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Trump and Clinton net big wins but Sanders and Cruz also see gains – campaign live Trump and Clinton net big wins but Sanders and Cruz also see gains – as it happened
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Here's what we learned on Super Saturday
This was a big day for second-place candidates, as Ted Cruz and Bernie Sanders grab several morale-boosting states.
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And Trump is finished.
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Trump: “we’re going to knock off ISIS so violently, and so fast.” Calls them “a group of animals.”
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Question asked about waterboarding. “A very touchy subject,” Trump says. “I am very in favour of waterboarding; if we can, I want to do much more than that.” Repeats his statement from earlier that “we are playing a different set of rules than ISIS.”
“They drown people in cages, and here we are talking about waterboarding,” he says.
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“I will be the most presidential candidate in history other than honest Abe Lincoln,” Trump says. “But when I get attacked by these people at a low level, I have to attack back.”
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“Marco attacked me viciously. So far, everyone who’s attacked me, has gone down. Look at his numbers.”
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CNN’s Jim Acosta asks Trump about “the thing about the size of your manhood, if you’ll forgive me.” Boos in the room. Trump says “Marco brought it up, the size of my hands. You shouldn’t even be bringing this up, to be honest with you. Everyone says, you have strong hands.”
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Trump says he has “taken more questions from reporters than anybody who has ever lived.” Which seems unlikely.Trump says he has “taken more questions from reporters than anybody who has ever lived.” Which seems unlikely.
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Update: the question from David was about gay marriage.Update: the question from David was about gay marriage.
"David sit down please, sit down, you know my position" @realDonaldTrump tells @dmartosko when pressed on his gay marriage position"David sit down please, sit down, you know my position" @realDonaldTrump tells @dmartosko when pressed on his gay marriage position
Now we’re back on Rubio:Now we’re back on Rubio:
"Even when I don’t win a state I always come in second. Marco’s come in 4th so I think it’s time for Marco to clean the deck," Trump says"Even when I don’t win a state I always come in second. Marco’s come in 4th so I think it’s time for Marco to clean the deck," Trump says
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A reporter called David asks about a position - we can’t hear what. “David. You know my position. David. Sit down. David. Sit down.”A reporter called David asks about a position - we can’t hear what. “David. You know my position. David. Sit down. David. Sit down.”
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Now he takes a few questions from “these dishonest people, the press.”Now he takes a few questions from “these dishonest people, the press.”
We couldn’t hear the question, but Trump loved it. “Lyin’ Ted! I love this guy. I love this reporter. Where have you been as a reporter?” He goes on a riff against Ted Cruz.We couldn’t hear the question, but Trump loved it. “Lyin’ Ted! I love this guy. I love this reporter. Where have you been as a reporter?” He goes on a riff against Ted Cruz.
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Trump mocks Hillary Clinton’s campaign slogan - “make America whole? I think she means, we’re in a deep hole.”
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Trump is now promising that his nomination for the Supreme Court “will make conservatives very happy.” He’s making an almost plaintive request to conservatives not to run a third-party candidate against him. “The Democrats would have an absolute free run. What does that mean? That means that automatically they are going to appoint very, very very liberal judges.”
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“I would love to take on Ted one-on-one,” Trump says. “I want Ted one-on-one.”
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But, he calls for Marco Rubio to drop out of the race.
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Trump is now speaking - finally - in Florida
“It’s been an amazing night - I’ve been in competitions my whole life, and there’s nothing more exciting than this stuff,” Trump says.
He thanks the people of Louisiana and Kentucky, and praises Rand Paul for “fighting hard, fighting us every inch of the way.”
He congratulates Cruz, then makes the easy joke: “he should do well in Maine, because it’s very close to Canada.”
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Trump responds to the Kentucky call:
Thank you Kentucky! #Trump2016#SuperSaturday
He’s due to speak any moment now in Florida.
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The AP calls Kentucky for Donald Trump
BREAKING: Donald Trump wins the Republican caucuses in Kentucky. @AP race call at 10:46 p.m. EST. #Election2016 #APracecall
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On the scene at Trump’s press conference, which has been imminent for a couple of hours now:
Things I have seen in West Palm Beach tonight: A sash made of minks. A man jokingly spanking a woman. A very pregnant woman in spike heels.
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With almost 70 percent of caucus sites reporting, including Jefferson County, where Louisville is, Trump’s lead is still holding at around four percent in Kentucky.
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Four percentage points now separate Trump and Cruz in Kentucky. Not much more separates them in Louisiana.