Reporters on twitter. Senator sappedders already conceded the race. As soon as she starts speaking we intend to dip in and let you hear at least a little bit of that live, but while we are waiting we want to update you on what is happening here in South Carolina. Voters here are still picking their candidate on the republican ticket. Wis has Team Coverage all over the state for the first in the south republican primary, and our billy gene shaw is covering senator marco rubio tonight. She is in columbia, Meaghan Norman is with the senator ted cruzs campaign in columbia. And chad norris is . Sperg following the donald Trump Campaign. We will start with allie, and we have polls open for another 58 minutes . Reporter absolutely, judy and charles. Right now, the lines here like like they have been all day. The word is steady. Its been a very steady stream as people have been coming in. Was quite a line all the way to the door but that started to dwindle at lunchtime and like we said, steady. People have been coming in throughout the day, never a quiet moment. We are told here like the rest of the state, no real problems. Now, a lot of eyes are on the lexington county precinct, because back in 2012, lexington county brought in nearly one third of the vote for the midlands. While we are waiting for final number, those working in this precinct say they have been, quote, pleasantly surprised, by the number. Something else surprising for the voters is that they have not had to wait in line. They have not seen a lot of other people here. But, that does not mean that there are not a lot of voters. We have been told that now 700 voters have come through this precinct. Anan while we are still waiting on a ballot count for the mid lands, we are told ab seen voting for the midlands is double what it was in 2012. You have one hour now to get out dont forget your id. You can bring a drivers license and passport. We have other valid ids up on the screen now. If you are trying to find out what your voting location is, you can go to s. Esc esc s. C. Votes, and im allie, wis 10. Thank you. Now we will go to chad covering the Trump Campaign supporters, people lined up hours ago to get into his Campaign Rally tonight. Chad . Reporter here it is so much attention on this marriott in spar sperg where donald trump set the south primary. As expected we have not seen donald trump, but he has been vocal on twitter, telling South Carolina voters that the fate of they continue to go the polls for one final hour. Before heading here, i spent time in columbia, where turnout was slow but steady early in the day. I talked to many voters, not one voted for donald trump, one for ted cruz and one for dr. Ben carson and a surprising amount voted for jeb bush. Only two of the group i talked to had even considered voting for donald trump. Take a listen. I didnt vote for donald trump because im not sure he has the soft spoken manners i like with dealing with foreign leaders, if he spoke bruskly or crudely to those leaders, im not sure that that would work i cant stand the guy, i hate to say it. Im not a trump fan. Im not considering him. I think he has the everyman vote, deepdown thoughts and everything, but i dont think he is what this country needs at this moment in time. I think he needs to maybe take another office. But he is just his thoughts are not aligned with mine. Reporter now, trump maintained a commanding lead in most South Carolina polls for a while now, but some recent ones have shown that margin might havenarmighthave narrowed. I also spoke to some donald trump voters, and they believe donald trump will pull out a victory but they believe it may be a nail biter. Live in spar tenburg, chad. Thank you, marco rubio is hoping governor haleys vote at will help him. Our Billy Jean Shaw is in carolina haven, joining us live, billy jean . Reporter thank you. The folks at the camp tell me they are expecting voters to come in. They even jokingly said if they dont have a registration on them they may not gain access to the watcharty tonight. Its interesting to see what type of momentum they gain tonight. Earlier today i spoke with senator rubio at his Campaign Headquarters where he is greeting volunteers. This is a huge lead for the senator coming off the heels of an endorsement from governor nicki haley, haley alongside rubio and tim scott said this is what, quote, the new conservative looks like. That is made up entirely of minorities typically not seen in the Republican Party. We asked rubio if the positive changes is changing the face of theepublican party. I think if you come where i come from, a single parent home, grew up in poverty, where nicki haley came from, immigrant family, my dad was working as a bartender and my mom is a maid, we are conservatives because we believe conservativism is the best way forward for ourselves and our country and our people. Im proud to be part of the new conservative movement. Its taking the principles to people who have not voted for us before. Reporter rubio also has the cross over vote, the sout carolina is an open primary, meaning if you register as a democrat you can still votes a republican primary today. He said he hopes democrats and minorities and ooh even those who dot no tend to support him will find him to be a stand up president if elected. The question is, is marco rubio considering nicki haley as a Vice President . Its something we want to know after the huge endorsement. I will tell you what he said coming up at 7 00. Texas ted cruz is surging at least on the national stage. He is hoping it will translate to a big night in South Carolina, too. Meaghan norman is at the state fairgrounds in columbia, meaghan . The. Reporter its mostly a very large Media Presence as we wait for the watch party for ted cruz which will happen later tonight. All week senator cruz has been campaigning hard here in South Carolina with a rally, last night in west columbia. Immediately after that rally, he flew back to washington, dc, so he could be there today for the funeral of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. And, he went to the funeral today for a man he says he has known for 20 years who he call as lion of the law, and an american hero. And, on the campaign trail, he has said often, since the passing of justice scalia, he hopes he is able to nominate a replacement if he becomes president. Ted cruz continues to campaign hard as he made was last push for voters in columbia last night. This is our chance. [cheers and applause] the latest nbc wall street journal poll shows Donald Trumps lead narrowing and ted cruz closely behind, we will monitor the latest from the cruz camp at the state fairgrounds, live at the fairground, Meaghan Norman. Thank you for the report. John kasich left the palmetto state and will watch the results tonight from the South Carolina primary at his nevada headquarters. Kasich held a rally this afternoon and hosted volunteer training ahead of the caucus in nevada tuesday. His supporters plan to hold a watch Party Tonight in charleston. Stay with wis for continuing coverage of the first in the south republican gop primary. We are following all the candidates as they make their rounds across the palmetto state tonight and we will have the come in on air and on wis t. V. Com. We saw cloudy conditions for primary day. Hi, there, guy, it sums it up, charles. It was cloudy but mild, filtered sunshine, thats what we will have through the even, filtered stars, that is. 62 degrees by the 7 00 hour and by 10 00 falling on through the 50s. Of course, by midnight, 55 degrees. We are watching as the clouds continue to inundate the state. Notice that we do have a few sprinkles in place here. A lot of it is not reaching ground so no major worry. We will see temperatures slowly starting to fall as this wave goes through, 59 in winceboro, 55 in columbia, even though we have a patch of moisture. Fiftyfive here in lexington. St. Matthews and orangeburg for the evening. We are watching the futurecast shows that little wave of energy will quickly move by. We will have partly cloudy skies for the rest of the evening into tomorrow the clouds get thicker that we stay dry, even though we see another wave of energy trying to push through late in the day tomorrow, expect dry conditions sunday. Here is the forecast, folks, 50 degrees for tonight for the overnight low. Seventyfour in place tomorrow i. Will again be mild. But we will have to deal with the clouds and 56 overnight. Of course, i will tell you a little more about the work week forecast coming up shortly. Coming up we will look at how the primary results break down. We are also Still Standing by to hear from Hillary Clinton after heroin in nevada. Her win in nevada and remembering the legacy of donkey sound elephant sound theres a big difference between making noise, tapping sound and making sense. elephant sound donkey sound when it comes to Social Security, we need more than lip service. Our next president needs a real plan to keep Social Security strong. elephant noise hey candidates. Enough talk. Give us a plan. Going back to the Old Neighborhood can be hard sometimes. Walls have been built invisibly around the Old Neighborhood and frankly, opportunity locked out. I spent my entire life in the civil rights movement. I came up in the naacp like my mom came up in the naacp, like my father came up with the congress of racial equality, like Bernie Sanders came up with the congress of racial equality. Black lives matter. We need to combat institutional racism from top to bottom in a broken criminal justice system. Im supporting Bernie Sanders for president and all of us who have joined this campaign are there for the same reason. Hes always fought for a populus position of lets fight for all our families as if they are our own. [speaking spanish] this is the live picturere from nevada where Hillary Clinton has been declared the winner of the nevada caucuses earlier. Just within the last hour or so. We have said much about clinton having a huge lead out there. Bernie sanders said he closed nearly a 25 point gap to give Hillary Clinton quite a challenge but she did pull off the victory. It will give her much needed momentum coming into South Carolina. A big crowd of supporters waiting for Hillary Clinton to take the stage. Meanwhile, senator sanders has issued a statement conceding the nevada caucus saying he just spoke to secretary clinton congratulated her on the victory here in nevada. Im very proud of the campaign we ran. Five weeks ago we were 25 points behind and we ended up in a very close election. From secretary clinton. Meanwhile, Supreme Court justice antonin skaly was celebrated in a funeral mass. His son, reverend scalia, presided over the mass at the what sill ka of the immaculate sunshine, the countrys largest Roman Catholic church. Vice President Joe Biden and his wife were there as representatives of the obama administration. Justice clairns thomas delivered the reading. He died unexpectedly last weekend at the age of 79 and served on the Supreme Court for almost three decades. He is leaving behind his wife, maureen, 9 children and 36 grandchildren. As the polls close, still about 44 minutes before they close here in South Carolina, we will of course be watching the numbers for you as they come in. Lets listen now to nevada where secretary, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is about to speak on her victory in the nevada caucuses. There she is at the podium. Thank you, thank you so much. You know, i am so, so thrilled and so grateful to all of my supporters out there. Some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other. [cheering] and this one is for you. I want to congratulate senator sanders in a hardfought race here. And, i want to thank each and every one of you. You turned out in every corner of this state with determination and purpose. Hotel and casino workers who never wavered, students with too owners who never go off the clock, tens of thousands of men and women with kids to raise, bills to pay, and dreams that wont die. This is your campaign. And it is. It is a campaign to break down every barrier that holds you back. We are going to build ladders of opportunity in their place so every american can go as far as your hard work can take you. And to the thousands of volunteers and organizers who worked so hard in this state, for the more than 750,000 people who have gone to Hillary Clinton. Com. [cheering] and contributed what you could, the vast majority giving less than 100, and to the country, who are supporting our campaign, thank you, from the bottom of my heart. [cheering] we hear you. We see you. We are incredibly grateful to you, because we are in this together. We are looking at our country and see so much that isnt working the way it should. We see grandparents forced to choose between paying rent and buying medicine because a Prescription Drug company has increased prices 5,000 overnight. We see africanamerican families denied mortgages at nearly three times the rate of like families. We see small towns and Rural Communities hollowed out by lost jobs and lost hope. We see a rising generation of young people, coming of age in a world where opportunity seems out of reach. And worst of all, we see or pain or fear. Here in nevada, a brave young girl told me how scared she is that her parents could be deported. You are watching live as Hillary Clinton speaks to her supporters, thanks them as a projected victory in the nevada caucus. Of course, next to the democrats, it is South Carolina where Hillary Clinton held a strong lead over Bernie Sanders and he is mounting a strong challenge as he did in nevada. In the end, Hillary Clinton came out on top. And congressman James Clyburn supported Hillary Clinton and he said part of the reason he did that is to help heroin that allimportant caucus in nevada. We will have more on that in a moment. Right now we will go to sam who is going to to be helping tracking the palmetto state. We have big things coming up at 7 00. Thats right. The polls close at 7 00 and here is how this is going to work. We are going tock breaking this race down, county by county here, as you can see on the legend on the left side of your screen, each candidate has a color. Come in, starting at 7 00, we are going to see the counties light up in respect to who is winning the county at that point. Now, it could change. Keep that in mind. As the numbers come in, a candidate can be l lding in one county and if it changes we will see it light up again. So, as those things change we are going to keep you updated with the very latest and we will be here between 7 00 and 8 00 to talk about where each candidate is leading and will keep you updated with the latest. Charles . Thank, sam. Coming up this thursday, cnn will host the last Republican Debate before voters in texas. And 13 other states head to the supertuesday. That is ted cruz, march 1st. That debate will be at 8 30 from houston, texas. So, far, cnn has not announced who will be the moderator for that one. Stay with us for an update on we wil she says their names. Trayvon martin shot to death. Dontre hamilton unarmed. Sandra bland. Did nothing wrong. And makes their mothers fight for justice her own. She speaks for a city poisoned by indifference. We need action now. And stands with the president against those who would undo his achievements. Just like shes always. Stood with us. Hillary clinton. F since the New Hampshire primary, South Carolina has been party as we head towards todays republican primary in South Carolina. Our jack kensie at the gop headquarters tonight is waiting for the Election Results to come in when the polls close at 7 00. Jack, brings up to date . As you know, the Republican Party has been trying to put its best foot forward as national and state media have been all over the state over the last few weeks. And actually the last few months. Reporting on whats going to happen here in the South Carolina republican primary. This is the Columbia Convention center and this is the Filing Center that has been set up for many of those porters as they try to put their stories in about whats happening tonight. I spoke a short time ago with state gop chairman, matt moore and he says one of the big stories is the early indicator about the kind of turn out we are seeing here. Fiftynine,000 ab seen tee ballots that, is more than twice the record that was set in 2012 and he said thats a reflection of the enthusiasm of voters who they want someone else in the white house and not a continuation of the current democratic administration. I asked moore exactly why he thinks voters are so into the process this time around . People want to turn the page on 7 years and soon to be 8 years of bad policy. People dont want a third term for president obama and Hillary Clinton. What it also is, people are more informed an gauged than ever on online. Our analytics and the web site and social media accounts are through the roof. People are paying attention online and watchingebates, 2025 Million Viewers at each debate. I think thats a very good sign for us, not only tonight in the turnout but through the fall as well. Moore says not only is this going to be a critical test for the front runner, which we presume at this point is donald trump if polls are to be believed. But, also for the second place finish ted cruz and marco rubio, and perhaps it will help win move forward into the rest of the sec or southern primaries. Live at the Columbia Convention center, jack ken zi, w. I. Sivment news 10. Thank, jack, the results will come in at 7 00 when the polls close in South Carolina. Coverage right after this. Hillary clinton wall street should never be allowed to wreck main street again. Americans havent had a raise in 15 years. But i want to go further. Whether its racism Holding People back. Big financial interests, drug companies, the indifference, the negligence. Thats what i want to take on. To root out all of these barriers. And together we will make progress. Im Hillary Clinton, and i approve this message. We are one hour until the polls close. We will contain your coverage of decision 2016 on the day of the South Carolina primaries. Coming up at 7 00, live on wis hmm hmm hmmhmmhmmhmm hmm hmm hmm hmm hmmhmm let us be lovers, well marry our fortunes together [ cheering ] ive got some real estate here in my bag counting the cars on the new jersey turnpike [ cheers and applause ] all come to look for america all come to look for america all come to look for america im Bernie Sanders, and i approve this message. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Her church taught her to do all the good you can. For all the people you can. For as long as you can. After law school, she could have joined a high priced law firm. In South Carolina. Exposed racism in alabama schools. Registered latino voters in texas. And provided legal aid to families in arkansas. Her lifes work has been about breaking barriers. And so would her presidency. Which is why, for every american whos not being paid what theyre worth. Whos held back by student debt or a system tilted against them and there are far too many of you she understands that our country cant reach its potential unless we all do. Together. A stronger country. On this saturday night, high stakes. Politics. The results on a critical test for the democrats in nevada. A republican showdown in South Carolina. Some on this night fighting for survival. The large outpouring and powerful tribute at the funeral of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. Thousands of students at public universities worried about hirtheir futures. Caught in the middle of politics. You want olympic gold. Nightly news begins right now. Decision 2016, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. Its great to be with you on saturday voting day in two key president ial contests. Lets get to the democratic caucuses where nbc news projected Hillary Clinton will defeat Bernie Sanders. Clinton able to hold back sanders charge that followed his win in New Hampshire and complicating his path to the nomination tonight. The polls will close in less than half an