caucus time in america. we re going to make america great again and we re going to keep win, winning. reporter: overnight donald trump rallied his biggest crowd yet in las vegas. the billionaire s banking on a hot streak that will carry him into the gop nomination as he continued attacking his rivals. this guy cruz lies more than any other living being i have dealt with. reporter: ted cruz fired his communications director for spreading a false rumor that marco rubio had disparaged the bible. we will conduct this campaign with the very highest standards of integrity. reporter: but rubio is focused on trump leading in nevada by 26 points. his apparent unstoppable rise has the republican establishment rallying around rubio. donald has a base of support and the majority of our party doesn t want him as our nominee. reporter: in front of more than 8,000 people at the university of massachusetts amherst, bernie sanders again street connection. we don t represent
022216 c16)22:50:21 donald has a base of support but the majority of our party doesn t want him as our nominee the democratic contenders were on opposite sides of the country. in front of more than 8 thousand people at the university of massachusetts amherst, bernie sanders again hit hillary clinton on her wall street connection.sot bernie sanderswe do not represent corporate america.we don t want their money speaking of money, clinton spent the day fundraising in la. she was in the middle of scandal.the set.sitting next to leading man tony goldwyn who plays the fictional president on the hit abc show. (kenneth standup close) clinton has a comfortable lead against sanders in south carolina. as the two work to court the black vote in the state, actor morgan freeman s voice is being used in a clinton tv ad. sanders answered with an endorsement from spike lee who will be featured in radio spots airing today. kenneth moton, abc news washington 3 3 senator claire mc-caskill announ
3 3 rain is to blame for a crash on the edge of downtown asheville. the driver was not hurt, but firefighters say he could not see in the rain, turning from patton avenue onto clingman avenue. the car ended up at a 45- degree angle on a utility pole. the road was closed for a short time to get the car back on the ground. 3 3 3 developing in burke county. a beloved landmark. destroyed by fire. now the a-t-f is involved in the investigation to find out why. the old hildebran school house was built nearly 100 years ago. but it only took hours for flames to destroy it. for the last year, residents fought to save the building from demolition after town leaders voted to tear it down. 3 it s a piece of my heart it s a piece of my heart going up over there. sad day. sad day for hildebran. the chief of the hildebran fire department credits firefighters with spreading to the town hall, which is right next door. 3 3 we are following a developing story on racial tensions at a high schoo
the poorly educated. but with trump highly favored even before results came in. .the real fight was between ted cruz and marco rubio for second place.cruz, spinning his showing in nevada as progress.(ted cruz) we are one step closer to turning the the pages on the failures on the obama-clinton disaster. rubio, touting his establishment-candidate identity as critical for a general election win.(rubio)) i am a conservative that can unite this party. as the republicans watched the nevada returns...democrats hit them on the issue of race at c-n-n s south carolina town hall.(sanders) this birther issue which we heard from donald trump and others - a racist effort to try to delegitimize the president of the united states. .bernie sanders, courting the minority vote ahead of the state s saturday primary..and also hitting rival hillary clinton over her paid speeches to wall street, demanding she release the transcriptsclinton saying she would. on one condition(hillary clinton/(
3 3 3 as the rain 3 as the rain continues this morning, it will likely impact your morning commute. news 13 s lauren brigman has been driving around asheville to see what the roads are like and joins us live from amboy road. lauren, what have you seen so far? 3 3 3 we are following new developments this morning regarding charlotte s controversial new law that allows transgender people to use the public restroom of their choice. north carolina house leaders now say they plan to take up the issue when the legislature reconvenes in april. state house speaker pro tem paul stam says he and other state lawmakers will use their constitutional power to reverse the law. 3 the new law is called the non-discrimination ordinance. bathrooms, but in how businesses treat gay, lesbian and transgender customers. supporters say the change recognizes the importance of gender-identity. but opponents, including governor pat mccrory, say it flies in the face of tradition and decency. 3 2113 if