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FOXNEWSW Fox And Friends First March 16, 2016

It is not gods plan that i be president in 2016, or maybe ever. My campaign is suspended. Only one campaign has beaten donald trump over and over and over again. Not once, not twice, not three times, but nine times, all across the country. We started this campaign at 3 in the national polls. We have come a long way. I have to thank the people of the great state of ohio. I love you is all i can say. Here is where things stand right now. Missouri still too close to call with cruz and trump locked in a tight battle. And donald trump declaring victory in the winner take all state of florida with a wide margin over rubio. John kasich beating trump to take his first win of the primary season in his home state of ohio. But trump came out on top in both illinois, and North Carolina. With ted cruz coming in second in both of those states. So the current delegate count is trump 621, cruz 396, and kasich 138. And for the democrats, missouri also too close to call. Hillary clinton and Bernie Sanders neck and neck right now. But clinton did win the four other states. So that leaves her with 1,561 delegates, and sanders with an even 800. Go we have Fox News Team coverage this morning. Lets begin with phil keating who is live for us in miami. And a lethal blow that donald trump just delivered to marco rubios campaign. Good morning. Yeah, good morning. Absolutely crushing. Recordsetting turnout in floridas critical primary yesterday. 46 of registered republicans and democrats turned out and voted yesterday. And for trump, the polls were spoton. A crushing victory. And for rubio, he is now done. An elated donald trump alongside his wife and Campaign Managers taking the stage at his maralago Palm Beach County resort last night, thanking everybody involved, and congratulating rubio on a tough fight. Despite rubios repeated promises that the polls were way off, they were not. And the state that handily elected rubio senator back in 2010 went decisively for trump, with trump pulling 45 , 18 points more than rubio. We have a great opportunity, and the people that are voting are democrats are coming, independents are coming in, and very, very importantly, people that never voted before. Its an incredible thing. In miami, rubio took the stage with his wife and children, appearing not upset, but matter of fact about his years unprecedented antiestablishment political climate. After tonight it is clear that while we are on the right side, this year, we will not be on the winning side. While this may not have been the year for a hopeful and optimistic message about our future, i still remain hopeful and optimistic about america. And there were signs all day long in florida that this, perhaps, was not to be a rubio shocker. This photo taken in rubios hometown yesterday of west miami. As you can see, all trump. But, for trump, he clearly has a lot of Americans Still yet to convince according to fox news exit polling. Six in ten voters say if this ends up being a donald trump versus Hillary Clinton race, they will seriously consider a Third Party Candidate. Back to you in new york. Although there is no Third Party Candidate right now. All right. Thats right. Phil, thank you so much. Governor john kasich keeping his president ial hopes alive with a big win in his home state of ohio. Molly lyne is live in columbus for what is next for governor kasichs campaign. Molly, good morning. Good to see you. Good morning. Good to see you. Great to be here this morning here in ohio. Big win for john kasich, he needed to win his home state to continue moving forward. Ohio was perceived as a mustwin for the governor, who really would have struggled to justify continuing his campaign after a home state loss. And this was a winner take all contest, so kasich claimed all 66 delegates that were at stake on the gop side. Finally racking up his first win. It was decisive. He ended up by more than 10 . His main rival in the buckeye state, donald trump, did well in coal country and steel country, the appalachian area of the state and the south and bordering West Virginia but not enough for the victory. With some momentum, kasich is now vowing to go all the way to the Republican Convention in cleveland and beyond. Weve got one more trip around ohio this coming fall, where we will beat Hillary Clinton, and i will become the president of the united states. Kasich is now part of a threeman race, moving forward. And he is vowing to continue campaigning. In fact hes already out on the road on his way to pennsylvania, where he has a noon event slated at villa nova university. Still an uphill battle for john kasich. Molly, thank you. Ted cruz now declaring this a twoman race, despite winning zero states in yesterdays contest. So where does he go from here . Garrett tenney is following the Campaign Live from washington, d. C. Garrett, good morning. Abby, good morning. Ted cruz came in to tuesday with a lot of momentum on the heels of beating donald trump in several states, and last night was almost a great night for him, as well. Almost. In North Carolina he narrowly lost to donald trump by about four points, and lost to trump among evangelical voters there by about the same margin. In illinois, it was also close for much of the night, before trump ended up winning by eight points. And in missouri, weve mentioned, its still too close to call. Trump is ahead by less than 2,000 votes and that race will likely come down to absentee ballots. The good news for cruz, second place does count for something in those states, since delegates are awarded proportionally. So no matter what, he will walk away with a decent number of delegates. An even bigger win for him, though, is marco rubio suspending his campaign, making this much more of the twoman race cruz has been calling for. A point he again hammered home last night in his victory speech, despite john kasich winning his home state of ohio. Only two campaigns have a plausible path to the nomination. Ours, and Donald Trumps. Nobody else has any mathematical possibility whatsoever. While mathematically its still a long climb for cruz to reach the 1237 delegates needed to win the nomination outright, but with about 394 delegates right now, hes still more than 200 behind the frontrunner, donald trump. Heather . Garrett tenney live for us, thank you garrett. Well despite what ted cruz says, you heard him there, this is still technically a threeman race. So, what was the Biggest Surprise of the night . Our Political Panel here to weigh in, senior political reporter ashley pratt, and republican strategist and former Communications Aide to the mccain palin campaign, boris eckstein. Thank you both for joining us. Of course. Very exciting night. Were still waiting for missouri. You heard ted cruz speaking there. Hes already declaring that it is a twoman race, but there are three still in the race. So ashley, whats your Biggest Surprise . Anything that surprised you . Its not surprising that marco rubio lost florida. I think it was upsetting more than anything the margin that he lost by. I do think the Biggest Surprise there, however, was that he did come out and suspend his campaign. Something that no one was really expecting given the fact that he said he would be staying in this race until the convention, even if he lost his home state of florida. So i do think that was the Biggest Surprise out of the night. But again, i think very much this is a twoman race, even though kasich is still in, and won ohio. At this point, again, marco rubio i think Biggest Surprise of the night was that he dropped out because he did say that he would get in his pickup truck and drive around the country, even if his campaign was coasting on fumes. Specifically that he was going to go straight to utah. Yep. And he really did wrap it up very quickly this evening. He said, you know, hes out. Boris, what was your Biggest Surprise . Well, that was actually a good move by rubio. My Biggest Surprise, well and i think the biggest person who was most surprised was marco rubio. He did not expect to lose by as much as he did. And he got absolutely crushed in his home state of florida. What a turnaround from the election that he had in 2010 to the senatorial position. He was surprised. I was not surprised by much. I did expect for him to drop out once it was clear that he was going to lose by about 20. And theres not much path forward if you lose your home state. The way he dropped out was smart because now he can turn his sights on to his own future. Hes only 44, 45 years old. Hes got a lot to look forward to and americans do love a comeback story. So i believe the Biggest Surprise was on the part of marco rubio. Not a huge surprise for knee however. The question is where do his delegates go . History so far, in this primary, has shown that most delegates go to donald trump. When jeb bush dropped out, hey, maybe the delegates will go to marco rubio, they did not. They went to donald trump. Chris christie, again, donald trump. So i think youre going to see a lot of that support go to donald trump. Again if you look at the numbers in florida, youre seeing support for donald trump across age, income, education, it is so widespread. Ashley that goes to our next question. What is the key to the republican nomination now, or is it a done deal . Its not a done deal, i dont think yet. But i would say one thing in response to what boris said, last night rubios policy director, one of his aides on the campaign, actually came out and tweeted that their support should now go to senator ted cruz if they wanted to stop donald trump. So i do think that delegates, if rubio still wants to remain in this somehow to take down donald trump, i think that would be convincing delegates to go for ted cruz. Ted cruz is the only one whos still viable, i believe, in this election, to donald trump but he hasnt even won a state. He hasnt even won a state yet. The thing is ted cruz has been able to pick up a majority of delegates in four states so far, even though hes won eight. Even though its eight, so he has four. If he continues to go on and is able to win in utah the path is a little bit unclear for him going forward. But he does have enough delegates to continue on in this race, unlike john kasich who is only able to win one state. Boris, final thought. Two things. One, rubios voters, rubio supporters are not necessarily going to listen to rubios people about who to vote for. Theyve tended to buck the establishment so far and two, of course, if cruz wins all the states from here on out hell be the nominee. Its not going to happen. Donald trump is our nominee. We should be happy about that. Ashley, boris, we will have you back. Hold on. Abby. Very interesting. The time is currently 12 after the hour. So if it comes down to a trump clinton ticket in november is there an appetite for a Third Party Candidate . We are taking a closer look at brandnew exit polls just released overnight. Welcome back to fox friends first. It was a huge night for frontrunners donald trump and Hillary Clinton, eve cementing their status as the candidate to beat. But how did they win . Well, here to examine fox news exit polls released overnight is pollster and partner at mislansky and partners. Good to be here, abby. I love these exit polls because it gives you a sense of how people were feeling going in to vote yesterday. Lets start with florida. You look at the late deciders. Normally donald trump doesnt do well with late deciding voters but in this case he won that won 37 . He won that 37 , but whats interesting is that rubio polled much better with late deciders than he did overall with the electorate and compared to his polling average going into the night. Which just means that when he said he was closing the gap, maybe he was a little bit. It was just too little, too late, for sure. And heres one that really sticks out. A lot of people are talking about this. Asked if it ends up being a trump clinton matchup, four out of the five states almost half say that they would prefer potentially a Third Party Candidate. Well, i think what were seeing is the percentage of people who are not yet comfortable with trump. On the one hand, this number always narrows as people get used to the fact that whoever the nominee is going to be is going to be the nominee. So you can expect a large number of people to move over to trump over time. I think the big question is that the margins, the people who want a Third Party Candidate, do they stay home or do they vote for Hillary Clinton . I think its clear at this point theres going to be no Third Party Candidate who is really viable. So this is really focused on whether trump will be able to bring out the republicans in november. Right. The area that trump does the best in, consecutively, is among angry voters. You look at the exit polls from last night, North Carolina, 40 angry with the federal government, florida, same thing missouri and ohio. I mean that really says something the fact that donald trump did very well in all those states. I think in looking at this number, i was kind of surprised that the number was so low. Because when you think about what the narrative has been about this election overall it has really been about the anger towards the federal government, and no one has captured that better on the republican side than donald trump. He gets more than half in every state and just about half in missouri. Thats not surprising. I think the question is, how this anger translates into enthusiasm for whoever the republican nominee ultimately is, and probably is going to be trump. No surprise here, majority of democrats think clinton would beat donald trump in a general election. Do you see, though, these numbers shifting if it ends up being trump and clinton and people really realize they have a choice between the two . Well, i think first its interesting here that hillary that more people say that hillary is the right choice to beat trump than voted for hillary in most of those four states. So, it may be the one place that hillary has found an enthusiastic audience. When you get in to the campaign, this is going to be a battle if its hillary versus trump. Theres going to be a lot of enthusiasm on both sides. The real question is going to be in the middle, do people move from trump to clinton . Do they stay home . Thats going to be donald trump says he hasnt even started with Hillary Clinton. Michael, thanks for being with us. Interesting stuff. Thanks for having me. All right, heather. And we continue. The time now 4 19 in the morning on the east coast. Donald trump, the clear frontrunner with 19 wins so far. So, is the gop ready to rally around him and avoid a contested convention . Why our next guest says, dont hold your breath. We have something happening that actually makes the Republican Party probably the biggest political story anywhere in the world. Everybodys writing about it. All over europe. All over the world theyre talking about it. Millions of people are coming in to vote. This was an example of it today. Many, many more people. Im looking at the polling booths. Im looking at different polling booths all around the country, where its up and the lines are four, five, six blocks long. Donald trump winning four out of five contests last night. So, is it time for the gop to stop the split and rally the frontrunner . Here to weigh in is ron meyer editor for red alert politics. Ron, were still waiting for missouri, still too close to call there. But is there time for the Republican Party to come together and just admit that trump is in the lead . Whether or not its whats best for the Republican Party, its not likely to happen. We have to remember, just a couple weeks ago, never trump the hashtag was trending worldwide. Theres a Huge Movement to stop donald trump but i dont see them going away. What donald trump needs to do the last two weeks is have a unifying message. Instead its been the protests, his manager manhandling a reporter. Its hasnt been good narrative for him as far as unifying the party and i dont see it getting much better from here. When people in the mainstream republicans are looking at who to pick between ted cruz and trump they have a tough choice, because heres the problem, trumps losing to Hillary Clinton in the latest major poll by 13 . On average hes losing by 7 to her. Then you have ted cruz who is struggling in swing states like florida and virginia. So for people who want to beat Hillary Clinton its really actually a very tough choice between trump and cruz but obviously cruz, among conservatives, would be the more popular choice. Ron, what about kasich . Kasich won his home state of ohio. Trump, i should say, won three states last night. What about kasich . I think kasich is just a little bit more than a spoiler at this point. I mean it was good that he stayed in to win ohio, as far as keeping a contested convention possibility going. He needed to stay in. But im not really sure what his path is here. He cant actually get to the total he needs, the delegate total he needs so hes staying in as a spoiler. He should stay in to hold his delegates but he shouldnt run actively. Speaking after a contested convention, is that the only way forward for the gop . People who want to beat Hillary Clinton would argue that. Because right now, the two leading contenders who are left really statistically, if you look at polls and believe the data, and donald trump loves polls and data, neither of these two candidates are viable in november. Now, something could change.

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