Jeb Bush drops out of race to White House

CTV National News: Drama in South Carolina

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Thomas Beaumont, The Associated Press
Published Saturday, February 20, 2016 8:51PM EST 
Last Updated Saturday, February 20, 2016 9:18PM EST

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Republican Jeb Bush ended his campaign for the presidency Saturday after a disappointing finish in South Carolina, acknowledging his failure to harness the hopes of Republican voters angry at the political establishment.

The former Florida governor and political scion told supporters that he'd tried to stay true to what he believes. Still, he was lagging far behind in the primary in South Carolina, where his well-organized campaign was outmatched by insurgent billionaire Donald Trump, and Sens. Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio.

"I'm proud of the campaign that we've run to unify our country and to advocate conservative solutions," a visibly emotional Bush said. "The presidency is bigger than any one person. It's certainly bigger than any one candidate."

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Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at his South Carolina Republican presidential primary rally in Columbia, S.C., Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, (AP Photo / Matt Rourke)

Republican presidential candidate, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush speaks at the New Hampshire Forum on Addiction and the Heroin Epidemic at Southern New Hampshire University, Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2016, in Manchester, N.H. (Mary Schwalm / AP Photo)

"I firmly believe the American people must entrust this office to someone who understands that whoever holds it is a servant not the master," Bush said.

The son of George H. W. Bush and brother of George W. Bush entered the race to huge expectations in June, and quickly fueled them with fundraising. Working with a outside funding group that has supported his candidacy, Bush and allies raised more than $150 million by the end of 2015 -- far more than any of his Republican rivals.

However, Bush's presence in the race and fundraising potential wasn't enough to dissuade more than a dozen other Republicans from entering the race, including fellow Floridian, Sen. Marco Rubio.

Bush's failure to ignite was not simply a factor of the size of the Republican field. Bush, like others, was caught off-guard by the durable popularity of political outsiders -- particularly Trump.

The final stage of Bush's campaign became an all-out bout with the outspoken real estate mogul -- the two frequently referring to each other as a "loser." Bush took shots at Trump's lack of experience while Trump attacked Bush's family legacy, particularly the unpopular Iraq war waged by his brother George W. Bush.

Bush, meanwhile, offered himself as an experienced public executive and potential world statesman informed in part by his father's and brother's wartime presidencies. But it wasn't a case strong enough to translate into votes.

There were other problems as well. The policy-oriented Bush was overshadowed in early debates by Trump and Rubio, which dramatically slowed his early autumn fundraising.

Bush went on to finish sixth in the Iowa caucuses, but barely squeezed ahead of Rubio in New Hampshire for a fourth place finish.

South Carolina was viewed as a last early voting state for Bush to make a mark.

Having previously kept his family at arm's length, Bush brought all family ties to the forefront ahead of South Carolina. His father and brother both won the South Carolina primary when they were seeking the presidency, and he had set his hopes high there for a campaign revival.

Despite support for the Bush family among a segment of devoted South Carolina Republicans, Bush himself had a halting final week of campaigning. At a Wednesday town hall meeting in Summerville he was offered more advice than policy questions, the same day he learned South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley had endorsed Rubio.

You just have nothing': B.C. seniors paying for condos where they can't live CTV Vancouver: Seniors forced from their homes Park Place was evacuated in 2013 over cracks in the walls and seniors have not been allowed to return. 428 428 77 CTVNews.ca Staff Published Saturday, February 20, 2016 1:10PM EST For three years, Thelma Mazzei's condo in Oliver, B.C. has stood empty. Along with the other residents of her 43-unit building, Mazzei evacuated her home in 2013. The move came two years after a minor earthquake in the area caused cracks in the floors and walls. The damage prompted an engineer's report, which suggested that the entire building should be vacated. PHOTOS Thelma Mazzei Condo-owner Thelma Mazzei speaks to CTV Vancouver. Condos in Oliver, B.C. Tape and pylons block off the entrance to a condo building in Oliver, B.C. On the advice of her strata, Mazzei and her neighbours left their homes in the Park Place condo complex. The residents say they initially hoped their insurance would step in and pay for upgrades in the building, but three years later, the condos remain empty. In that time, some of the elderly residents have died, unable to enjoy what was meant to be their final home. Others continue to pay mortgages on condos they aren't able to live in. "In all my life, this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me," Mazzei told CTV Vancouver. After pouring their savings into purchasing and renovating the units, some residents say they've been left struggling to afford rent in another location. "I got this and paid for it in cash with all my life savings," Bharbara Klassen, a former resident said. Jocye Welsh, another former resident, added, "It really takes its toll, mentally and physically. You just have nothing." The residents say they worry it was a mistake to agree to leave the building in the first place. And they fear that, now, they might never be able to return. With files from CTV Vancouver

You just have nothing': B.C. seniors paying for condos where they can't live

CTV Vancouver: Seniors forced from their homes

 

Park Place was evacuated in 2013 over cracks in the walls and seniors have not been allowed to return.

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Published Saturday, February 20, 2016 1:10PM EST 

For three years, Thelma Mazzei's condo in Oliver, B.C. has stood empty.

Along with the other residents of her 43-unit building, Mazzei evacuated her home in 2013.

The move came two years after a minor earthquake in the area caused cracks in the floors and walls. The damage prompted an engineer's report, which suggested that the entire building should be vacated.

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Condo-owner Thelma Mazzei speaks to CTV Vancouver.

Tape and pylons block off the entrance to a condo building in Oliver, B.C.

On the advice of her strata, Mazzei and her neighbours left their homes in the Park Place condo complex.

The residents say they initially hoped their insurance would step in and pay for upgrades in the building, but three years later, the condos remain empty.

In that time, some of the elderly residents have died, unable to enjoy what was meant to be their final home.

Others continue to pay mortgages on condos they aren't able to live in.

"In all my life, this is the worst thing that has ever happened to me," Mazzei told CTV Vancouver.

After pouring their savings into purchasing and renovating the units, some residents say they've been left struggling to afford rent in another location.

"I got this and paid for it in cash with all my life savings," Bharbara Klassen, a former resident said.

Jocye Welsh, another former resident, added, "It really takes its toll, mentally and physically. You just have nothing."

The residents say they worry it was a mistake to agree to leave the building in the first place. And they fear that, now, they might never be able to return.

With files from CTV Vancouver

Six dead in Michigan shooting spree; suspect arrested

Police meet early Sunday at Kalamazoo Valley Community College after searching for a gunman involved in multiple shootings Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016 in Kalamazoo, Mich. (Mark Bugnaski/Kalamazoo Gazette via AP)

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The Associated Press
Published Sunday, February 21, 2016 6:49AM EST 
Last Updated Sunday, February 21, 2016 8:29AM EST

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- A gunman who authorities believe chose victims at random shot people in the parking lots of a western Michigan apartment complex, car dealership and restaurant, killing at least six and seriously injuring two others -- including a 14-year-old girl -- during a rampage and subsequent manhunt that spanned nearly seven hours, authorities said.

Forty-five-year-old Jason Dalton of Kalamazoo County was arrested early Sunday in downtown Kalamazoo following a massive manhunt after the shootings began early Saturday evening, said Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley. Hadley said Dalton, who is being held at the county jail, has no known criminal history.

Kalamazoo County Undersheriff Paul Matyas described a terrifying rampage that began about 6 p.m. outside the Meadows Apartment complex in Richland Township, on the eastern edge of Kalamazoo County, where a woman was shot multiple times and seriously wounded. She was scheduled for surgery Sunday morning.

A little more than four hours later and 15 miles away, a father and son were fatally shot while looking at cars at the dealership. Fifteen minutes after that, five people -- including the teenage girl who police originally said had been killed, based on a pronouncement by medical officials -- were gunned down in the parking lot of a Cracker Barrel restaurant along Interstate 94, Matyas said. Police said Sunday morning the injured teen remained in serious condition.

Matyas said authorities did not believe the shootings were targeted at specific people, describing them as "our worst case scenario."

"These are random murders," he said.

Dalton was arrested in a neighbourhood about 12:40 a.m. after a deputy spotted his vehicle driving through downtown Kalamazoo, authorities said. Matyas said Dalton did not resist when approached by law enforcement officers, and one gun in the car. Matyas declined to disclose anything else police may have found in the vehicle.

"We had no problem with him," Matyas said of Dalton's apprehension. "In this particular case, we're just thankful it ended the way it did -- before he could really kill anybody else."

Police said each of the shootings was random and Dalton was the only suspect.

"There's no common denominator with any of these," Matyas said, before detailing each shooting. "This person was just waiting in the parking lot of the apartment complex. The one at ... the dealership, they were looking at cars. The ones at Cracker Barrel, they were just sitting in their cars. "There is absolutely no common denominator ... through race, age, anything."

Matyas declined to offer a possible motive

"This is every community's nightmare -- when you have someone going around just randomly killing people, no rhyme, no reason," he said. "Obviously, we're going to interview the individual and we're hoping to gather ... what he was thinking, what type of methodology he used, if any, in these killings."

Kalamazoo, with a population of about 75,000, is about 160 miles west of Detroit. It is home to Western Michigan University and the headquarters of popular craft beer maker Bell's Brewery. The city also is known for the anonymously funded Kalamazoo Promise program, which has paid college tuition of students who graduate from Kalamazoo Public Schools for more than a decade