Tea leaves do favor donald trump beyond wisconsin. The question then becomes, can the billionaire businessman turn around record unfavorability ratings with women voters in time to be a viable candidate come november in a general election . That is just one of the myriad angles weve got covered on the 2016 trail today. Weve got our four reporters fanned out. We start with nbcs Chris Jansing in milwaukee. Writers for the washington post, writers for tthe wall street journal are saying that wisconsin could be Donald Trumps waterloo. What are you hearing from folks on the ground there . Ill tell you, the establishment that is working for months to make it the waterloo are counting on it. Theyre thrilled by what they see in the poll. They believe that this is going to be a turning point in this campaign. The question is turning to what . Look, we never seen anything like. This the Establishment Republicans going so vehemently against the leader in a nam natu nominating race. You have the g
Trees and power lines and destroying at least one mobile home there. We have reporters and meteorologists up and down the eastern seaboard this morning. We start with nbcs luke russert, who is in washington, d. C d. C. ,. Luke, at last check, the Nations Capital was expected to get, i believe, 2 1 2 feet of snow, correct . Reporter that is accurate, craig. This is a storm of epic proportions. Its going to be historic from what weve seen in these forecasts. Could be the largest storm to hit d. C. In over 95 years. Its because of those readings were getting from the meteorologists that this storm is being taken very seriously by the mayor. Take a listen. We want people to hunker down, shelter in place and stay off the roads. We need people to be in a safe place today just as soon as they can for their own safety and for the safety of our Public Safety personnel and our first responders. Reporter so, craig, what the mayor would like and local officials would like is for everybody to get o
Sanders and clinton separately faced tough questions during a town hall moderated by cnn. Clinton was quickly confronted with a blunt question about her standing with young voters. It feels like theres a lot of young people like myself who are very passionate supporters of Bernie Sanders. And i just dont see the same enthusiasm from younger people for you. In fact, i have heard from quite a few people my age that they think youre dishonest. But i would like to hear from you on why you would feel the enthusiasm isnt there . Well, i think it really depends upon who youre seeing and talking to. You throw all this stuff at me, and im Still Standing. But if youre new to politics, if its the first time you have really paid attention, you go, oh, my gosh. Look at all of this. And you have to say to yourself, why are they throwing all that . Well, ill tell you why. Because i have been on the front lines of change and progress since i was your age. Clinton also strongly defended her record on i
Hostilities. This week the white house shared some of the new rules theyve been able to institute, like direct mail service to cuba for the first time in half a century. Including a letter from president obama himself to a 76yearold letter writer there. And an end to the requirement that cuban Baseball Players have to defect to the u. S. In order to sign with Major League Baseball teams. Something front and center when president obama and cuban president raul castro attend a baseball game together between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Cuban National team scheduled for tuesday. But despite those changes lots of political issues remain unresolved, including the trade embargo which congress controls, the Guantanamo Bay detention center, also under congress purview and cubas oppression of political dissidents. Nbcs Chris Jansing joins me now from havana. Give us a sense of what the agenda will be for the president in cuba this week. You do have this sense of history ayman. When the president
Sitting governor, john kasich, looks poised to slow down the trump train. The primary coming at a time when theres great debate across america about the kind of Campaign Donald trump is running. Whether hes channeling legitimate anger against the establishment and washington or feeding it, resulting in chaos and violence. It started with a protester being sucker punched on his way out of a rally last wednesday. Then some nasty altercations before and after that canceled rally in chicago on friday. Saturday, secret service swarmed trump when a protester rushed the stage in dayton, ohio. There was more unrest that night in kansas city. Protests and pepper spray. Even today, just a short time ago, protests at his event in hickory, north carolina. But if you ask trump about the recent violence, he calls foul. The press is now calling to say, oh, but theres such violence. You know how many people have been hurt at our rallies . I think like basically none, other than, i guess, maybe somebod