George martin dies. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city, im stephanie sy. This morning, Bernie Sanders is celebrating a big upset in the president ial race. He took about 50 have the vote, beating Hillary Clinton in michigan despite every poll showing clinton with a double digit lead going into that contest. Clinton did win mississippi and picked up delegates in michigan, as well. She still holds a commanding lead in the delegate count. For the republicans, donald trump had a big night with wins in michigan, mississippi and hawaii. Al jazeeras David Shuster begins our covering. With the swagger of a conquering hero, donald trump claimed the michigan and mississippi primaries by double digits, defying his challengers and the antitrump republican establishment. I dont think ive ever had so many horrible, horrible things said about me in one week. 38 million worth of horrible lies, but thats ok. It shows you how brilliant the public is. Trump thanked his supporters who were
A reminder, well have live coverage of mrs. Reagans funeral from the president ial library in simi valley friday at 2 00 p. M. Eastern. White house spokesman josh earnest took reporters questions about the Supreme Court vacancy, last nights president ial primary and this is a one hour portion of todays briefing. Good afternoon, everybody. I do not have anything off the top so we can go straight to questions. Darlene, would you like to start . Do you have anything to add to your reports that u. S. Special forces are questioning the head of the Islamic State units trying to develop Nuclear Weapons . Unfortunately, i do not. Ive seen those reports. At this point im still constrained im still constrained by some Operational Security concerns from answering them. You do know there are u. S. Military forces that are on the ground in iraq that are part of these forces that are dedicated to carrying out raids, collecting intelligence and where possible getting access to high value targets, but
But those differences pale in comparison to what is happening on the republican side. Only one person did well tonight, donald trump. I will tell you. Listen. Donald says a different entertaining thing every day. Buckle up your seat belts. Its a wild ride. A huge explosion in seattle. The building was leveled. Several firefighters have been injured. Severe weather in parts of texas and arkansas, oklahoma. Power lines were knocked down roofs off buildings. A shooter of a pastor in idaho has been arrested after throwing items over a white house fence. Taylor force killed during a stabbing spree in israel. The killer was killed. The manhunt for an illegal immigrant from mexico suspected of five murders ended early this morning in missouri. Sheriffs deputy in pennsylvania brings a scary situation to a peaceful end. All that. Caught on live tv, a new reporter jumps out of the way after a car was in came in his path. George martin has died. The great thing about getting old, everybody does i
Studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning, everyone. Wednesday morning. I know you werent even born, but boy, George Martin, what a legendary figure in music. Responsible for a lot of the beatles. They dont call everyone the fifth beatle. No question about it. Well have a tribute to sir george in a little while. This morning, once again, the president ial race is our top story. Lets get right to the results. The republicans, donald trump took the biggest prizes of yesterday. Michigan, mississippi and he added hawaii to his list of victories overnight. While ted cruz won by a large points. Break down. Trump leading with 456. Cruz in second with 363. Marco rubio, who had three threeplace finishes and won four yesterday has 153. Surprising upset against clinton in michigan, but she scored a decisive victory in mississippi by more than 65 points. That pushed clinton over the halfway mark in the race for delegates needed to lock up that nomination. We have complete coverage this morning.