The country but in the last country at couple of days campaigning very hard. There hasnt been a lot about issues but a lot of pounding of rivals for dishonesty particularly ted cruz trump knows as victory tonight will really make it hard for others to catch him. As for ted cruz he has been battling a whole series of allegations about dirty tricks and lying. A the loft allegations from donald trump but also from marco rubio. Rubio is looking to pull off a second place tonight to cast himself as the candidate who can really unite the mainstream republican establishment and be the contender, the conservative alternative to donald trump. Sort of leaves ted cruz in a tough situation tonight, greta. And we shouldnt forget about either ben carson or john kasich. Ben carson today used a phrase that jeb bush used to a met for jeb bush used to describe his own candidacy saying he is the tortoise and its against a bunch of hares its a marathon not a sprint. John kasich has not been spending time in nevada at all. He has been concentrating on the big super tuesdays a week from now and a hoping to wrap up big w win there4 1n carl, what about turnout . Any idea where its going to be blockbuster or snow . Well, blockbuster is a relative term when you are talking about the nebraska caucuses. First four states to vote. This is the first in the west to vote. Caucus. Expecting 0 of the turnout of the republican vote that would be between 50 and 70,000 votes. There has been two other caucuses in the four and eight years past. In both cases the turnout was 7 and 12 respectively. This is not a big turnout affair. Its rarely a blockbuster. Organizational exercise. Both marco rubio and ted cruz were working the Ground Troops aggressively here. Donald trump has not concentrated on ground game. Concentrated on his attention to capture the media and drive the message through his own ideas and rhetoric. He has been very, very tough this he can would. The allegations of dirty tricks and lying. Eclipse most of the discussions of issue. Gret . The president delivering his plan to congress to shut down the Gitmo Detainee center. The 91 detainee suspects remain in prison. Some of them could be headed to the United States. The gitmo fight is becoming a hot 2016 topic. The president is planning to close guantanamo. Maybe even giving it back to the cuban government. This morning i watched president obama talking about gitmo, Guantanamo Bay. , which by the way, which by the way, we are keeping open. Let me say, this mr. President , dont shut down gitmo. Expand it and lets have some new terrorists there. Im not for closing gitmo. Plain and simple. Not only are we not going to close guantanamo. If im president if we capture a terrorists alive. They are not getting a hearing in manhattan and sent to nevada theyre going to guantanamo. We are going to load it up with bad dudes. You dont have the ability to give away vital military assets of the United States of america. To it 16 president ial candidate marco rubio goes on the record. Nice to so you, sir. Nice to talk to you again, greta. Senator, big news again today is get gitmo. Continuation of prior or advertising his over gitmo. Are you saying he cares more about his legacyoy than he does about the american people. There is no national doing. Saying things that al qaeda and ice sis is are attacking us because of gitmo . Thats absurd. They dont have anything to do with gitmo they are attacking us because they are radical jihadists. There is no National Security rationale for what he is doing because many of released from gitmo are returning to the fight against us. Today, we wake up to the news that Spanish Police have arrested a former Gitmo Detainee that returned to the battlefield against the United States. This is all about fulfilling a Campaign Promise to close guantanamo and it leaves america more vulnerable. It isnt going to happen it. We will fight it every step of the way. Would you make that same argument, sir, to president bush because when he was president he released 500 had and on apparently aorderring to the numbers and according to president obama released 1 had had 7. When you get down the chain you get to the more dangerous ones. Would you make that same statement to president bush. Thats important distinction. Some who wound upmd there were some rounded up in operations and didnt pose a threat. As you said the less and less people you have there, more down the line the more dangerous they become. I would say this about anybody who was in favor of releasing enemy combatants who are trained killers from guantanamo, many of whom have been pretty open and expressing their desire to the return to the battlefield against america. Thats, in fact, what many of them have done. They leave and they return to the fight against us. So i would say that about anybody, republican or democrat that puts our National Security at risk. All right. When you talk about release, from my understanding of the plan is that some of them will be transferred. They use the word transfer. But i agree, i call it released too. A number of them who are the more serious one willo be brought to the United States and placed in regional federal prisons here. Do you have object to that . They will be in custody. Yeah, but there is no need for them to be here. Guantanamo is a first rate facility for holding enemy combatants. I visited there personally. There is no rationale or reason for moving them there none whatsoever or bringing them to the homeland of the United States which could create problems for us here. So, i think it goes back to point, why . We have the guantanamo facility. It is a facility that was built and is capable for detaining people such as these. Who are enemy combatants and a war on terror. And thats where this should continue to be held. I think we should be moving more people there if we capture terrorists in the battle field in the fight against ice or whoever it may be we should be taking them to guantanamo as well. There is a press release out of your office in nevada suggesting that your campaign is worried about dirty tricks tonight in nevada. Are you worried about them . Were concerned in the sense that we have seen them in the past in an effort to mislead voters. We saw that in iowa and we saw that in South Carolina. We want to be prepared. The release tells our supporter ifs they run across any sort of misinformation that they report it immediately so we can get the word out. The nevada process is a new caucus. Only had had two. A new process for people participating in it i dont want people to be told that i have dropped out of the race or some of these other silly things that have happened over the last weeks. I think that is a remark against senator cruz since thats what happened visavis dr. Ben carson in iowa. It happened to us to. In South Carolina a gentleman fainted and had a seizure at one of our events. I stopped the event and said a prayer to him. And we ended it because we wanted emergency personnel. They put out a robo call announcing i was dropping out of the race if i didnt win in South Carolina. We want to be prepared for anything that happens. The Cruz Campaign has been a big part of some of those things over the last few election cycles. We want to make sure our voters are aware of the truth and no one isna mislead toward changing their vote because they think something has happened that, in fact, has not happened. Senator, thank you very much. As i say to all the candidates. Good luck, sir, i hope you come back. Yes. Thank you, gretanifn nearly all of the remaining g. O. P. Candidates spending this nevada caucus day in nevada making last minute pushes to get as many votes as possible. First of all, i dont know if my purpose is to be president. My purpose is to be out here doing what i think i need to be doing and well see. Our Political Class in both Political Parties have been failing this country for over two decades. For me, its real simple. I have two guide books, the bible and the constitution. I have met much tougher people than ted cruz. Is he like a baby. When anybody points to his record he is like liar. He is like a soft, weak little baby for comparison. But for lying, he is the best i have ever seen. He is the best. This is a long process and when you get to the winner take all states. We have a marathon here and not a sprint. The on the record Political Panel is here abc political director rick klein and from the daily beast jackie kucinich. Rick, we anticipate that donald trump is going to win tonight. We dont know the numbers for sure what the margin will be probably ted cruz or marco rubio. The personal who comes in three tonight where weather thats cruz or rubio. There is only one name on a hotel when you3q fly into vegas. I think the number three person is going to be at a disadvantage in making a critical argument right now that this should be a two person race, oneonone race. What dr. Carson said is not exactly accurate. This is not a marathon. Its a sprint to even get to the starting line of what could become a marathon between two u maybe a third person but legitimately, if someone is going to stop donald trump it needs to be oneonone. The second place finisher or maybe the first place finisher tonight has that edge going into super delegate tuesday. Supporters of senator marco rubio that they want him because that would be a way to stop donaldi w trump. But the fact is that he has y x not stopped donald trump. I mean, donald trump not only has he won the last two but even in iowa that he came out what wayug ahead of mao rubio and in New Hampshire senator marco rubio was fifth. At some point this argument first is the worst, second is the best isnt going to work forever. It just cant. So marco rubio needs to show he can actually win somewhere. And, he spent a lot of his childhood in nevada. He has spent a lot they have really worked nevada. Now, whether they can turn that in to a wins a we know, nevada caucuses are really hard to poll. Ted cruz has super pac out there knocking on doors. Talk about the ground game and how big it is, he is going to be tough to beat there we will see how much the liar, liar narrative has really dragged him down after this. How can second and third place be winning . I mean, we have heard this now for many months. Where i grew up, the one who comes in first is the winner. Its all about expectations. The Rubio Campaign frankly has been masterful at managing them. They could take a third place fifth frks we can beat donald trump. Donald trump is not going to beat himself. Someone has to beat him. Ted cruz makes the argument im one and two and is he two and one. Ultimately it will happen to happen quickly. As soon as this race goes winner take all marsath, its a national race, donald trump puts himself in overwhelmingly likely position to become the nominee if he is still romping over a divided fieldfn as late as the middle of march. Viewers, now is your vote atn twitter. Accusations of dirty tricks on the trail. Do you think the Cruz Campaign is up to dirty tricks . Tweet yes or no using greta. Senator ted cruz has been back with his heels on this allegation. Taken it from both donald trump and senator marco rubio. He tried to make amends with dr. Carson. In a closet. In a closet. He has really tried to put this narrative down and it just isnt working. Even donald trump is keeping it going with he also sent a letter to the Nevada Republican party preempting any cruz dirty tricks. So, he really is, keeping this alive and he has been really good at that. Rick, jackie, stick around. And 2016 g. O. P. President ial candidate dr. Ben carson creating a controversy today. Dr. Carson in a recent political podcast saying president obama was raised white. G. O. P. President ial candidate dr. Ben carson goes on the record in las vegas. Good evening, sir. Hi, greta. Dr. Carson, nice to see you. Im sure you have seen the controversy about your remarks about president obama being raised white. Can you explain that . Very easily. First of all, you know, it tells you that some people are incredibly sensitive to any racial issue i basically made the statement that the way that he was brought up is not typical of the black experience in america. He was raised in hawaii by two white grandparents. Spent his formative years with his white mother in indonesia. Went to private schools. I mean, it really is not a typical black experience. Thats what i was saying. Take that and say that i was saying that there is something wrong with anybody who isnt brought up black and that racism is rampant and that its causing problems. These are all their interpretations. This is the narrative they want to present. And its so typical. I would think people would all right. The dirty tricks allegation. And i know that in iowa what happened to you is look, that was rotten what happened in iowa with your campaign. I agree with you on that. Do you anticipate any sort of dirty tricks tonight in nevada toward you or toward anybody else . Im not anticipating them. Are we going to be vigilant . Of course we will be. You know, im hopeful that we will get to it a point the very near future where we actually Start Talking about the issues. Because there is such big issues and they really threaten the future of our country. And i really feel bad for our young people because they are not getting any attention. We are spending august of our time talking about silly things. That our fault . The media we start out right away. I asked you the first questions about the remark thats caught everybodys attention about president obama. And then i asked you about dirty tricks. Do you lay that blame on us that we are not talking more about the issues . Well, particularly, you know, when you go to the debates, what do they talk about . He said this about you. He said this about your momma. I mean, give me a break. You know, when we are talking about most americans dont even know what the fiscal gap is and what the implications are in terms of our financial foundation. 17 to 24yearolds who apply for the voluntary service. 71 of them are rejected for physical, mental or educational reasons the vast it effects our security. These are the kind of issues we need to be talking about when you talk to people or rallies or meet them on the street. Whats the issue that they ask you about most . I think the issue that is whats going to happen to our children. Because were being so incredibly irresponsible. And then i get a lot of people who want to know about immigration policy and quite a few who want to know about the bureau of land management. And the fact that our federal government owns 877 of the land here in nevada which makes no sense what sofer. Those probably werent the questions you were asked about land in New Hampshire or South Carolina. It its a big country, isnt it . Yeah, for sure. You know, people always say well, whats different about the voter in this state or voter in that state in the fact of the matter is, one of the blessings of our nation is you can be in maine. You can be in new mexico co. We have basically the same culture. There may be some different issues, you know. You have got Yucca Mountain here in nevada mostvm; dont even know what that is. So, every state is going to have their particular issues. But, we do have a united culture. And were going to have to starlight concentrating on unity in this country once again, not let the purveyors of division who gain their power by strife and division continue to prevail. Dr. Car some good luck tonight as i say to all the candidates and thank you for joining us. Thank you so much, greta. And tonight the fight to replace Justice Scalia is fierce. What just happened . Thats next. Also, you better Pay Attention to this one. Are you in the deadly path . Tornadoes bearing down on parts of the nation and breaking right now a reported tornado touching down in louisiana. On the record is tracking this dangerous storm. [woodworker] i live in the fine details. Thats why i run on quickbooks. I use the payments app to accept credit cards. And everything autosyncs. 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Here is a lit bit of the letter it says our decision is based on constitutional principle and born of a necessity to protect the will of the american people. This committee will not hold hearings on any Supreme Court nominee until after our next president is sworn in january 20th, 2017. And when asked about whether he would even take a meeting with the president s nominee senator Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell said it would serve no purpose and the senate is not going to take any action at all. Here is the white houses response. There is no denying that what republicans are threatening to do in the context of this Supreme Court nominee is unprecedented