Delgs. Far ahead of the rest but 1237 delegates are needed to win. So he has a ways to go. Meanwhile on the democratic side, Hillary Clinton leads with 497 delegates. Bernie sanders has 69. 2383 delegates needed to clinch the democratic nomination. And heres where it gets really interesting. A lot of delegates are up for grabs on super tuesday when 12 states vote. So theres a lot to get to. Lets get straight to jim acosta with the Trump Campaign. The latest poll taken even before trumps big win in South Carolina shows him with a commanding lead in nevada. People are asking if he is unstoppable. What is it like there tonight . Reporter its a good question. It another big crowd for donald trump in las vegas. I can tell you that Sheriff Joe Arpaio is here. You can bet that immigration will come up in a few moments. The math tells us that trump can still be stopped. He is way ahead in delegates. Thats true. Each time he wins big like did he in New Hampshire and South Carolina, it gets that
Hello, everyone. Im betty nguyen. Another marathon session of high profile meetings for the president elect today. We are monitoring the live picture outside of his weekend home in new jersey where the meetings have been under way for an hour. New reaction from the vicepresident elect amid concerns over racist comments that Jeff Sessions allegedly made over 30 years ago. This is a very anxious time relative to the justice department. They know that Jeff Sessions will restore integrity there. What about the record when it comes to race and gays and women . Im very confident that in the course of the confirmation hearings that his record in its totality will come out. Senator rand paul is weighing in on some other controversial picks whose names have been floated for secretary of state. There are several potential republican votes against someone like bolton, possibly giuliani. The only thing giuliani will stir up is the financial stuff. He spent a year and a half for taking money from f
Nightly news begins right now. Good evening to our viewers in the west. The story behind the late night resignation of Michael Flynn continues to unfold tonight. Nbc news learning exclusive new details about who knew what and when about the true nature of flynns conversation with the russians before the inauguration. The white house said today President Trump asked for flynns resignation calling it a matter of trust over flynns misleading accounts of his dealings. But it didnt fully explain why now, weeks after the president was warned that flynn, who was privy to the nations top secrets, might be vulnerable to blackmail by the russians. Our team is working several angles to this story. Kristen welker leads us off with late details. Reporter tonight mounting questions at the white house after National Security advisor mike flynn was forced to resign late last night after misleading the president , the Vice President and others about discussing sanctions with russias ambassador before t
Contact us by the disgust he felt watching Media Coverage of the russia story. Not only were most reporters getting it wrong, they were getting it backward. The russians were in fact deeply involved in american politics, but the real story had almost nothing to do with the 2016 president ial campaign. Intrigued, we agreed to meet with at source today. He just left our offices here in washington a couple of hours ago. The story he told us is astonishing. We will be following up on it, confirming more of it and bringing you details about it this week and after. At first, heres an overview of what he told us. Media reports describe Paul Manafort as a central figure in the russia investigation due to the several months he spent as Donald Trumps campaign chairman. According to our source, thats only half true. He is indeed at the center of this investigation, but not because of his ties to trump. In fact, Paul Manafort spent years working with the Podesta Group on behalf of russian governme
Contact us by the disgust he felt watching Media Coverage of the russia story. Not only were most reporters getting it wrong, they were getting it backward. The russians were in fact deeply involved in american politics, but the real story had almost nothing to do with the 2016 president ial campaign. Intrigued, we agreed to meet with at source today. He just left our offices here in washington a couple of hours ago. The story he told us is astonishing. We will be following up on it, confirming more of it and bringing you details about it this week and after. At first, heres an overview of what he told us. Media reports describe Paul Manafort as a central figure in the russia investigation due to the several months he spent as Donald Trumps campaign chairman. According to our source, thats only half true. He is indeed at the center of this investigation, but not because of his ties to trump. In fact, Paul Manafort spent years working with the Podesta Group on behalf of russian governme