but, as mark albert reports, if the two front runners have their way, they will soon be the only ones left. >> reporter: donald trump and ted cruz are hoping tuesday's elections help squeeze out marco rubio. >> i need your help. it's crunch time now. >> reporter: rubio says he's not going anywhere. especially after a big win in puerto rico sunday. >> it proves what i've been saying. we don't have to be more moderate to win these elections. we have to be authentically conservative. >> reporter: but cruz won the big victories in kansas and maine and now trails trump by just 81. >> if we get head to head, head to head, i beat donald trump.

mark albert cbs news washington. >> trump has 25% of the delegates he needs for the republican nomination. >>> the united security council voted today to approve new sanctions against north korea. this comes in response to north korea's recent nuclear missile test. among thization sanctions there will be mandatory inspections day two. hogan is suing gawker for $100 million over a leaked sex tape. 10 news reporter jennifer titus is live at the courthouse. afternoon. >> reporter: 106 potential jurors are left from the 500 that showed up at the court yesterday. before this trial begins that number has to be dwindled down to nine. hulk hogan showed up at the courthouse at 8:00 a.m. the judge said she was disappointed in the jurors. yesterday they were told to fill out a questionnaire. when they asked whether or not they would be able to stay off the news or internet and ways to research the case many simply said no. she was not happy with that answer. all but 35 jurors were excused as both attorneys had more questions to ask. again seemed to have checked on yesterday's questionnaire they eith

mark albert, for cbs news, washington. on march 15 voters in five states - illinois, missouri, north carolina, ohio, and florida - will right now astronaut scott kelly is safely back on earth. kelly landed late tuesday night in kazakhstan after spending the last 340 days in space. kelly and two russian cosmonauts' traveled in a fiery metal can at 17- thousand miles per hour to come back. their de-orbit burn started around 10:30 pm with the spacecraft slowing down. after kelly is checked out by nasa doctors, he'll fly home to houston where he says he plans to jump in his pool. hold on to your credit cards! we have a crime alert hitting people at the pump. pinellas deputies are investigating a skimmer-- found at the "rally gas station on main street in dunedin." detectives believe the skimmer was in place from monday morning, until nearly 5:00 that afternoon. if you bought gas at the rally-- check your credit card. if you see any unauthorized charges, contact the sheriff's office. and no fracking in florida for now. a senate

mark albert, cbs news, the white house. >>> the battleground. poll shows donald trump with a cruz. >>> opening statements wrapped up in the former professional wrestler hulk hogan versus gawker trial former professional wrestler hulk hogan suing the website over a leaked sex tape. jennifer titus has been in the courtroom joining us live. >> reporter: the jury and the judge and everybody ready to go at 9:00 this morning. the judge told the jury exactly what hogan is suing gawker for an effort that opening statements began. hogans attorneys telling the six-member jury that hogans privacy was invaded after the website chose to post the video of them having sex with radio personality bubba the love sponge clem's wife. >> hogans wife linda left him a to their children. bogen fell into a dark place and after his best friend and wife propositioned him many times before for sex he finally accepted but never once knew his choices were being recorded anonymously given to them. gawker says it was there first amendment right to post it and what hogan had ta

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mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential candidate marco rubioreporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private r: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida. rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacyo riots but on thursday a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. >> i think the biggest tos ted kres cruz and i'm going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group claims it posted the al information online. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned in arizona thursday night. >> with your help on tuesday, to win here in arizona. >> reporter: hillary clinton took the day off the trail to attend two closed door event

mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida. rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots but on thursday a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the biggest to stop donald trump is ted kres cruz and i'm going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group claims it posted the billionaire's personal information online. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned in arizona thursday night. >> with

mark albert has more. >> christa was prescribed pain medications after she and her son were hit by a car two years ago. >> it aoccurred what if he got ahold of this medicine. >> a report shows how dangerous it is. safe kids worldwide says 59,000 kids go to emergency rooms each year because a child accidentally took medicine. >> the danger is, if it is within reach and within their access, and it's in something that they can open and trust me >> kate says children underage three makeup the majority of er visits for medicine poisoning, pain relieverses and vitamins and diaper cream. 48% of cases kids got into the grandparents medications. they may not be used to what are the rules of your family. making sure they are out of reach. >> the best advice keep the medicine up and away from children and use the dosing device and the poison help line in your cellphone. and with americans filling four billion prescriptions a year parents need to be more vigilant than ever. mark albert, cbs news. >> and important to note that adult medication can lead to loss of consciousness in children. >> for

mark albert cbs news arlington virginia. >> take a look at how serious this is. adult medications in small doses can lead to loss of consciousness in kids as well as convulsions. >>> coming up next say goodbye to your debit card. smart phone. >>> atm cards, kenneth craig explains. >> this may look like every other atm but with this one customers can use their phone and leave their debit card at home. >> no fumbling to get your wallet out of your purse or trying to find your debit card. >> michelle morris says the atms are equipped with a reader that senses an atm card stored in your smart phone. phone over the reader. you see it worked. >> there's a check mark. >> i'm going to enter my pin and withdraw cash, $20 from my checking account and we are all done. >> and that's that. >> here comes the money. >> other banks including chase and wells fargo plan to introduce akardless atms. >> introduce cardless atms this year. >> phones will play a bigger role in terms of routine transactions. >> the phone is safer than a plastic card because the thief would need to unloc

mark albert has the latest. 3 -nats-after securing key victories in several delegate-rich statesdonald trump is shifting his focus to the general election...and his republican party:(sot trump) "i'm going to get along great with congress. paul ryan, i don't know him well, but i'm sure i'm going to get along great with him. and if i don't, he's going to have to pay a big price."-nats-ted cruz is touting wins in oklahoma and texas.(sot cruz) the strongest campaign to beat donald trump is our campaign. (standup: mark albert cbs news washington, dc) trump's super tuesday wins are stoking fear in the republican establishment who question whether his nomination will keep them out of the white house. (sot graham) i think we're about ready to lose to the most dishonest politician in america - hillary clinton and how could you do that - nominate someone who's crazy marco rubio echoed the south carolina senator.rubio picked up just one win yesterday in trump wins the republican nomination it will split the republican party and it will basically i think split the conservative movementwith wins in

mark albert is in washington, dc with more details. >(meeting spray) president obama met for the first time with senate republican leaders since the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia last month. (obama mtg) reporters asking questions reporters' questions went unanswered. (senator harry reid/(d) minority leader) "there wasn't much said at the meeting" (show scalia pic, then pics of his scotus chair draped in black) scalia's death leaves the high court split four-to-four between conservatives and liberals, will tip the balance either way. with so much at stake, republicans want to run out the clock on president obama's term... refusing to consider any nominee he selects. (sen. mitch mcconnell/(r) majority leader) if the shoe were on the other foot does anyone think the democratic majority would be confirming a republican president's nominee in the last year of his term? (senator patrick leahy/d- vt/ranking member, senate judiciary committee) let's just do it vote up or vote down, stop trying to politicize the supreme court. (

mark albert reports from the white house. >>reporter: michigan took center stage in the presidential race one day before tuesday's primary. hillary clinton hoped to gain the upper hand against bernie sanders america's auto makers. >> when the chips were down, i voted for the auto bailout and he voted against it because it also help some other groups like the banks. >>reporter: sanders, trailing in michigan calls -- polls, struck back. >> the problem with her assertion is it's untrue. there was one vote, the only vote in the senate. i voted yes. >>reporter: both parties vote tuesday in michigan and mississippi. the repuanblicsts ca ballots and hawaii and idaho and donald trump and ted cruz hope it will be the start of a knockout blow to marco rubio. >> little marco rubio couldn't be elected dogcatcher in florida. >>reporter: rubio, feeling confident from his dominant win in puerto rico about his not going anywhere. >> we don't have to be more moderate to win these elections. we have to be authentically conservative. >>reporter

mark albert reports. >> reporter: the winter of 2016 may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. it's been a flurry of prom is and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and brom past. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjoel and convince voters. >> we have seen in six years obamacare is the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know what's true and what's not? like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better than ever. >> reporter: that's not so good for the democracy. >> it's good for journalism. >> reporter: kesler and michelle lee assign one to four pinocchios. b

correspondent mark albert tells us how the race is shaping up. >> rubio said he's not going anywhere specially after big win in puerto rico. >> it proves what i've been saying. we don't have to be more moderate to win these elections, we have to be authentically conservative. >> but cruz won the most delegates this weekend with big victories in kansas and main, now trails trump by just 81. >> if we get head-to-head i beat done add trump. >> i would love to take on ted one-on-one. that would be so much fun. >> on the democratic side, the focus is on michigan, where hillary clinton and bernie sanders held a heated debate in flint. >> i voted to save the auto industry. he voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. >> if you are talking about the wall street bail-out, where some of your friends destroyed this economy. >> you know? >> excuse me, i'm talking. >> but both candidates agreed on one thing. >> we are if-ee elected president going to invest a lot of money into mental health. and when you watch these republican debates, you know why we need to invest in menta

mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida, rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy thursday, a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the best alternative to donald trump is stop him from getting 1,237 is ted cruz. i'm going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group anonymous has trump in its cross-hairs. they claim it posted the billionaire's personal information online. bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned

mark albert. >>> ted cruz has won alaska with trump finishing second. so what's next for the candidates? our political analyst john keller takes a closer look. >> reporter: so where do we go from here? this saturday the focus remains on the south and midwest. with both parties voting in louisiana and kansas and republicans choosing in kentucky. next tuesday, primaries for mississippi and then it's vote a giton with two swing states ohio and florida plus illinois and missouri and north carolina. as the republican race shifts from proportional distribution of delegates to winner take all. the bottom line, trump's competitors and gop establishment have less than 2 weeks to stall his role. if he still has momentum heading into the 15th he can end it right there. what about the democrats? hillary clinton proved last night she he got a strangle hold on the nomination. and while bernie sanders has the money to forge on and a message he still wants to spread, it's hard to see where the upcoming map offers him much hope. so, no, it's not over yet. but it might b

each scored major victories on super tuesday but mark albert reports trump's march to the nomination is creating rifts in the republican party. >> if winner took all this thing is over! >> reporter: donald trump won big on super tuesday. the billionaire scored 7 victories. ted cruz won three states including his home state of texas. and marco rubio won his first state minnesota. >> and when we are unified, nobody is going to beat us. >> reporter: trump talked about uniting the party. but his ascent is doing anything but. >> if donald trump wins the republican nomination it will split the republican party and basically i think split the conservative movement. >> what i see is a demagogue, somebody has solutions that will never work. >> reporter: washington insiders say the rupture in the republican party is unprecedented! with no easy resolution. >> i talked to republican leaders yesterday who said we have to figure out some way to stop donald trump from getting to the magic number. >> reporter: after her big super tuesday win, hillary clinton acknowledged the hard work ahead as she t

mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida. rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots but on thursday a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his >> i think the biggest to stop donald trump is ted kres cruz and i'm going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group claims it posted the billionaire's personal information online. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned in arizona thursday night. >> with your help on tuesday, we are going to win here

mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida. rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots but on thursday a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the biggest to stop donald trump is ted krescruz and i'm going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group billionaire's personal information online. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned in arizona thursday night. >> with your help on tuesday, we ar

mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday the primary in florida. rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots but on thursday a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the biggest to stop donald trump is ted krescruz and i'm going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group claims it posted the billionaire's personal information online. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned in arizona thursday night. are going to win h

mark albert with the latest on campaign 2016. >> i know. >> former presidential candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said i'll finish my term here, then -- >> rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening, after donald trump won the primary in florida rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1237 delegates he needs to clinch the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riot. but, on thursday, group of conservative activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors, to discuss alternatives to the gop frontrunner. senator lindsey graham through his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the best alternative to donald trump to stop him from getting is ted cruz, and i'm going to help ted in every way i can. >> activist group anonymous also has trump in his cross hairs, posted billionaire businessman's personal information on line. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the misso

mark albert has the very latest out of washington >>> reporter: former presidential candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday, he is done with politics. >> i'm not running for re- election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida. rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1237 delegates needs to clinch the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots. but on thursday, a group of conservative activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the best alternative to donald trump to stop him from getting 1237 is ted cruz and i'm going to help ted in every way i can. >> donald trump has -- >> reporter: the activist group anonymous has trump in its crosshairs saying it posted the businessman's per

mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida. rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots but on thursday a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the biggest to stop donald trump is ted krcruz and m going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group claims it posted the billionaire's personal information online. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned in arizona thursda

mark albert has more. candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida. rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots but on thursday a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the biggest to stop donald trump is ted krcruz and m going to help ted in any way i can. claims it posted the billionaire's personal information online. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned in

mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida, rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots, but on thursday, a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted >> i think the best alternative to donald trump is stop him from getting 1,237 is ted cruz. i'm going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group anonymous has trump in its cross-hairs. they claim it posted the billionaire's personal information online. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders conceded the missouri primary and campaigned in a

mark albert has more. >> reporter: former presidential candidate marco rubio told reporters thursday, he's done with politics. >> i'm not running for re-election to the senate. as i said, i'm going to finish my term here and then i'll be a private citizen. >> reporter: rubio dropped out of the presidential race tuesday evening after donald trump won the primary in florida, rubio's home state. trump now has nearly half the 1,237 delegates he needs to clench the gop nomination. >> we have to bring our party together. >> reporter: trump warns any plans to derail his candidacy could lead to riots, but on thursday, a group of activists and lawmakers met behind closed doors to discuss alternatives to the gop front-runner. senator lindsey graham threw his support behind his adversary ted cruz. >> i think the best alternative to donald trump is stop him from getting 1,237 is ted cruz. i'm going to help ted in any way i can. >> reporter: an activist group anonymous has trump in its cross-hairs. they claim it posted the billionaire's personal information online. on the democratic side, senator

mark albert, cbs news, washington. >>> and here's the all- important delegate count. thanks to her sweep, hillary clinton holds a lead over bernie sanders. as for republicans, donald trump has well over 100 more delegates than ted cruz. marco rubio is third by a long shot. voters in ohio and florida head to the polls in two weeks. they are the home states of john kasich and marco rubio. the same day voters will vote in illinois, missouri and north carolina. but before voters can call the shots in these states, democrats face off for another debate in a week. and then, republicans take the mic for a showdown the next day. >>> a mystery outbreak has been making uc students sick. mark kelly reports from the cal campus in berkeley. >> reporter: "bollywood" berkeley is an annual dance competition. in this year's performance, certainly it ended with a bang. >> i was shivering, i was feeling really chilly, i was sweating. and i just didn't feel well. i wasn't able to keep down water. >> reporter: the morning after this uc-davis student wasn't celebrating. he was throwing up.

mark albert is at the white house with more details. >> reporter: donald trump and ted cruz are hoping tuesday's election helps squeeze out marco rubio. >> i need your help. it is crunch time now. >> rubio says he is not going anywhere, especially after a big win in fort rico sunday. >> it proves what i have been saying. we don't have to be more moderate to win these elections. we have to be authentically conservative. >> but cruz won the most delegates this weekend. with big victories in kansas and maine. and now trails trump. by just 81. >> if we get head-to-head, head- to-head i beat donald trump. >> i would love to take on ted one-on-one. that would be so much fun. >> on the democratic side, the focus is on michigan. where hillary clinton and bernie sanders held a heated debate in flint. >> i voted to save the auto industry. he voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. >> if you are talking about the of your friends destroyed this economy -- >> you know did -- excuse me, i'm talking. >> both candidates agreed on one thing. >> we are if elected president going

joining us now is mark albert, he will break this down for us right now in washington for us, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, you can see from those numbers why some are calling super tuesday, trump tuesday. the billion air hauled in three times as many delegates as marco rubio, and hillary clinton brought in one and a half times as much as bernie sanders but no one is dropping out just yet. after securing key victories in several delegate rich states donald trump is shifting his focus on the general election, and his republican party. >> i will get along great with congress, okay. paul ryan, i don't know him well, if i don't, he will testify pay a big price, okay. >> ted cruz has wins in oklahoma, texas. >> the strongest campaign to beat donald trump is our campaign. >> reporter: trump's super tuesday wins are soaking fear in the republican establishment who question whether his nomination would keep them out of the white house. >> i think we are about ready to lose to the most dishonest politician in america hillary clinton and how could you do that, nominate somebody who is cra

mark albert, for cbs-3, "eyewitness news". >> next weep temperatures pretty impressive. talking about highs more typical for the may time period, but this weekend, not so much. actually going to be below average. waking to up cold start to the saturday, but overall saturday not going to be in bad shape. twenty's across much of the region, from our weather watch ers. so let's head to up northampton county where charles, he checks in, 25 degrees, he's got the clear skies right now, little closer to philadelphia or outside the city phil chaplain, he has 28 degrees right now here with clear skies, out in chester county, let's go out to nottingham, 20's, clear skies, message okay i'm ready, bring on spring. wait few more days and spring certainly coming. one more stop, we go into south jersey right now, where margo simons 28 degrees, again, clear skies, cold, though, in buena vista township. and we check in with her comment, cold start, need those layers on this morning. so that's for sure. let's see what's happening at the shore, we take live look at the beach patrol headqua

mark albert reports. >> reporter: the winter of 2016 may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. >>ky go to washington, forge consensus, mix the mess. >> reporter: it's been a flurry of promises and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and bombast. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with the gusto of a nor'easter. >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjole and convince voters. >> we have seen in six years obamacare has been a disaster. it's the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know what's true and what's not? like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. column for "the washington post." >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better than ever.

mark albert now with a warning for parents. >> reporter: christa was prescribed pain medications after she and her son were hit by a car two years ago. >> it occurred to me what if he got ahold of this medicine it could be dangerous. >> reporter: a new report shows how dangerous it is. safe kids worldwide says 59,000 kids go to emergency rooms each year because a child accidentally takes the medication. >> the danger is if it is in their reach or access and in the open child resistant, is not childproof. >> kate says children under age visits for medicine poisoning, pain relievers, vitamins and diaper cream and 48% of cases kids got into the grandparent's medications. >> they may not be used to the rules of your family and making sure they are out of reach. >> this is high enough he can't get to it. >> keep medicine up and away from children. use the dosing device that comes with medication and keep poison help line on your cell phone and americans filling 4 billion prescriptions a year, experts say parents need to be more vigilant than ever. >> reporter: mark albert cbs news, arlingto

mark albert reports. >> reporter: the winter of 2016 may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. it's been a flurry of prom is and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and brom past. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with the gusto of a nor'easter. >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjoel and convince voters. >> we have seen in six years obamacare is the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know what's true and what's not? like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better than ever. >> reporter: that's not so good for the democracy. >> it's good for journalism. >> reporter: kesler and michelle lee assig

mark albert reports. may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. it's been a flurry of prom is and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and brom past. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with the gusto of a nor'easter. money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjoel and convince voters. >> we have seen in six years obamacare is the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know what's true and what's not? like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better than ever. >> reporter: that's not so good for the democracy. >> reporter: kesler and michelle lee assign one to four pinocchios. word. >> i they have use the word lie

mark albert reports. >> reporter: the winter of 2016 may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. it's been a flurry of prom is and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and brom past. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with the gusto of a nor'easter. >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjoel and convince voters. >> we have seen in six years obamacare is the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better than ever. >> reporter: that's not so good for the democracy. >> it's good for journalism. >> reporter: kesler and michelle lee assign one to four pinocchios. bu

mark albert reports. may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. >>ky go to washington, forge consensus, mix the mess. >> reporter: it's been a flurry of promises and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and bombast. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with the gusto of a nor'easter. >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjole and convince voters. >> we have seen in six years obamacare has been a disaster. it's the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know what's true and what's not? like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. >> i write the fact checker column for "the washington post." >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better than ever. >> reporter: le

mark albert reports. >> reporter: the winter of 2016 may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. >>ky go to washington, forge consensus, mix the mess. >> reporter: it's been a flurry of promises and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and bombast. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with the gusto of a nor'easter. >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjole and >> we have seen in six years obamacare has been a disaster. it's the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know what's true and what's not? like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. >> i write the fact checker column for "the washington post." >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better

mark albert reports. >> reporter: the winter of 2016 may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. >>ky go to washington, forge consensus, mix the mess. >> reporter: it's been a flurry of promises and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and bombast. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with the gusto of a nor'easter. >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjole and convince voters. >> we have seen in six years obamacare has been a disaster. it's the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know what's true and what's not? like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. >> i write the fact checker column for "the washington post." >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business thes

mark albert reports. >> reporter: the winter of 2016 may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. >>ky go to washington, forge consensus, mix the mess. >> reporter: it's been a flurry of promises and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and bombast. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be nauseating, as the candidates try to conjole and convince voters. >> we have seen in six years obamacare has been a disaster. it's the biggest job killer in this country. >> reporter: how do you know what's true and what's not? like a lighthouse in the storm, glenn kesler tries to cut through the fog of facts. >> i write the fact checker column for "the washington post." >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better than ever

mark albert, for cbs news, washington. eric: on march 15th, voters in five states will head to the polls. they are florida, illinois, missouri, north carolina, and ohio. elizabeth: senate republicans made their case in a special meeting tuesday for refusing to consider any us supreme court nominee by president obama. but senator grassley told kcci exclusively that it won't stop the president. >> so you expect the president to put up nominees and you'll go from there? sen. grassley: he made it very clear he's gonna put up a meeting for the president with republican senate leaders following the death of supreme court justice antonin scalia. grassley along with senate majority leader mitch mcconnell vowed to block any nominee, saying the next president should choose. still, president obama has vowed to send a nomination to the senate within the next few weeks. more big stories. metro mail problems. we first brought you the story in january, about late or missing mail from the west suburban station in clive. a west des moines

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mark albert reports. >> reporter: the winter of 2016 may well be remembered for a blizzard, but not of snow. it's been a flurry of prom is and pledges. >> my pledge is to raise incomes, not taxes, on the middle class. >> reporter: broad sides and brom past. >> the unemployment rate is probably 20%, and the highest i've heard so far is 42%. >> reporter: all delivered with the gusto of a nor'easter. >> one family spending more money than either the democratic party or the republican party. >> reporter: the gale force one liners can be candidates tryke a to cokill li through the fog of facts. >> reporter: you catch politicians when they lie and call them out on it? >> that's right. >> reporter: how's business these days? >> better than ever. >> reporter: that's not so good for the democracy. >> it's good for journalism. >> reporter: kesler and michelle lee assign one to four pinocchios. but kesler doesn't type the "l" word. >> i they have use the word lie. i can't get into a politician's head. >> reporter: but you have said false, dubious, debunk, no evidence. deeply flawed, those words.

mark albert for cbs news, washington. >>> so if trump doesn't reach the 1237 delegates needed, republicans would have a contested convention in cleveland. the gop chairman says that if that happens, it's, quote, really important for the party to play it straight not to play games and to be transparent. >>> time now 5:38. some tensions are building between north and south korea. south korea claims north korea fired two ballistic missiles one of which flew about 500 miles before landing off the east coast. >>> a huge financial hit for soccer's embattled governing body. hena daniels of cbsmoneywatch.com has that and more. >> reporter: good morning, frank and michelle. we'll see if wall street can continue to rally today. yesterday, the dow jumped 155 points sending it into positive territory for the year. the nasdaq finished 11 points higher. >>> fifa suffered its first financial loss since 2002 last year. soccer's embattled governing body reported a loss of $122 million after a year rocked by a corruption scandal. fifa's total income for 2015 was $1.15 billion less than its expenses of almos

here is mark albert. >> if winner to go, this thing is over. >> reporter: donald trump won big on super tuesday scoring seven victories. ted cruz won three states including his home state of texas and marco rubio won his first state, minnesota. >> when we are unified, there is nobody, nobody that is going to beat us. >> reporter: trump talked about uniting the party but his >> if donald trump wins the nomination, it will split the republican party and split the conservative movement. >> what i see is a demagogue. someone with solutions that will never work. >> reporter: washington insiders say the rupture in the party is unprecedented with no easy resolution. >> i talked to -- talked to republican leaders yesterday who said we've got to figure out some way to stop donald trump from getting to the magic number. >> reporter: hillary clinton acknowledged the hard work ahead as she took swipes at the republican front-runner. >> that work is in to make america great -- isn't to make america great again, america never stopped being great. >> reporter: hillary clinton won seven super tuesday s

albert. >> democrats presidential candidate bernie sanders worked order to distance himself from hillary clinton at the town howl. >> i voted against a war in iraq. she voted for the war. she has the super pac k collected a whole lot of money from wall street. i have 5 million individual kings countieses. >> clinton answered questions about the use of her private e-mail server while secretary of state. >> release it and once the know how absurd this is. >> reporter: the democrats candidates don't have to worry about the third person in the mix. michael bloomberg says he will not run as an independent. tufrp spoke at the rally in mississippi, another state holding a primary tuesday. >> in mississippi we had some amazing polls. >> reporter: cruz made appearances in mississippi and michigan. senator marco rubio campaigned in his home state of florida. >> rob: the presidential race will make its a way to ohio for next week's primary. a rally in dayton. both events are open to the public. >> cammy: nancy reagan will lie in the reagan library before she is bury on friday. you with pay suspecte

reporter mark albert shows us why their super tuesday wins put their rivals in a big fix >>> reporter: after securing key victories in several delegate-rich states, donald trump is shifting his focus to the general election and his republican party. >> i'm going to get along great with congress, okay? paul ryan, i don't know him well but i'm sure i'm going to get along great with him. and if i don't, he's going to have to pay a big price, okay? >> reporter: ted cruz is touting big wins in texas, oklahoma and alaska. >> ours is the strongest campaign to beat donald trump. >> reporter: trump's wins are soaking fear in the republican establishment who question whether his nomination would keep them out of the white house. >> i think we are about ready to lose to the most dishonest politician in america, hillary clinton and how could you do that, nominate someone who is crazy? >> reporter: democrat hillary clinton widened her lead over bernie sanders. >> it's clear tonight that the stakes in this election have never been higher. >> the people when we stand together will be victorious. >>

mark albert has more. >> reporter: donald trump and ted cruz are open tuesday's election help -- help to squeeze out marco rubio. >> i need your help. >> reporter: rubio says he's not going anywhere, especially after a big win in puerto rico. >> it proves what i have been saying. we don't have to be more moderate to win these elections. we have to be authentically conservative. >> reporter: but ted cruz won the most delegates this weekend with big victories in kansas and maine and now trails trump by just 81. >> if we get head to head, i would be donald trump. >> i would love to take on ted one-on-one. that would be so much fun. >> reporter: on the democratic side, the focus is on michigan where hillary clinton and bernie sanders held a heated debate in flint. >> i voted to save the auto industry. he voted against the money that ended up saving the auto industry. >> if you are talking about the wall street bailouts, where some of your friends destroyed this economy -- >> you now -- >> excuse me, i'm talking. >> reporter: but both candidates agreed on one thing. >> if we are elected pr

he's mark albert. >>reporter: after securing -- trump is shifting his focus on the general election, and his republican party. >> i'm going to get along great. i'm sure i'm -- if i don't, he's going to have to pay a big price. >> cruz is tallying win in oklahoma and texas. >> the strongest campaign to beat donald trump is our campaign. >> trump super tuesday wins are soaking fear in the republican -- they're requesting whether >> i think we're going to lose to the most dishonest politician, clinton. how can you nominate someone crazy. >> rubio picked up one win yesterday in minnesota. >> i'm the only candidate that can unite the party and grow it. if trump wins, it will split the republican party and split the conservative movement. >> with wins in several states, sanders. >> it's clear tonight that the states in this election have never been higher. >> sanders won in colorado, oklahoma, minnesota and his home state of vermont. >> the people when we stand together will be victorious. >> the presidentia

mark albert, cbs news, washington. >> let's check the delegate count. thanks to her sweep, hillary clinton now holds a significant lead over bernie sanders. as for the republicans, donald trump has well over 100 more delegates than ted cruz, marco rubio in third distantly at best. >>> tuesday's results are creating some distant between the top candidates in both races. >> here to talk about it is kpix 5 political analyst melissa caen. >> hello. >> welcome back. this is exciting stuff. >> i'm so thrilled about this. >> i know. >> i'm so enjoying this. >> looking ahead and this is pretty far out but what would a donald trump versus hillary clinton campaign look like? >> wouldn't that be something? it's looking like that will be will happen. the first thing is there's probably going to be a third person in there. um, either michael bloomberg or even a republican establishment candidate sort of funded by the republican establishment to get in there and try to defeat trump. there's that option out there. polls have consistently shown that clinton would beat