reflexes stopping a flying baseball bat from hitting his son. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is ennightly news with lester holt. good evening. a new nbc news/ wall street journal poll out tonight is showing just how tight the republican nomination is for president. donald trump leading by just three points nationally. trump is at 30%, cruz in second at 27, but inside the margin of error with john kasich and marco rubio trailing behind. the poll comes as republicans are voting today in four states, but it s next week s primaries in delegate-rich ohio and florida that many expect could blow the gop race wide open. democrats, mean phil, are squarely focused on today s vote, in michigan. a state key to bernie sanders survival. tonight our poll shows hillary clinton leading sanders nationally by nine points. we have it all covered, starting with nbc s katy tur. reporter: gop voters casting ballots in four st
your side is on your schedule. 8 at 7:00 begins now. good evening. with just one week left before the florida primary, republican presidential candidate marco rubio is back campaigning in the bay area tonight. mary mcguire joins us live from sarasota where rubio rallied supporters at dolphin aviation and it was a packed house. reporter: yeah it certainly was. good evening to you jenn. more than 150 delegates are up for grabs today in states like mississippi, michigan, idaho, and hawaii. but marco rubio decided to focus his efforts here in his home state of florida and the 99 delegates up for grabs next tuesday. speaking with supporters here in sarasota, he said he was the only candidate that had a chance of beating donald trump in florida. if rubio does take the 99 delegates here, it could completely turn the tide and give rubio some serious momentum in this race. if not, it could effectively he knows it s an uphill battle and how important the florida primary is to his
one of the epic performances in the sport. 21-year-old jordan spieth wins his first major. the second youngest masters champion in history. a record-breaking victory proving the future of golf is already here today. monday, april 13th, 2015. announcer: from nbc news, this is today with matt lauer and savannah guthrie live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. and good morning, everyone. welcome to today on a monday morning. savannah and natalie have the morning off. i m joined by hoda kotb. look who s here. thank you for inviting me back. we appreciate it. we are here on a morning that even non-golf fans are talking about it. you watched the masters. there was something about this kid that was so captivating. how he was able to stay so cool 21 years old on that golf course. to be so talented and to already have a green jacket it s a big deal. we ll tell you more about spieth coming up. but let s start with our top story. hillary clinton s presidential campa
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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West's daughter North West received a standing ovation for her rendition of I Just Can't Wait to Be King during The Lion King's 30th anniversary concert at the Hollywood Bowl