Thats good. Its always nice to be beating the governor. Reporter as for second place, abc news is projecting a close race between marco rubio and ted cruz. Kendis and reena. Josh, thank you very much. Were also watching the votes come in from the silver state. Be sure to watch for our political updates on the air, online all morning long right here and abc news. The democrats are vying for last minute votes before their next primary in South Carolina this sated. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders took part in a cnn town hall last night each trying to reach out to the black community in a state where africanamericans make up more than half of the democratic vote. We must sustain and strengthen the historically black colleges and universities. Racism along with economic issues, educational issues and all the rest have to be addressed. Otherwise, you know, we are never going to be the nation we should be. Over wealthy donors abwall street speeches. Clinton said the real issue was having t
Promises as a president ial candidate. We will close guantanamo. Reporter the white house plan is short on specifics. Of the 91 detainees, about 30 would be transferred to other countries. The rest, brought to unspecified locations in the u. S. The yays are 91. Reporter congress has already voted to forbid bringing detainees to the u. S. But the white house didnt rule out the president acting on his own. Its a really simple question. If those barriers remain in place, can you still close that facility, yes or no . We are now asking for congress to give it fair consideration. And im not going to speculate at this point, if congress refuses to do that. Reporter if the president tries to defy congress and close guantanamo on his own, through executive order, Congressional Republicans say they are prepared to fight him in court. In fact, they have already retained counsel to help make the case. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. This morning, the kennedy murdering his 15yearold neig
Announcer everyone abc news, this is world news now. We do say good morning to everyone. On what is a busy wednesday morning. Im kendis gibson. And im reena ninan. Incredible numbers for donald trump. Really surprised 37 well get into the entrance polls and what weve seen. But i never thought we would say this morning that he did incredibly well with hispanics. He did very well with hispanics getting more than 40 of the vote there in nevada. So thats where were going to get started. It really is a winning streak for donald trump scoring a dominant victory in nevada. He racked up his Third Straight win far ahead of the rest of the republican packet. Marco rubio inned a distant second follows by ted cruz this third place. Now trump promising similar results for super tuesday. Lauren liveder joining us live from las vegas. Morning to you, lauren. Good morning, reena and kendis. Entrance poll results showing that gop kaungss here candidate and voter anger. Those voters helping to vault don
Detainees to the u. S. But the white house didnt rule out the president acting on his own. Its a really simple question. If those barriers remain in place, can you still close that facility, yes or no . We are now asking for congress to give it fair consideration. And im not going to speculate at this point, if congress refuses to do that. Reporter if the president tries to defy congress and close guantanamo on his own, through executive order, Congressional Republicans say they are prepared to fight him in court. In fact, they have already retained counsel to help make the case. Jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. This morning, the kennedy cousin once convicted of murdering his 15yearold neighbor is back in court. Prosecutors are trying to reinstate the conviction of michael skakel. He was found guilty of murdering Martha Moxley in 2002 but was grant aid new trial in 2013. Hes been free on bond ever since. And Johnson Johnson as penalty in the first of what may be a string of la
Antonin scalia. Mitch mcconnell with his strongest words yet ruling out any set action on whoever president obama nominates. Hold hearings or a full senate vote until after the next president is sworn in. President obama is expected to name his nominee in the next few weeks. The deadline past approaching, were getting a look how apple plans to defend itself against the fbi. There were rallies nationwide yesterday to support and. The tech giant will say the court order violates its free speech rights and apple will argue that konging gres should decide the issue, not the courts or the justice department. A major storm system is bringing in Severe Weather to the south particularly the gulf coast. At least three people are dead, two of them in louisiana. Trailer park home exactly where a tornado also critically injured more than half a dozen people. Not far away that, or another twister badly damaged a golds gym that was filled with people. I starred screaming everybody get down. Take cov