marco rubio just lighting it to donald trump. a relentless barrage of attacks on donald trump. you saw the beginning last night in the debate. happening right now at this stage in dallas, texas. get this. donald trump just announced he is holding a news conference very soon. no doubt respond to this. he also says he has a big announcement to make. the first member to endorse or - donald trump. chris collins from new york. congressman, thank you so much for joining us. i hope you had a chance to hear some, at least, of what marco rubio said. >> i did. >> he said the charade is up. donald trump is a con artist and he says to all of the folks in the audience, friends do not let friends vote for a con artist. it started last night and it definitely shows no signs of letting up, if you look at marco rubio today. what do you say to this? >> clearly donald trump is the chief executive left standing. he is the chief executive, not a chief politician. we saw it last night. they're going to throw everything but the kitchen sink as his juggernaught at the end of tuesday, they're respondin

nobody looking at donald trump's record could believe for a moment that donald would appoint principled, conservative ustices. i'll tell you why i know that. because if you look over the past decades, any time a republican nominate a judge with a proven conservative record on the ench, you had a nasty, not - knockdown drag-out battle. the democrats care about court and will invest all their energy defeating a proven conservative. it is why republican presidents have decided the court didn't matter that much and they would go with a stealth candidate with no record because they are not willing to invest the political capital. the democrats are always willing to invest everything they have in confirming far left-wing justices. if donald ever became president, we know for a fact he would not invest any political capital in confirming a conservative justice because he's been supporting left-wing democrats, writing them checks, many of whose core missions was reventing conservatives from getting to the court. no one who cares about conservative justices could rite those checks. i would note

you're looking at donald trump's headquarters in nevada. cnn projected donald trump will be the winner of the nevada caucuses. we do not have enough information to say whether marco rubio or ted cruz will come in second or third, but we know those are the top three finishers. most significantly was the win of donald trump winning the nevada caucuses. we are waiting for donald trump to come out and declare victory as we've heard him do a couple of other times. let's go to the campaign headquarters of marco rubio. jason, marco rubio told me on sunday they were hoping for a strong showing and maybe a win. it's a state where he spent some of his childhood, but not a good night for him. >> reporter: clearly not the night they wanted, but still they are feeling encouraged by having a strong second place finish. that's what they're hoping for at this point, a strong second place finish. in speaking to one of the campaign operatives here, he tells me they feel as though this is not over for them. he feels if some of the other candidates were to dro

what donald wants is all of us who are convince donald is not the right nominee to be splintered. divided. looking at this race, only one kantd has beaten donald trump. historically, in modern times, no one has won the nomination that hasn't won one of the first three states. only two of us have done that. me and domd. if you look at super tuesday. position to beat donald on super tuesday. if you're at home and you don't think donald is the right conditioned. you think nominating him will end up electing hillary clinton, even if prapts you likeperhaps you like another candidate, i would encourage you to stand with us. the only way to beat donalds to stanld together on super tuesday. >> sounds like you're not ready to unite with marco rubio. "this week" exclusive. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? it works on his cough too. cough! it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. let's end this. jane likes to mix things up. that's why she loves new light & fit

me and donald. if you look at super tuesday. position to beat donald on super tuesday. if you're at home and you don't think donald is the right candidate. you think nominating him will end up electing hillary clinton, even if perhaps you like another candidate, listen, there are a lot of good people in the race that i like and respect. i would encourage you to stand with us. the only way to beat donald is to stand together on super tuesday. >> sounds like you're not ready to unite with marco rubio. thank you for joining us this morning. >>> and we're live next with exclusive. janet? cough if you can hear me. don't even think about it. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...but what about mike? it works on his cough too. cough! it works on his cough too. mucinex dm relieves wet and dry coughs for 12 hours. let's end this. jane likes to mix things up. that's why she loves new light & fit greek non-fat yogurt mousse. so fluffy and airy it's her new 80 calorie obsession. to the couple wondering what a good deal looks like... no. seriously? we'll give it a 6 for com

donald trump and me. we are the only candidate that has beaten donald trump. i believe we're the only candidate that can beat donald trump. >> if doesn't go to a two person race that day, or afterwards? >> we'll see what the results are, but we're going to come out of super tuesday, seeing a meaningful difference in the delegate allocation. and you know, if you look at republican primary voters, they're a good 65% of primary voters who don't believe donald trump is the best candidate to go head to head with hillary clinton. we saw last night. hillary clinton and donald trump's policy view are virtually inn distinguish able. catastrophic, led to benghazi, donald trump agreed with hillary, supporting john kerry and the disastrous foreign policy has dramatically undermined the nation of israel. indeed, donald trump on foreign policy agreed with hillary clinton that america should be neutralween israel and palestine. we will stand unapologetic on economic policy. donald trump agreed with hillary and barack obama in support of the wall street bailout i think it was

donald talks about immigration. in the 2013 battle over amnesty. against the gang of eight amnesty bill, donald trump was funding the gang of eight. five of the eight members from donald trump. you can't fund open border democrats and say you're going to secure the border and stop illegal immigration. >> you have made that point for weeks. it doesn't seem to be sticking. why not? >> listen, i think we're seeing real movement in the polls. we won in iowa. i think on super tuesday, we'll have a good night. it was striking at the debate this week, when donald trump does agreed with me. number one, on israel. he said america should be neutral between israel and the palestinians. i strongly disagree. if i'm president, america will stand unapologetically with israel. willing to cut deals. compromise. i'll tell you right now. i'll tell the people at home. i'm not going to compromise on the bill of rights. i'm not going to bargain away your second amendment rights and sit down with harry reid or chuck schumer and agree on s

hillary clinton and donald trump. information. hillary clinton and donald trump. we need to make sure we get that. we have a candidate that's being accused of fraud. with trump university. him. we're seeing things with donald trump with no answers. i have seen him talk about being for universal health care. wanting to do things. he's not giving us the answers for it. he'll make the republican party question who we are and what that's something we don't want to see happen. >> you heard governor chris tee say he thinks donald trump is the only candidate left in the clinton. >> it's that's just not true. chris is a dear friend. did this. i will tell you, donald trump can't beat hillary clinton. his cap is at 35%. his negatives are so high. it's impossible for him to win a general. marco rubio is the only one that can defeat donald trump and can beat hillary clinton. >> thank you for joining us. >> thank you so much, george. >>> now to the democrats after her massive win in south carolina last night, hillary clinton set her sights on the general election. >> despite w

so donald, i would encourage you. if you want to file a lawsuit challenging this ad, claiming it is defamation, file a lawsuit. >> our chief political analyst, gloria borger, is with us you no. she was over there at the cruz conference in seneca, south carolina. gloria, let me play a bit of that ad that cruz is talking about. and then we'll discuss. >> sure. >> i'm ted cruz and i approve this message. >> life, marriage, religious liberty. the second amendment. we're just one supreme court justice away from losing them all. >> would president trump ban partial birth abortion? >> look, i'm very pro choice. >> but you would not ban it. >> no. i am pro choice in every respect. >> we cannot trust donald trump with these serious decisions. >> all right. gloria, the -- cruz went on to say, if there is this lawsuit, he would welcome the fact to depose trump under oath. and he said look what it did for bill clinton when he was under oath. he was making a similar analogy to donald trump right now. a really dramatic escalation i

what donald wants is all of us who are convinced donald is not the right nominee to be splintered. divided. looking at this race, only one candidate that has beaten donald trump. historically, in modern times, no one has won the nomination who hasn't won one of the fist three states. iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. only two of us have done that. me and donald. if you look at super tuesday. we're the only campaign in a position to beat donald on super tuesday. if you're at home and you don't think donald is the right candidate. you think nominating him will end up electing hillary clinton, even if perhaps you like another candidate, listen, there are a lot of good people in the race that i like and respect. i would encourage you to stand with us. the only way to beat donald is to stand together on super tuesday. >> sounds like you're not ready to unite with marco rubio. thank you for joining us this morning. >>> and we're live next with chris christie in a "this week" exclusive. don't even think about it. cough if you can hear me. i took mucinex dm for my phlegmy cough. yeah...

. >> i want to go to donald trump and rubio. now, you know, donald trump is donald trump. he's kind of a showman, and i want to be clear, he's a friend of mine, but i never expected rubio to get in that mode and you know, is it entertaining for republicans, or are they turned off by it? >> well, i think most people saw that debate as the worst version of a jerry springer show, but the reality is look, it doesn't change the dynamics of this race. the dynamics of this race are the same. for someone to beat donald trump they have to start getting victories and have to start collecting more delegates -- >> okay, but rubio hasn't won a thing and is not projected to win florida, his own state. so why is the establishment so dug in against donald trump? >> well, judge, your term is establishment. i don't know what that means. this week, two congressmen came out for donald trump. >> two? the guy has won three of four primaries. >> right. i hear you. we have had donors call us and say how do they reach out to the trump campaign. scott brown came out a couple weeks ago. >> phil, i'm

a picture of donald trump. he says signing a recent tax return next to, as you can see a pile of papers that looks at least three feet high. this started after mitt romney, the 2012 republican nominee, who trump endorsed back then, called on trump and all of the candidates in the race to release their tax returns. romney says that there could be a bombshell hidden in those returns for trump, since trump has resisted releasing his returns to this point. let me bring in right now senator lindsay graham, a former republican presidential candidate. a man who has no love lost with donald trump, as we well now. senator, it's great to see you. >> i think donald trump will be the gold standard for stupid republican candidates. i just want to be on the record for that. >> you are on the record saying that, senator. so to the issue at hand right now. mitt romney says there is reason to believe there could be a bombshell in these returns. what do you know? >> well, i know that he's not going to turn them over, and in 2015

the great donald trump. the great donald trump. [applause] donald trump: by the way, i'm very proud of the fact that i have spent less money than just about anybody else on the campaign. i'm going to start spending a lot for two reasons. number one, i don't want to take any chances. number two, i feel guilty because when jeb has now spent $119 million or some ridiculous number and much of it is theyrked to me, ads, cannot be very good because every time he takes an ad, my numbers go up. it is a crazy deal.

neil: donald trump's attacks -- you take -- >> i am not going to judge donald trump in terms of whether he is a christian or not. some of the things he does may not be suggestive of christianity but then again all of us have weaknesses and shortcomings. that is what it is all about. neil: kind of like for the pope, who are you to judge, very deft handling of that question. thank you very much. good talking to you, dr. ben carson. this is just coming from the new york times on the presidential race questioning the very pointed harsh criticism of donald trump's campaign for deporting more illegal immigrants. i don't know if it is a game changer, the environment and how we handle illegals and refugees in general. >> i don't see it putting up and in his support. the people who are supporting him for the most part have made up their minds, they like what he is saying and i just don't see a religious figure had changing their mind to specialty when the pope has been perhaps less reluctant to wait in on political matters. he spoke before congress. we have been hearing a lot of political talk,

donald trump can do that. but people are tired of the 12-point visions that never get implemented or put in practice. people want strength more so than 12-point plans. >> i'm not asking for a 12-point plan. i'm asking for two or three more points about the health plan. >> absolutely. let's pivot to the tax plan where he says anyone under -- >> no, i'm talking about the health plan. >> those are the two key prongs of his plan. repeal -- okay, the health plan, repeal obamacare. replace it across state lines. that's all he needs to put forth at this time. >> two. >> those are the two prongs of the policy. you can go to his website to find the detailed nitty-gritty. >> you know what the point is. he's not winning or fighting this fight on the basis of policy. that's not what he's offering right now. what he's offering is an antidote to the process. if he maintains this position and he becomes the nominee, everything changes in the general. just looking at hillary clinton or bernie sanders and telling them how much

i think the answer is a vote for donald trump is not really about donald trump. i think that there is a deep well of people who are so angry at the status quo that the washington establishment seems to work for washington but it doesn't work for them. there's a lot of that vote on here. you find it on the back rows in the old towns where the plants are closed. i think you will see a lot of that vote come out for donald trump and it is a way to send a message to washington. they seem to be doing it tonight in record numbers >>> you think the turn out this time from what you're understanding, the turn out is pretty strong >> a couple of things. 59,000 absentee ballots today. in the republican primary, that is roughly how many votes were cast in both the democratic and republican primaries in 20088 and 12. we have seen areas that have doubled up their numbers by noon. so doubled their number by 3 o'clock. clearly we will see a record turn out. well over 700,000 people >>> it has been a nasty campaign. you see a lot of the moderates going after each other, ted cruz,

. >> donald, donald, i understand rules are very hard for you. you're have been ve confused. >> tv show -- >> donald. >> thank you for the book. thank you for the book. >> go ahead. >> donald, you can get back in the -- >> a lot of photos. i have to tell you. >> donald, relax. >> i'm relaxed. you're basket case. >> okay, so donald trump ended the exchange calling ted cruz a basket case, but you know, not many people are really mentioning ted cruz today. i find that intriguing. because cruz was also on the attack. at many points, amy, he seemed like a third wheel in attacking donald trump and donald trump attacking marco rubio. >> yeah, i think it was a very interesting exchange between the three of them. agreed, the other two candidates didn't seem to get the same amount of time. but i know that ted cruz feels very comfortable here in texas. he definitely has the home field advantage. the support of our governor and our former governor and our lieutenant governor as well. obviously the polls vary. some show him ten points ahead, some in a tie. i'

the best choice was donald trump. and last thing is our family is one that prides loyalty and the fact is that we have been good friends with donald and family for many years. and there was no choice in my mind and when did i make the final decision? yesterday morning. i met with donald. we sat and talked. and he said how about coming out on the road to texas with me. and i said, happy to do it. that's how we did it and that's how the process went. >> governor christie, any campaign -- [ inaudible ] >> unprepared. marco rubio said he's wholly unprepared today. how do you evaluate mr. trump on -- [ inaudible ] >> i find this fascinating that someone who barely shows up for work in the six years he's the united states senator talks about somebody else unprepared. the fact of the matter is senator rubio shown himself over the course of time wholly unprepared to be president of the united states. nothing's changed my mind now. fact is this is the only guy on that stage other than governor kasich who's made executive decis

we are talk ing about donald trump and the kkk. trump tweeting he disavows the white supremacist david duke. trump saying as i stated at the press conference on friday regarding david duke i disavow. he hogs r posted a clip of the press conference. >> go ahead. >> how do you feel about the recent endorsement from david duke? >> i didn't even know he endorsed me. david duke endorsed me. i disavow. okay. >> reporter: this on the heels of his interview this morning on cnn this morning where he dodged the question about duke's support. >> i don't know anything about david duke. i don't know what you are talking about with white supremacy or white supremacist. i don't know. did he endorse me or what's going on? i know nothing about david duke. i know nothing about white supremacists. so you are asking me a question i'm supposed to be talking about people i know nothing about. >> the question from the anti-defamation league is even if you don't know about their endorsement, there are these groups and individuals endorsing you, would you

donald trump loses to hillary clinton. and the only candidate that has had beaten donald trump, that can beat him is me. more and more republicans are recognizing donald trump not the right pern for us to nominate. if we come together and stand have a good election. >> donald trump is winning among conservatives. among your strong base of e van jell -- e vanvangelical christians. >> you saw washington dealmakers -- it's washington dealmakers that have gotten us in thismess. donald promises more deals with democrats. he's contributed to jimmy carter, john kerry, hillary clinton, chuck schumer. he's funded open-border democrats for 40 years. one of the stiking ingstriking things. donald talks about immigration. in the 2013 battle over amnesty. when ias leading the fight against the gang of eight amnesty bill, donald trump was funding the gang of eight. five of the eight members you can't fund open border democrats and say you're going to secure the bder and stop illegal immigration. >> you have made that point about him supp

donald trump is not a republican. donald trump is not conservative. donald trump is trying to pull off the biggest scam in american political history. basically a con job trying to take over the republican party by telling people he's someone who he is not. we'll do whatever he takes. we'll be in this race as long as it takes. be in as many states to make sure i'm the nominee that donald trump never gets the 12236 delegates which he needs. >> dickerson: what we hear your campaign gotten a lot cappier about donald trump. the for a um of -- i never wanted it to get to this point. by own course the way the media covers politics people would open their eyes see who donald trump really is. that unfortunately has not happened. the polls and early states indicate he's been able to fool a significant number of people something that he is not. donald trump is a locales con artist, he conned all these people that signed up for trump university now trying to do the same thing to republican voters. he's trying to convince them that somehow he's the guy that is go

donald trump, once again, i can't overestimate how important this is for donald trump to emerge. second place barely in iowa, but now in first place in iowa. moving forward to south carolina, nevada, and the so-called s.e.c. states. those are coming up not very far down. jake, you're watching out there in manchester. we're standing by. i want to remind our viewers, speeches from donald trump, bernie sanders, they're the two big winners tonight. >> reporter: that's right. cnn has just learned that hillary clinton has telephoned senator bernie sanders to concede the race and offer her congratulations. we do expect that she will any minute now come to the stage and address her supporters. as you know, wolf, new hampshire, a big, big state for the clintons. historically, hillary clinton staged her comeback in 2008 in this state, winning primary against then-senator obama. bill clinton came in second here after a tumultuous start to his presidential campaign in 1992. so this is a -- it's a rough time for the clinton family and the clinton machine. let's go to jeff zeleny who is travel

what the polls show head-to-head, donald against me, we beat donald handily. we beat him 56 to 40. >> our tactics will not dramatically change. the changes will be when people not named donald trump and choices narrow and we give the voters a clearer choice who they want to get behind. >> with fewer candidates, i think maybe there's a possibility, i'm not sure it will happen, but a possibility that people will actually start getting interested in the real solutions to the problems. >> by the way, for those that wonder about donald trump, if i go head-to-head with him in ohio, i beat him by 18 points. >> all four current candidates want their chance to take a swing at donald trump. and a former candidate taking a swing at donald trump. mitt romney. more on that in a minute. we have cnn's phil mattingly with donald trump. >> reporter: good morning, john. the victory lap for donald trump after the nevada caucuses and looking ahead to hillary clinton. >> boy, oh, boy. she has become a marshmallow. everything the president does is wonderf wonderful. what she has do

is donald trump the best guy to take on hillary clinton? >> well, look, i think this engagement tool is very interesting. i think all of these things that sort of measure polls and public opinions, gambling. it's an interesting analytical tool to sort of quantify the race. donald trump is yes, more likely not to be the republican nominee but there are also really good polling that goes into this, too. i'll just remind my friend, bakari sellers, the average has him beating hillary clinton. it's not just that hillary clinton walks away with this. by the way, this is a reflection of the moment now. we all know these races are dynamic, not static, so it's a fun engaging tool. >> i've got to get philip in here, bakari, before you respond, we're asking hepeople, even if you vote for somebody else, who has the best chance to win? and in this, it's donald trump and hillary clinton. >> obviously, i have to believe, we've seen an increasing reliance on partisanship with people making up their minds, a lot of republicans voting for the republicans, a

me thinks donald doth protest too much, donald back taxes. hashtag what is he hiding? out front, our chief political analyst, gloria borger, and executive editor for cnn politics, mark preston. all right, gloria, obviously, mitt romney is going heavy on this. the deep irony, of course, is that mitt romney, who the taxes was it part of his downfall as a nominee, but maybe that's why he's doing it. it worked against him, so he thinks it will work against trump. >> this is exactly what harry reid said about mitt romney. what's he hiding? he's got to be hiding something. >> and something that was blatantly untrue. i have reason to believe that he paid no taxes. that was false. >> and romney said, there might be a bombshell in there. he didn't say there was. but what he's doing is he -- it's a technical term called stirring the pot, right? and that is what he's doing for this debate tonight. >> and david chalian, he was very careful to say, that could mean he didn't pay enough taxes, or it could mean he's not as rich as he says. anything is a quote/unquote bombshell. >> it'

donald trump. thanks for that. >>> let's turn to nbc's hall kwlee jackson, she is in san antonio, that is where ted cruz is holding one of three events in texas today. hallie, here he is ted cruz back in his home state on the eve of super tuesday. obviously texas is a must win state for him but even if he wins his home state is there a bigger picture strategy that will get him back into contention here? >> yeah, the goal, steve, you look at texas, ted cruz has to win here, there's a sense among the campaign that they will do something here. if you look at the polling, our latest nbc news polling it shows he is up by double digits over donald trump, 39% to 26%. that is consistent with what we've seen in other polls as well. it doesn't appear to be an outlier. the question, though, is let's say he wins texas, is that enough, where else could he potentially win? just look at his travel schedule, he has spent a lot of time in arkansas, he's spent time in oklahoma. these are places where the campaign fe

because nobody looking at donald trump's record could believe for donald would appoint conservative justices. i'll tell you why i know that. ecause if you look over the past decades, anytime a epublican nominates a judge with a proven conservative record on the bench, you have a nasty, knockdown, dragout battle. the democrats care about the court, they will invest all their energy. it's why over and over again epublican presidents have decided the court didn't matter to them that much so they go to a stealth candidate with no record. because they're not willing to invest the political capital.

by donald trump. mr. trump, congratulations on your victory. did you ever think this was going to happen? >> well, it's been a really wonderful evening, jake. i thought i might, but i didn't know by these numbers. i was so happy. i just looked at your report, it was right across the board with men, with women, young and old, with everything. to win every single category was perhaps the greatest honor of all. >> and it looks like the voting results are still coming in, but it looks like this is the biggest victory in a republican primary since george w. bush lost to john mccain 16 years ago in new hampshire. how does it feel? >> i didn't know that number. that's a great feeling to know it's been that big of a victory. that's a lot of years. but i will tell you, it's just an honor to have won. i told you if i win by one vote, i'll be happy. but this makes me even happier, i will say that, jake. >> so if you look at the exit polls, you'll see that voters are looking at an outsider, they're mad at the rep

do you try to go after donald trump or even talk about donald trump's record? or do you continue kind of aiming fire at each other? >> the thing that's really tricky this late in the game is that you really have to define donald trump as a person. before previously, earlier debates may have been the time to go after him on smaller, ticky tacky issues. but right now with super tuesday right around the corner, i think you have to go right at donald trump's credibility possibly as a commander in chief, which is a tricky thing to do. it has to do with his character, his temperament. can he use some of these smaller issues, like his tax returns, that he's not being up-front or disclosing things, that he might be hiding something to get there, possibly? but it's going to be tricky, that's why the stakes in this debate have so high. >> anderson, i just think that -- >> go ahead. >> i think at this point, after all of these debates and the results that have come in, in iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, nevada, boy, what more is there to be said here? i think people

beat donald trump. >> reporter: after betting big on a south carolina comeback, jeb bush's distant fourth place finish ended his white house bid. >> the people of iowa and new hampshire and south carolina have spoken. and i really respect their decision. so tonight, i'm suspending my campaign. >> reporter: the field won't narrow much. john kasich and ben carson are both staying in. meanwhile in nevada, hillary clinton was finally able to slow the momentum of bernie sanders. but we never doubted each other. >> reporter: while conceding a defeat, sanders touted how quickly his campaign has closed the gap. >> we have come a very long way in nine months. it's clear to me, and i think most observers, that the wind is at our backs. we have the momentum. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: back in south carolina, donald trump showed remarkable strength across the board. even winning evangelicals over ted cruz. and so far, trump has won 44 of the state's 50 delegates. the remaining six could still go his way.

donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. donald trump. jeb bush. jeb bush. donald trump. >> well, somewhere nicole wallace is smiling. >> yes. >> jeb bush who of course left the race, and chris hayes is with us by telephone. chris, this is the location you've been covering tonight. >> reporter: yeah. i'm actually right here with the folks doing the counting here. >> oh, good. >> reporter: and they have this -- they each make hashmarks to make sure they're getting it all right. you saw a run of donald trump there. that has been basically what's happened at every table donald trump has been entirely dominant so far at every precinct that i've seen at every table. folks come through, make the hash marks and then they will report that up. but so far what we have seen is basically in this location -- and again, this is a specific location, not broadly representative in any way -- in this specific location as you can see from the hash marks there next to trump on that tally sheet that he is looking at, donald trump has had a completely dominant performance at toni

donald trump won south carolina big. there is still a fight for second place, marco rubio and ted cruz fighting out for second there, and in nevada, hillary clinton prevailed in the democratic caucuses there. a margin of about five points over bernie sanders. >> and another story coming out, former florida governor jeb bush who was once considered the frontrunner to win the nomination, offered an emotional goodbye this evening as he suspended his campaign as the votes were coming in. and now ted cruz and marco rubio will be battling for second place, but tonight, the night belongs to the billionaire from new york, donald trump, and that is where we want to continue the coverage with cnn politics reporter jeremy diamond who is inside of the trump headquarters. so a big night for donald trump. and he says quickly, thank you, south carolina on to the next. what are you hearing from the trump campaign late this evening? >> reporter: that's right, kate. donald trump tonight with a huge win in south carolina, and this is somet

donald trump. his double-difficult win over marco rubio and ted cruz in south carolina, a possible delegate sweep, kills off the campaign of jeb bush. puts him in a powerful position. no republican who has won both new hampshire and south carolina has ever lost the nomination. the big question for so many in the gop today, a question unimaginable one year ago. can donald trump be stopped? he joins us live in a moment. first, jon karl brings us the results of the biggest day yet in thiss campaign. good morning, jon. >> good morning, george. this is a remarkable moment in american politics. what once seemed utterly impossible is one step closer to reality. hillary clinton could be facing off against donald trump this fall for the presidency of the united states. with his big win in south carolina, donald trump took command. >> this is nothing easy about running for president. it's tough. it's nasty. it's mean. it's vicious. it's beautiful. [ laughter ] when you win, it's beautiful. >> reporter: trump

ted cruz, donald trump and bernie sanders. i'm joined by donned donald trump. welcome back. >> let me just ask you, how'd you make the deal to get chris christie to endorse you? >> well, it was just somebody that i really wanted. i must tell you i was going to leave a little time go by before i called him. i did not call him. he called me. he saw what was happening. he said, donald, you have a movement going. think we have 25,000 people in alabama, we ended up moving to a football stadium because you couldn't hold. i mean, what we have going is incredible. yesterday in arkansas we had 15,000 people in a hangar in tennessee. it's amazing what's going on. and he said there's a movement going on and i'd like to be part of it. and i was very happy. i was getting ready to call him. and he called me. and having chris is a great honor. >> well, i tell you, he seems like a changed man when it comes to you. there was a time he wasn't such a believer. let me play a few quotes. >> he's been very successful businessman, has lots of talents, absolutely no ability in this ar

donald trump's hands. you know, when he first walked out here, wolf, donald trump started talking about our new cnn cnn/orc poll which shows him way out in front of the rest of the gop pack on a national basis. he referred to marco rubio at that point as little marco. so it just shows you how nasty and how personal this campaign has become. and he basically has been saying that marco rubio sweat so much during these debates that he can't even deal with the likes of vladimir putin, trying to make this sort of make a tie to foreign policy in these cutdowns in this war of putdowns between himself and marco rubio. as you just heard listening in just a few moments ago he's really going after hillary clinton as well. making a general election pivot in this campaign when he's talking about bernie sanders losing badly in south carolina over the weekend. he said bernie sanders is over unless hillary clinton is indicted. the tone you're hearing now, gop race will likely shift into the general election campaign mode

donald trump and me. we are the only candidates have been donald trump and the only candidate that can be donald trump. >> it doesn't go to a two person race that they are afterwards? >> we will see what the results are but we will come out of supertuesday seeing a meaningful difference in the delegate allegation and look at republican primary voters, 65% of primary voters nationwide don't believe donald trump is the best candidate to go head to head with hillary. we saw why last night. donald trump and hillary's policy views on issue after issue are in distinguishable on foreign policy. donald trump agreed with hillary on the catastrophic libya policy that led to ben dr. oz, handing that country to radical islamic terrorists. donald trump agreed with hillary supporting john kerry, and the disastrous foreign policy of john kerry has dramatically undermined the nation of israel. donald trump on foreign policy agreed with hillary clinton that america should be neutral between israel and the palestinians. i

donald trump. this is why you see, you know, i think some of them staying in. i'm not going to be surprised if we hear they're beginning to talk to each other, particularly the rubio and cruz camps. you're not seeing rubio attack cruz anymore, if you've noticed. and i think the way they're decided to stop him is at the convention, and although it could be done by the rules, it sounds unthinkable. i mean, it sounds like it would be just a crazy act, and they would lose his supporters. but when they look at the map, they believe that by hanging together that could be possible. neil: wow. a.b., thank you very much. good seeing you again. >> thank you. neil: it is rare for this guy to step his toes in political waters. he fights battles in the supreme court and wins, but by and large, he is dedicated to running his business. what does it say when a man of god who sticks to his view of things and doesn't budge enters the political fray to say enough is enough when it comes to donald trump? hobby lobby f

and donald started it. but marco has the policy prescriptions to fix the country. >> but, you know what i think? the criticism is that as governor christie says is that he talks but what's he done? >> but, you look at what he did as leader of the house in florida, i mean, they did tax reform. i mean, they did tax reform. they balanced the budget. they did education reform. and they didn't use common core. i mean, he has a great record. what has donald trump done in the sense of politics and prescriptions and fixing it. greta, we have a crisis. >> what he would say is that he is good at organization. built a business. get rid of waste and fraud and fix our infrastructure. >> you have a business based on fraud. when you are going to use illegals to build trump tower number one or say i'm going to support the american worker but i'm going to have my ties made over in mexico you are being dishonest. we are concerned about a crisis in conservatism. 43% of millennials believe in socialism. the problem is populism

the great donald trump. the great donald trump. [applause] donald trump: by the way, i'm very proud of the fact that i have spent less money than just about anybody else on the campaign. i'm going to start spending a lot for two reasons. number one, i don't want to take any chances. number two, i feel guilty because when jeb has now spent $119 million or some ridiculous number and much of it is theyrked to me, ads, cannot be very good because every time he takes an ad, my numbers go up. it is a crazy deal. [laughter] donald trump: nationally, i am leaving every poll. honestly, other than iowa. i'm leading the states, leading here tremendously. but every single national poll, i am leaving. and just about every state poll, i am leading. i spent the least and i have the best result. [applause] donald trump: isn't that nice? others like jeb and a couple of others have spent the most, and they have the worst result. how can you put them in charge? think of this. we have a school system. we are getting rid of common core, by the way. [ap

where was donald? he was firing dennis rodman on "celebrity apprentice." >> we'll make them pay for the wall. the wall is 10 billion or 12 billion if i do it. if these guys do it will end up costing 200 billion. >> if he builds wall like he built trump tower will use illegal immigrants to build it. >> such a cute sound bite. >> it is truth. andrea: trump taking heat over health care. >> what is your plan? i understand the lines around the state, whatever that means. this is not game. what is your plan? what is your plan on health care? you don't have a plan? [applause] >> give you one minute. >> biggest problem he has got he doesn't know. >> donald, true or false you said the government should pay for everyone's health care. >> that is false. >> you never said? >> i said it worked in couple countries. >> you never stood on the debate stage works great in canada and scotland and works here. >> no. >> did you say you want people to die on the streets, if you don't support socialized health care you have

donald trump has not released so much as a paper clip. and donald needs to release his taxes. you know, mitt romney this week observed that the reason donald trump -- >> will you be happy if he just >> look, it would be a very positive step in the right direction. i would be thrilled if he releases the whole thing, i'm happy to release everything i've released for five years i've released everything. we just matched what the years. but the critical point, chuck, as mitt romney observed the fact that donald seems terrified to release his taxes suggests there's a bombshell there. and it's natural to wonder, well, what is it that he's hiding in his taxes? maybe it's that donald trump doesn't earn nearly as much as he has so loudly told everyone. maybe he's not as rich as he who knows. maybe it's the case that mitt trump. he could answer that by releasing his taxes. on the other hand maybe it's the case that he has given large sums of money to left wing groups like planned parenthood. you know, he praises planned parenthood in the debates over and over again. maybe he's been a big