Right now. Nouns noints from nbc news World Headquarters in new york, this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. Good evening. There are two fewer candidates in the race for president tonight. Casualties of a stunning night in american politics in which onetime long shot Bernie Sanders crushed hill hill on his way to a 22point victory in a New Hampshire democratic primary and donald trump leading the rest of the republican field in the dust with a 19point win over his nearest competitor sending new Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Carly Fiorina to the exits. Both announcing today they have suspended their campaigns after poor finishes in iowa and New Hampshire. The New Hampshire survivors have now descended on South Carolina, site of one of the next critical faceoffs. Our Political Team has redeployed two. We begin our coverage with nbcs katy tur. Hi, katy. Reporter hi, lester. Things are about to get interesting. Im already told attacks are being prepped on Donald Trumps three marri
Bring your gun to school and secondly, you dont load it on the school bus on the way. 18yearold Jamarcus Sims is in a heap of trouble this evening, another student on the bus saw what was going on and took action. Sheriffs office initially got the call around 8 35 from a relative of a person on the bus. The student texting that relative about sims and the handgun. The bus was located at the intersection of u. S. 301 and harney road at the time. The bus continued on, the student keeping in Constant Contact with the relative via text. The relative giving 911 dispatchers a play by play to get deputies in position. Deputies eventually stopped the bus at the intersection of u. S. 92 and county road 579. They evacuated the other students safely and confronted sims. And found exactly where the witness said the things were hidden, thats where they located the 9millimeter rounds and a black ski mask. Reporter sims is a student at Brandon Alternative School and sheriffs and School District offic