This is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on a wednesday morning. We just gave away our lead guest. Right there, donald trump, live in our studio. A man of his word. Yesterday, he said, if i win, ill join you in your studio. Guess what . Here he is. The big winner, wasnt even close on the republican side or democratic side. Huge shifts on the left and the right. Lets get to where things stand this morning. Fueled by recordsetting voting turnout, Bernie Sanders won over Hillary Clinton more than 20 points. Hillary clinton conceded moments after the poll closed. Things arent closer on the republican side, at least at the top. Donald trump doubling his closest competitor, the surprise cruz finished third after a win in iowa. Followed closely be jeb bush and marco rubio with Chris Christie in a disappointing sixth. Well talk to trump and kasich in a moment. First, lets start with the democrats. Kristen welke
With scott pelley. Pelley New Hampshire shook up the president ial race with huge wins by democrat Bernie Sanders and republican donald trump. Today, Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina dropped out of the g. O. P. Race. That field is now down to seven. Trump beat john kasich two to one, but now kasich rises to become a trump alternative with ted cruz in third, just ahead of jeb bush and marco rubio. Sanders trounced Hillary Clinton by 22 point. Major garrett is with the republicans in the next battleground, South Carolina. The light overcame the darkness of negative campaigning, and i feel great about it. applause reporter john kasichs secondplace finish in New Hampshire was propelled by moderate republicans and independents. Kasich kasich i think theres a variety of things that need to be done. Reporter here in South Carolina, hell face a much more kasich said hes in the race for the long haul. Were going to do as well as we can here and then were moving on. And, you know, im really look
Needs to reconnect with women who flkocked to her first bid. She won New Hampshire women by 12 points. Last night lost them by nearly the same margin. Teacher jesse collie was one of the defectors. A tough decision for you . There was. There is a female draw to hillary with me as well. And i do, go along with a lot of her, definitely her values as well. But i am just, yeah, bernie won out for me. So thats where im at. Clinton did win over the three High School Seniors who diagnose her dilemma this way. I think because young voters tend to be idealistic. And Bernie Sanders, promises you the world, tuition free college, free health care, all sound great. And there is another looming challenge for clinton. Fundraising. Pressure from sanders made the optics of the ritzy big dollar fundraisers problematic for her. Raise 6 million online just in the 24 hours post victory. Great insight, nancy. Thank you very much. We are going to turn now to a disturbing investigation at an washington, d. C.
6 00 right now good morning. I am kathryn hauser. I am Chris Mckinnon its thursday february 11 and we want to get you to danielle nice who is looking at cold weather. The weekend will be brutal. Temperatures in the teens. That may be a little generous on valentines day. The temperature right now is 26 in boston and 19 taunton 19 nashua a bit of a wind creating real feel running 7 degrees in worcester. 15 in the city teens from lawrence to falmouth and clouds are filling back in. Theres snow showers and some steadier squalls back across eastern long island and eastern connecticut that will miss us to the south. But we have got a cold front coming in so scattered snow showers and squalls develop today just like yesterday. Not everyone sees them. But there may be a quick coating to an inch possible and a few communities reduced visibility and a few slick spots that may result. Aid blend of sun and clouds this morning. 6 47rise. Snow showers will be most numerous through the lunch hour unt
Right now. Nouns noints from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There are two fewer candidates in the race for president tonight. Casualties of a stunning night in american politics in which onetime long shot Bernie Sanders crushed hill hill on his way to a 22point victory in a New Hampshire democratic primary and donald trump leading the rest of the republican field in the dust with a 19point win over his nearest competitor sending new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina to the exits. Both announcing today they have suspended their campaigns after poor finishes in iowa and New Hampshire. The New Hampshire survivors have now descended on South Carolina, site of one of the next critical faceoffs. Our Political Team has redeployed two. We begin our coverage with nbcs katy tur. Hi, katy. Reporter hi, lester. Things are about to get interesting. Im already told attacks are being prepped on Donald Trumps three marri