stephanie ramos abc 3 3 stay with news 13. we will continue to cover super tuesday throughout the day. you can find complete election wlos dot com. we have an "election 2016" page. there, you can view upcoming events and the latest from the campaign trail. 3 3 the buncombe county democratic party hosts a town hall with 20-16 candidates. about 50 people showed up to meet candidates for county and state elections. the candidates explained a little about themselves and why they are running which is what voters say they came for. 3 "i'm new to asheville, just moved here, so i want to see who these people are and educate myself." the north 3 carolina primary is march 15th except for the races for congress. their primary was pushed back to june after the districts were redrawn by 3 3 3 deputies in mcdowell county are searching for a missing woman... and a man her family believes played a role in her disappearance. melanie burleson was reported missing on friday. her family says the 36-year-old mother of two was last seen at a party

stephanie ramos is at a polling site in virginia to explain what is at stake. >> reporter: there is a reason why it's called super tuesday. it's the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in 12 states and the u.s. territory are heading to the polls. >> i believe it's important that we stayed unified as a >> i think america needs a fighter, not a bully. marco rubio is a fighter and will fight for the principle that is we as conservatives believe in. >> reporter: marco rubio and ted cruz are rallying to keep frontrunner donald trump from coming up with big wins. cruise --cruz is trying to win support on his home turf, texas. and polls show that clint clint could easily beat trump but loses to rubio and cruz. >> they are not going to get the nomination. i haven't focused on hillary clinton yet and i can tell you that the one person who doesn't want to run against is me and i have that on good knowledge. >> reporter: clinton hits up florida while bernie sanders is placing his own vote in his home state. >> bernie sanders gets at least one vote. and i'm w

abc's stephanie ramos joins us live from virginia with a look at what we can expect today. the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today with 16-hundred and 10 delegates at stake. super tuesday is here? the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16-hundred and 10 delegates at stake. hours before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the country holding rallies trying to nab those last minute votes in order to snag their partys nomination. cruz "let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights." ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme court nomination nats rubio rally -"you know what they say about a marco rubio's barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day ?. but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45 get em out of here

stephanie ramos has the latest on the campaign trail. >> reporter: here's the reason the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in 12 states and the u.s. territories, the democrats, are at the polls with scab 10 delegates -- 1610 gel delegates at state. >> and i think it's important we stay unified as a party. >> donald trump is a bully. i think america needs a fighter and not a bully. marco rubio is a fighter and he will fight for the principles we conservatives believe in. >> reporter: both marco rubio and ted cruz rallying to stop donald trump from sweeping up big wins. rubio making stops in minnesota and has home state of florida. cruz trying to win support on his home turf, texas. the latest polls show hillary clinton could beat trump if up against each other but loses to rubio and cruz. nomination. i haven't focussed on hillary clinton yet and i can tell you the one person hillary doesn't want to run against is me and i have that on good knowledge. sanders making the rounds in crucial voting states. clinton hits up florida while sanders -- places

abc's stephanie ramos reports from alexandria, virginia. super tuesday is here? the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16-hundred and before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the to nab those snag their partys nomination. cruz "let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights." ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme rally -"you know what they say about a man with small hands..." marco rubio's barrage of insults against donald trump subsiding by the end of the day ?. but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45 get em out of here please. a large group of student protestors?marched out of the event. and as they pass?a photographer from time magazine?thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating. sot hrc "america's already great- make it whole again" hillary clinton - hoping to keep her le

stephanie ramos abc news alexandria, virginia 3 3 3 3 3 3 stay with news 13. we will continue to cover super tuesday throughout the rest of our morning show. you can coverage on our website ... wlos dot com. we have an "election 2016" page where you can view upcoming events and the latest from the campaign trail. 3 3 early voting for the march 15th primary begins thursday. for the first time, voters will be required to show some form of photo i-d at the polls. this could be a problem for people who do not have a driver's license or any other photo i-d. however, the buncombe county director of election services says there is a way those people can still vote. they can sign what is called a 'reasonable impediment declaration.' 3 voters will be asked to sign a declaration that basically states, for -there's a list of reasons-for whatever reason, i have not been able to obtain a photo i.d. and, they will sign that declaration, and workers will provide them with a ballot. for more 3 for more information, visit our website, wlos dot com. 3 3 3 today, north carolina

it's "your voice, your vote" and get the highlights from abc's stephanie ramos. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and reena. no playground insults this time around. the republican candidates showed up to talk about the issues. no swipes at small hands or orange tans. >> don't worry about it, little marco. >> reporter: no name calling at the most civil gop debate. >> please do not talk over one another. candidates in miami on the cusp of crucial primaries in florida and ohio focusing more on policy >> i will do everything within my power not to touch social is. >> reporter: to entitlement reform and immigration. our borders. we can't have people walking in. the middle east. >> we have to do whatever is isis. >> reporter: all of the candidates appearing to be on their best presidential behavior, even donald trump. >> so far i cannot believe how civil it's been up here. >> reporter: trump was asked about his recent statements saying islam hates us. muslims? >> i mean a lot of them. i mean a lot of them. >> the problems presidents can't say a

stephanie ramos joining us live from washington. stephanie, we've got two debates coming up over the next few days. and we're hearing word that ben carson is skipping out of one of them? >> reporter: that's right. ben carson, he is telling his supporters he seas no path forward in his campaign. he hasn't officially suspended his campaign but he is planning to make an announcement this friday. tuesday results, he will not participate tomorrow night. >> also this afternoon mitt romney made a last-minute announcement that he is going to give a speech tomorrow. can you give us any details about that? >> reporter: well, danita, mitt romney is expected to lay out a planning a gains donald trump, kind of talking to republicans and letting them know that they should not vote for donald trump. what's prompting this? the next big voting day is set for tuesday in michigan. this is romney's native statement it's also the state that saved his candidacy back in 2012. so mitt romney getting out there saying the nominee fight is not over and they n

abc's stephanie ramos brings us the latest from alexandria, virginia " " the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16-hundred and 10 delegates at stake. cruz "let me tell the men and women of texas this, i will not compromise away your religioio liberty rights." ted cruz hoping to win big in his home e state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme court nomination but at a trump rally in virginia? tension 12:55:45 get em out of here please. a large group of student protestors?marche d out of the event. and as they pass?a photographer from time magazine?thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating. sot hrc "america's already great- make it whole again" hillary clinton - hoping to keep her lead over bernie sanders? sanders " now it is time for massachusetts to lead the politicalrevolution."tag- here in virginia - voter r rnout today is expected to be huge - much more than the last time both parties held presidential primaries.

we get the latest from abc's stephanie ramos. good morning, stephanie. >> good morning to you and kendis as well. a big voting day and we are one step closer to knowing which candidate will be their party's nominee. it's time for another face-off at the polls in battleground states. >> thank you. wow, i am so happy to be here. >> reporter: hillary clinton at a rally in detroit, michigan, telling the crowd she wants to be their small business president to help folks get ahead but she needs their votes. >> the sooner i could become your nominee, the more i could begin to turn our attention to the republicans. >> reporter: clinton feeling confident looking beyond bernie sanders and even thinking about how he can help her. >> i would hope to be able to reach out to his supporters if i am so fortunate enough to be the nominee. >> reporter: but sanders is not going anywhere. >> if there is a large voter turnout, we will win. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: to win the nomination, he would need to secure every remaining state by ten

we get the highlights from abc's stephanie ramos. stephanie, good morning. >> reporter: reena, good morning to you. it was a sharp and straight to the issues debate. both candidates, hillary clinton and bernie sanders, trying to build themselves up, just days before another big voting day. here they are again, days after a debate in flint, michigan and just 24 hours after a stunning primary contest win in michigan for bernie sanders. both sanders and hillary clinton >> excuse me, excuse me. >> reporter: in a byling cal debate both offering their final pitch to latino voters. immigration being a big talking point. >> i would not deport children. i do not want to deport family members heart, jorge. >> i will not deport children. >> reporter: clinton pressed on her e-mails. >> if you get indicted, would you drop out? >> oh, goodness. that's not going to happen. i'm not even answering that question. >> reporter: sanders was asked to talk about his praise for castro. >> both in nicaragua and cuba -- >> reporter: clinton pounced. >> that i

stephanie ramos live in washington. steph, thanks so much. >>> all right, yeah, let's talk about the republican side because donald trump says that he'll go for a knockout if he beats his rivals in their home states next week. >> well, the latest polls show that trump has a double-digit lead over marco rubio in florida. one poll shows him trailing john kasich in ohio, but two others have trump a few points ahead. >>> and protesters inside trump's packed rally last night in fayetteville, north carolina, interrupted his speech 17 times. 11,000 people were packed inside while thousands more were turned away. trump supporters clashed with protesters outside, and inside the arena he took aim at kasich. >> so we've been winning a lot and now this week we have florida which is an amazing place, you know, i mean, it's going to be amazing and we, as you know, we have ohio where you have an absentee governor. absentee. and we're going to have -- >> well, trump is vow to go to be more presidential than anyone has been since abraha

abc's stephanie ramos is live in washington with more on last night's results. stephanie. >> reporter: tam, another big primary contest and another big win for gop frontrunner donald trump but a split decision in the two democratic primaries last night is making it an even tighter race for the white house. the hunt is on for delegates. >> in the last week we have won three caucuses and two of them were record breaking turnouts. >> reporter: bernie sanders with the stern, now adding a major victory in michigan a state both democrats and republicans courted. >> this has been a fantastic night in michigan. >> reporter: sanders already looking ahead to super tuesday part three with contests in florida, illinois, ohio and missouri. hillary clinton just as excited easily winning the contest in mississippi by a wide margin making it a clean sweep across the deep south. >> i want to be the president for the struggling and the striving. >> reporter: clinton walking away a winner last night earning more delegates than sanders. on the gop side, donald trump defeating his r

stephanie ramos reports from alexandria. stephanie? 3 3 3 super tuesday is here?3 the biggest voting day of the year leading up to the general election.voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today ?with 16- hundred and 10 delegates at stake.hours before polls open?.the candidates zig zagging across the country holding rallies trying to nab those last minute votes in order to snag their partys nomination.cruz "let me tell

stephanie ramos abc news washington. so candidates will debate tomorrow night in detroit on saturday both parties have primaries in louisiana and caucuses in kansas democrats also have caucuses in nebraska and republicans will caucus in maine and kentucky and then on sunday there's a democratic debate in flint michigan. in addition to democratic caucuses in maine and the republican primary in puerto rico a familiar face in virginia could throw support behind donald trump former governor jim gilmore talked about his support for the republican front runner and a watch party last night that is if he is the gop nod despite the backlash gilmore says he still plans to support the republican nominee even if it is donald trump but the former governor says there are some differences in their tactics and he didn't hesitate to call trump out i was the first person at the national level to criticize donald trump for the way that he was speaking about certain groups. i was always a very inclusive governor and i would have i believe t

abc's stephanie ramos is in virginia this morning where the polls will be open today. the biggest voting day of the election. voters in a dozen states and a us territory will go to the polls today with 1600 and 10 delegates at stake. hours before polls openthe candidates zig zagging across the country holding rallies trying to nab those last minute votes in order to snag their partys nomination. >> let me be very clear to the men and women of texas. i will not compromise away your religious liberty rights. reporter: ted cruz hoping to win big in his home state of texas talking about religious liberty and the supreme court nomination. >> you know what they say about insults against donald trump day. but at a trump rally in virginia tension. >> get them out! student event. and as they pass a photographer from time magazine thrown to the ground by a secret service agent. the secret service now investigating. >> i don't think america has ever stopped being great. what we need to do now is make america hole. reporter: clinton hoping to keep her lead over bernie sanders? >>

in alexandria, virginia, stephanie ramos for channel6 "action news." >> thanks, stephanie. >>> new jersey governor chris christie told a radio audience that he won't rule out running for president again. he also defended his endorsement of donald trump saying he has the best chance to beat hillary clinton. christie refused to say whether he would consider running for vice president with trump or serving in a trump cabinet. >> turning now to accuweather enjoy, get outside today. tomorrow might be a -- >> tomorrow right in the morning is going to be not great 'cause it will be early rain. after that it gets windy so today overall is a nicer day. storm tracker6 double scan shows we're dry. winds not as strong as they were yesterday. camera rock steady down there in chester as we look at the commodore barry bridge and we'll get plenty of sunshine up over the horizon. not a lot of cloud cover in this shot. temperature 40 degrees. a couple disturbs in the 30's. winds running at 7 miles per hour really isn't too bad out there. get your coat on get going. 40 degrees in philadelphia, still 36 in a

abc's stephanie ramos has more. >> reporter: time for another faceoff at the polls in battleground states. >> thank you. wow, i am so happy to be here. >> reporter: hillary clinton at a rallyly in detroit michigan telling them she wants to be their small business president but she needs their votes. >> the sooner i could become your nominee the more i could begin to turn our attention to the republicans. >> reporter: clinton feeling confident looking beyond bernie sanders and even thinking about how he can help her. >> i would hope to be able to enlist bernie in health me reach out to his supporters if i am so fortunate enough to be the nominee. >> reporter: but sanders is not going anywhere. >> if there is a large voter turnout, we will win. [cheers and applause] >> reporter: to win the nomination, he would need to secure every remaining state by 10 points with contests in idaho, mississippi and hawaii, the big prize today is michigan where both donald trump and hillary clinton have double digit leads on their competition. >> raise your right hand everybody. >> reporter: trump at a rally

in alexandria, virginia, i'm stephanie ramos for channel6 "action news." >> stephanie, thank you for that. >>> new jersey governor chris christie told a radio audience that he will not rule out running for president again. during the interview yesterday the former gop candidate also defended his endorsement of donald trump saying trump has the best chance to beat hillary clinton. christie refused to say whether he would consider a vice president bid or serving in a trump cabinet. >> the defendant in a deadly planned parenthood attack in colorado gives an interview from behind bars admitting and detailing why he killed. >> with the judge's latest ruling appel now has one success in its fight to keep the government from hacking into iphones. david. >> we're not overdoing it on the kids. we have temperatures that will probably dip into the upper 30's in some spots with light winds this morning so a decent coat. this afternoon, though, mild. we'll have your details coming up from accuweather and that chance of rain overnight into tomorrow morning. all of that coming up on future tracker6

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