Trump is one of three republicans in columbia tonight for a president ial town hall. Our chad mills is live on the usc campus. The pope spoke out while traveling back to rome from mexico. He did not directly tell people not to vote for trump. But francis left little doubt where he stood on Immigration Reform saying, a person who thinks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not building bridges, is not christian. This is not the gospel, the pope told journalists who asked his opinion on trumps proposals to halt illegal immigration. Trump immediately fired back, calling francis comments disgraceful. For a religious leader to question a persons faith is disgraceful. I am proud to be a christian and as president i will not allow christianity to be consistently attacked and weakened, unlike what is the back and forth could come up during tonights town hall on the usc campus. Trump will be joined by jeb bush and john kasich. Well be there and will have live reports throughout
Stretch of campaigning for the republican president ial candidates with just one day to go before the South Carolina primary. Will be scattered across the state today. The only candidates with scheduled stops in the midlands are john kasich and rubio is scheduled to stop by the Marriott Hotel in downtown columbia at 9 this morning. Kasich is expected to be at a town hall at senates end at 10. The other four candidates will have events focused on the upstate and the coast. Three of the candidates took part in the second cnn town hall last night, taking questions from South Carolina voters right here in the capital city. Karin caifa has more on the candidate who dominated the days headlines took the stage. Donald trump has sparred with nearly this president ial race. And just hours before taking the stage for the town the university of South Carolina, he was hit on his immigration policy by pope francis. Francis, on his way back to rome following a visit to mexico was asked about trumps
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The dramatic increase in flu cases around the country. What you can do to ward off the virus. Today, friday, february 19th, 2016. Announcer from nbc brks krrksbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie, live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Its friday morning. Im savannah alongside willie geist. We talked earlier about how remarkable it is we had george w bush, president obama and president clinton entering in on the race. Enter the pope. Dont miss religion and politics, not applying to this race. It is a big story this morning. The president ial candidates are making their final pitches ahead of tomorrows Democratic Caucus in nevada, and the republican primary in South Carolina. As willie mentioned, this election has taken another strange twist, with this back and forth between donald trump and the pope. We will talk to mr. Trump live in a moment. 2016 coverage this morning with nbc National Correspondent peter alexander. Good morning. Good morning t