Welcome to the cnn facebook Republican Debate here in the venetian, las vegas. We have a very enthusiastic audience. Im wolf blitzer, your moderator tonight. This debate is airing on cnn networks here in the United States and around the world and on the Salem Radio Network. The nine leading candidates. They are here. Lets welcome them right now. Senator rand paul of kentucky. New jersey governor, chris christie. Former florida governor, jeb bush. Senator ted cruz of texas. Businessman and real estate developer, donald trump. Retired neurosurgeon, dr. Ben carson. Senator marco rubio of florida. Former hewlettpackard ceo carly fiorina. And ohio governor, john kasich. Ladies and gentlemen, welcome these republican candidates for president of the United States. This is the final Republican Debate before the Election Year begins. And were taking a moment for the photographs of the candidates together on this stage. Now, everyone, please rise for the National Anthem sung by ala brown. O say,
Donald trump and senator ted cruz are with me this morning. And when you look at moments like this. A con artist. Youre a choker. Hair force one. Total lightweight. Worst tan in america. Biggest ears ive ever seen. Is it time to ask whether the gop is on the brink of coming apart . My party has gone bat [ bleep ] crazy. Joining me for insight and analysis are charlie cook of the cook political report, Heather Mcghee, Andrea Mitchell of nbc news and erick erickson. Founder of the conservative website, the resurgence. Trump, cruz, sanders. Welcome to sunday. And a special super tuesday edition of meet the press. From nbc news in washington, this is meet the press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Just 48 hours until super tuesday. We have so much to get to so lets get started right away. Hillary clinton had nothing less than a blowout win last night in South Carolina. Clinton beat Bernie Sanders 74 to 26, 3to1 margin. She swept virtually every category especially africanamericans who
Second screen experience. Search fox news debate on goggle any time in the next two hours to access exclusive content. You can see the campaigns respond to the debate in realtime and you can weigh in by voting on the tompics being discussed. Just go to google. Com. Google sees political searches spike during televised president ial debates, no surprise there. But they spike by more than 440 on average, as voters across america seek to learn more about whats happening on the live debate stage. Seven candidates are on that stage tonight. Their position on the stage determined by their standing in the latest national polls. As well as polls in iowa and new hampshire. And here they are. Texas senator ted cruz. [ applause ] florida senator marco rubio. [ applause ] dr. Ben carson. [ applause ] former Florida Governor jeb bush. [ applause ] new jersey governor chris christie. [ applause ] Ohio Governor john kasich. [ applause ] and kentucky senator rand paul. [ applause ] apparently iowa is