ninan: good evening. i m reena ninan. hillary clinton and her running mate virginia senator tim kaine made their first joint appearance today. it was ray boisterous rally at florida international university in miami, florida, of course, a key swing state, as is caeb s home state of virginia. kaine, was on president obama s short running list in 2008. nancy cordes has more from miami. reporter: the clinton-kaine ticket emerged to massive cheers in miami, lavishing praise on one another. i have to say that senator tim kaine is everything donald trump and mike pence are not. ( cheers and applause ) reporter: kaine is one of 20 senators in history to also serve as a mayor and governor. he is qualified to step into this job and lead on day one. ( cheers ) and he is a progressive who likes to get things done. ( cheers ) that s that s just my kind of guy, tim. reporter: the virginia senator s mastery of spanish was seen as one of his assets. bienvenidos a todos. rep
ninan: good evening. i m reena ninan. hillary clinton and her running mate virginia senator tim kaine made their first joint appearance today. it was ray boisterous rally at florida international university in miami, florida, of course, a key swing state, as is caeb s home state of virginia. kaine, was on president obama s short running list in 2008. nancy cordes has more from miami. reporter: the clinton-kaine ticket emerged to massive cheers in miami, lavishing praise on one another. i have to say that senator tim kaine is everything donald trump and mike pence are not. ( cheers and applause ) reporter: kaine is one of 20 senators in history to also serve as a mayor and governor. he is qualified to step into this job and lead on day one. and he is a progressive who likes to get things done. ( cheers ) that s that s just my kind of guy, tim. smile, tim also has a backbone of steel, just ask the n.r.a. reporter: kaine showed today he s more than happy to attack.
overdoses. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. both the states and the stakes are a lot bigger on this tuesday primary night where the front-runners could draw closer to sealing the deal or wind up in a long and contested slog to the convention. florida, illinois, ohio, missouri and north carolina are in play. for republicans, 358 delegates up for grabs. 691 for democrats, and both parties are very sharply focused on ohio tonight where governor john kasich is best positioned to block a run of the table for donald trump and where bernie sanders hopes to follow up his recent michigan victory with an upset of hillary clinton. our election team is in position to cover it all. let get started with peter alexander in ohio tonight. hi, peter. reporter: john kasich s aides are extraordinarily confident tonight. this is the most decisive day in a republican campaign
clinton. our election team is in position to cover it all. let get started with peter alexander in ohio tonight. hi, peter. reporter: john kasich s aides are extraordinarily confident tonight. this is the most decisive day in a republican campaign that s now officially lasted almost an entire year and the race tonight could be whittled down to two or could be extended for another four months until the republican convention right back here in ohio. donald trump looking for a knockout in ohio. zeroing in on working class voters and taking aim at their popular governor. you ve got to beat kasich. he s not going to be a great president. he s not going to be strong. reporter: for john kasich, it s win or stay home casting his ballot but ignoring trump. you re not going to ruin myself after i voted myself to president. i have nothing to say to him. reporter: tonight crossover voting, reports of a surge of multiple democrats casting republican ballots. he would roll over i
epidemic epidemic. a major alert about a painful secret at homes across america. millions getting hooked on pilots prescribed by their doctors. the cdc warning of a surge in deadly overdoses. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. both the states and the stakes are a lot bigger on this tuesday primary night where the front-runners could draw closer to sealing the deal or wind up in a long and contested slog to the convention. florida, illinois, ohio, missouri and north carolina are in play. for republicans, 358 delegates up for grabs. 691 for democrats, and both parties are very sharply focused on ohio tonight where governor john kasich is best positioned to block a run of the table for donald trump and where bernie sanders hopes to follow up his recent michigan victory with an upset of hillary our election team is in position to cover it all. let get started wi
painful secret at homes across america. millions getting hooked on pilots prescribed by their doctctors. the cdc warning of a surge in deadly overdoses. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. both the statetes and the stakekes are a lot bigger on this tuesday primary night whehere the front-runners could draw closer to sealing the deal or wind up in a long and contestedd slog to the convention. florida, illinois, ohio, missouri and north carolina are in play. for republblicans, 358 delegates up for grgrabs. 6911 for democrats, and both parties are very sharply focused on ohio tonight where governor john kasich is best positioned to block a run of the table for donald trump and where bernie sanders hopes to follow up his recent michigan victory with an upset of hillary clinton. our election team is in position to cover let get started with peteter alexander in oh
doctors. the cdc warning of a surge in deadly overdoses. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. both the states and the stakes are a lot bigger on this tuesday primary night where the front-runners could draw closer to sealing the deal or wind up in a long and contested slog to the convention. florida, illinois, ohio, missouri and north carolina are in play. for republicans, 358 delegates up for grabs. 691 for democrats, and both parties are very sharply focused on ohio tonight where governor john kasich is best positioned to block a run of the table for donald trump and where bernie sanders hopes to follow up his recent michigan victory with an upset of hillary clinton. our election team is in position to cover it all. let get started with ohio tonight. hi, peter. reporter: john kasich s aides are extraordinarily confident tonight. this is the most decisive d
is going to get a lot of support, particularly out west. this crowd in arizona, for example, more diverse than many of the crowds we ve seen for sanders in the past. many of them have been here for four hours. and of course that s going to be the question going forward in this democratic race for hillary clinton if she does manage to lock up this nomination. is she going to be able to capture some of the fervor that these sanders supporters bring to the table? and right now there s no inclination bernie sanders is going to be ready to turn that over to her just yet. assuming they still continue to give him money, he ll be able to keep fighting onward even if it s more difficult than before, lester. kasie, of course the night is not over. still waiting on democratic results in illinois and missouri. but kasie hunt, thank you. let s bring in our chuck todd. chuck, we talked about a scenario in which kasich won ohio. it has happened. significance. well the significance is t
and degenerative brain disease. and pain killer epidemic epidemic. a major alert about a painful secret at homes across america. millions getting hooked on pilots prescribed by their doctors. the cdc warning of a surge in deadly overdoses. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. both the states and the stakes are a lot bigger on this tuesday primary night where the front-runners could draw closer to sealing the deal or wind up in a long and contested slog to the convention. florida, illinois, ohio, missouri and north carolina are in play. for republicans, 358 delegates up for grabs. 691 for democrats, and both parties are very sharply focused on ohio tonight where governor john kasich is best positioned to block a run of the table for donald trump and where bernie follow up his recent michigan victory with an upset of hillary clinton. our election team is in po
and pain killer epidemic epidemic. a major alert about a painful secret at homes across america. millions getting hooked on pilots prescribed by their doctors. the cdc warning of a surge in deadly overdoses. nightly news begins right now. announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. both the states and the stakes are a lot bigger on this tuesday primary night where the front-runners could draw closer to sealing the deal or wind up in a long and contested slog to the convention. florida, illinois, ohio, missouri and north carolina are in play. for republicans, 358 delegates up for grabs. 691 for democrats, and both parties are very sharply focused on ohio tonight where governor john kasich is best positioned to block a run of the table for donald trump and where bernie sanders hopes to follow up his recent michigan victory with clinton. our election team is in position to cover it all. let get start