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

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

the idea was to win there, come to south carolina and win with these voters in south carolina. right now, again, these numbers could change. this is the second wave of exit poll data. donald trump leading with white evangelicals. we can look at it this way. there's a college/non-college divide. roughly splits the electorate in half. those with college degrees, marco rubio is winning among them. trump and cruz right behind them. those without college degrees, trump is winning big, rubio falls back farther. there is also this ideology, the breakdown, how people are describing themselves tonight. again, 82% saying they're very or -- there we go. 82% saying very or somewhat conservative. look at this. see among very conservative, ted cruz is soing whkoing doing wha do, 40% of the vote. ted cruz -- it's supposed to happen. it's not moving. this is what happens on election night. the ted cruz number drops and drops. you get down to moderates, he's in single digits. ted cruz's support is concentrated there. donald trump meanwhile, he's in the high 20s, low 30s every group. >> on those

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

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

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

south carolina is south carolina. one of my friends in life was the late lee atwater, a unique guy that came out of that south carolina political culture. very hard-hitting. very different than new hampshire. and i imagine everything is up for grabs there. donald trump has a lot of support. so do a lot of people and they'll be at it in earnest. >> you were looking at the map early ea lot of evangelical voters there for ted cruz and even donald trump who has been playing well. >> if the other mainstream candidates start to do better that could help ted cruz. because trump and rubio and kasich competing for your mainstream republicans. it is a fascinating state. caden knows his from living there and kevin knows this from the romney campaigns. used to be governor carol campbell. a lee atwater guy. delivered the state for george h.w. bush. it is more of an establishment, reliable republican state like caden says. you have nikki haley. mark santon. you could do -- he used ed td the republican legislature's budget saying th

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

south carolina does pick winners. what are we hearing and seeing tonight in these exit polls about the feel of the electorate in terms of the kind of candidate they want? >> i think that's true back to 1980. if you look at that history. >> that's right, ronald reagan. >> i think what is so fascinating about this entire cycle and we are seeing again tonight in south carolina, dana, is what is sort of driving the republican party electorate right now? this number is astounding. take a look at this. we asked voters as they headed to the polls whether or not they felt betrayed by republican party politicians. this is asked of republicans participating in the republican party. 53% of republicans today in south carolina said yes. a majority of republicans in south carolina said they feel betrayed by their own party leaders. 44% say no. that is what is happening underneath this entire primary race. and then we asked, which candidate ran the most unfair campaign? and look at this. donald trump, the winner of this category, if

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

south carolina is next. you can tell obviously it's a huge evangelical community, but most of march is down here. the color speaks for itself. this is evangelical bible belt for ted cruz who unlike huckabee and santorum who won iowa he has an organization, he has money. so now you have a essentially he goes at it with trump in south carolina. the question is kasich will come in with a little momentum. can he play here. the bush family now. this was critical to george bush after john mccain beat him. it will be interesting to see jeb bush on the road with his brother, but jeb bush can't afford to come in third or fourth again. he needs a break through moment. so the evangelicals are critical for ted cruz and a slice is important to marco rubio. >> remind our viewers what happened in south carolina four years ago on the republican side. >> four years ago on the republican side, newt gingrich beat mitt romney here. mitt romney along the coast here, and newt gingrich won everywhere else because santorum didn't h

thank you, south carolina. god bless you. ,>> rubio said to him, the state of south carolina will always be the place of new beginnings and a fresh start. >> it was not the night senator cruz was hoping for. he event told the crowd he didn't know if it would be a second or third place win. in the end it was razor thin but the senator ended up coming up in third place. in front of a very large and energetic crowd, ted cruz told his supporter that this race is far from over. he says, he will win the republican nomination, and will beat the democrats in november. he said, quote, we are the only campaign that has beaten and can beat donald trump. >> in iowa, they said it new hampshire they said a conservative, a bible believing christian, could not compete and we defied expectations. [applause] theand, tonight despite millions , and millions of dollars of false and nasty attacks despite the entirety of the political establishment coming against us south carolina has given us , another remarkable result. [applause]

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

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 is south carolina. one of my friends in life was the late lee atwater, a unique guy that came out of that south carolina political culture. very hard-hitting. very different than new hampshire. and i imagine everything is up for grabs there. donald trump has a lot of support. so do a lot of people and they'll be at it in earnest. >> you were looking at the map early ea lot of evangelical voters there for ted cruz and even donald trump who has been playing well. >> if the other mainstream candidates start to do better that could help ted cruz. because trump and rubio and kasich competing for your mainstream republicans. it is a fascinating state. katon knows his from living there and kevin knows this from the romney campaigns. used to be governor carol campbell. a lee atwater guy. delivered the state for george h.w. bush. it is more of an establishment, reliable republican state like katon says. you have nikki haley. mark santon. you could do -- he used to veto the republican legislature's budget saying

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

republican already had their primary in south carolina. this has a little less suspense than many have had in the past. we're expecting a win by hillary clinton across the state. it remains interesting and remains competitive >>> certainly does. we should get the first numbers any moment. i think it is interesting to note that while this may not be a suspenseful race tonight, eyes are already on super tuesday a couple of days away where almost 1500 delegates are up for grabs. that's between 25 and 30% that will be pledged, some big states, and we will get a sense after super tuesday which candidates will be survivors in this long drawn-out political season. >> yes. by about march 15 is when florida ohio, we should know, and i say should because on the republican side we have what's turning into a much more interesting and competitive race, but certainly this is - tonight is going to be one of the determinants about the strength of bernie sanders versus hillary clinton. there was no particular surprise in the fact that we are expecting hill

first place in south carolina. donald trump, ted cruz and marco rubio. south carolina voters are divide on whether they want a candidate with political experience or an outsider. and those who want experience are going to marco rubio. and ted cruz gets 34 percent of those. it is a good night for donald trump. he gets 60 percent of that vote. it looks tight among the top three because voters are split of what they want. winning in november is the most important thing. rub grow gets that group at 49 percent. and cruz at 21. and trump down to 18 percent. and so if elect ability is on their minds they are not going for donald trump. if they share their values, interesting in light of how tough and gritty it has been. ted cruz gets 38 percent of those who say it is important to share my values. and rubio gets 26. and carson?íp gets ten and kasi 10%. & trump in single digits in terms of that measure in the exit polls. for a guy who tells it like it s. trump runs away with those voters. no one is even close. we are not s

carolina, just one week away from the south carolina primary. fox news senior national correspondent john roberts is there with the latest. >> reporter: leland, good afternoon to you. certainly they will aen be talking about hillary clinton on debate stage tonight but they'll also be shooting arrows at each other. these debates have proven that a single moment can turn the course of a campaign. ronald reagan in new hampshire in 1988, rich perry in michigan in 2011. newt gingrich here in 2012, and marco rubio in new hampshire last week. south carolina, extraordinarily important state in the primary process. sealed the deal back from 2,000 for jeb bush and again in 2008 for john mccain. at the moment donald trump is the man to beat. he is 17 points ahead of second place ted cruz. the real clear politics average and leading among evangelicals. so watch for everyone to take it to trump tonight. their argument, he is not fit to be president. that's what ted cruz did yesterday before his appearance at bob jones university. listen. >> well, i will say

south carolina! 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. >> reporter: a decisive victory, but his 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 block that ted cruz is expected to excel with, just as he did in iowa. 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 bash. >> total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: to a place rewarding organizatio

, 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

to south carolina? gabe gutierrez continues to cover the rubio for president effort. gabe, i recall a spirited discussion you and chris matthews had about the communication skills of marco rubio, and the question i guess needs to be asked, given your knowledge of the candidate, does he -- i guess we're going to find out -- does he have another game? does he have a side of him willing to be more conversational, more transparent and not kind of the memorization we have seen get him in a terrible position. he's apologized for it, in fact. >> he says he does. we just got off a charter plane he and his campaign took to south carolina. he spoke to the crowd for 45 minutes. it's a departure over what he had done in the last week or so. he said he wanted to talk to the voters, he didn't want to talk to the media, and many voters said he was just too cautious. i asked him, when did he realize this was going to be such a blow? when did he realize the enormity of that? he said it wasn't until after the debate when

what happened in south carolina, there was less of the typical south carolina dirty trick, which is i don't know who did this, and i can't capture it in any way. it becomes a whisper campaign, something that you can't document. it becomes something that is into the wind and nobody has to pay a price for it. we did see things turn in sort of a nasty way, including my favorite not dirty trick but sort of nasty campaign trick, which was a robocall, which has been running the last 24 hours run by a ted cruz supporting super pac. it's an anti-donald trump robocall and it is a hall of fame anti-gay campaign tactic. listen to this. >> a little taste of the south carolina republican primary. that robocall going out to more than 100,000 households in south carolina right before the vote. obviously didn't hurt donald trump too much. >> donald trump ran up huge numbers on ted cruz in new hampshire and now in south carolina. and i would venture to say that none of his supporters have any problem with his positions and his comments. so i think this was a tactic, i would be surprised if he keeps it

and south carolina, it was hard to imagine. getting in the race, it was hard to imagine. >> i think he's still got hurdles to get over. he's got a two-front war now, one front against cruz. he's got to beat him in a lot of the southern states coming up on super tuesday. he's got a second front against marco rubio, who will do better in midwestern states and places like pennsylvania, and he's got to beat him, too. he's beaten both of them. this is the first time he's going too take that on, but i think he has another hurdle coming up. we can talk about this later, but i think the media is going to start investigating him in ways we have not seen before and they're going to vet him and vet him and vet him, and we'll see where it comes out. >> hmm. scotty l. hughes is a chief political correspondent at the usa radio networks, a supporter of donald trump. you heard david gergen say something very interesting, that maybe donald trump will get, whether it's a second look or a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh look, but will get a

south carolina. with the granite state primary in the rear view mirror... many candidates now have their sights set on south carolina. while voters' concerns may vary.... party representatives on both sides of the aisle say solution to state problems. 33 it's topics such as those that will be heavy on the minds of candidates as they are vying for votes here in the palmetto state. donald trump is busy shoring up support in the upstate... a place his campaign says is considered to be a conservative stronghold... and a crucial region in the upcoming primary. meanwhile... florida senator marco rubio is trying to sway south carolina voters after finishing fifth in new hampshire. rubio held a rally in columbia yesterday... telling supporters he's fit to be the next commander in chief because of his experience in national security and foreign policy. 33 rubio will now move onto the south carolina coast. and he won't be alone. following his second place finish in new hampshire... john kasich will also be cam

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

it's a very intense race here in south carolina. i have never seen politics devolvehe depths they are here. this is the lowest i've ever seen it. >> lowest you've ever seen it or no, barry? >> south carolina has perfected a lot of these dirty tricks over the years. saturday is still a couple days away. >> every day you think it can't get worse and it does. trump has been easy scalating h rhetoric against ted cruz. he said something about lindsey graham today. he is donald trump just today. >> this guy lindsey graham, he's one of the dumbest human beings i've ever seen. graham is a disgrace. you have one of the worst reppivre representatives of any of the representatives in the united states. >> dumbest people he's ever seen? >> these guys have been going at it for about a year. they're all tired and they're ratcheting it up, but you know it's not the worst thing that's been said in south carolina today, let alone this week. >> do you think it's going to help ted cruz? do you think people are going to change their vote to donald trum

we're going to win in south carolina. i love you all. >> 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. >> reporter: a decisive victory but easy. south carolina is a lot different from new hampshire. 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 independents 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. >> total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: but historically it's also a place that's rewarred organization and cunning maneuvering. >> it's going to

it is par for the course here in south carolina. i guess whatever works, gets your voters to the polls, that is acceptable if you're going to win >>> it has been a pretty dirty race. as lisa alluded to, the importance of this race, the presidential race, could have on the supreme court, it could be quite enormous. the country today said goodbye to supreme court justice scalia. we will have more coverage in a moment, but first john terrett reports on that. >> reporter: the casket went to the national shrine high on a hill over looking washington dc. this is the biggest catholic church in the country. its dome rivals that of the u.s. capital. alongside his family wife maureen, nine children and 36 grandchildren were there. his colleagues at the supreme court, former vice president and even though this is a primary day in south carolina, ted cruz who left the campaign trail to pay his last respects. this was a high church funeral, hymns sung. participating in the mass father paul scalia, the justice's son. >> and since he hoped and bel

let's start here in south carolina. where republican candidates are making those final pushes. >> donald trump trying to turn a lead in south carolina polls into a win and he tells supporters he expects he can run the table if he can start with a win here. and this morning he has a message for black voters across the state. >> i will do more for the african-american people in one year than barack obama has done in his seven years, soon to be eight years and then, by the way, he's out and thank goodness. >> south carolina may be the site of jeb bush's last stand as he's not pulling any punches. >> donald trump has never known any interest in anybody else other than himself. the two candidates that are gifted speakers, marco rubio and ted cruz, have shown nothing in their pasts that would suggest they can make a tough decision. >> with the state's governor nikki haley by his side senator marco rubio is confident he can recover from his showing in new hampshire and win the gop nomination. >> i can't wait to be the nominee

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

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these are live pictures out of pendleton, south carolina. that's right, south carolina. the state's republican primary is now the next major test for trump and the other gop candidates and there are just nine days to go. kasich did put in that strong second place showing in new hampshire. he's now trying to lower expectations in south carolina. >> well, yeah. we're going to compete here. we don't expect to win here. >> well, that comes as the republican field narrowed dramatically today. chris christie, the bombaster governor from new jersey, suspending his campaign and heading home to jersey after finishing sixth in new hampshire and a bitter defeat for the man who focused his time and effort in the granite state. carly fiorina suspending her campaign today finishing with only 4% of the vote last night. that's two out. that would have been 11% of the total in new hampshire. we begin with jim acosta know tonight who is at the trump rally in south carolina. trump may be riding a wave of momentum. it was a big victory last night. he outperformed his polls, but now everybod

in a short while, i'll be on a plane to south carolina. then we're going to be competing in 11 states all across this country on super tuesday. and i believe that on super tuesday we have got an excellent chance to win many of those states. but i also know that on super tuesday and before we are going to be taking on a very powerful and well-funded super pac, a super pac that receives significant amounts of money from wall street and wealthy special interests. so as we head to super tuesday, we would very much appreciate the support of the american people who have been so kind and generous. we have received at this point over 3.7 million individual contributio contributions. and if people want to help us out, they can do that at bernie sanders.com. lastly, as i think everyone knows, taking on the establishment, whether it is the financial establishment, whether it is the political establishment, whether it is the media establishment is not easy. we have come a very long way in nine months. it is clear to me and i think most observers that

iowa and new hampshire did not look like south carolina. south carolina looks like america. and from the demographic standpoint. and south carolina is clinton country, to prove tonight. her hard work. she earned her victory and bernie sanders for his strong campaign effort. >> well, about 363,000 people voting today. far cry what we saw a week ago. >> that's true. secretary clinton did do what she was expected to do, win south carolina. there's a big difference between her winning south carolina and taking the oval office. so i think we've got a few more elections between here and there. but a couple of -- a couple of interesting facts, though, is the republicans last saturday in south carolina, we had -- we turned out twice as many people as the democrats did. the democrats, about 61% father, according to the exit polls. of course a vast majority of republicans are white. here are the interesting things, 70% in exit polls in the democrats today said keep the obama policies, keep fanning on obama. republican voters said they're angry, they want to change everything. the demo

martha: this well thing moves to south carolina the you've seen politics in south carolina before. will it have any impact on donald trump. >> we'll see if it has impact. we saw both yesterday ted cruz in speeches and on television launch attacks at trump. trump responded with a tv ad. we saw jeb bush attack donald trump. my sense we'll see that escalate. the lines of attack will be different depending on candidate but they will all be aimed at what appear to be, what they think appear to be the weaknesses for trump trim in south carolina. as for example, in trump, in cruz's case he will go after him on social issues saying he supported partial-birth abortion and was for abortion rights. bush is going to make an attack yesterday, he brought up the bankruptcies which i think is one of the real vulnerabilities of rum traumatic larly in south caroline where there are a lot of pop you youist conservatives who wouldn't understand why, with all his vast fortune do right by people got hurt in his bankruptcies. >> this has been so fascinating to watch so far. when you look at iowa, you loo

and you're not talking to the people of south carolina. i love south carolina. but if you're bernie sanders tonight, you're talking to people in texas. of course you're trying to reach some people >> we believe he is going to speak around 9:00 p.m. >> so you're trying to talk oklahoma, colorado, minnesota. of course you're there. you're trying to get delegates. you're looking beyond to the caucus states that would be held on 3/5. and my beloved state of louisiana. >> but unless bernie sanders is able to attract many younger african-americans, more african-americans, a greater percentage of african-americans, is there a path forward? >> he's trying. they talked about creating new voters. one of the things they're particularly trying to do is focus on working class black men. that's where mike has been, going into barber shops talking up bernie sanders. it is an uphill climb. >> jim clyburn, congressman clyburn being introduced to the crowd. obviously as we were just talking about him, instrumental. we'll keep the conversation going. >> one difference between them

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

donald trump is the winner in south carolina. carolina.a live look at the camp there -a big win for his campaign moving forward 3 nicole is in the weather center with a look at some rain to round out the weekend 3 3 3 fox carolina's coverage of the south carolina republican primary continues. 3 as you decide 2016 -donald trump has won the south carolina republican primary - in an election that proved closer than anticipated. senators ted cruz and marco rubio are tied for second place. place.governor jeb bush came in fourth... but decided to suspend his campaign earlier evening.that leaves ohio governor john kasichand dr. ben carson.more than 600 thousand voters reportedly went to the polls. 3 that fourth place finish for jeb bush is definitely a disappointment.ultimately campaign 3 we'll go live to andrew reeser where his watch party has emptied out in columbua. 3 so much was riding on todays 3 primary...but tonight bush supporters all very disappointed, some even tearful that he has ended his campaign. of course all this after a

here in south carolina? todd: not just people of color by democrats as a whole who remember what clinton's have done in this state and the nation as far as democratic rights. bernie sanders has been a democrat as long as he has been in this race. and that is it. people in south carolina like democrats. we vote for democrats. bernie sanders is not one. john: do you think that given, again, putting aside the question of 2008, just thinking of the way the african-american community has been connected to the clintons. are there people like you who, especially young african-americans, who are open to bernie sanders, someone who is only recently a democrat and has not had the kind of national profile and connection to these issues that hillary clinton does? justin: yes, there are many. people like bernie sanders because he is bold and forward thinking. and when we talk about foreign affairs, which is something that people say hillary clinton leads on, the other aspect is something bernie sanders has pointed out. y

we are going to win in south carolina. >> now it's on to nevada, south carolina and beyond. >> but can that momentum carry the candidates through the first primary in the south? and >> much stronger, and the threat of victory, would have helped for a single digit loss not more than 20%. >> for the gop, bower says south carolina results will rely on if other candidates can challenge trump. >> if you add up the second, third, fourth, fifth place finishers, they would have person, but as long as they are still all in this, then trump has got a good separation from the rest of the pack. >> and bower predicts the democratic race will be decided by the african-american vote. >> a long history of the clinton family with african-american voters, and bernie sanders is saying things about universal healthcare, single pair and would appear to lower income, black or white. >> representatives of both say voters are listening for solutions to state problems. >> they have to talk about healthcare, and we have to talk about the crumbling schools and infrastructure that we have here in the state. our n

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. deals, not horrible deals. >> reporter: a 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 independents 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. >> total and complete shutdown of muslims entering the united states. >> reporter: but historically it's also a place that's rewarred organization and cunning maneu

as south carolina voters head to as south carolina voters head to the polls this weekend for the democratic primary -- there's several factors that political analysts say won't be the same as with the republican. our michal higdon is live in the newsroom with more -- michal? i spoke with robert oldendick, a professor at usc. and he says because south carolina is traditionally a red state -- the winner of the republican primary has more at stake. but he says on the democratic side -- this week is going to be very different for the candidates after hillary clinton pulled out the win in nevada. oldendick says clinton has a lead in south carolina because of the broad level of support from the african-american community which oldendick says will make up about 55 percent of the a reason bernie sanders will have to step up his game if they want to win the palmetto state. but, oldendick adds the winner of the south carolina democratic primary has not always gone on to win the democratic nomination. he believes the win in south carolina will come down to multiple factors. "there's the personality ch

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

south carolina, 1980, bush won iowa, reagan came into south carolina and put to it bed. dole had won iowa in 1988. george bush put it to bed. sap thing in 2000. same thing in 2008 when mike huckabee won iowa and john mccain won new hampshire. that split. they always split in the republican field and then whoever wents in south carolina puts to it bed. that happen every single time since the start south carolina primary. until the last one. the wild card. newt gingrich. and then south carolina became something that men who knows what in the process. the question remains whether or not south carolina is still a who knows what this means state or whether this will be once again the place that settles it. on the surface, this looks like a return to form. the split in the first two states for the republican field baltimore ted cruz won iowa and donald trump won new hampshire. donald trump has now come to south carolina and he has beaten ted cruz soundly. ted cruz is in a tight fight with marco rubio. before 2012 you would have said that means that trump will be the flom 93. o

the south carolina democratic primary. south carolina voters are picking which democrat they want on the ticket in november. let's check in now with alex who is live at one of the polling places right now, alleypolling places right now, alley. >> reporter: dawndy and charles>> reporter: dawndndand commission tell me that meadowlark mark is one of their busiest locations and something we haven't seen a whole day, a line of voters queueing up. until then the staff here told me today was really an anomaly with the primaries falling on a saturday. they say normally they have a big rush at the beginning of the day and a big rush at the end of the day. but instead, most of today has been but steady crowds which is similar to what we saw last friday for the republican primary. now right now at 6:00, and around 500 voters have passed through the doors. those i spoke with say today was about performing a civic duty and making a voice heard in a year where polls show more than 60% of americans believe our country is headed in the wr