And all of this comes just days ahead of what were calling separation tuesday. Five primaries that may finally separate frontrunners donald trump and Hillary Clinton from their opponents. And three new nbc the wall street journal marist polls out this morning. In florida an absolute mustwin for rubio. He trails donald trump by a nearly two to one margin 4322. Ted cruz at 21 right behind rubio. In illinois trumps lead is smaller, but its significant over cruz and kasich. Hes got a ninepoint lead over cruz but kasich a close third there to cruz. But in ohio it is Governor John Kasich holding a slim sixpoint lead over donald trump 3933. Obviously a kasich win there would keep him in the race and complicate trumps effort to win a majority of the delegates before the convention. Hillary clinton is leading sanders in all three states up 6134 in florida. Clinton with a 20point lead in that one. And its much closer in illinois where clinton leads by just six points, 5145. A lot of democrats be
We also asked the president about criticism back home and the arrest of disdepartments right here in cuba, even as he arrived, as he now prepares for his historic speech to the people of cuba. Tonight, donald trump with. Defending his supporters. What hes now saying tonight, and we ask president obama about trumps prediction of riots, if the Republican Party tries to stop him. Good evening tonight from havana, where we witnessed and historic moment today. President obama standing side by side with cuban president raul castro. Saying, the United States and cuba are no longer enemies. A thaw, decades after the cold war ended. But there were tense moments today. The two leaders did not always see eye to eye. There was the hand shake between the american president and the president of cuba, and then a private meeting between the two. Sign of the shift here, News Conference. Raul castro taking questions along with president obama. And castro did not hide his criticism of the United States.
The American People have a voice in this momentous decision. Why cant they do what theyre supposed to, do their jobs . Mitch mcconnell and harry reid exclusively join me. Do you like buzzer beaters like this one from friday night . Well, weve got the trumpatology buzzer beater possibilities for what could be a wild Republican National convention. Joining me are jose diazbalart of telemundo and nbc news, molly ball, joy ann reid, and robert costa of the washington post. Welcome to sunday. Its meet the press. Announcer from nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Lets agree on this much about the 2016 campaign. The rise of donald trump is basically paralleled the fall of the republican establishment. The more the estsh never trump, the more the voters snub them. On tuesday night, in spite of millions of dollars of negative ads and high profile criticism by mitt romney and others, trump won four of five primaries and he nearly tripled his deleg
Says he doesnt condone the growing violence at his rallies but understands it. And pure madness. A string of fantastic finishes caps a wild weekend at the ncaa mens basketball tournament. From buzzer beaters rises up, and its good its good to lastsecond heroics. No. To a comeback for the ages. Throws it into the hands, and lays it in. The unbelievable ending being called one of the best ever. Today, monday, march 21st, 2016. Announcer from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Welcome to today on a monday morning, everyone. Lets say youre not a College Basketball fan. You dont really care about the game. March madness is special. Its so exciting. It always lives up to its reputation. Its exciting to watch all the teams i pick lose. Its a joy. You dont care about your own bracket because its so exciting to watch the games. Well give you a recap in a couple minutes. Our top story this morning is this spring snowstorm here
Your world in 90 seconds. We are all in this together. We are going to come up with solutions and, so far, i cannot believe how civil its been up here. The gop candidates play nice. This election, this debate is not about insults, its not about attacks. Governor, did you give everyone like a john kasich pill before the debate tonight or something . You know, it was really interesting clearly, they were afraid of me. Democrats are on the move. Rally supporters ahead of tuesdays crucial primaries. I see a huge crowd. Ten Southern States are under flood watches and warnings. Almost two feet of rain triggered historic deadly flooding. We were not prepared. We got to get everybody out that we can right now. Two top executives at the Wounded Warrior project are out following a cbs news investigation that raised questions about spending. You may well be the most popular candidate named justin. Its better to be the leader wins bulk gold medals in hockey. A massive explosion outside of clevenle