a flap for ted cruz in south carolina. point being, though, he's got these ads against marco rubio, against hillary clinton, and new ad spoofing her in that office space scene, that famous scene where they beat up the copy machine. in the cruz version, it's hillary clinton beating up her e-mail server. so cruz really going on the offensive here. going on offense, i should say, in south carolina. hoping to sort of make some moves and mobilize the evangelical voters around him. >> speaking of the evangelicals, he has been open about his faith on the trail and ran this very personal ad on his religious beliefs in the iowa campaign. but so far, he hasn't been able to close the deal with evangelical voters. what is the campaign's strategy? why do thaw think it hasn't worked so far, at least as well as they hoped it would? >> the campaign is trying to go after evangelical voters and faith-based communities because it does want to take away some of those votes from ted cruz. marco rubio has a unique personal story when it comes t

we areÑi going now to south carolina we're going to win in south carolina. i love you all. thank you very much. thank you. >> we have got a big show for you tonight including fox coverage at the clinton headquarters, john roberts with rubio, and we begin with our chief political correspondent, carl cameron reporting from downtown manchester. voters are still partying, carl? >> hi, megyn. donald trump has rewritten the play book. didn't campaign here, often insulting the audience with vulgarity, many thought was inappropriate for crowds that had kids. but trump with a big win and his aides and he acknowledged they couldn't have asked for a better down ballot result. they believe john kasich is the perfect play pitch to shoot out of the sky in south carolina. arguing he hasn't spent time in south carolina to be able to compete there. they see a three way tie as an opportunity for trump. they're busy battling with one another, he can continue to push his make america great again rhetoric and advance numbers, win in south carolina and head into the march 1st states in the south

, we are going to win in south carolina. >> south carolina, we are on the way. indeed you get the message? they are moving to south carolina. ahead of the february 20th primary, these are coming fast and furious, a few days away. so what are the republican candidates have on the schedule? >> the top five finishers in the primary, donald trump, john kasich, jeb bush and marco rubio heavy ands in south carolina today, the most momentum from and ted cruz are the same two candidates who do very well among the southern south carolina voters. the question is what will happen among the establishment candidate? will john kasich at second place finish be enough to keep him at the top of the pack? will jeb bush's brother the former president make a difference on the campaign trail in south carolina? will marco rubio's poor performance at the last debate be enough to prove he has what it takes to be commander-in-chief? ten days to make a difference before the primary and is a big one, winner takes all with 50 delegates up for grabs. martha: it sounds like that tees for a v

south carolina may be okay. not so much in a lot of other parts of the country. >> and part of it is the bush brand related to foreign policy and a strong military. that's something jeb bush is going to push down there. he's been running ads touting that he could be a commander in chief. and he's going to also try to attack john kasich over this as well for trying to cut the military brass and things like that. that's what they are trying to do. remind them of a strong leader. >> let's turn to our republican commentators. does it help him? >> the big risk there is at a time where you are seeing folks reject the idea of dynasties and legacies, that this is a reminder of that. what the bush campaign is making a calculation you can't run from your blood lines. since you can't, why not take the best parts of it and try to reinforce it with seriousness and national security. so that's what they're going to try and do. they're going to try to re-emphasize that. >> i wonder if donald trump is going to try to attack geo

a south carolina driver's license... an i-d card issued from the s-c dmv... a sc voter registration card with a photo... a federal military id.. or a u-s passport. we'll check in with our michal higdon and caroline patrickis at the p pls in just a few minutes in our next half hour. you can help out an organization trying to preserve columbia's history and try some tasty chili all at the same event this weekend. the palladium society's 18th annual chili cook-off is today from 5 to 8 pm at the music farm in columbia. 25 chili cookers will compete in various tickets for the general public are 40 dollars at the door. admission includes all you can eat & drink chili, beer & wine. benedict college will host it's 27th annual harambee festival today celebrating black history month. there will be plenty of food, fun, dancing and events for the kids. also, some very important health screenings for prostate cancer, diabetes and vision. the event starts in just a few minutes at 9:30 in the benjamin e. mays human resources center are

we're going to win in south carolina. i love you all. thank you very much. >> reporter: trump trouncing the field, beating second place john kasich by more than 50,000 votes. >> they want to see us take the country back. they want to see great deals, not horrible deals. >> reporter: a decisive victory, but its path forward isn't easy. south carolina is a lot different from new hampshire. in 2012 exit polling, 65% of gop voters identified as evangelical or born again. a voting bloc that ted cruz is expected to excel with, just as he did in iowa. and while trump owned voters who called themselves independent in new hampshire, just 25% of south carolinians see themselves that way. >> a lot of people here are shooting for the silver medal and giving donald trump the gold medal. >> reporter: like new hampshire, trump has drawn big and enthusiastic crowds across this state. it's where he got roaring cheers for his muslim ban. >> a total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: but historically it's also a place

carolina, but getting all of the south carolina delegates. >> all 50. >> all 50. and by the time we get through super tuesday, a third of republican delegates will have been decided. that's significant for trump, and it shows that he's not only in a good position to be the nominee, but he's doing what he needs to not just win vote totals and garner news coverage, which he does really well at, but the delegate who is determine the ultimate winner. >> cruz did win in iowa, but didn't do so great, didn't win in new hampshire and south carolina. he's got to get some wins now, especially right now, all the indications are the nevada caucuses tomorrow night, they look like trump has a big lead over there. >> and i think that part of cruz's problem is that he's pitched himself as this antiestablishment candidate, which would pit him directly into competition, of course, donald trump. he needs to get closer to where marco rubio is, i think, at all, to indicate that he could be the potential establishment candidate right now. the republican party is trying to harness their

. >>> breaking tonight, donald trump winning big in south carolina. hurricane takes nevada and jeb bush is out. hell hello, and welcome to the special edition of "justice" i'm judge jeanine pirro. we have reports from the headquarters of donald trump and others, and also the inside word of our strategists. let's go to the headquarters of spartanburg, south carolina with carl. carl? >> well, donald trump got the double-digit win in the first primary in south carolina the state for decades has been saying it would always nominate a republican who is the most conservative who could win in the general election, and now it looks like mr. trump is is g getting 32.5% of the vote with 99% of the precincts counted. it looks like marco rubio has a lead over ted cruz, and they are almost exactly, and there is a 0.2 percentage point between the two candidates. and before donald trump made the victory speech tonight, we had a chance to chat him up just right behind the stage, literally as he was about to take the stage and claim victory. it was very clear for him

dlt is the projected winner there in south carolina. marco rubio and ted cruz battling it out for second place. former florida jeb bush a doesn't fourth place which is big trouble for his campaign. we will look at the results from nevada today. we're waiting on the latest update on the numbers there. senator clinton is the you winner with bernie sanders coming in second place. the latest numbers here show a 5% point spread there. the numbers that you see on the bottom, they are the county delegates that will be finalising the absolute final totals there as they head into the convention. for analysis on that, let's head to our political correspondent. he is in l.a. for us tonight. so much to discuss with how this affects the democratic ticket here going forward, but it certainly looks like hillary clinton now has the momentum behind her heading into super tuesday, heading into states that she needed to win in order to secure this nomination and that could be big trouble for bernie sanders. >> yeah. it could be. i think that that sort of

we are going to now to south carolina, we're going to win in south carolina. i love you all, thank you very much. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: for hilliary clinton, it was a night to shake off her loss. >> i know i have some work to do, particularly with young people, but i will repeat again, even if they're not supporting me now, i support them. >> reporter: the former secretary of state put up a positive front, saying she's looking ahead to the future. >> you are the reason we're here, and the reason we're going to win the nomination, and we'll win the election together. >> reporter: the small group of republicans fought it out for second place. >> at a time when changes is in the air, maybe we're just turning the page on a dark part of american politics, because the light over came the darkness. >> reporter: kasich beat out. libby casey, aljazeera, manchester, new hampshire. >> what's next? the road to south carolina, this time on the program, joining me now, john fund, the columnist for national review, and columnist, victoria burke is back, along wi

after south carolina, he goes quickly. super tuesday is coming, and there is a lot at stake.>> you have to make your mark while you are year. >>> we are talking issues, and i know that you support hillary clinton, and you support marco rubio. haley endorsement. >>> the governor coming in after several others in the house, you are seeing the next generation of republicans getting in the field and supporting marco rubio. as we move away from south carolina, we are like a hurricane that sits over us for a while and then it moves on. it will continue to do that, and the fight will continue. where we land will be a long way away. and donald trump may be the basis of the republican party, but that is a long way away. it may end up being ted cruz or marco rubio, but we will see, and we need south carolina leading the effort, putting us forward. i think that governor haley is seen on the national stage brings a positive message, and rubio and continue to help. >>> and hillary clinton has her work cut out for her. >> politics is a

spleesh because you get to south carolina he'll say south carolina made me do it. dirty tricks. i still say where's the contrast in substance? where are the philosophical differences? if mr. trump would say i think ted cruz's tax plan say disaster, that would be more credible than he's a nasty guy, he's mean. i don't know how many conservative voters will say ted cruz washington insider when the constant washington insiders bob dole and trent lott and others are saying we don't like ted cruz, we can't stand him, we won't vote for him. you can't have it both ways. i think the difference between trump and cruz is this. they both have set it up this year to put the establishment flat on its back. the twoun tag team of trump and cruz. however, one is talking about taking on the washington accomplishme establishment and one's gone there and done it. >> but why change your tactics if you're winning? why would donald trump change and give specifics about things or change his campaigning when he's winning? >> he won't. >> kellyanne, i've got to disagree with you because this collection

in south carolina. >> i think we got the news out of nevada. this will be known as sigh of relief saturday nor hillfor hillary clinton. this was the best chance sanders had to prove he could win. he came close. but he could not win. now when you look at the calendar, hillary belt. she could string together a bunch of of this nomination in a way that people thought she would a few months ago. on the republican side, i think those results show us our future for a while, lester. we could be seeing those three candidates, those three names fighting for every contest from here to june. i think it's possible we're looking at a three-way race for some time, no matter what the order of carolina. >> chuck todd, we will have updaytes throughout the evening. reports as warranted throughout the night and coverage on nbcnews.com. holt, nbc news, new york. michael: back to nbc for e night. welcome back to everyone to wyff coverage. the gateway to the south -- the very first primary and south carolina. we will bring t

it's south carolina's choice. tonight in the battle for the democratic nomination, hillary clinton re-energized by her win in nevada working to knock out her opponent and take control of the race

first in south carolina. he has a strong south carolina team aon the ground. his people know the lay of the land. he does have to do well. there's no question. as much as it's make or break for bush, it is for rubio. what we need to start seeing happening if there's a prayer for a real competition to the nomination that isn't cruz or trump is a winnowing of the field before march 15th. you continue cobbling enough delegates to get through to share nominations, but once march 15th happens, if there's not a winning of the field, trump or cruz win the table. >> let's talk about ted cruz for a moment right now. ted cruz caught in the middle of rubio and donald trump. ted cruz has been fighting both these men quite hard and fighting for evangelical votes there. south carolina was a state i think he thought he could win. he thought he could win a lot of march 1st states. he needs what tomorrow? >> he needs a win, and some of the polls have suggested that that's not entirely out of the realm of possibility, or at least a close second. he needs to do well. he needs to

and the polite and wealthy province of south carolina. and it happens for the most part, and to labour for them to wait on them. and the heavy editorial editorial influence, and go back to north carolina as a means of contrast. and superiors make complaints about the people and people of their superiors, and at the time of eyes that is beginning under bondage. many times over. stock contrast between north and south carolina. the manuscript goes on for a couple hundred pages. and documenting people, parishes and places, hand in that area. it is a remarkable document caught as yet unpublished in american church history and also a settlement and regional history. the next thing we are going to look at is a letter from november of 1775 written by richard thurmond, baptist minister in charleston, south carolina, who is the namesake of this universe -- university, he died in 1825, the south carolina baptist's named this new institution in its memory. illiterate and from his home base, up from the low country up the coast and it is happening in

is this an issue in south carolina? bill: george bush hitting the stump for his brother jeb. >> he's not done this before. since he left office he has not been involved in any public political event, and i'm proud he's going to help his younger brother. recommended dulcolax use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief . . . . martha: so a familiar face is about to return to the campaign trail. former president george w. bush for the first time will hit the road with his brother jeb in a state that he won as candidate back in 2000, south carolina. but will he be able to help his brother's campaign when he heads out there? that is win of the big questions today. welcome, everybody, to brand new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. low profile he kept since leaving office absence with a event outside of charleston, south carolina. with this radio s

carolina democratic primary, bernie sanders is in columbia, south carolina, today. hoping to prove that after his big win in new hampshire, he could win anywhere. sanders attended a faith leaders breakfast this morning where he predicted the results in south carolina could surprise people, and he continued his push as the anti-establishment candidate. >> without vision, the people will perish. i don't claim to be a biblical scholar, but i know how important that is. throughout history, people have shown incredible courage and saying, we're not going to accept this. i know everybody says, we can't bring about change, right? but we're not going to accept it. >> right now, sanders is holding a town hall in south carolina, he'll be joined there later by erika garner, she's at the daughter of eric garner who died after being put in a police choke hold in new york. these are live pictures of that sanders town hall. >>> south carolina state representative cesar mcknight joins me now from columbia. he supports bernie sanders. cesar, i understand you were at the faith leader

we set up shop in south carolina . republican candidates have already fanned out across the state for the primaries. it takes place 10 days from now. there are storylines of plenty from last night. but let's start with billion acting of the granite state, the ballot box. after his victory, donald trump arrives for his rallies two hours north and west here in clemson. his rivals contemplate an election calendar that poses a serious challenge for anyone that wants to stop him. mark walks through that calendar. mark: we have a debate next saturday in south carolina. the primary is one week later. as of now, republican polls still show trump, even before his big new hampshire win, a big lead. there are a lot of caucuses on february 23. the candidates go to houston for a debate. that is march 1 when 11 states cast their votes. , the a few more contests big winner take all states like florida and ohio are open market 15 -- march 15. here is a question, taking all of this into account and recognizing there is a little bit of

people in south carolina will say, you're leaving south carolina just as george w. bush and others are arriving here. is that a tacit admission that it's bush country, somehow? >> why would it be his country? he hasn't won anything anywhere. no, no. i don't think about that. look, we're bringing a lot of recruits in now. we're finding that the enthusiasm is hard to absorb because of the infrastructure. now, this is exactly how we planned it. we knew that coming out of new hampshire, we would have a bump, which we've had. more money and people are coming here to help. and we take it seriously here. >> reporter: they also take seriously the state of michigan. aides tell me they're trying to replicate the success from new hampshire in that key battleground of michigan, where the vote doesn't take place until march the 8th. that's the last state where delegates are rewarded proportionately. after that, there's some critical states in the midwest, where kasich thinks he can make a stand as well, including his home state of ohio. he insists he's a unifier and says the onl

south carolinas are punktual if nothing else. this is a final push these candidates are heading out on. really all of them have something to prove, whether it's how dominant they can be or proving they can stay in this race. i tell you what, this morning, if donald trump is dominating the headlines against with new controversial comments. listen. >> this morning as the republicans blanket the state, the state of play looks like this, donald trump on top, raising eyebrows once again at a south carolina rally this time for telling general john pushing to shoot muslim prisoners a century ago. >> he took 50 bullets, he dipped them in pigs blood and they shot 49 of those people and the 50ing person, he said, you go back to your people and you tell them what happened. >> reporter: but according to rumor tracking website snopes.com, there is no evidence it ever happened. trump's comments coming the same day he went on defense. >> i was against going into iraq for a long time. >> reporter: after months of highlighting his position on the

nbc's hallie jackson is in greenville, south carolina. washington bureau chief for usa today and larry sabato is the politics. >> you're covering the cruz campaign, what are they doing to offset this big lead for donald trump? >> a couple of things, chris. first, in response to some of these trump a tacts, the cruz campaign is blowing it off. yet another trumper-tantrum, this word they've made up. cruz himself, i just spoke with him a couple of minutes ago here in greenville. he believes trump is out of options and turning to these political insults. as far as what he's doing in south carolina, what his strategy, he's going after trump on the air waves and b, trying to bring the christian conservative vote to try to topple trump here in south carolina. this something he was able to do in iowa and trying to replicate it here in south carolina. >> as i said, the cruz campaign has been hitting trump with a couple of negative ads, this one released yesterday. >> the home was all she had left. >> it stood in donald trump's way. >> the limousin

>> south carolina broke her back last time. and this time it could break bernie sanders. >> i do, but bern py sanders will stay in to the end. he has a cause. we started a revolution. the economy is rigged against the little guy and we need to tear down wall street and help all americans. that is more powerful than i am experienced and win in november. he will be there a long time. be careful. i am not certain she will get the numbers in the african-american outside of the south. even in south carolina, the african-american is more moderate and less liberal. and a lot of people serving in the national defense and working in the military and serving in the military. more conservative and that is to say more moderate than the african-american population itself. and one minor note, i believe hillary clinton will be the nominee, but there may be surprises and we might have them in texas. in nevada caucus. he beat her among the latinos. whether that translates in texas, i don't know. if he does well with latinos, there may be a smal

>> listen, it's south carolina, south carolina, south carolina. south carolina is playing its role. howard dean had a great idea in 2006 of bringing a state with a large african-american population into the early state window. and south carolina was that state. and we played a role in 2008 and really helped to decide where the presidential race was going. and i think this time around, south carolina will play a very similar role. here in this state in 2008, 56% of those folks who voted in a democratic primary were african-american. and 61% of the voters in the democratic primary were women. so, the key demographic, chris, is african-american women. and i think that is where the secretary clinton and senator sanders have to have a laser like focus. they have to focus on african-american women. senator sanders has to convince these women that he is the person, the best person to carry the water on the issues that are important to them. health care, education, you know, criminal justice. >> and how does the black lives matter movement play into all this? >> well, i think the black live

i'm from south carolina. i want to help you out here, let's hear you say, please vote for me, y'all. >> please vote for me, y'all. ♪ >>> and good day, y'all, i'm andrea mitchell in washington. no matter how hard they run, they just can't catch up. donald trump far out in front in south carolina and hasn't made him any more cautious about insulting his rivals. >> senator cruz, he'll say anything. they lie and the reason i can say that nicely is that rubio called him a liar also. so once another guy called him a liar, it's easier for me to call him a liar, but really cruz does lie. i'm finding out all i can do is tell the truth. i tell the truth about iraq and, you know, i say we should have never been there and if bush is insulted, i don't care if he's insulted. what difference. it was a horrible mistake. >> and any moment we're expecting what the cruz campaign is calling a do-not-miss news conference with the texas senator. stand by for that as he prepares. this is hillary clinton who is feeling the bern. b

we went to south carolina. where a week ago donald trump had a 20-point dominating lead, ended up closing that gap tremendously and finishing with effectively tied for second place. and that combination, what that point we've seen the race, the field narrow dramatically and from is only one strong conservative who has a path to winning that is having the affect of unifying conservatives nationally and keying us up for nevada especially super tuesday, that was always our plan, do well in the first three states then compete and have very strong night. we're ideally positioned to do exactly that. >> dickerson: you made the case that you're the only candidate who can unite the diverse parts of the conservative coalition but when you look inside the exit polls, you do very well with those who identify as strongly conservative but you have trouble in the other areas. how are you going to solve that problem? >> one of the very encouraging things we saw in the exit polls we young people. we were in first place among yo

we went to south carolina. short period of time later two weeks ago people in south carolina had no clue who i was. so, we're the engine that can. everybody just relax on this, look, think about it, there were 16 people in the race including a number of governors and there's only one left. and i think that at the end we have to make sure that we have somebody that can go to that town, change that system, grow employment, change the whole way in which it works and ship power money and influence back to the states. i'm optimistic about it. >> dickerson: one of the other arguments that people who would republicans are making, only until there becomes one mainstream alternative to donald trump is there any chance for trim top get knocked off by people whose beliefs they share, why aren't you just continuing to split the vote with marco rubio, address those concerns. >> again, i finished second in new hampshire. he finished fifth. i didn't play in south carolina. we're going to go to -- march 19 to number of states,

trump with a 16-point lead in the state of south carolina. 26 of the last 27 polls taken in south carolina show mr. trump leading in that state. the vast majority of those 26 polls that show him leading show him leading by double digits including all the polls taken in south carolina this calendar year. mr. trump came in second in iowa. he won new hampshire by a mile. unless things change over the next four days drastically he looks set to win south carolina. the race on the republican side will rejigger a little bit because after south carolina we should expect the republican field might shrink further. somebody will quit after losing badly in south carolina. in terms of the president's remarks about our allies around the world being horrified by the tone of the republican primary, but not necessarily more horrified by mr. trump than other republican candidates, there is some polling evidence out of south carolina thanks to the democratic leaning firm, ppp, which suggests that donald trump supporters in south carolina are significantly more likely than the rest of the south carolina repub

i think coming out of south carolina you may recall barak obama won south carolina. it gave him a tremendous boost, but it did not win it for him. the battle took place right on up until june and it was not until montana and i believe south dakota when he got to the necessary magic number to win the nomination. definition will come in march, but they certainly will not be determined in march. >> is this going to go all the way until june this time? >> oh, i think so. i think it could very well do that, unless something catastrophic outside of the political process were to take place. i think it could go right up until june. >> congressman jim clyburn, thank you as always. when you're ready to make a decision on endorsement, you know where to come. >> thank you very much. i appreciate you. >>> coming up, is governor chris christie about to fold his presidential campaign? what we're hearing from new jersey next on "andrea mitchell reports" only on msnbc. e know hy your life can be. oh no this mom didn't have time to worry about a cracked windshield. so she scheduled at

it's south carolina's choice. tonight in the battle for the democratic nomination, hillary clinton re-energized by her win in nevada working to knock out her opponent and take control of the race for good. >> going to wrap up the nomination and then we're going to win this election. >> announcer: bernie sanders trying to spread his political revolution to the south and prove he can go the distance as the campaign moves cross-country. >> we are actually listening to the american people, not the 1%. >> announcer: it could be a game changing contest in a state where african-american voters are a powerful force and both democrats need their support. >> stand up, take back your own government. >> i don't want to rant and rail. i want to get things done. >> announcer: now it's time for voters to have their say as clinton aims to be the only star on stage. >> that is why i need you, my friend, more than ever! >> announcer: and sanders battles to steals the show. >> we are gaining steam every day. >> announcer: south caro

game on in south carolina. in the next few minutes, both ted cruz and jeb bush will be holding their first events in the key state following the stunni stunning finish in new hampshire. this is the kickoff of a ten-day scramble with a state known to not be always so fair but intense campaigning. or as one rubio aide puts it, it's going to be a blood bath. >> ted cruz coming off a surprising third-place finish behind john kasich and jeb bush. this week, jeb bush will be joined for the first time on the trail by someone who took the south carolina primary back in 2000, his brother, george w. bush. it worked out pretty well for him in 2000. cnn anchor and correspondent victor blackwell is in bluffton. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. we're 30 minutes out from a rally starting here in bluffton with governor bush. you mentioned george w. bush. he's recorded a radio ad for the campaign although he has recorded television ads for the super pac right to rise, the pro-bush super pac. they believe this res

you know i love south carolina. you know i always say i am the proud daughter of indian parents that reminded us every day how blessed we were to live in america. i am always trying to take care south carolina. whereear we faced a year i tried to hold on to hold onto the state as much as i could. for the first time i felt vulnerable. carolina isf south all strong. they made a strong in a way that we knew we had to fight. we have grace and we have compassion. we had the ability to be better when tested. this matters. i am a mom who wants her children to be safe in our country. who wants her children to have the education the opportunities so that we can be better than we were. that's what my parents want for us. i am a military wife of a combat veteran. i want a president who's is going to have the backs of our military and those on active duty. when we fight wars we win wars. i want a president that understands we have to stop the federal mandates that have been pushed on the states like obamacare and the epa. i wan

even before victory in south carolina. they said we won in new hampshire by wide margins, we're leading nation wide. but for some reason people think he's going to trip and fall and everything is going to disappear. if this were any other candidates, they would already be seen as the air apparent to the republican nomination. and after south carolina and after new hampshire, he is undoubtedly the republican frontrunner in this race. so, it's not clear what state someone else is going to knock him off in. >> and in south carolina. the party there is over physically. but metaphorically it will continue on. did i mention we're live covering the election results and we don't yet know who came in second in south carolina. for that reason, you need to stay with us for hours. we know who came in fourth, a distant fourth. that was jeb bush and perhaps, one of the most memorable moments of the night was the emotional speech he gave after suspending his campaign. want to go to athena jones, she is at what was the bush campaign headq

in south carolina. they are now taking that ground game to nevada. their hope is for a strong showing on super tuesday, especially in his home state of texas. geoff: thank you. now to dr. ben carson. his campaign started with strong pull numbers late last year, but he came up last in the south carolina primary. allyson: dr. ben carson made up his mind to stay in the race. allyson: mike mccormick followed his campaign from greenville and talks about his motivation to continue his bid for the white house. >> not the outcome dr. ben carson wanted from the primary. still, a huge crowd, and dr. chris saying that is the enthusiasm he found at the precincts he visited. on tuesday, he told us no matter what happened, he was staying in it. he is keeping his word, telling the crowd tonight, we will take america back. dr. ben carson staying in the race. geoff: there was only one candidate not watching the results in south carolina. that was john kasich. allyson: instead, he focused on the states getting ready to v

but we begin with john roberts in greenville, south carolina. >> reporter: south carolina is famous for its bare knuckle politics. it took senator john mccain years to get past the anger he felt over what bush supporters did to him in the 2000 primary campaign. and there are plenty of bean balls being thrown back and forth by all sides. the sharpest battles at the moment are between donald trump and ted cruz, and trump and jeb bush. the trump campaign made a big point of taking down a negative ad of ted cruz saying they wanted to wage a positive campaign. but on the stump, trump continues to go after his opponents. >> poor jeb. he spent $20 million on negative ads. if he didn't do that, i wouldn't be talking badly about him, you know? and he's so off, all he has to do is stop and i'll leave him alone. bush says, i do not believe he's a true conservative. these people are stupid. cruz today took an ad that's so false. i just hope you don't believe the crap, because it's all crap. >> one of the big dirty tricks of the 2000 campaign was push polling against john mccain. i talked to a coupl

mark: south carolina is first in the south. want to pick someone who goes on to be the nominee and the president. we want keep our status. you will pick to gingrich last time. you get the sense that voters are saying let's vote for somebody who can be our next president? for 30 years before newt gingrich we had picked the eventual nominee in every single cycle. i do think a sizable portion of , it is correlated to the undecideds, who can beat hillary clinton or maybe bernie sanders. mark: you expect a robust turnout? we had a record turnout in 2012. about 650,000 would be an incredible turnout for us. i think we will get a new record. mark: thank you very much. chairs around and bring in the democratic chair to talk about that race. if you're watching us in washington you can listen to us on the radio. fm. ♪ john: we are not rigid adherence to the fairness doctrine but in this case we have the democratic chairman in here right after the republican chairman. we have a long way to go. thateird you think it is the republicans an

south carolina. he held that rally last night in louisiana. tonight, there's a rally in tampa, florida. on the democratic side, fresh from their contentious debate last night, hillary clinton will make a campaign stop in south carolina this afternoon before both she and bernie sanders attend a political dinner in minnesota tonight. highlights of that debate now from nbc's andrea mitchell. >> hey, good morning, tamron. hillary clinton is trying to regain her footing after that big loss in new hampshire. so she accused bernie sanders in the debate last night of being a one-issue candidate. and of disloyalty to barack obama, who is hugely popular with minority voters in nevada and south carolina, the next states to vote. tangling wepetedly over president obama, clinton tried to put sanders on the offensive. >> the kind of criticism we have heard from senator sanders over the president, i expect from the republicans. i do not expect someone from someone running for the democratic nomination. >> that is,

south carolina gop the polls have closed in south carolina. right now, it is too close to call. we can tell you it's a three-way race. appears to be a three-way race among trump, cruz and rubio. are well behind. too close to call in the south carolina gop primary. >>> also today, the democratic caucus in nevada. nbc news projects win. hillary clinton holding back a charge by bernie sanders who came out of new hampshire with a lot of momentum. again, it looks like hillary clinton will carry the day. let's bring on moderator of "meet the press" chuck todd right now. walk us through what we have seen in nevada and this tight race in south carolina. >> i think we got the news out of nevada. this will be known as sigh of relief saturday nor hill for hillary clinton. this was the best chance sanders had to prove he could win. he came close. but he could not win. now when you look at the calendar, hillary clinton has a real victory under her belt. she could string together a bunch of them and take control of this nomination in a way that people thought she would a few months ago. on th

he flew here to south carolina. but now he's headed off to new england to lay super groundwork for super tuesday when the new england states vote on march 1st. clinton, on the other hand, rather than rushing to south carolina, felt confident enough to head to southern california to spend time with rich people there to raise money for her campaign. she will get back on the trail tomorrow. john, the same question about clinton that we asked about trump, why did one caucus victory here on saturday night so change dramatically the perception that clinton is now, if not inevitable, in a commanding position. >> a point you and i have made, is that one cnn poll that showed nevada a tossup. the sanders campaign said they could win nevada. they raised expectations rather than lowering them. hillary clinton came in, and not only won the popular vote by basically the same margin she did in 2008 against obama, she also won the delegate count. she shows her strings with african-american voters and hispanic voters are formidable.

he's done a lot for south carolina. at this late in the game, i don't see it making that much of a difference. i don't think people are sitting around saying, i wonder what's x politician is going to say and who they are going to pick. if anything, it's going to motivate and put some fire under bernie sanders supporters and they'll work even harder than they have been. >> we've got to leave it there. justin bamberg and bakari sellers. >>> next week we'll host another south carolina town hall. democrats, bernie sanders and hillary clinton. chris cuomo will be moderating tuesday night, 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on cnn. >>> just ahead tonight, remembering justice antonin scalia who made his final journey to the supreme court where his body will lie in repose throughout the night. hundreds streamed past the casket to pay their final respect. i think we should've taken a tarzan know where tarzan go! tarzan does not know where tarzan go. hey, excuse me, do you know where the waterfall is? waterfall? no, me tarzan, king of

marco rubio's campaign manager is from south carolina, is of south carolina. he's been -- you know this. he's been down there a lot. at a certain point it was by far more than anybody else which is why it's such a bummer for this campaign that he lost the momentum that he had in new hampshire. we can't underscore how quickly things change. the day after iowa, i was with marco rubio and there was such a sense of momentum, of energy. so many people were coming saying, we did so well in iowa. i'm giving him a second look. i might vote for him and with that one moment or 25 seconds, it changed everything. and so they really have to come back up from that. >> you are from florida. he seems to have acknowledged he made a mistake and wants to move on. how do you think he's doing? >> you know, i think that doing interviews like the one he just did, he really helps himself. he obviously has a breadth of knowledge on policy issues. when he attack s jeb, it's true. jeb has not been in the foreign policy committee in the senate for the years marco has. and jeb bush is goi

district in south carolina. he's a governor. people like governors here. he could find some success. >> representative valentine, your guy, marco rubio, what does he need do in this debate tonight? >> he needs to do what he did in every debate except the first part of the last one, he needs to stay above the fray. all these guys are attacking each other, he's trying to stay low and stay focused on what he's doing. >> you are a legislator. >> i am. >> i'm sure a very good one. >> thank you. >> how do you respond to this question of accomplishment? do you have marco rubio who was the speaker of the florida house, but it's a job that rotates in. as a united states senator, even his supporters have struggled to name what he's accomplished that qualifying him to get basically a promotion into the white house. >> sure. i think it's ironic that you mention that here in south carolina. that's the same stuff we heard when governor haley was running for office. she's too young, too inexperienced, it wasn't her turn. she h

i love south carolina. the people are -- i've been there many, many times and the people are tremendous people and i think i can do very well there. >> there's a big competition obviously for second place and third place in new hampshire right now. who do you think is your competition going forward? is it ted cruz? do you see some rejoouf nation for jeb bush and john kasich? >> i see them all. i think they're all good competitors and talented people and right now it looks like kasich has a little bit of a leads, but i'm just looking at your chart. yeah, it's getting a little bit closer. it's going to be a close race and you sort of predicted that and so did cnn and the whole group. it looks like it's going to be a pretty close race for second. >> lastly you've been campaigning more with your family, your wife, your boys. how are they taking the news? this is a big, big night in trump family history. >> they're very proud. my wife is standing with me right now and my children an corey is right outside who ha

senator sanders heads to south carolina. secretary clinton heading to texas for a big campaign rally there. and then she'll spend two days there raising money in california to try and match some of the millions that senator sanders has raised online, lester. >> kristen, thank you. >>> the outcome in nevada setting the stage for what's next for clinton and sanders. andrea mitchell joins me for that. what's the path to the nomination look like tonight? >> it looks tougher for bernie sanders. he's got to prove by super tuesday that he can start winning. he's not even mentioning south carolina tonight. that's the next race. she has a lot of strength there. he says they're going to move on to virginia. he has to prove he can win in texas or georgia or some of the big states of super tuesday. he has yet to prove he can win in the more diverse states. hillary clinton has stabilized her campaign. this is a big moment for her tonight. >> andrea mitchell, thank you. let's bring in political director and moderator of "meet the press" c

democrats now come to south carolina. the deeper the color, the higher the percentage of african-americans. hillary clinton did very well with african-americans in nevada tonight. she's going to come into south carolina where you have a high percentage -- let me just take this up a little bit -- high percentage of african-americans, which will without a doubt be the majority of the electorate in south carolina -- >> that's next saturday. >> next saturday. and they will be a majority or plurality in the super tuesday states. there are a couple north of this, but in most of the super tuesday states down here, just look. you have a huge percentage of african-americans. so, some people will question the margin of the clinton win today, but she's now moving into what should be more favorable territory. so, opportunity for hillary clinton, once south carolina and beyond, and questions for the republicans as they move into that map as well, wolf, where you have more states on the calendar every tuesday, bigger challenge, but als

this week south carolina's record gop turnout. south carolina voters showed a record breaking numbers to vote for the republican primary on the last saturday february 20th. according to the state election officials the number of republicans who submitted absentee ballots more than doubled the number that was received during the republican primary in 2008. some of the fines were long for number of voters but most of them didn't seem to mind but seemed happy to see such a large turnout . what's behind the excitement of the gop side. stop is it that record breaking advertising dollars were spent in south carolina or was it to this is a great sign for the gop. on point today were talking about the record-breaking gop turnout sitting here with brian and thank you again for being with us here at on point this is been quite the season for south carolina. >> it certainly has. we're getting a break now but will ramp up again. this type of turnout is good for anyone. gop primary or democratic because we always talk about the difference of p