Lower to middle 70s. A cold front is just off to our west and wililbe here by tonight. Look for increasing clouds by Late Afternoon with scattered showers and a thunderstorm or two late night into wednesday morning. Rain chance 50 tonight into wednesday morning. A few showers wednesday morning otherwise partly cloudy, breezy and cooler, highs in the lower 60s. Dry thursday before another shot of rain moves in and out for late thursday night through midday friday. Rain chance 60 . Primaries and ucuses for super tuesday. This is a live look at worcester, massachusetts at one of the thousands of polling place open this afternoon. 11 states will hold primaries or caucuses for the republicans today. Several big wins for trump would give him a huge lead in the delegate countand pave a nearly inevitable path to the republican nomination. Wyoming is also holding caucuses today for both parties that are not apart of super tuesday but the delegates will count. Also, 11 states will hold democrati
Says were giving up on 2016. Usc journalism dean and former cnn correspondent charles bierbauer. Again as this subject has been discussed in the news cycle surrounding the early voting states, there has been new speculation about someone mounting a Third Party Candidacy to take on trump. Bierbauer and others say that would be extremely difficult at this point maybe impossible for a candidate to beat the deadline to get on the november ballot. Coming up at 6 30, stay tuned for an hourlong edition of nbc nightly news with lester holt, as we await the first results in tonights super tuesday contests. The first polls are expected to close at 7 pm eastern time. Coverage continues through 7 30. Then you can tune in again tonight starting at 10 for live coverage as the results come in. Nbc will be doing another hourlong special with the latest from the polls. Tuesday coverage tonight on the news at 11. After a day of some partial sunwere looking at some rain moving in tonight. Lets turn it ov
Updemocrats down. The trends for the two parties since 2008 in this state show a significant drop in democratic voter participationwhile gop voters continue to turn out in greater numbers. 2008 of course, a good year for the democrats here with the first contest between Hillary Clinton and a relative newcomer named barack obama. About 23 per cent of democrats go to the pollsalmost 20 per cent of republicans. In 2012thenpresident obama firmly in command and there was no democratic primary here as he sought and eventually won his second term. South Carolina Republicans managed to grow their turnout by a couple of pointsin the year they chose former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and snapped their string of picking a candidate who went on to win the partys nomination. This year, continued expansion of gop participationa sharp rise of almost four per cent with just over 25 per cent voting. A level of enthusiasm likely driven in some part by the trump candidacy. Democrats meanwhiledropped dram
But believe me i am a unifier once we get all of this finished im going to go after one person and that is Hillary Clinton 13 for marco rubio again no primary wins but not giving up. S sen. Marco rubio president ial candidate i will campaign as long as it takes and where ever it takes to ensure that i am the next president of the United States democrat Bernie Sanders won at home in tiny vermont and in oklahoma. But frontrunner Hillary Clinton won bigger states. S Hillary Clinton president ial candidate instead of building walls, were going to break down barriers, and build. A dominant win but the democrats front runner gets overshadowed by republican ted cruz. Emerging at the top challenger to donald trump. Steve handelsman nbc news at ted cruz headquarters outside houston audio outcue im steve handelsman, nbc news, stafford, texas upwere looking ahead to whats coming in the primaries. The next round of states to vote will be Holding Contests for both the republicans and democrats this
Tuesday. Reporter bernie sanders, easily winning his home state of vermont. Home. Reporter supporters happy with the outcome, chanting his popular slogan, feel the burn. The super tuesday contests are a frontrunners and a test of survival for others. When im president of the united states, we will expand the American Dream to reach more people thak ever. Reporter sanders an clinton are vying for more than a third of the deligates needed to rin the race. This campaign is not just about elect the the president. Its about transforming america. Reporter the stakes are higher for republicans. Nearly half of the deligates needed to clinch the gop are up for grabs. Many of these states will divide those deligates proportionately. Trump has the upper hand. Donald trump engeauged in a bit of back and engaged in a bit of back and forblt with nikki haley. And back and forth with nikki haley. Haley is backing marco rubio who is asking trump to rehes his re rear hes his rear lease his taxes. Donald