ben carson. he says many people fight for change in d.c., donald trump is a leader with an outsider's perspective and the vision, guts and energy to get it done. dr. ben carson just putting that up. we're expecting that endorsement press conference momentarily. we are going to go back and check in with katy tur since this could be starting any minute now. you see all eyes on those doors. katy tur, you were talk about this just a minute ago. donald trump obviously had some very harsh words to say about -- well, about everybody, but about ben carson during this campaign. does this say anything, are we seeing a new side of donald trump in how he plans to try to bring his former opponents together if he is able to win this nomination? >> reporter: i think that potentially and i think we are about to see them come in here in any moment now. potentially yes to your question, steve, but i think that what we're seeing on the campaign trail and what he have with seen with donald trump is that his immediat

ben carson. i wrote two days ago, i wrote down the quote exactly, he didn't see a political path forward. he already land ad job as national chair of my faith votes. do you think when he speaks shortly we will hear he is stepping out, kat? >> absolutely. there really isn't a path forward. he has to step out. you know what? i really like ben carson but there is no particular reason he should be president. he has a lot of other things he could be doing and really well. likeable guy. i will miss him. missed him in the last debate. he needs to drop out to let votes go other places. i think he realized that. he must have. >> the sources are telling fox news, as we've been speculating that dr. ben carson is expected to say he is suspending the campaign this afternoon either in his speech at cpac or at the press conference, q&a session afterwards. so, chuck, to kat's point, if dr. ben carson drops out, how does this change the race? >> i don't think it changes it immensely. i think people expected him t

ben carson. i could not lose that guy, and i was doing well and you know, trump would be at 28 at that time. and i remember when it was 28, and -- ben was 18. and then he was 19. and then the next week it was like 22. i said, whoa, whoa. what's this happening here? i don't like this. right? and then he was 24. and then i had a pretty good poll where i took a little lead in one. and -- but then what happened is it was, i believe nbc, "wall street journal," who always gives me bad polls by wait way. oh, thank you for the nice things you always say about me. thank you. sitting next to david. okay? thank you very much. always so nice. now she's going to be bashful because she's embarrassed. i just want to thank you. so, ben, ben would always, like, he'd be there and then we had one poll where ben went ahead. the biggest story worldwide. i said, this guy is unbelievable. and so i started going after ben. and it's politics. i mean, ben understands that. and i was really impressed with the way he fought

>> trump and ben carson? >> they admitted it was kind of mean. >> i do not think that the two are much comparable. saying something at a press conference versus trying to steal the vote are two different days. he thought that it was deceitful if not -- i think what we have seen in the last 24 hours in the campaign, which is pretty amazing, you look at the debate last night, donald trump is now looking presidential. that is a huge hurdle for a candidate to get over. people can imagine him standing in the rose garden. this race is over. >> her although, what do you think? a trump kasich ticket will be incredibly potent. winning against hillary clinton and cory booker. >> really? >> you said on varney that he would never be anybody. >> the guy that really knows the nuts and bolts of government. i think that trump could be a great leader, a great negotiator. palestinians and israeli ends to sit down. you will get that wall over there. what do you mean? , out-of-the-box. you can do it. i can see trump negotiating

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ben carson. carson says he's supporting trump because he wants the voice of the people to be heard. >> what i have been saying recently is political operatives and parties trying to assert themselves and thwart the will of the people. that's an extraordinarily dangerous place to be right now. >> this decision should be made which we the people. i believe this is carried on and they are able to deny him the nomination, it will wreak who rock and hand the nomination to democrats and the face of america will be changed for decades to come. charles: , van, i think most these candidates running. you were the former south carolina republican chairman. some would say you represent the establishment. this endorsement according to dr. ben carson about we the people, th hall with him after he got back from jordan after he was looking at the syrianing ar sir -- the e situation. when i talked to him last year i told him about some autism work going on in south carolina on the verge of finding help for autism

ben carson. what does his endorsement mean for donald trump? >> i will say this. what it means about ben carson, this is a surprise for a lot of people who focused how much carson brought civility and kindness to the campaign. for him to get behind trump was a slight surprise to me. but i think it might be a reflection of how much he resented what ted cruz did iowa and his staff circulating the story about carson dropping out. i think that may be part of it. the other part is it ratifies the idea of outsiders who have not served in office before, so that doubles down on that brand. bill: as we talked this week, it's a time for choosing very soon here. with regard to the debate. this was like ali in the ring. falling back on the ropes. you weren't sure what he was going to do. what did that do to his opponents. at least two of them are in a fight for their lives. you say do not win their home states on tuesday. how did you score? >> donald trump had his best debate. certainly he went back to what

ben carson brings evangelicals? >> not at this point. >> he is already doing well. >> the key to me like reality tv. you're fired. you're off the island. both christie and ben carson seem smaller and removed as opposed to carson who said, i'm going to do something to bring evangelicals into the political process going forward. run his own game. he wanted to get on the band wagon while it was still rolling. >> you said it before. christie needed a job. and i think he looks at this, as an opportunity. when they see something that's happening that's a phenomenon. should i get on this? >> but they're getting on the ones that they feel will end up the best chance. >> that's my point. >> how do you get on the band wagon if you're paubl conservative who ailen it as from the traditional stance on international trade. how about israel? how about social security benefits? how about cuba? no problem. oh, the gop should just embrace me. forget about the real political ideological differences. >> is this a question or a comment?

ben carson. he put out a statement indicating he is going to stay in the race despite no victories or top four finishes in any state this evening. >> that's right. he has made clear that he is not going anywhere all along, even though he hasn't done well in any of these states. i'm told that as early as tomorrow -- this is according to a d.c. senior republican, that ben carson could be approached by establishment figures here in washington to say you know what, dr. carson, we have an idea. why don't you instead of running for president run for senate in florida. he's from florida. there's an open seat because marco rubio is retiring. he's not running for reelection. he's running for president instead. and so that might be a possibility, something that he could be approached about. now, this hasn't happened yet, i'm told that this is likely to happen and i don't even know that ben carson knows anything about it yet, but it's interesting to think about as people in washington talk about trying to n

ben carson and ted cruz. donald trump likes to talk about this out on the campaign trail all the time. he feels like ted cruz was pulling dirty tricks in iowa to bounce ben carson out of this race and that was to the benefit of ted cruz. so it is not i don't think a big surprise to see donald trump and ben carson joining forces. as trudonald trump is picking u this very key endorsement, these are desperate times for marco rubio in florida. but donald trump is all but labeling rubio as another piece of campaign roadkill on his path to nomination. >> they hate him in florida. >> reporter: trump is predicting he'll drive rubio out of the race by trouncing him in his home state. >> little marco would say -- i think he's gone. i think he's gone, but who knows. >> reporter: at a rally where a protester was sucker punched in the face, donald trump brushed off the latest from ted cruz. >> lying ted cruz came up but he said, i'm the only one who can beat donald trump. he doesn't know how to win. >> reporter: the attac

we saw ted cruz try to pull a ben carson in iowa. marco rubio wants everyone to think he's staying in. florida is the big test. if he can't win there, there is no reason for him to stay in at all. charles: one state he got double digits. people are saying this will be the ultimate embarrassment. bow out with some honor and perhaps help the anti-trump candidate win. what do you make of that strategy? >> the on people who think rubio has a future in this case are dead enders in the beltway. rubio came in with zero delegates and that's hard to do. by staying in all he does is enable trump to win florida. i think tough lose your own state as the incumbent senator it's bad for your comrt political -- it's bad for your political future. if you lose your primary and hand the gop nomination to donald trump you are in a very bad position to have any future. charles: is this all about ego? i started to think about it. it's like jeb bush held on too long. we talk about the establishment all the time, i gets back room guys with a bunch of cigar

ben carson. >> that's right, jake. this is someone that trump once called a pathological liar, but both carson and trump really chalking it up to just politics today. this comes just four days before the next round of voting happens as this sort of serious moves happen in the force desperate to stop donald trump. >> i think it's time to end the debates. >> reporter: donald trump today is signaling he's ready to move beyond the primary battle, throwing cold water on the idea of more debates. >> how many times do you have to give the same answer to the same question? >> reporter: the gop front-runner also rolling out the endorsement of dr. ben carson. >> a much more reasonable person than comes across. >> reporter: the one-time rivals burying the hatchet. >> there are two different donald trumps. there's the one you see on the stage and there's the one who's very cerebral. >> reporter: that characterization, one that trump is two minds about. >> i probably do agree. i think there are two donald trumps. no, i think there

ben carson. carson of course is a political outsider, somebody who has not run for office ever in his career and he is endorsing donald trump, a political outsider, somebody who has never run for office in his career. however, as you also remember things got pretty heated back in november between trump and carson, really one-sided as trump went on the attack of coarse son as carson started rising in the polls, especially not only nationally but also in iowa as well. he went after whether carson, he went after carson's faith. went after his storyline as a child. reason at one point compared him to a child molester. this was the quote at the time. i'm quoting here. if you're a child molester, there is no cure. they can't stop you. path owe logical, there is no cure. carson he said was pathological. now you have four months later endorsement for donald trump from ben carson. he called trump a very intellectual man who cares deeply about america. he called him cerebral as well. there was a moment tha

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ben carson gave the prognosis on his own presidential campaign. he did all he could but in the end it couldn't be saved. >> and i'm hopeful that maybe some people now that i am leaving the campaign trail-- yeah. (laughter). >> trevor: its-- he condition even muster any energy when he's saying he's dropping out of the race. yeah. the guy sounds like he's deciding whether or not to have fries with his order. like, sir, do you want to make it a combo meal? yeah. are you sure, sir? you don't have to. >> yeah. >> trevor: he's like a human-- this is so fun. >> enough, enough. >> trevor: oh, it's roy wood, it's roy wood. (cheers and applause) is bhas' going on, man. >> what did i tell but ben carson, trevor? >> trevor: yeah, i know, roy. i know. that we shouldn't make fun of him because before he started acting crazy, his life was an inspiration to the black community. and he was our best shot at going black to black in the white house. >> yes. that's right. look. i know carson's presidential campaign was a joke but black people used to look up to him. o

ben carson is an african american, which would allay any charges that he is a bigot. trump advertises himself as someone out of politics, ben carson is self made, the only problem is he didn't show a great knowledge of policy and the question is is he qualified to become president? >> bill schneider, always nice to hear your thoughts, thanks. >>> all right. >> hillary clinton cemented her status with seven victories but bernie sanders won four contests and not prepared to give up the fight. john terret from burlington, vermont. >> reporter: antonio good evening from burlington, vermont where the sanders campaign held a inference t nrches to news ces we're in it to win it. the plan is to win state by state, targeted states not all of them. there will be some losses but also some wins. the candidate in maine today, appealing to voters. >> next sunday i believe at 1:00, the caucuses will be held throughout maine we can win here, if there is a large voter turnout. please vote! thank you all very much! >> reporter: and that targeted state approach for example would be in f

coalition from blue collars to evangelicals and ben carson, you guys know this better than i do, ben carson gets that vote. mike lee is, he and ted cruz are friends but more of the same. so, i think, if you're chess playing here, you have to score a big one for donald getting ben carson. harris: all right. we saw some pushback from marco rubio just a few days ago when there was talk about people putting pressure on him to get out of the race. then this just happen ad few minutes ago. is he opening door for supporters to support john kasich in ohio? watch. >> if voter in ohio is motivated by stopping donald trump and comes to the conclusion that john kasich is only one who can beat them there, i expect that is the decision they will make. i can tell you in florida i'm only one can beat donald trump. whether someone supports ted cruz or john kasich, if you vote for them in florida you're in essence voting for donald trump. if voter reaches same conclusion in ohio, i think that is what they will do again. harris: kind of like encircling donald trump. sandra: that was all in effort to st

look what he did with ben carson, who has endorsed me. a great guy. look what he did to ben carson. he said ben carson in iowa has left. he's out of the campaign, vote for me. thousands of people voted for him because he convinced people that ben carson had left the campaign. he knew ben carson didn't leave the campaign. >> well, it sounds like you're not backing down on that at all. tomorrow, you have a big speech. a big speech tomorrow. speaking to the american israel public affairs committee. in that speech, will you stand by your pledge to be neutral between israel and palestine so you can broker a peace deal? >> you'll hear what i'm going to say at the speech. i'll save it for that. there is nobody more pro israel than i am. you'll hear that. we'll see what happens. >> what kind of deal would be in israel's interest? >> i think making a deal would be in israel's interest. i'll tell you what. i don't know one jewish person that doesn't want to have a good deal, a proper deal, a very good deal. but i would say it's probably one of the toughest deals. me being a dealmaker, probabl

rough night here in georgia for ben carson and john kasich. tying at 6% of the georgia vote, well below the 20% threshold needed to score any delegates here in the peach state. heather and abby, back to you. >> marco rubio did finally win that state of minnesota. >>> we turn to virginia. trump took the win in a narrow victory over rubio. >> caroline shively is live for us in washington, d.c. with those results. good morning, caroline. >> reporter: good morning, heather and abby. donald trump beating out senator marco rubio with less than three points. rubio was counting on a win. 34.7% of the votes dpared to rubio's 31.9. cruz follows with almost 17 points, garnering eight delegates. kasich and carson were asterisks in some states. exit polls show trump got his support from evangelicals less educa educated. he also won slightly with men and voters over 45. rubio got the d.c. suburbs. trump won the rest of most of vergena. if he would have been able to eek things out it would have been his second state. back to you. >> thank you very much, caro

you heard the word spiritually come out of ben carson's mouth. that's exact lip the message donald trump wants voters to hear, evangelical voters. voters in florida, he wants them to hear he is ok spiritually. when you sling as much mulled as he has over the course of this campaign, it's very tough to undo that. these are tweets he sent over the course of this campaign, ben carson said in his own book that he has a pathological torture, wanting to hit his mother on the head with a hammer, don't people get it, things like that are tough to come around. the fact that ben carson is coming into donald trump's corner is bad news for ted cruz. last night, donald trump tried to take control of the debate by not doing what he's done so much. >> unlike previous republican debates, characterized by personal attacks and discord, thursday's debate in miami featured an intense discussion of the economy, education and foreign policy. the first question of the night went to governor john kasich on whether his support of trade deals was undermining the middle cl

ben carson appears to be ending his campaign. he did not win any states on super tuesday issued a statement saying that he does not see a political path forward. he does not plan to attend tomorrow's gop debate. hillary clinton and donald trump racked up big victories. aside from ben carson their other rivals are vowing not to quick. steve hansalman joining us live from houston. we know anything can happen in politics but donald trump asking like a candidate destined to win the gop nomination. >> reporter: it looks that way to a lot of the people and it upsets a lot of people. ben carson was the republican front-runner but not a factor in months and john kaisch governor of ohio has not won a single race and now more than ever the republican front- runner is down to two rivals, from texas and florida. vote for myself. >> reporter: can marco rubio stop donald trump. he won a state last night, minnesota. and the early vote today two weeks before the florida him. >> it is my home and we will win florida. we feel great about it. >> bu

that didn't help ben carson. i would have one iowa if that didn't happen because it took votes away from me. he added a lot of votes to himself. but he lied about it. lou: you are doing pretty well despite that. to my question about a standard here, are you going to assert a standard because of the bringing in wives of candidates is so unseemly. >> i agree with you, i agree with you. i did, i wrote and said be careful because otherwise i'll have to start talking about your situation. now, do i like doing that? no. should that have been done by him? he absolutely knew about it. think it, he doesn't know this is sent and earmarked to a group in utah? he knew about it. lou: personally, i tell you, any super pac working for any candidate should be held, the candidate should be held accountable, and there is no question of the relationship of the people running this super pac, the money that they are receiving and from whom, so i think the responsibility is usually clear. >> lou, these people, just to finish it, these

ben carson will be dropping out of the race. ben carson saying how he was going to stay in it. he was going to go for the long haul. he performed quite poorly. just last night, really no performance there. he is choosing to drop out. where do those votes now go? andrea is still here with me. >> i think a lot of them still do, trish. he is an outsider. he is a softer outsider than donald trump. a lot of evangelicals voted for donald trump. these are evangelical voters. if they have not gone to trump, they went to ben carson already. ted cruz or a donald trump. i do not take that he is a pathway. trish: you have mitt romney now that will say something tomorrow. he will come out and make some kind of news. blasting trump and trying to make this effort for the republicans to rally around someone else. why are they fighting this so hard right now? the american voter has spoken. >> they are so out of touch. they have not left the washington, d.c. beltway for a long time. they did the same thing to john mccain's campaign. they are blasting onto their own power and their own privilege.

is favored to win .n florida ben carson endorsed him. ted cruz had hoped to win that carson endorsement. at the same time, trumps opponents have put aside trump university, calling a fraudulent. his response is that 90% of the students gave their experience a positive review. they say they were pressured into giving good evaluations. instructors ignored practices thegned to make sure that surveys were killed up objectively. japan marks the fifth anniversary of the deadly earthquake and killer synonymy. more than 18,000 people were killed in the disaster on japan's coast. it also caused three nuclear reactors at the powerplant to melt down. cleanup continues. the japanese government estimates it will take 40 years to complete. the south african teenager may have found part of the missing malaysia airlines flight 370 on the beach. it was discovered on december 30 and returned to south africa. there is a five digit number on it and another piece was discovered earlier this month. the boeing jet vanished while flying from malaysia to china o

ben carson's campaign this morning. tiffany wilson is in the newsroom with the tweet that igniteed all of buzz. >> yes, 45 minutes ago, marco rubio posted a tweet saying and i quote, "we will miss ben carson on the trail, he is a fantastic gentleman and i wish him the best." >> however, no one from the ben carson camp has officially announced ben carson is ending the campaign for president. instead, ben carson issued a statement saying he not participate in tonight's republican debate on fox news saying there is no political path forward. he did not win my state primary on super tuesday and ben carson said he will discuss his political future tomorrow during a speech. certainly gains some buzz but we all need to stay tuned. >> thank you. now, back to breaking news we have been following from livermore. >> a lost police activity with crime scene tape near the police station and a last questions about what happened. amy hollyfield is there now. amy? >> yes, people are starting to wake up if livermore. they wonder, what is

ben carson for his support and endorsement of donald trump. roll tape. >> you're ben carson. why would you -- why would you align yourself with that? >> when i dropped out, my first choice went with me. i was going to remain neutral. >> uh-huh. >> but then i realized that, you know, the political establishment was aligning to protect their turf. and they don't like the idea of people who are not beholding to them and who cannot be controlled coming into washington d.c. >> this guy is -- i'm sorry. he's a racist. and he's not good for the country. >> what's the alternative? [clapping] >> i'm sorry. i just -- i don't understand. you're ben carson. you're so much better than this. stuart: dr. ben carson is with us as of right now. dr. carson. always a pleasure. welcome back to the program, sir. >> thank you, stuart,. stuart: isn't this how the left always tries to shut people up by saying that guy's a racist. if you support him, you're a racist be quiet. that's what happens. >> yeah. that tends to be their mode. and they don't want to hear anything that even resembles opposition

so that's the end of ben carson. might make it that little bit easier for the republican establishment to get behind one candidate, but there are of course, still four in the race all together, marco rubio is still there, ted cruz is still there and john kasich is also still in the race. anchor: donald trump's closest rival ted cruz has publicly appealed to the other candidates to throw in the towel and get behind him. nobody heeding that call so far? reporter: no, certainly not. everyone wants to stay in the race for as long as possible. the republican establishment called for somebody to drop out of the race, they are going toward john kasich because he is the one who is taking away a few percentage points from the likes of marco rubio or ted cruz. there is no way that the senator from florida, marco rubio, will be listening to ted cruz, his colleague in the senate because marco rubio still believes and indeed large parts of the republican establishment believe that he is the best opportunity that the republican pa

ben carson. a carson insider tells me there is a lot of residual anger toward ted cruz over what happened in iowa. ben carson and donald trump both have homes in palm beach. they have known each other a while. >> two points of comparison. they both have homes here in south florida. and ben carson thinks ted cruz stole the election from him in iowa. tw very different points of motivation. last night in the debate it was very different. you want to hear what matters, the policies. you got it with jake tapper all night long keeping a stepped hand. we got to talk to donald trump right after the debate. controversial reports about islam and violence at his events. here's what he had to say. >> i thought it was a very elegant debate. i thought it was very substantive. i thought your folks did a great job. i thought it was very fair. we needed this kind of debate. we needed this kind of tone. i'm glad it took place tonight. >> do you think it plays to your advantage? >> i think so. look, the other is th

the one from ben carson is a significant one. he once was the front runner for the republican party, he was in fact ahead of donald trump it changed a lot over the last few months with loopholes going down significantly for ben carson. it stillonald trump, gives him the possibility to be seen again on stage in florida with a former republican presidential candidate, as he did also with new jersey governor chris christie. this ties in with a new narrative that donald trump is using on the campaign trail and yesterday at the republican president told the day. republican party establishment believe, donald trump says he can't unite the republican party. can she can -- says he unite the republican party. most of the eldest say he is destroying the party. he says he can united. and like getting ben carson and the likes of chris christie, that is what he looks like. he will presumably use ben carson on the campaign trail with crucial primaries coming up, especially this tuesday. tom: we will be keeping a close eye on those primaries. l

trum announced that ben carson would have a big role in his >> i really appreciate the endorsement, ben. thank you. >> former gop hopeful dr. ben carson endorsed frontrunner donald trump friday morning in palm beach. >> i have found in talking with him, you know, there's a lot more alignment philosophically and spiritually than i ever thought it was. >> trump joined carson on theat the announcement. >> everybody lovesham and admires him. >> trump who questioned his success as a surgeon. >> it's politics. >> dr. carson will play a role in his campaign. carson suspended his presidential campaign last week a has nothing but nice things to say about his favorite for america. >> now, following the big announcement, ben carson was asked whyot endorse ted cruz, carson said he feels donald trump the only candidate willing to do what it takes to break what he caca the special hold of special interest groups. we have much more on this, check out the nbc news and weather app. >>> and our team coverage continues for you this midday. nbc 6 reporter steve litz also in west palm beach where marco rubi

ben carson to a pedophile. it's clear that ben carson is still bitter about iowa, even though the cruz campaign apologized. but it's interesting to see him endorse trump after what has been said about him. >> we'll get to that story about the campaign manager later in the show. charlie, ted cruz said something today about those backing donald trump that became a controversy, suggesting they're low information voters, just for those that don't pay attention, rush limbaugh uses that term a lot, usually talks about democrats that way. here is a little of what ted cruz said. listen. >> listen, donald does well with voters who have relatively low information, who are not that engaged and who are angry and they see him as an angry voice. where we are beating him is when voters get more engaged and they get more informed. when they inform themselves, they realize his record. he's what they're angry at. he is the corruption. >> your thoughts on that, charlie? >> comments like that are why so many in the republican part

ben carson will work together. >> with a dr. ben carson today, who is endorsing me tomorrow morning. >> [ applause ] >> we were talking and we spoke for over -- and alan education. trump will have the spotlight later on this morning at 9:00, going to have a news conference beach and that is when dr. ben carson is expected to endorse him. this morning. up with donald trump who said that he thought that he did really well. >> i wasn't the debate but i thought it was an elegant for change not so much inciting. but as he mentioned, donald trump will be endorsed by ben carson this morning and he says that they have discussed education and how to improve schools. ben carson will be the second former republican candidate to endorse a contender this weekend carly fiorina is backing ted cruz but >>> endorsing senator ted cruz is senator mike lee of utah, making the announcement yesterday afternoon before the g.o.p debate, saying that it is time to unite behind the candidate best positioned in his view to catch donald trump this is the fi

ben barson, thank you very much good seeing you again. >> a pleasure. thank you. >> ben carson. well, you know by the numbers that donald trump leafeds leadse g.o.p. pack but what if other money guys in the party have a different idea, after this. this little guy is about to make his first deposit. we'd like to open a savings account for him. yes yes. great thanks to mom and dad and their safe driving bonus check from allstate. oh. look at this. safe driving bonus. . driving safe. see how much more an allstate agent can do for you. call 877-644-3100. like in most families, dad's always the last to know. that's why accident forgiveness was the first thing he asked for when he switched to allstate. michael james! middle name. not good. get accident forgiveness from allstate and keep your rates from going up just because of an accident. find out how a local allstate agent can help better protect your family. call one right now. and if you're a safe driver, you can save up to 45%. just a few more ways the good hands are doing more than ever before. see what the personal service of a

ben carson. that would be the same ben carson he mocked shamelessly and mercilessly on stage, called pathological, and sort of compared to a child molester. carson he mocked shamelessly and mercilessly on stage, called pathological, and sort of compared to a child molester. today, carson called that all par for the course and urged the party to unite behind trump if he became the nominee. ben carson: i have come to know donald trump over the past few years. he is actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about america. we buried the hatchet. that was political stuff. that happens in american politics. i have found in talking with him that there is a lot more alignment philosophically and spiritually than i ever thought there was. one of the real factors for me is what will happen if we allow the political operatives to succeed in their endeavor to stop donald trump. i think it would fracture the party irreparably. john: mark, my question for you -- and i have so much to say about that, but

ben carson. >> we're looking at 1% in here. if you're the marco rubio campaign looking up and knowing it's not a mistake. it's not a typo. ben carson is tied with john kasich in third place tie. that's got to be a little chill down the spine for marco rubio and his supporters. in terms of what he know about what's happening this mississippi, our friend steve has a little terms from the data in terms of how the race may shape up. >> we heard a lot object that in the last couple of weeks. he said question not win when there are closed primaries and it's republicans only. that's hen he gets in trouble. mississippi is an open primary but check this out. among independents -- we're going back to you. >> let me interrupt you. speaking of the republican race in mississippi, here you go. our projected winning, donald trump. he will win the gop mississippi primary and the other anyofinis order is as follows, ted cruz, john kasich and with 1% in, this is early raw vote, ben carson's on the board but our wo

carson won't stay in long and ben carson saying he may drop out of this race. in akron, denise zarrella, cleveland 19. >> romona: thank you, denise, we have done stories on the bad shape of elyria police cruisers and the highway patrol released month. three police vehicles broke down and troopers car broke down and the income tax increase would go to fixing some problems. >> we want to introduce you to k-9 ian. he is an a.t.f. trained accelerant detection dog. sia nyorkor tells us painesville township fire and rescue regard him as one of the most valuable members of his team. he literally works for food. >> if k-9 ian doesn't work, he doesn't eat. that's the way he is trained. there are only two a.t.f. dogs in ohio. first responders in painesville say they are lucky to have k-9 ian on staff. >> are you ready to go to work? ian, seek. >> lieutenant gordon thompson said this took getting used to. >> these dogs are food reward dogs. they eat out of my hand. k-9 ian doesn't eat unless he works. he is trained to trace explosives and sell rants at fires. >> i am here

most people know ben carson, most know mike lee. it's a subtle importance for him. >> i'm glad you are pointing out the subtle ties michael. good to see you, thank you very much. there's a reason the debate is in florida, the state holds its primary on tuesday, it's a big prize in the election season. adam may is in melbourne, florida, part of the state that g.o.p. candidates will be watching very closely. >> good evening, we are in berbard county, a barometer for the g.o.p. during the last three decades republican voters here picked a candidate that goes on to win the g.o.p. nomination. >> what is happening this year? yes, marco rubio trailling in the florida polls. in this county he is leading when it comes to fundraising, if those dollars don't translate into votes, the run for the white house could be in big trouble. >> reporter: barbarb county on the central east coast is on the republican radar, for the past 30 years, when g.o.p. voters leave the beach to pick the presidential candidate. the winner gets the parties nomination.

ben carson endorsed donald trump. not long after donald trump called him pathological, equated him to a child molester and in the same breath saying i think he's great for education in our country. how are you going to fend this off in the job you do every day going on television and basically having to spin the things that come out on television from donald trump himself? here's the thing. during the campaign trail things get heated between all of the the candidates. it speaks hugely of donald trump that ben carson said this man has a christian heart. i see it. i'm behind him. this is who the american people want. donald trump pulled in two different type of endorsements. the chris christie endorsement, northeastern republicans, leading democrat i would argue and a the staunch evangelical conservative in ben carson. that's a big deal. he has been on the stage and sparred with both and they are saying this is the man for the job despite everything that happened. that is a big deal. >> appreciate your time. . it keeps

ben carson. i could not lose that guy. and i was doing well and, you know, trump would be at 28% at that time. i remember when it was 28% and ben was 18%. and then he was 19%. and the next week it was 22%. i said, whoa, whoa. what's happening here? i don't like this, right? and then he was 24%. and then i had a pretty good poll where i took a little lead in one, but then what happened is it was, i believe, nbc, "wall street journal" who always gives me bad polls, by the way. i have to tell you. oh, thank you for the nice things you always say about me. you are so nice. thank you. sitting next to david. ok okay? thank you very much. always so nice. now she's embarrassed. i just want to thank you. so ben -- so ben would always, like he'd be there, and then one poll where ben went ahead. it was the biggest story worldwide. i said, this guy is unbelievable. and so i started going after ben. and it's politics. ben understands it. i was impressed with the way he fought back because he fought back with

don't look for ben carson. he says he won't take part because he doesn't see a political path forward for his campaign. >>> a u.s. official says debris that washed up in mow -- mow -- mozambique is said to come from the jet who disappeared. it is the only known missing 777. he being transported for possible identification. >>> the use of electronic cigarettes is banned on all commercial flights. that's the word from the department of transportation. the rule applies to all scheduled flights by u.s. and foreign carrierss into and out of the u.s. it aims to protect passengers from exposure to aerosol fumes from the e-cigarettes. >>> a heroic homecoming. he returned to the kennedy space center a short time ago after a year long mission on the international spacestation. no american has ever been in space that long. kelly was greeted by family members. you can see him giving his twin brother a big hug who is also an astronaut. the findings of his well being could tell them how americans would fare on a two and a ha

ben carson finished last in the virginia primary vote. a local family wants nine million dollars from a norfolk police officer. officer michael edington is charged with shooting and killing a mentally ill man back in 20-14. the mother and father of david death lawsuit against the officer. in june of 2014 -- latham, a 35 year old mentally ill man, being threatening with a knife. his family -- who watched latham die -- told a different story. the lawsuit says edington s quote "excessive and unreasonable use of deadly force -- was the result of errors and recklessness." -- end quote the latham family attorney -- spoke exclusively to newschannel 3 about the lawsuit. ( (15:49 we think this was a tragedy that didnt have to happen so the family is looking for justice whatever is available both in the criminal system but the civil justice system as well in response to the lawsuit -- edington )s attorney -- released this statment -- saying quote " it was a tragedy for the latham family but it was a tragedy for edington as well. it was never his de