, there is a sense in the industry that bigger is better. there is that sense -- stephanie: bigger is better or the complete opposite, airbnb. jonathan: that is the complete opposite and we like to be somewhere in the middle where we sake smaller is better. we can offer what the big guys do, but the big want to get bigger to compete more effectively with the airbnb of the world. david: explain the mechanics

welcome it is time for us to charts with matt miller perry we are looking at how the chinese government attempts to increase inflation within the country. stephanie: this is a battle of the charts but the warm-up. you better when they do because we're giving you this. david: and you don't have competition. [laughter] matt: thank you very much. i am attempting to tell a story with a couple of charts and these are warning signs out of china. one is a lending. in whites, chinese credit is outstanding. their lending has massively increased. in blue, the shanghai composite index, so the last time they tried this boosting lending, it boosted doubled the shanghai composite index within 12 months, but it came down with the concern that lending was too much. another warning sign, m2 money supply, the broadest measure of money supply, and china is here in white and the u.s. and gold and the ecb and blue and japan see the so you can money supply has just shot up. david: a lot of people were concerned about chinese credit before. matt: their goal is to do what they did in the past. david: thank you

do you agree with what governor perry is say? >> it's a long way from texas to new york and not just geographically but also in politics. and i think to a certain amount maybe in personality here. >> but the point of the endorsement from christie is probably less at winning texas and more about creating an establishment type figure to align himself with trump before a lot of primaries to make minimumself credible with rubio. >> this changes the topic and this is what will be discussed over the weekend. the governor was absolutely right. that endorsements don't mean that much. but they can for a period of time change the or direct the way the discussion goes. that's what's happening here. >> if we also took it at face value, he thinks donald trump is the candidate who can beat hillary clinton. do you think that's true of the current field that he's the one who is most likely to defeat hillary clinton? >> you just don't know but i think any of our candidates can. if you look at the metrics, we have a tremendous tailwind, turnout in

they dismissed the abuse of power charge which was filed after perry carried out a veto of state funding for a group of public corruption prosecutors after the democratic head refused to re-sign. they began delivering much needed aid to the remote islands d devastated by a cyclone last saturday and tiger woods posting a video of himself practicing his swing on twitter with the comment progressing nicely. this comes after rumors were swirling and denied by his agents that woods could barely sit up in a car after back surgery. i don't know he looks pretty good there. that's the cnbc news update this hour. we wish him a speedy recovery. >> he sure silenced a few critics. >> he did. >> thanks so much. europe is closing and pretty much right across the board. >> europe is very much worse than the united states. i would point out that in a very broad based decline you have seen the italian and the spanish banks come back with a lot of negative moves as well so it sli moving to the down side with greater force. almost 3%. almost 4% in spain as you can see and in athens down 4%. so weaker banks

>> madonna and katy perry. >> it was actually beyonce. >> and bruno mars. >> madonna? what year? >> just a couple of years ago. >> katy perry was a year ago. >> yes, it was. >> i was thinking maybe michael jackson would have been up there. but nope. >> but the viewership has gone up every year. >> exactly right. >> that was back in the mid '90s maybe? >> tara, thank you for coming in today. >> thanks for having us. >>> coming up, the final countdown, the road to the white house runs through new hampshire this week. presidential hopefuls hitting the ground hard ahead of the primaries. >>> take a look at the major european markets right now. red arrows across the board. dax down almost 3%. you're watching "squawk box" on cnbc. first in business worldwide. always obvious. ies sometimes they just drop in. cme group can help you navigate risks and capture opportunities. we enable you to reach global markets and drive forward with broader possibilities. cme group: how the world advances. >>> welcome back to "squawk box," everyone. the futures have been under quite a bit of pressure thi

new york's perry capital, with the safest corporate bondses out there, issued by ten companies by buying their credit default swaps. an interesting strategy worth watching about what it says about the broader economy. >> but also definitely watching the moves we've seen in ear assets so far this year comes off risk off sentiment with the equities in. a more riskier end of the curve. this might be be one area where you say the risk sentiment continues to worsen or the next one a selling. >> or is it a bad debt because we're not in a recession? we continue to have this debate, right, is the u.s. heading into a recession given what the market is telling us. >> at the moment, that's not as much correlation. >>> we're just about at the top of the hour, that means it's almost time for "squawk box." becky joins us from midtown manhattan. we're trying to filling out more selling pressure from a brutal ugly session from the nasdaq on friday, becky. >> i have a couple theories on that, sara, first of all, the broncos won surprising everybody. that means if you're looking at a super bowl indicator,

robert perry covers the shipping industry. he's in town from athens, greece. good to have you here. >> thanks. great to be here. >> the baltic dry index would suggest we're going into some kind of global depression here. right? can't be true. doesn't feel like that. what is -- what is that telling us? >> if you look at the baltic dry index, the thing it tells you is you're looking at basically demand for dry bulk goods, iron ore, coal, driven by china. >> china. >> one thing you need to look at is the supply side. for years these guys have been ordering ships, building up a fleet. and last five years the fleet grew by 45%. demand hasn't kept up. this year the first year global demand has been drown in the dry bulk industry and basically coal demand 30% in china. and china is the largest of importing coal. and it is really just really hurt the market. >> that's dry bulk. >> that's dry bulk. >> we had on the ceo of an oil tanker company. the yield was 17%. we were all incredulous, like, you got to cut that yield. the market is saying you can't maintain that yiel

we take the proceeds, it goes to the perry j. cone foundation, marvelous entity, google it, that gives money to teenage entrepreneurs. we did it in miami. very successful. moving it up the coast. i love what this does. it is all about kids that want to be entrepreneurs. >> great having you here. thanks so much. >> "power lunch" begins now. >>> good day, everybody. welcome to "power lunch." along with melissa lee, michelle caruso-cabrera, i'm tyler mathisen. brian sullivan is in miami at a mining and medals summit, big interviews with the president of barrett gold, ceo of anglo gold, that's all ahead. gold one of the best performing asset classes this year, up more than 15%. you can't say that about many other things. rallying today as you see there, another 1%. stocks also pushing higher.

. >> rick perry at the beginning of this process so take it for what it's worth. i think there's a very good chance john kasich could finish second. think jeb bush could finish third or maybe second. bush is on a roll. he also is developing an optimistic message. those are my top three. >> it's interesting larry, it's interesting to hear you talk about the optimism because new hampshire is a state with 3% unemployment and immigration is low on the priority list for those voters and we thought we were going to go into new hampshire and have the rhetoric become much more civilized and it hasn't. it has become much more vit tree olic and i'm wondering if you think that's working? >> i wouldn't say it's vitreolic in every case, there was one specific case with christie and rubio. we interviewed donald trul p yesterday and he's been fairly low key, been on message too. optimism and growth, tough on trade -- i think it's working for them and very well. just remember this, middle incomes are not doing great. unemployment rate may be low, middle incomes not great. that's

we take the proceeds, it goes to the perry j. cone foundation, marvelous entity, google it, that gives money to teenage entrepreneurs. we did it in miami. very successful. moving it up the coast. i love what this does. it is all about kids that want to be entrepreneurs. >> great having you here. thanks so much. >> "power lunch" begins now. >>> good day, everybody. welcome to "power lunch." along with melissa lee, michelle caruso-cabrera, i'm tyler mathisen. brian sullivan is in miami at a mining and medals summit, big interviews with the president of barrett gold, ceo of anglo gold, that's all ahead. gold one of the best performing asset classes this year, up more than 15%. you can't say that about many other things. rallying today as you see there, another 1%. stocks also pushing higher. right now the dow up a third of a percent, ditto the s&p 500 and the nasdaq is up about a half percent. big interview on cnbc today. you know he who. billionaire investor warren buffett weighing in on this market roller coaster ride. >> there ha

the barbie that's been demoing the best with girls is one that looks like katy perry and that's long blue and black hair. >> when they had the 1% sales increase for the first time in eight quarters. >> after eight quarters of double digit declines. >> is that u.s., all over the world? we talk so long about the emerging middle class in these bric countries. any overseas or here? >> that's a good question. i don't know the break down. that's globally gross sales for the brand. >> all right. good luck, barbie. >> and ken. >> and ken. >> thank you, morgan. >>> my goal is not to be asked back. that's the strategy. i'm supposed to thoechlt. sullivan, just sleep in. grammy watchers and one nominee for a nonwinner monday night and that was cbs. took to twoirt complain about the network streaming app. cbs all access pop couldn't watch the early part of the grammys with some saying the site kept crashing. cbs said there was a brief issue verifying users location. it's aimed at younger view who are don't have a cable subscription. cbs offered a one week free trial to lure fans. i'm shock people

sounded like katy perry. >>> in squawk sports news. daytona 500 is literally where the rubber hits the road. we said this before. the nascar season kicked off sunday with the 58th running of the great american race, and it proved to be an exciting finish. we go to the final lap again here, with a pack of cars bunched up heading for the checkered flag. denny hamlin and martin truex jr. neck and neck crossing the line. hamlin wins by inches. a photo finish shows hamlin edged out truex by .001 seconds, the closest finish in the history of the daytona 500. >> where do they have that? >> daytona. >> where is grant buried? >> grant's tomb. >>> okay. watching oil prices -- >> go ahead. >> getting my interest in oil, wti trading a little over 30 bucks. major industry conference in houston this week. among today's notable speakers. the secretary general. vice chairman at ihs joins us. dan, thank you for joining us. what do you expect to learn today? >> i think what we'll learn today is what the view is on how the market is -- at what point does

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. >>> and later, host melissa harris perry's show canceled. i have fresh reporting on what went wrong late they are hour. >>> first, the gloves, they sure were off at the cnn's gop debate in houston on thursday night. if feels like it was a long time ago, doesn't it? almost 15 million viewers tuning in to watch the leading candidates hurling insults and trading spernl twakts but it's really what happened next between marco rubio and donald trump on the campaign trail that made the debate look civilized. marco rubio taking a page right out of trump's playbook and it's making the gop contest feel like this, a smackdown from the wwe. >> i watched him repeat himself five times four weeks ago -- >> i watched you repeat yourself five times five seconds ago. >>'s a choker. >> he xospelled -- >> the worst spray tan in america. >> nasty little guy. >> make sure his pants weren't wet. >> i need watt per. >> he was having a meltdown. >> bing, bing, bing. >> donald trump likes to sue people. he should sue whoever did that to his face. >> what do we say, r

rick perry did. >> if you want to see what trying's like, wait until donald trump is the nominee if that happens and see how the democrats -- >> and they may do a much better job. >> we did not give him enough at a politician, whether you agree or disagree with him, we did not give him enough credit early on. he's anti-obama. republicans want to kick him out of the white house and trump is clarity, everything is black and white. you had the terror threat come up and he's going to kick the you know what out of isis and he's strong and he's a leader and don't discount the trade stuff, that's the third piece of this where people are anxious about the economy, i'm going to stand up to china and mexico and we're going to win again. those three pieces have him at 45% in nevada. >> we're going to take a short break. we are still live on the air. a lot more ahead. its sleek design... is mold-breaking. its intelligent drive systems... paradigm-shifting. its technology-filled cabin...jaw-dropping. its performance...breathtaking. its self-parking...and self-braking...show-stopping. the all-new glc.

jeb bush has failed, lindsey graham failed, rick perry failed. everybody else failed. except for ted cruz in iowa. and that's because ted cruz's credibility on being an unassailable conservative was there. so he was the one who could take on donald trump. and the flip-flop ads where huh donald trump talk about being pro choice and hillary clinton and supporting obamacare and all the rest. and i think all of that had resonance with the voters of iowa. >> there were other people beginning to say those things when ted cruz was. you had the "national review" come out and do the anti-trump cover. you had people like liz mayer, katy packer, republican strategist, coming out and making their own ads pointing out cruz's inconsistencies on the record. and the club for growth. the first one to go negative on the ground against donald trump in october on the issue of eminent domain. >> we'll continue in one moment. i do want to go quickly back to wolf because i think we're get something new numbers in. >> we've just gone up to 99% of the caucus sites on the democratic side are in

he was joking about how his debate performance was not nearly as bad as rick perry when he said oops. rubio told the reporters on the plane there that rick perry's problem was that he couldn't remember what he wanted to say. rubio said that his problem was that he remembered what he wanted to say too well which is why he kept repeating things. there was another moment where he said he was going to get the boots everybody was talking about a few weeks ago. he was going to get those poll tested here in south carolina. he was having some fun. a lot more fun than i've seen him have on the campaign trail. we'll see if it has any effect. as for druonald trump, he's continuing with the strategy where he jumps ahead to other states. people might wonder why he's not in south carolina today. he's going to be in louisiana and florida. living on the calendar. they feel like that strategy works for them. >> all right. jim acosta reporting live from south caroli south carolina. donald trump and cruz are pulling no punches. trump firing his shot with this ad, questioning cruz's trustworthiness. >> w

. >> rick perry. >> 9/11 mayor. >> rudy giuliani. >> that's correct. >> oh, my god. >> feel like i just had a baby. >> each one is worth 30 points. >> oh, my gosh. >> you got 16 correct. >> you're up to 620 points. nicely done. >> nice work. >> we have to put new a lock box. >> i don't know. i -- >> yeah. i thoughts that that was going to be tougher. i got to say. >> van and -- >> van and john king, you guys are in second place. it's your turn. >> i feel like we should pass. >> john mccain. i don't even remember him. >> your category is democratic presidential or vice presidential candidates. >> oh, we're going to get 30-party candidates. >> what did she say in. >> we're going to get third-party candidates. >> angela davis! >> all right. democratic presidential or vice presidential candidates, 60 seconds on the clock. ready, go. >> '88. >> dukakis. >> correct. >> michael dukakis. >> 2008 contender? >> wife problem. >> john edwards. >> 2004. >> presidential candidate. >> for 2004. >> john kerry. >> woman vp. >> geraldine ferrero. >> keep hope alive. >> barack obama. >> i'm sorry. '88 kee

. >> rick perry was unable to put his debate in 2011 behind him. >> that was -- >> i know, it was worse. how does your campaign put that behind you? >> well, i mean, there is a big difference. he couldn't remember what he wanted to say. apparently, i remembered it too well. so i don't need to start these fights. but if someone starts one in the the future we will have to point out our differences in our records in a sharper way. >> of course that was a comparison between him and the rick perry infamous debate moment from 20126789 he said it was much different from back then. wouldle' see if this different side of marco rubio continues to take hold on the campaign trail and he can push back on the narrative that he is too scripted. >> coming up next, it could hold vital clues about the killers and how they planned the san bernardino attacks. why the fbi, after two months of trying, still cannot break into a cell phone belonging to one of these attackers. that's next. we live in a pick and choose world. choose, choose, choose. but at bedtime... ...why settle for this? enter sleep number a

loor look, i'm not like rick perry. i can remember things too well. he knows how to deflect gaffes with humor, and i think yesterday in that concession speech he did what he should have done after that debate. admit he made a mistake. show some humidity and promise to do better. he could take a page from his mentor jeb bush who had a very bad debate and did just that. had a very bad primary in iowa and did just that. shake it off and focus on the next step ahead of you. >> peter, your reaction? >>> it seems to me south carolina is really two different races. there's a cruz versus trump race, which is really the race to be the frontrunner in this case. one of those two guys, i think, will probably win. that person will be poised to cash in on march 1st. then there's the establishment race this will be primarily between rubio and jeb. rubio needs a big victory over jeb bush. he needs to do in south carolina what he so dramatically failed to do in new hampshire. i think he's a little bit of an undervalued stock now. this guy is the most gifted political

then you have these celebrities like katy perry, like spike lee, and oftentimes it's not the message, sometimes it's the messenger. what we're seeing is spike lee can go into different households, use different language, speak to different people. i'm a big fan of spike lee. i consider spike lee a fan and a friend. so i think that sometime also it's the messenger. when you have spike lie delivering your message, sometimes people's ears will perk up and people who would normally shut you out will now hear you. >> i think what i question is hillary clinton has a lot of female young famous women supporting her. demi lovato, there's a long list, lena dunham. yet she's struggling with the young vote. >> this is what i'm talking about because although those young women may be fans of lena dunham or fans of katy perry, they're not swayed by them. they're not going to change their politics. if anything, it may make them like that person less. it's like, wow, you don't agree with my politics, i really don't like you. when i go into a voting booth, i always think, what would kylie jenner do. >>

i've heard from some people who like marco rubio make the comparison that that could be like a rick perry moment four years ago when he said oops in one of the debates. that was the beginning of the end of one of his campaign. >> i agree with ron. i will tell you that people within his campaign felt it was a, quote, cringe-worthy moment. it went to exactly the concern that this is not about disciplined message, this is about not being able to handle himself in the debate. and they're concerned if he's up against hillary clinton that she can clean his clock. >> hopefully he can count on people in his campaign to vote for him. it's voters that he's going to have to win. >> i want to play for all of you, listen to this and then we'll get back to this clip. i had a chance to speak with donald trump earlier today and asked him about some of the attacks directed against him from jeb bush. listen to this. >> he says you aren't just a loser, you are a liar and a whiner. john mccain is a hero over and out. that's the tweet that jeb bush put out just a little while ago. i want to get your reactions

now, if you are going back to 2012, when we saw the ascent of michele bachmann and ascent of rick perry and all of the other candidates against mitt romney, and the question of whether or not you thought that mitt romney would ultimately win the nomination is something that romney won hand over hand time after time. and eventually what happened is that when the campaign shifted back to a race between mitt romney and one other candidate, mitt romney actually won, so one of the big problems is that the momentum continues to be on donald trump's side. now, as we go into march 1, where we have multiple contests on one day, we may find out on one day whether or not there is going to be the consolidation of the rest of the field to take on donald trump. and by then, donald trump may have a very big delegate lead. >> and maybe too big a lot of folks say. amanda, you have worked for ted cruz in a past life, and when it comes to, and we are still waiting to find out who is in second and who is in third, and both ted cruz and marco rubio declaring victory if you heard the post speeches, and they

governor perry, chris christie. people who were in the race, if they decided to start throwing bombs in the press forcing trump to answer questions, it could have an effect. >> if you are marco rubio or ted cruz, do you start to have press conferences with some of the polish workers? do you have people from trump university who are suing trump at a press conference? do you do -- >> there are two tracks right now. fundament fundamentals and atmospherics. i think marco rubio had a fantastic night. he was aggressive. this is the marco rubio people wanted to see for so long. how do you change the fundamentals? the way you do that is marco rubio has to have the night he had tonight every day, 24/7, until donald trump is knocked down to size. then it becomes a two-man race. or ted cruz does the same by coming out of texas with a big giant win. that is the problem is every day it doesn't happen is a wasted day. >> the republican party is fundamentally changing here. the era of bush. this was no small when this web bush def

he has endorsement of the governor and the former governor rick perry. >> you know, he is doing a lot of campaigning here. i'm sure he would like to campaign broadly across the south. he staked super tuesday on winning georgia and oklahoma and alabama. he is campaigning here. texas is going to be crucial to him. if he loses texas, it is not only the place with the most delegates, but it is his state. >> five seconds left. if he this don't shake donald trump tonight in a substantial way, does this mean he ends up the nominee? >> i think he is the undisputed frontrunner. >> thank you, steven sloan. those five remaining presidential candidates, donald trump, plus the other four, they meet on the stage here in houston, texas tonight at the university of houston. wolf blitzer moderating the debate at 8:30 p.m. tonight here on cnn. christine. >> to use a "star wars" analogy. it is like donald trump is the death star. which candidate is luke skywalker to take him down or can they? >> that's a great analogy. they have to stay on target. for marco rubio, staying on target is meaning not going

>> i think i was right because of jeb, josh and john, three operative, jeff row, josh perry, john droguan who work for ted cruz who basically owned the internet and owned iowa. i told donald trump two weeks ago i thought ted cruz was going to win iowa and trump will win new hampshire. he has corey, his campaign manager up there. 180,000 republicans showed up, which broke every turnout model, it's a 50% increase over 2012. 250,000 republicans voted in new hampshire in 2012, but they have a 50% so that they get up to 325, that's got to help donald. so i think all the pollsters, i'm giving them a pass. i got lucky because i kind of study the metrics on the social media side and knew about the trio of js, but in this case the 180,000 people is extraordinary. i'm sure dana will confirm, no one had that on their marker and i didn't predict that. >> does it hurt him at all in new hampshire that he didn't do so well in iowa? >> i don't think so. ted cruz got more people out. he did not convert trump people. he got his people out. he identified them over the course of a year and a half, it's an ex

danielle perry live from fiji. thank you. we are thankful that you're okay and wish others well being as crews work to recover. let's get a closer look at the power, the trajectory and strength of this cyclone. meteorologist karen maginnis with more. >> it is really -- has been a powerful system. it weakened a little bit once it moved across fiji. a direct hit across fiji. that was on saturday evening there local time. now this massive storm system, there you see how broad it is, has regained some of that intense hate it lost once it move -- intensity that it lost once it moved across the island nation. there's the clearly defined eye over the open waters. so there's nothing to impede this to grow once again. intensify, rather. we're looking at winds new have bloomed to 230 kilometers per hour or just about 130 miles per hour. and the water temperature here is about 30 degrees celsius, around 85, 86 degrees fahrenheit. for fiji, it looks like as we go into the next several days, there's not going to be much in the way of reli

because he's going to have to prove that this was not a rick perry oops moment, the kind of moment that ends your campaign, that stops it in its track. he's going to have to come out with a fiery debate performance and take on some of his rivals because it's not good enough to just show up and deliver a solid performance at this point. everyone is playing to win these states. this was a state where the campaign's original three, two, one strategy. coming third in iowa, second in new hampshire, and win in south carolina. now that's looking like a very steep road. his campaign is being very tight lipped about how they're prepping for tonight. but you saw rubio come out on new hampshire primary night and say this will never happen again. tonight will be a test of that. >> absolutely. also tonight, m.j., dr. ben carson is saying he's going to mix things up a little bit. >> yeah. we also forget that ben carson is going to be on the debate stage because we're not really talking about him very much at this point in the race. we saw him climb in the polls briefly. he was even ahead of donald tr

blessed to have support of rick perry. lieutenant governor dan patrick. what we have seen in texas, texas is home, our base. and i believe we will do very well there on tuesday. i also believe we will do very well throughout super tuesday and we are working hard it earn those votes all across the country. >> the comments of donald trump on the kkk, you say he is better than that. given that in your comments today about trump's potential role as nominee, would you still support him given all this if he ends up as nominee p? >> i will support the republican nominee, period.? >> i will support the republican nominee, period. all her aches and pains. and i said "come to class, let's start walking together" and i said "and i bet you money you'll be able to do that senior walk". that day i said "ok it's me and you girl, me and you!" i said "if you need to stop, there's a bench we'll just hang out in the shade." she said "absolutely not! we are going to finish this race!" and we were the last ones in, but you know what? we finished the race. and she goes "desire

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