Rubio rounding out the top three at 17 . Trumps tumble from the top spot comes as he and cruz trade threats, dares and accusations ahead of saturdays South Carolina primary where trump still leads. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has late details. Reporter tonight a stunning shift in the republican race, a new national frontrunner, ted cruz. Its tremendously encouraging to be leading the field nationally. I think as a result reporter did you ever think youd be here . That was always the plan. Look, thats how you win. Got to get to first place to win. Reporter its a 15point flip from last month, trump slipping seven points and cruz up eight. After the iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and saturday nights debate. Republican voters have taken a pause deciding whether or not they want to nominate donald trump to be president. Reporter as cruz heats up, hes burning it down in South Carolina with a scorched earth news conference. File a lawsuit. To sue him over this ad. Well, im very pro choice.
Cruz. Its tremendously encouraging to be leading the field nationally. I think as a result reporter d you ever think youd be here . That was always the plan. Look, thats how you win. Got to get to first place to win. Reporter its a 15point flip from last month, trump slipping seven points and cz up eight. After the iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and saturday nights debate. Republican voters have taken a pause deciding whether or not they want to nominate dald trump to be president. Reporter as cruz heats up, hes burning it d wn in South Carolina with a scorched earth news conference. File a lawsuit. Reporter daring donald trump to sue him over this ad. Well, im very pro oice. Reporter trump wants cruz to stop airing the spot pointing to his current prolife stance. Trump supporters have shown a great likelihood of forgiving him for positions like that. Reporter cruz insists hell put the ad on tv more often now, even as trump doubled down on his threat in an msnbc town hall. Iv
Epstein. Lets start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. 3 3 dave 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 3 new this morning president barack obama. Is planning an historic trip to cuba. jen it should happen in the next few weeks, and when it does, hell be the First American president to step foot on the island. In nearly 90years 3 jen the trip will be brief. Probably in midmarch. And will be a watershed moment for relations between the us and the communist island. But it comes after months of changing each others capitals. Then came the move to restore commercial air travel. Now many wonder if president obama will also be able to lift the longtime embargo. That many say hasnt worked. But theres a huge sentiment, especially here in florida. That this trip is precisely the wrong move. Florida senator marco rubio. The son of cuban immigrants. Takes special issue with this. 3 ill tell you the problem with the cuban government is not just the communist dictatorsh
Shift in the republican race, a new national frontrunner, ted cruz. Its tremendously encouraging to be leading the field nationally. I think as a result reporter did you ever think youd be here . That was always the plan. Look, thats how you win. Got to get to first place to win. Reporter its a 15point flip from last month, trump slipping seven points and cruz up eight. After the iowa caucuses, the New Hampshire primary and saturday nights debate. Republican voters have taken a pause deciding whether or not they want to nominate donald trump to be president. Reporter as cruz heats up, hes burning it down in South Carolina with a scorched earth news conference. File a lawsuit. Reporter daring donald trump to sue him over this ad. Well, im very pro choice. Reporter trump wants cruz to stop airing the spot pointing to his current prolife stance. Trump supporters have shown a great likelihood of forgiving him for positions like that. Reporter cruz insists hell put the ad on tv more often n
Nightly news begins right now. Announcer from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. A Surprising Development in the race for president leads our news tonight. A brandnew nbc wall street journal poll shows donald trump has slipped, falling behind ted cruz, among republican primary sloeters. Our poll has cruz now ahead at 28 , with trump at 26 . And marco rubio rounding out the top three at 17 . Trumps tumble from the top spot comes as he and cruz trade threats, dares and accusations ahead of saturdays South Carolina primary where trump still leads. Nbcs Hallie Jackson has late details. Reporter tonight a stunning shift in a republican race. A new national frontrunner, ted cruz. Its tremendously encouraging to be leading the field nationally. I think as a result did you ever think you would be here. That was always the plan. Thats how you win. You have to get to first place to win. Reporter its a 15point split from last month, t