Bowling out after a disappointing finishes in iowa and New Hampshire meeting seven republicans too rumble the first in the south primary in South Carolina nine days from now. The clear politics average polls showing donald trump way out in front in the palmetto state by nearly 20 points over ted cruz who is in second place, those polls taken before trump won the New Hampshire primary. Ted cruz who came in third place but won iowa doesnt think South Carolina wants another dealmaker and when the dust clears it will come down to him and the donald. At this point is becoming more between me and donald trump and what we are seeing is conservatives uniting behind our campaign and if conservatives continue to unite we are going to win the nomination and that is how we win. In the words of the graham it you are not ready to play dont come to South Carolina. Is the race down to donald trump and ted cruz . He will be a bloodbath. Everyone is saying the word bloodbath because South Carolina has s
And good morning. From the Brooklyn Navy yard, the sight of tonights cnn democratic debate. Im carol costello. Thanks for joining me this morning and what a show we have on tap. Getting ready to rumble in brooklyn just 12 hours from now. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders will take to the stage and grapple in their last debate before tuesdays all important primary in new york. Cnn crews have been scrambling to construct this massive stage and the stakes loom even larger. Both campaigns sharpening attacks and firing up supporters. Sanders electrified a reported crowd a record crowd in Washington Square park. Clinton throes her own bombs at the bronx. Looking to stop sanders recent surges of momentum. And on the republican side, things getting even nastier. Donald trump ratchets up attacks on his own party. Ted cruz accusing trump staffers of all being thugs. And lets begin with the democratic debit and joe johns has more on that this morning. Good morning. Reporter good morning carol. B
Can we get that in writing . And you bring us such a different perspective so its good to have you. Speak the eight here we go. Donald trumps team is in washington meeting with hungriest earlier this morning as he looks to build more relationships inside the city and broaden his appeal. We are some lawmakers with north or there and house members who were on the fence also invited this outreach comes as the trump team is taking steps to bulk up the campaign after a rough few weeks and as a new subic cbs poll shows trump swedish raking by seven points since march. Nationwide, that is. Yesterday team trump announced the hiring of Top Republican operative rick wiley as National Political director. Two weeks ago they hired a delegate specialist to help navigate complicated nomination process so some changes behind the scenes. What do you think that does for what we actually see . I dont think its going to change fundamentally the way trump is. I dont think hes capable of doing that. I think