Steve ballmer going off the mini tramp saying if he dunks, they all get a free pair of converse. He has small hands. Are my hands small . I never heard that one. And all that matters. Guys, we have never seen anything like this election. So this is how tough this election has gotten. It is says my boyfriend prefers trump. Im single now. On cbs this morning. I thought chris rock did an incredible job hosting. He was fantastic. In fact, his jokes about the allwhite oscars were so good the academy has already decided they wont nominate any black people again next year. This mornings eye opener is presented by toyota, lets go places. Welcome to cbs this morning, gayle king is off. Were happy to welcome Soledad Obrien to the table. Pleased to have you. Today could be an historic super tuesday. It is the biggest day in the president ial race so far. People already are voting in some of the 12 states, holding primaries or caucuses. 595 republican delegates are at stake, polls show donald trump is favored to pick up most of them. In the democratic race, 859 delegates are up for grabs and Hillary Clinton is predicted to win a big majority. Nancy cordes, peggy noonan, John Dickerson and Major Garrett are covering every angle of the super tuesday contest. We begin with major at a polling station in valdosta, georgia, near the florida border. Major, good morning. Reporter good morning. Were inside Trinity Presbyterian Church as voters trickle in to determine if donald trump will emerge tonight as the likely republican president ial nominee for president. Not so long ago, super tuesday looked tailor made for ted cruz. No more. Cruz and marco rubio trail trump badly and after tonight they given trump in terms of delegates and momentum, elements of his campaign that could prove unstoppable. Trump 49 . Little lightweight marco rubio, 16 . Lying ted cruz 15 . Campaigning in georgia, donald trump sounded triumphant as the tone of the 2016 Republican Campaign turned uglier. There is no room in the Republican Party and there is no room in the conservative moment for the kkk or david duke or anyone who will not condemn them. Both marco rubio and ted cruz tried to turn trumps initial refusal to disavow an endorsement from former ku klux klan leader david duke into a disqualification for office. It is revealing of a willingness to traffic in some very ugly sentiment. Reporter his closest rivals also pounced on rumors that trump took a softer line on immigration during an off the record, therefore, unreleasable session with the new york apparently he told them his real feelings about immigration which apparently are different than what he says in his speeches but it was off the record. So the New York Times wont release it. Donald, if youre sitting in that there, telling the New York Times youre lying to the voters, the voters have a right to note. Reporter New York Times refused comment. Trump said this last night. We had a board meeting, it was off the record. All of a sudden they leak it. Its negotiable on the law. It is negotiablible. Things are negotiable. Ill be honest with you, ill make the wall two feet shorter or something. Reporter his antimedia rhetoric goes far beyond the times. The Political Press is worst of all. Reporter a photographer trying to leave the media pen to cover black lives matter protesters monday was stopped by a secret service agent. Angry words were exchanged and photographer, chris morris, to the ground. I stepped 18 inches out of the pen and he grabbed me by the neck. Reporter the secret service is investigating the incident but tension has been rising at trump rallies. Now anxiety within the Republican Party itself is quite evident. Freshman nebraska senator ben and mel martinez said if trump is the candidate, they will not support him. Nancy cordes is at a polling place in alexandria, virginia, just outside of washington, d. C. Nancy, good morning. Good morning. Virginians are early birds, the polls opening at 6 00 a. M. Even Bernie Sanders would not dispute that Hillary Clinton is going to win a majority of the super tuesday states today. The question is, how many . And will it leave him with a chance, even a small one, to virginia is clinton country reporter clinton country could stretch from virginia to texas today. Shes leading by 20 points or more in polls of all of the Southern States holding primaries. One of those states is arkansas where clinton was first lady when her husband was governor. I think it would take a woman to straighten this mess out. I sure like bernie but what hes suggesting, i cant see any way its financially possible. Reporter sanders looks strong in colorado, minnesota and oklahoma. Plus his home state of vermont. But those states contain less than a third of the delegates up for grabs today. I look around this crowd tonight, i think were going to win here tomorrow. Reporter he and clinton are neck and neck in massachusetts, sanders made a latenight appeal to the states voters. 3. Please come out to vote. Please bri your friends, your family, your neighbors. Reporter and he insisted the race is still just getting under way. More than 15 states in the United States of america. He has promoted free college for everybody. Reporter clinton does still mention sanders in every speech but she has amped up her iq criticism the gop candidates as she looks to portray herself as their most likely rival. The republicre persistent. Persistently wrong. At some point you cant just say whatever pops into your head if you want to be the president of the United States of america reporter last night on the eve of super tuesday, the state Department Released its final batch of clintons 30,000 private emails. In the end, more than 2,000 of those emails were deemed either partially or completely classified. The Clinton Campaign will be glad to get the drip, drip, drip of these email releases behind them but the larger issue isnt behind them, the fbi is still investigating her use of a private server and a federal of her top aides should testify about it. Nancy, thank you. Cbs news election director anthony salvonto is here. Could this be a clean sweep for Hillary Clinton tonight . It looks like it could be a super tuesday for her. She starts with the delegate lead over Bernie Sanders and shes got the lead in the polls, big states in georgia, in virginia and in texas, thanks largely to strong support from africanamerican voters who are so crucial in those states. Bernie sanders hasnt been able to make inroads there. With 859 delegates at stake in 11 states, her lead could become insurmountable. Could donald trump sweep the board . He certainly could. Trump starts today with a delegate lead, 8117 over cruz and rubio. This could be a make or break night for both cruz and rubio. We start with two big states, georgia and virginia where trump their best shot at winning back the white house in november. Watch for whether rubio and cruz have been able to change minds about that. The big state in play, texas, 155 delegates at stake. Even more important is the politics. Its cruzs home state. He needs to hold it. Hes leading in the polls but if trump wins there, it could be a knockout blow to cruz. John dickerson is here along with pegny nygy noonan. Good morning. Whats happening behind the scenes within the Republican Party as they try to stop donald trump . Theres a lot of panic. In conversations yesterday with republican veterans from campaigns and staffers on the hill, theyre terrified about what it would be like to have donald trump as the party nominee. They would wake up every morning and members who are in their own races would have be asked do you agree with what donald trump kkk and white supremacists. Not just what he didnt say but what he did. What lawmakers are noticing is an almost excessive political correctness. When asked about white supremacist, he didnt want to offend and suggest anyone was being a bigot. Thats what shocks lawmakers. He has an unpredictable instinct the. Does it go so far as look for another candidate. The only two options are trying to beat him at the convention and that would only work if he didnt get the right number of delegates. The other thing people are talking about is launching a third party ns candidate. Running a Third Party Candidate and giving conservatives a candidate to back that wasnt the republican nominee. Even before the polls open today on super tuesday, 40 of the vote has been cast in early absentee balloting. Yes. By cruz, too little too late . The attacks by trump and cruz cruz and rubio. Cruz and rubio against trump, you know, the republican consultant class and the Republican Party decided nine and six and even three months ago this whole thing is going to go away. We dont have to take it on. We dont have to attack. When they finally realized, oh, my god, trump and trumpism are real, he could win, they suddenly thought they had to adopt his style and go aggressive and be tough and pugilistic. My sense of it is, it doesnt make anybody look better. They also i always thought rubio and cruz ought to be going at trump, having a conversation about policy as opposed to insulting each other. Im all for consultants beating themselves up but im not even sure if they moved earlier it would have worked. The party is clearly in chaos. Couldnt trump realistically he could break it. You know, he could break it. Imagine what would happen if he racks up a lot of delegates, they get pot convention, it looks like trump has won and is about to win and the Party Machinery finagles it away from him. Trump supporters would bolt the Republican Party. At the same time, if trump waltzes to the nomination, wins, is crowned at the convention, there is a major sliver, maybe not just a sliver at the top of the party, that will start a Republican Party in exile. You can quite imagine that happening. Were seeing something big. And given that, if trump has a great night as is projected tonight and Hillary Clinton does as well, does this increase the chances that we will see Mike Bloomberg enter the race, that we will see another republican, whether its mitt romney or someone else enter on a Third Party Ticket . The think the second option is more likely. People im talking to are trying to find a way to stop trump. Were talking about running a third party republican. Paul ryan seems to be the default choice in republican politics. If you have a problem, go to ryan and get him to solve it. Is it possible trump has appealed to reagan democrats . The reagan democrats who are firmly in the Republican Party he does. Well learn that tonight from the massachusetts results . In massachusetts you have to be a republican already. Reagan picked up democrats in texas in 1976 against ford. That is where it all started. These were people who had been democrats their whole lives and they were jumping over. Kind of a populist. Yes. Were going to know something about the answer to that question from turnout. Turnout tonight is expected to be huge on the republican side. Has that disaffected republicans that havent been voting in a few cycles coming back or is it in some places independents and democrats joining in . And are they actually generations past, were talking about the grandchildren of the reagan democrats. Thank you, peggy. Thank you. Norah and i will join our entire Political Team to bring you super tuesday results tonight in prime time special. Coverage begins at 10 00, 9 00 central on cbs and cbsn will have continuous super tuesday coverage throughout the day. Tune in on roku, apple tv, amazon fire tv and other supported devices. I wish i had all those tvs. I confess i do. How do i get those . Fbi director james comey and the top lawyer for apple are set to testify today about digital encryption before the house Judiciary Committee. A federal judge handed apple a big win. He ruled the government cannot force april toll provide investigators access to a locked iphone in a drug case. The judge rejected the heart of the governments case, relying on the 1789 all writs act. The decision could affect apples standoff with the fbi over the San Bernardino gunmans Clarence Thomas has broken his decadelong silence from the bench. Thomas peppered a government lawyer with questions yesterday in a gun rights case. He last spoke at length in february, 2006 and his questions drew gasps from the audience. This is the courts second week of arguments since the death of justice antonin scalia. President obama hosts Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell and Judiciary CommitteeChuck Grassley today for a discussion at the white house about replacing scalia. Republicans have vowed to block any nomination until after the president leaves office. Sports caster erin andrews faces another emotional day in court. Testimony resumed this morning in her case against a tennessee hotel. She is suing its owner, operator and the stalker after she was secretly filmed in her room in 2008. The online video has been seen nearly 17 million times. Anna werner shows us why andrews says the ordeal left her erin andrews is expected to return to the witness stand this morning. On monday she left a nashville courtroom as the jury watched a video deposition of the man convicted of stalking her. Michael barrett said he tracked andrews down in three cities, including nashville, where he secretly recorded video that would change her life forever. I thought for a few seconds and i was like, oh, my god. Reporter erin andrews sobbed monday as she described the moment she saw a naked video of herself online and called her parents in a panic. Im just like, dad, im naked all over the internet. I dont know what it is. I dont know where i am. I heard her say naked. I am naked. What about my career . What about my life . She was hysterical. Reporter the 37yearold tv sportscaster is suing the owner and operator of this nashville failed to protect her privacy. National marriott could have called me and said were putting this man that requested to be next to you, is this okay . I would have called the cops. Reporter in a recorded deposition, her Stalker Michael Barrett described how he secretly filmed andrews in 2008, choosing her because she was trending online. He said he used a house phone in the Hotel Restaurant and asked to be connected to her room. They connected me. The house phone, concierge phone shows the room number. I knew what room she was in. Reporter he requested the room next door and rigged up peepholes sew could take andrews with a cell phone. My naked body was on the front page of the New York Post post, like they put bars over my body parts. My girlfriend said she was running around new york city throwing coffee on all the papers because she felt so bad. Reporter barrett pled guilty 2 1 2 years in prison. I never thut thisought this would happen. I never thought a hotel would let somebody next to me without telling me. Reporter lawyers for the marriott maintain theres no evidence showing the hotel deliberately placed barrett into that room and that he tricked his way in. He testified that he posted at least ten more videos of other women online. Norah . Disgusting. Terrible. Anna, thank you so much. Donald Trumps Campaign thrived after being declared dead by political pundits. How the billionaire real esits going to be a warm start to march. With record highs again today. Dry air in place and allergies are in full swing. Temps have dropped off into the mild 50s and some upper 40s outside the valley. But thats it for lows this morning. Move. They are sliding east for now. But more will be back as the day goes on. Were hitting th announcer this National Weather report sponsored by brookdale. Bringing new life to senior living. 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