a look at our recent visit to montgomery alabama. watch american history tv all weekend every weekend. alabama state capitol is a very old and historic facility. from the civil war to civil rights. most historical capitals in the united states. with a six pointed star here. marking where jefferson davis become the first and only president of the confederate states of america. jefferson davis didn't stand on the daughters of the confederacy had the star cut and placed here. the capital was here until may 20, 1861. hundred and four years later dr. king led the voting rights march to the same place. stood at hisace first inaugural address. i trust thece: gauntlet before the feet of tyranny. now.gation segregation tomorrow. segregation forever. [applause] >> three historic events that took place here. the register of interior departments historical places. it burned to the ground in 1848. in 1851 the current capital was built on the same foundation. this is in 1851 structure. the dexter avenue exit. it is dominated by a pair of spiral st

in montgomery, alabama. we are in the archives but the levi watkins learning center, the dean of the library envisioned it as a cultural learning place. some people are confused if you walk around the first floor you are not sure if you are in the library or not but we have a number of exhibits and what we wanted to do was to bring the archives alive, bring the history of the area alive for students, faculty, staff. we have a timeline downstairs covering the alabama state experience from marion, alabama, throughout 150 year history to today. we have a number of exhibits that speak to students so they hear the sound of the past, see the images of individuals that have walked these hallowed halls that made an impact on what is america today. we have two primary storage areas, primary and secondary storage area. we have almost 200 discrete collections in our holdings, we have an array of artwork, 1000 media items, cassettes, films, a variety of formats for a 60 year period that are collected here. the collectio

we are in the alabama voices exhibit, the centerpiece permanent exhibition of the museum of alabama. this exhibit opened in 2014 to help us present a new telling of the story of our state's past. the exhibit provides a nice introduction. we introduce then the european colonial powers and later, the new united states government, who becomes both trade partners and at times, adversaries to the people who live here in alabama. we're looking here at an artifact that is extremely important to the story of changing relationships in the 18th century. was is a piece metal that cast to commemorate the signing of the treaty of new york in 1790. this is the first international treaty signed by the new united states government. six of these were presented to the party that came to new york to sign the treaty. this treaty was important for establishing a new standard and a new expectation in terms of who was going to be treating with the native american people. the treaty of new york declared quite specifically that the federal government of the new united states would be the only entity that cou

alabama voices exhibit, the centerpiece permanent exhibition of the museum of alabama, and the exhibit opened in 2014 to help us present a new telling of the past. the exhibit provides a nice introduction. europeanuce the colonial towers, and then later the new united states government, who become both trade partners and at times, adversaries. at an looking here artifact that is extremely important to the story of changing relationships in the 18th century. this is a piece metal that was cast to commemorate the signing of the treaty of new york, the first signed by the united these metalsment, treaty wasted in the important for establishing a new standard and a new expectation in terms of who is going to be trading with the american people. the treaty of new york declared quite specifically that the federal government of the new united states would be the only withy that could negotiate the sovereign indian nations, recognized at the time. shape the united states and the nation at the time. it is important at the history of the diplomatic relationship between the u.s. and the people, a

alabama. we had to appoint african-americans and whites have been loyal to the federal government as registrars, and believe it or not there' there s quite a bit of opposition to these african-americans who serve as registrars and the state's first black officeholders. and then we had the constitutional convention in the fall of 1867. this is the first time we had lax who had served in a lawmaking capacity in the state of alabama. opposition of there. one of the things that really came out that african-americans saw clearly for the first time was that these republicans were not allies of black members of the party. if they were to the disadvantage of democrats and a general white population. they found that carpetbaggers and scalawags were not really their friends. yet they were members of the same political party, the republican party of alabama. just about every instance when black people, these black officeholders wanted to advance something that i would make a significant difference in the

up in alabama, the secretary of alabama law enforcement is a cabinet-level position. under governor robert bentley a man named spencer collier was promoted from alabama's secretary of homeland security to that cabinet-level position of being the state secretary of law enforcement. governor bentley yesterday fired spencer collier. fired that cabinet official. and spencer collier responded by calling a press conference at his lawyer's office at which he let loose a fuselage of bombshells about the governor. >> everything that i'm about to tell you i'm willing to say under oath. i am willing to say in front of a grand jury with my hand on a bible. and i challenge the others to be willing to do the same. my relationship with governor bentley was positive for the better part of almost 15 years. as i mentioned earlier, i considered him both a close personal friend and, in fact, at times i even looked at him as a father figure. i saw the first sign of change in governor robert bentley in august of 2014. i became aware of a text message that was sent from miss rebecca mason t

in alabama, the secretary of alabama law enforcement is a cabinet-level position. under governor robert bentley a man named spencer collier was promoted from alabama's secretary of homeland security to that cabinet-level position of being the state secretary of law enforcement. governor bentley yesterday fired spencer colliers. fired that cabinet official. and spencer collier responded by calling a press conference at his lawyer's office at which he let loose a fuselaud of bombshells about the governor. >> everything that i'm about to tell you i'm willing to say under oath. i am willing to say in front of a grand jury with my hand on a bible. and i challenge the others to be willing to do the same. my relationship with governor bentley was positive for the better part of almost 15 years. as i mentioned earlier, i considered him both a close personal friend and, in fact, at times i even looked at him as a father figure. i saw the first sign of change in governor robert bentley in august of 2014. i became aware of a text message that was sent from miss rebecca mason

in the state of alabama. we're not ever going to do anything to keep the people in the state of alabama from voting. >> a lot of eyes on the issue. we'll see from the totals tonight the effect it has had. >> speaking of the south and the southern voting block we are talking about today, collectively, how many delegates are we talking about? >> we're talking about a large number. you know, individually, a lot of these states like alabama don't have a ton of delegates, alabama has 50, on the democratic side, it has 60, but when you add up what they all call the s.e.c. face, out of the southeastern conference in college sports is what people refer to it as, there are a large number of delegates, really more than 250 on each side, because you have georgia voting to do, alabama, arkansas, oklahoma, so really that's why this deep south region is seen as important in this election today. >>> jonathan, thank you so much. we are joined now by lincoln mitchell, the national correspondent for the new york observer. linc

in montgomery, alabama. next, we tour the archives and special collections unit at alabama state university to view books and manuscripts related to the civil rights movement. >> we are in the campus of alabama state university in montgomery, alabama. we are in the archives. the dean envisioned it as a cultural learning place. some people were confused. you are not sure if you are in a library or not. we wanted to bring the archives alive, the history of the institution and area alive. we have a timeline downstairs covering the totality of the alabama state experience from its origins all throughout the 150 year history through today. what these hallowed halls and made an impact on what is america today. we have two primary areas. we are in the primary, and we have a secondary. almost 200 collections in our holdings. an array of artwork, over 1,000 media items. real surreal, cassettes, film, a variety of formats over 60 years that are collected here. i chose the collections we will look at today because they

we housed alabama state senate in the room to 1985. the last room we will tour today is the old house of representative chamber. in the chamber, there is 105 chairs we housed the representative in the room from 1851 until 1985 area this room is used on a continuous asis. the main purpose of the room today is for the governor of alabama to deliver his and her state of the state address. everyone from -- since 1851, tells the story of not just alabama but the entire southeast. what was done here to focus and bring more people in unity than anywhere else in the world, civil war and civil rights is they both happened here. >> our cities tour staff recently traveled to montgomery alabama to learn about its rich history. more about montgomery and other .tops, at www.c-span.org an on lectures and history, david o'connell examines presidential legacies and what factors contribute to making a term successful. he discusses several rankings and compares the criteria and results. his class is

jonathan martin is following developments in alabama. and heidi zhou castro is in san antonio, texas where the most delegates are up for grabs. let's start with heidi. texas is the biggest state heading to the polls today. how are the candidates tailoring their messages? rp >> reporter: here we're looking at a two-man competition when donald trump and ted cruz on the republican side. here on his home turf, cruz is hoping to tap into that tea party base. ted cruz has the endorsement of the current texas governor, and perhaps more importantly, the endorsement of rick perry, and he is attempting to steer his campaign back into the attack of the obama administration. that message has always resinated among texas conservatives, but will it continue to resinate and especially up against donald trump's campaign. trump brings a new energy to this state, judging by the size of his rallies and the chatter on the streets here in texas, trump is a great threat to ted cruz. >> all right. so both cruz and clinton are expected to win in texas. how clos

so many friends from alabama. every day here is an alabama splash. [laughter] rep. pelosi: what an honor it is to be here with reverend frederick douglass reese. thank you, reverend. and what an honor it is for each of us, every day, to serve with john lewis and the congress of the united states. [applause] rep. pelosi: he is wearing two hats today, well not any hat. both the hatring as a foot soldier and a congressman, john, thank you for blessing our country with your service every day. [applause] rep. pelosi: 51 years ago, thousands of men and women forward to lay claim to the most fundamental right in our democracy, the right to vote. bigotry andfered brutality. opportunity to cast a ballot and shape the future of our great country. the path leading to the selma marches was powered by the determination of young people. students could change the arc of history. reverend reese, just imagine, reverend reese was the one that called martin luther king to come and join the march. [applause] a week after bloody sunday, president johnson came before a joint session of c

all of the friends from alabama. every day she's here, it's an alabama splash. you know what that is? the rest will explain it later. in any event, what an honor it is for us to be here with frederick douglas reese, reverend. you honor us with your presence. i was pleased to hear you speak in selma. you moved us then. i know you will today. thank you. reverend reese. what an honor it is for us each and every day to serve with john lewis in the congress of the united states. [ applause ] he is wearing two hats today. he's not wearing any, but he's wearing two hats today. one as a foot soldier and one as a congressman paying tribute to the foot soldiers. john, thank you for blessing our country with your service every day. [ applause ] as has been acknowledged and we all know, 51 years ago, thousands of men and women stepped forward to lay claim to the most fundamental right in our democracy, the right to vote. you faced diskrcrimination and intimidation. you suffered bigotry and brutality. still, you marched for justice, for equality and for the opportunity to ca

in reporting on that alabama story, we have been playing alabama governor robert bentley's phone sex tapes here on the show, here on the news, over and over again which is weird. even though i firmly believe it's newsworthy and important. that said, since we have been covering this story in alabama, we have heard from a few different viewers who have explained that sometimes they like to eat dinner while watching this show and our coverage of this alabama story is making that difficult. turns out governor robert bentley's hubba, hubba talk is spoiling a lot of people's appetites. i'm sorry about that. that said, tonight we do have what i think is an important update on that alabama story. because of these concerns that have been voiced to us. tonight we're going to put off that story until the very end of this hour. specifically, so y'all can have some time to digest before we get to it. you're welcome. we do also need to start tonight with an unappetizing story of a different kind. be story we start with concerns the d.c.madam. pamela martin and associates operated as an escort serv

that is where the capital of the state of alabama will sit. montgomery did become the capital of alabama. slavery was a big issue of course. the two sections of the country were changing in their own intentions. the south relied on cotton where is the north was becoming more industrialized. economically that overwhelmed the south if you well. states rights issue. the election of 1860 was the abraham in which lincoln was elected. many people in the south could not accept that. and they decided to secede. the onessionists were the held the vote determined whether you would remain in the union. the die was cast. it was decided that in city of montgomery we would become the capital of the confederacy. the confederate states of america were organized here in our capital. jefferson davis was sworn in as the president of the confederacy. in february of 1861. fort sumter was sitting there in trust and harbor. being re-provisioned. the confederate cabinet was hotel directly across the street in what is known as the telegraph office. fellow and itung we

so many friends from alabama. every day here is an alabama splash. [laughter] rep. pelosi: what an honor it is to be here with reverend frederick douglass reese. thank you, reverend. and what an honor it is for each of us, every day, to serve with john lewis and the congress of the united states. [applause] rep. pelosi: he is wearing two hats today, well not any hat. but he is wearing both the hat as a foot soldier and a congressman, john, thank you for blessing our country with your service every day. [applause] rep. pelosi: 51 years ago, thousands of men and women forward to lay claim to the most fundamental right in our democracy, the right to vote. you have suffered bigotry and brutality. you have the opportunity to cast a ballot and shape the future of our great country. the path leading to the selma marches was powered by the determination of young people. students could change the arc of history. reverend reese, just imagine, reverend reese was the one that called martin luther king to come and join the march. [applause] rep. pelosi: a week after bloody sunda

georgia, virginia, alabama, and tennessee. bernie sanders, we have projected carries, wins his home state of vermont. you see that right there. let's go back to jake tapper. jake? >> thanks, wolf. you know, it's so interesting, we have right now hillary clinton projected to have won four contests. donald trump projected to have won four contests. let's talk about right now some of the surprises we're seeing. right now, much more competitive and it's still early, we don't have the tifinal results. oklahoma much more competitive on the republican side than one might have thought. >> that's right. i got a text from a senior cruz campaign source saying they are feeling better than they expected in oklahoma tonight as they're watching the results come in. just like we are. now, we should say, and underscore, that the ted cruz campaign going back several months, before they realized what a force donald trump would be, they were hoping to sweep the south. >> right. >> they were hoping this would be a day where they would knock out al

let's check in with jonathan martin in alabama. the governor said this time around his state is going to make a difference. so what kind of turnout is expected in vermont and who is leading? >> so far the governor and some of the other elected officials are predicting a 40% voter turnout here in alabama which is fairly significant, when you consider there are not a lot of other issues drawing voters to the polls. they are now voting on super-tuesday with a lot of these other states. in the past alabama has voted a week after super-tuesday, so they feel because they moved this primary up, they have gotten more attention. the candidates have spent more time and money here. so we'll see what happens. donald trump still out with a pretty commanding lead. 42% is where he is polling. so the thing to watch here in alabama and some of these southern states will be who will come in second and who will come in third. marco rubio and ted cruz neck and neck in alabama and some of these southern states. and on the republican side, hillary clint

our visitcent look at to montgomery, alabama. you are watching american history tv. >> welcome to the first white ofse, the confederacy montgomery alabama. i'm so great to have come to visit us. this is the home of president jefferson davis and his family. the confederate government was formed across the street at the alabama state capital. he was elected provisional president of the confederate states of america. they moved into the first white house of the confederacy shortly after they came to montgomery, maybe in march. i want to tell you little bit about the house. 1832-18 35. between this is a picture of the house in its original location, it was not here. it was down on the corner of lee and 5th street. you can look at the map, we were very close to the river. it was moved in this was the 1921. first montgomery preservation project, because the house became endangered. it was going to be torn down and the white house association was formed to save the house. come this way. here's a picture of a copy of a painting that hang

in the state of alabama. we're not ever going to do anything to keep the people in the state of alabama from voting. >> the question will be how might this impact voter turnout, so a lot of people will be watching, specifically looking how it might impact with minority voters who are said to be impacted the most. >> alabama is one of several southern states holding caucuses today. how many delegates are at stake collectively? >> well, a lot of delegates. it's of course super tuesday, but in the south, people dub this the s.e.c. primary, the southeastern conference in sports. you have alabama, georgia and tennessee and arkansas and a lot of these southeastern conference states voting, when you add those up here in the deep south, you are talking about more than 250 delegates on each side, and so that's why this is an important region and we've seen a lot of the candidates spending a lot of time here in the past couple days. >> jonathan martin, thank you. >>> if the polls are correct and so far they can all ove

we reported that in texas, alabama, tennessee, virginia. those are just four of the southern states where we were able to track well this advance of the march 1st super tuesday race. they had been there first and opened more officers than the clinton campaign. if they're now going to say they only lost the states because they wanted to, because they meant to lose them, they didn't even try to win them. honestly, that is bullpucky. that's not what happened. i think that's not going to fly. so, i think they will have to walk that back. i think there's case to be made for why senator bernie sanders still could pull out the democratic nomination. this idea it's because he's going to start trying and he wasn't trying before, that is not a reasonable case to make. you know what, it's not like there thing is over, and we need to be doing the postmortems already, explaining away the more uncomfortable losses. it's not like this thing is over. it's not like it's half over. i meant it when i said we're not halfway through the primary calendar. it's b

in many ways alabama is the cradle of the voting rights movement. but now campaigners say forcing poor black voters to ids place is more difficulty between them and the ballot box. so ralph for you this is a -- kind of a lifelong fight then. for 30 years ralph irwin has worked tirelessly for voting rights. >> i think we'll be fighting for the rest of our lives. there are people out there who will never get it go. >> reporter: you mean never stop trying to suppress the black vote. >> never stop trying to prup sesz the black vote and send us back to after coo. i'm not going. >> reporter: the legacy has a long and dark history, but it resulted in the passage of the voting right's act. accusations that part of that legislation are now being undone is being denied by the governor. >> we'll go to people's houses to have a picture made so they can vote in the state of alabama. >> reporter: a recent challenge to the picture id law was rejected by a judge, but civil rights activists say they will continue to campaign for change. >> reporter: it's worth notin

in the state of alabama. we are not going to do anything to keep people in the state of alabama from voting, for them to jump to a conclusion like this that is politics at its worst. >> civil rights activists say they will continue to campaign for change. >> the voting station opened here about an hour ago. we are expecting over a thousand people to cast their ballots. let's look at a broader picture of why super tuesday is so important. this is when the nomination gets more nationalized. we've had small races so far in iowa and new hampshire where the candidates have been able to press the flesh and show space time. for the republicans, half the available delegates are up for grabs, for the democrats, about a quarter. this is where things get very, very serious. for people like hillary clinton who has plenty of state recognition, in states like alabama, there is a clear designation. watch particularly for the accident, a state with 155 delegates and a state ted cruz has to win because that's his home state.

cotton production came to be the major industry in montgomery, alabama. c-span's city tours staff visited and featured many sites showcasing the city's history. learn more all weekend here on american history tv. >> welcome to the first white house of the confederacy and alabama. we are so glad you have come to visit us. this is the home of president jefferson davis and his family while they were here when the federal government was formed across the street at the alabama state capital. president davis and his wife and three children at the time moved into the first white house in the confederacy shortly after maybeame to montgomery, late in march. the house was built between 1832 and 1835 by a man who was an ancestor of zelda fitzgerald, who married scott fitzgerald. this was not here. it was down at the corner of -- if you want to look at the map, very close to the river. it was moved in 1921. this was probably montgomery first preservation project, because the house became an danger. endangered. it was going to be torn down in the white house associati

alabama's governor in a sex scandal caught on tape. will he resign? let's go "outfront." >> good evening. i'm erin burnett. outfront tonight, donald trump holding high level meetings in washington today. the frontrunner coming under fire over his recent marks under abortion, his campaign manager's arrest, the attacks on ted cruz's wife. they talked about the convention rules and delegates. here you see donald trump. this was today leaving that meeting with rnc leaders. just a wave to the press. that's it. a conciliatory tone on twitter minutes later where he tweeted just had a nice meeting with reince priebus. looking forward to bringing the republican party together and it will happen. jim acosta is outfront tonight. everyone seems to back off the pledge of supporting the nominee. donald trump saying again not being treated fairly by the gop. what happened in that meeting, though? >> reporter: well, erin, you're right. donald trump was uncharacteristically quiet after that meeting at the rnc today. donald trump's comments on abortion in the last 24 h

clinton ganÓ en texas, alabama, arkansas, georgia, tennessee y virginia. bernie sanders ganÓ en oklahoma sorpresa para muchos, y en vermont. donald trump ganÓ en alabama, georgia, massachusetts tennessee y virginia y ted cruz ganÓ en el estado de texas y en oklahoma, esta es una gran sorpresa para muchos. de los candidatos, prÁcticamente de los mÁs importantes tres viajaron a florida estado que hoy, en este sÚper martes estÁ participando en la jornada electoral. tenemos desde miami donde viajÓ marco rubio, y donde estÁ hillary clinton es donde comenzamos. en wynwood . >> aquÍ los simpatizantes de hillary clinton no pudieron contener la alegrÍa. ella agradeciÓ a los votantes y mandÓ un mensaje en particular el precandidato republicano donald trump. escuchemos. >> nunca ha bajado la retÓrica, trata de dividir a los estadounidenses entre ellos, y eso es incorrecto. no vamos a abandonar el trabajo gustenos o no estamos en esto juntos y todos tenemos que hacer nuestra parte pero aquellos con mÁs poder hoy en dÍa parecen haber olvidado una verdad

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. and of course the state of vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the autumn. frozen out when the vot

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. and of course the state of vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the autumn. frozen out whe

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. and of course the state of vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the autumn. frozen out

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won inhe state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in secon on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. and of course the state of vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with u, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn o o in the summer. he would fall in the autumnmn frozen out when the votes in wimpbterstarted. now

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. vote right there, 49%. and of course the state of vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the autumn. frozen out when the votes

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. and of course the state of vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the autumn. frozen out when the votes

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the autumn. frozen out when the

alabama has gone to hillary clinton as have tennessee. those results in and no big surprises and marco rubio staying competitive. >>> going back to the delegate distribution. you mentioned all of them are based on proportional basis. as of march 15th and winner take all. >> exactly and that is why this is really critical for marco rubio to at least do well enough to pick up enough delegates to stay in the hunt. the gop is hoping that marco rubio has a 20% threshold. that he gets 20% of the vote in all of these states. to pick up enough delegates to stay close enough to donald trump so that when we get to march 15th and it is winner take all and if marco rubio can pick up his home state of florida and perhaps another state like illinois or ohio, he will be on donald trump's tail in terms of the delegate count. if cruz drops out you got a two man race in the republican party and a different ball game. >> as of right now it is shaping up to be a good night for donald trump. >> no surprise. >>> ken, we will check back with you for more result

more ahead on "action news" for you at 12:30, the alabama governor scandal leads to the resignation of his top aid just weeks after denying having an affair but making inappropriate remarks to her. >>> republican presidential frontrunner donald trump is fighting to improve his standing among women voters. he angered many yesterday by saying that women should be punished for getting abortions. he backtracked and his opponents say he doesn't think through the issues. >> and hillary clinton says we can't let someone with this much contention for womens rights anywhere near the white house. >>> and we'll talk to the supporters the union league, kasich is running third in the gop contest. >>> and there is controversy surrounding the governor of alabama. his top aide has resigned surrounding allegations of an affair. calls for him to resign are growing. >> reporter: the alleged girlfriend of the once very married alabama governor is making it harder for his critics to believe him. >> i want everyone to know though that i have never had a physical affair with mrs. mason. >> his top political

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alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. and of course the state of vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the autumn. frozen out wh

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. and of course the state vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. matthew dowd, let me begin with you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the aut

king voiced some concerns about the group continuing the ride into alabama. there were some sources that have reported to him that there would be violence waiting for the freedom ride andr alabama. sthe group was aware of his concerns but could it -- but decided to continue anyway. there were two groups of travelers, integrated groups on a greyhound bus and h railway. the bus traveled an hour apart. there was a mob waiting for the bus. they attacked the bus. they broke at windows. they rocked the bus to try to turn it over. however, the bus was able to pull away from the station, but not before the tires were slashed on the bus. when they tried to phone for help, the mob attacked the bus again. someone in the mob through a molotov cocktail into the bus. the bus filled with smoke and fumes. as the freedom riders tried to get off the bus, there were members of the mob who held the doors on the outside of us so that the riders get off the bus. once they got off the bus, they were at the mercy of this model continue to attack them further. the deal from the polic

alabama. he won in the state of alabama. he won in the state of georgia, tennessee, massachusetts, there you see him right there. there are the states right there. ted cruz coming in second. right there in georgia. and in the state of tennessee, donald trump, again. ted cruz, second. marco rubio hitting that all-important 20% threshold. in the state of virginia, a little bit closer there, marco rubio came in second on the strength in northern virginia, on the strength of his showing in northern virginia. in the northeast, these big wins for donald trump. massachusetts, nearly 50% of the vote right there, 49%. and of course the state of vermont, as well. john kasich doing pretty well right there. but not well enough. i'm here with our team again. you, you look at the sweep of that victory, donald trump is re-creating the republican party. >> this is, i think, an extraordinary development of what's happened. every one, so many people thought he would burn out in the summer. he would fall in the autumn. frozen out when the vote

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and maybe reduce the numbers" the bill has to pass the judiciary committee before it goes to the alabama house and senate. the secret service briefly locked down the white house yesterday afternoon after a man jumped the bike-rack barriers. agents tackled and arrested him before he got onto mansion grounds. the agency turned the man over to the d-c police department. released any information on who he was or why he jumped. at least three people successfully jumped the white house fence last year. the incidents investigation. ("jeremy ad libs wx headlines") today: lots of sun. nice! highs will be in the low 70s. winds sw 8-12mph. tonight: mostly clear. lows will be in the low wednesday: mostly sunny.

in alabama 56% say yes, satisfied if trump is the nominee, 42% say no. look at tennessee, 55% say yes they're satisfied, the majority, 41% say no. now let's look at arkansas and that is 46%, not a majority, say yes they'd be satisfied, a majority 52% say they would not be satisfied even though he won the arkansas primary tonight. in virginia, that is where he may have his biggest task ahead. 54% say no they would not be satisfied with donald trump as the nominee. remember these are voters in the republican primary in virginia tonight, 44% say yes, virginia as you and dana know is a major, major battle ground state come the fall and if donald trump is indeed the nominee here guys, this is going to be mission critical here. he's got some work to do in a key battle ground state like virginia to bring his own party together, which does happen naturally, but clearly that's going to be on his task list as he moves ahead to a potential general fight against hillary clinton. >> very interesting. we're in the throwss of a heate cam bat. 54% say no. it might not b