across the country. and automatic money back when you shop online. the new way so many consumers are saving cash. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this the nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. he proved last night that he is the undisputed republican front-runner, yet the target on donald trump s back tonight comes not just from fellow candidates or even from the left but from the heart of the republican party establishment. in fact, the man who last won the republican nomination, mitt romney, about to join the fight to stop him. it comes as trump vanquishes another opponent, a winless dr. ben carson, effectively throwing in the towel tonight. trump won seven out of is 1 states on super tuesday. on the democratic side hillary clinton with 7 victories of her own. delegates needed to seal the deal and that is keeping hope alive for those determined to stop them. nbc s hallie jackson starts us off wit
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look from the insiders he rails against. fresh off wins in three states. he may in a position where we ll have to rally around ted cruz is the only trump. reporter: a cruz campaign aide says the gop will pick preserving the party over sidelining someone notoriously disliked in the field. trump with a path to the nomination would be could the reporter: ben carson hinting he ll suspend his campaign. most of his support is likely to slide to cruz, and marco rubio, after winning just one state, now spinning he s happy to be the underdog. well enough to get to now. we feel great about florida and moving forward after that. reporter: rubio and cruz are both looking at the math because while donald trump has more delegates it s not yes. his rivals can make up some serious ground with the march 15 primaries, but on the flip side, that s when race away, lester, just two weeks left for his competitors to try and stop him. all right. hallie jackson, thank you. meantime, th
right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this the nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. he proved last night that he is the undisputed republican from un, yet the target on donald trump s back tonight comes not just from fellow candidates or even from the left, but from the heart of the republican party establishment. in fact, the man who last won the republican rom nation, mitt romney, about to join the fight to stop him. it comes as trump vanquishes another opulent, a winless dr. ben carson effectively throwing in the towel tonight. trump won seven out of 11 states on super tuesday. on the democratic state hillary clinton with seven victories of her own. neither has the number of delegates needed to seal the deal, and that tonight is keeping hope alive for those determined to stop them. nbc s hallie jackson starts us off with the latest. reporter: looking to november, donald trump is looking presidential down to the gold chairs
trump is looking presidential down to chandeliers at his press conference just like the ones in the white house east room and trump more presidential too. we have a very, very dynamic party, and i think we re going to be able to unify the party. i hope to be able to get along with reporter: still, four years after he endorsed mitt romney. governor romney, go out and get him. you can do it. thank you. reporter: the former nominee is far favor. at a speech tomorrow romney is expected to hit trump hard, even though he s the one driving record republican turnout in almost every state. the mirror image to what democrats saw in 2008. now for the gop, the will of the people pitted against the will of the party. i m not going to vote for him in november. reporter: more and more republicans publicly speaking out against trump, governors, congressmen. i reject trump and i m encouraging other republicans to do the same today. reporter: rnc members and more. where you s