Published on Mar 12, 2016 
 
 Saturday, March 12, 2016: At a Donald Trump for President rally in Dayton, OH, the U.S. Secret Service had to step in to protect Mr. Trump after a scare from a protester. 
 
 
 
 Donald Trump Has Close Call in Dayton, Secret Service Steps in to Protect ||||| WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 presidential campaign (all times Eastern Standard Time): 
 
 12:10 p.m. 
 
 A group of U.S. Secret Service agents briefly formed a protective ring around Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at his rally in Ohio, but then quickly left the stage and allowed him to continue his speech. 
 
 It was not immediately clear why the agents rushed onto the stage Saturday morning to surround Trump, who appeared to jolt after hearing something in the audience standing behind his right shoulder. 
 
 Four Secret Service agents then rushed onto the stage, as the audience chanted "Trump! Trump! Trump!" The agents quickly cleared. 
 
 Trump did not explain what had happened, but said: "Thank you for the warning. I was ready for 'em, but it's much better if the cops do it, don't we agree?" 
 
 Both the Secret Service and Trump campaign staff did not immediately respond to questions seeking comment. 
 
 Trump was able to finish his speech and did so without apparent incident. 
 
 The billionaire businessman called off a rally on Friday night in Chicago, after protesters filled the arena where he was scheduled to speak. 
 
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 12:05 p.m. 
 
 It's another election Saturday in the presidential race. 
 
 There's a Republican contest in heavily Democratic Washington, D.C. There's a single place to vote — a downtown hotel — and 19 delegates are at stake. 
 
 In Wyoming, Republicans are holding caucuses to select the state's first 12 presidential delegates. Ted Cruz is the only active Republican candidate to have campaigned in the state, which will bring a total of 29 delegates to the national convention this summer. 
 
 Republicans will choose 14 more delegates at their state convention in mid-April. The other three are the state GOP chairman, national committeeman and national committeewoman. 
 
 Hillary Clinton won the Democratic caucus on the Northern Mariana Islands. The U.S. territory located in the Pacific Ocean near Guam held its vote Saturday. Clinton received 54 percent of 189 votes cast to earn four of the six delegates at stake. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders picked up two delegates. 
 
 And results are expected later on the GOP side from Guam. 
 
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 12 noon 
 
 Hillary Clinton is charging Republican front-runner Donald Trump with encouraging "violence and aggression," saying his heated political rhetoric is "wrong and it's dangerous." 
 
 Clinton called heated protests last night at his rally in Chicago "deeply disturbing." She says voters must stand up to "this tide of bullying and bigotry and blustering that is going on in our political strategy." 
 
 She is telling campaign volunteers in St. Louis on Saturday morning: "If you play with matches, you're going to start a fire you can't control." 
 
 Clinton is in the midst of a weekend campaign swing through Missouri and Ohio, ahead of primaries in those states on Tuesday. 
 
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 11:50 a.m. 
 
 Chicago police say two officers were injured when supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump clashed with protesters Friday after he abruptly canceled a campaign rally. 
 
 Police say the two officers were taken to a hospital for treatment and released. No other details about their injuries were available. Police say no other injuries were reported at the event Friday night. 
 
 Police say five people were arrested at the event, but the charges have not yet been released. CBS News says one of its reporters has been charged with resisting arrest. 
 
 Reporter Sopan Deb was on the floor of the arena on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago and interviewed Trump supporters and protesters. He also was taking video of the scene outside of the arena. 
 
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 11:40 a.m. 
 
 Bernie Sanders says Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's heated language is inciting violent outbursts at his rallies, and it's up to the billionaire businessman to stop it. 
 
 The Democratic senator from Vermont was speaking at a news conference Saturday in Chicago. The day before, scuffles between protesters and supporters forced Trump to call off a rally in the city. 
 
 Some of the Trump protesters were chanting Sanders' name as they celebrated the event's cancellation. 
 
 But the Democratic presidential candidate says his supporters are not instigating trouble. He says, they're "responding to a candidate who has, in fact, in many ways encouraged violence." 
 
 Sanders says what the "Trump campaign has been about is insulting Mexicans in a very crude way" and "insulting African-Americans." 
 
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 11:24 a.m. 
 
 As he campaigns in John Kasich's home state, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is taking on the Ohio governor. 
 
 "It's a boring subject, but we'll talk about him anyway," Trump says Saturday as he launched into an attack on Kasich's resume and votes on trade during a rally at an airport hangar outside Dayton. 
 
 Trump points out that Kasich once worked for Lehman Brothers, an investment bank whose collapse in 2008 Trump calls one of the "great catastrophes of the word." 
 
 He also notes Kasich's support for the North American Free Trade Agreement and his stance on immigration. "He's not the right guy to be president," Trump says. 
 
 Trump has ramped up his attacks against Kasich in recent days ahead of Tuesday's presidential primary in the state. The billionaire businessman will campaign later Saturday in Cleveland and Kansas City, Missouri. 
 
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 11 a.m. 
 
 Donald Trump has kicked off a rally at an airplane hangar outside Dayton, Ohio, one day after protesters forced him to cancel an event in Chicago. 
 
 The billionaire businessman addressed the incident at the start of his rally, calling what took place at the University of Illinois at Chicago "a disgrace, if you want to know the truth." 
 
 Trump says his supporters are "nice" and "great" people, but protesters he called "professionally-staged wise guys" were determined to cause problems. He says he was worried his backers would have gotten hurt. 
 
 Trump says, "We would've had a problem like you wouldn't have believed." 
 
 He adds, "We made a decision. And I hated to do this, because frankly it wouldn't have been easier to do. But I didn't want to see anybody get hurt. You would have had a problem like they haven't seen in a long time. Because we have people that are so amazing." 
 
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 10:45 a.m. 
 
 John Kasich (KAY'-sihk) seems to be running out of patience when it comes to Donald Trump. 
 
 The Ohio governor blames Trump for creating what Kasich calls ' "toxic environment" in the presidential race. 
 
 Kasich is suggesting he may not support Trump should the businessman become the GOP nominee. 
 
 He says during a stop in Cincinnati that there's "no place for a national leader to prey on the fears of people." 
 
 Kasich's comments come during a news conference to address the violence that led Trump to cancel a rally in Chicago on Friday night. 
 
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 10:20 a.m. 
 
 Hillary Clinton has won the Democratic caucus on the Northern Mariana Islands. 
 
 The U.S. territory located in the Pacific Ocean near Guam held its vote Saturday. 
 
 Clinton received 54 percent of 189 votes cast to earn four of the six delegates at stake. 
 
 Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders picked up two delegates. 
 
 Heading into a batch of delegate-rich states on Tuesday, Clinton now has 766 delegates to Sanders' 551, based on primaries and caucuses alone. 
 
 When including superdelegates — party leaders who can support any candidate — Clinton's lead is even bigger: 1,227 to Sanders' 576. 
 
 The Northern Mariana Islands is one of five U.S. territories that help choose the Democratic nominee, even though they don't get a vote in the November general election. It has a population of 52,000. 
 
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 10:08 a.m. 
 
 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says a rally in Cincinnati planned for Sunday "is ON" despite concerns about violence that led him to cancel an event in Chicago on Friday night. 
 
 Trump says on Twitter that, "The rally in Cincinnati is ON. Media put out false reports that it was cancelled." 
 
 "Will be great — love you Ohio!" he adds. 
 
 Trump had said in an interview with MSNBC on Friday that, "You can't have a rally in a major city in this country anymore without violence or potential violence." 
 
 He's also continuing to make the case that scenes of protesters clashing with supporters and police on Friday have emboldened those who back his campaign. 
 
 Here's what he tweeted: "The organized group of people, many of them thugs, who shut down our First Amendment rights in Chicago, have totally energized America!" 
 
 Trump is scheduled to speak on Saturday in Dayton and Cleveland, Ohio, and Kansas City, Missouri. 
 
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 9:35 a.m. 
 
 Sharp words from Marco Rubio about Donald Trump and the mess at Trump's canceled rally in Chicago. 
 
 Rubio is still hoping to be the Republican presidential nominee, but he's also said he'd support whichever candidate the party picks. Trump is the front-runner, and Rubio says he'll stick to his pledge, but "it's getting harder every day." 
 
 Rubio says that some of the blame for what happened Friday night in Chicago lies with the protesters, but he says much of the divisiveness is in Trump's hands. 
 
 Rubio says Trump is feeding into some voters' anger and bitterness and is manipulating that for votes. 
 
 Rubio — a Florida senator — is campaigning Saturday in his home state, which holds its presidential primary on Tuesday. 
 
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 9:15 a.m. 
 
 CBS News says one of its reporters has been charged with resisting arrest in the aftermath of Donald Trump's canceled rally in Chicago. 
 
 Reporter Sopan Deb was on the floor of the arena on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago on Friday night and interviewed Trump supporters and protesters. He also was taking video of the scene outside of the arena. 
 
 Some of Deb's video aired on CBS' "This Morning" show. 
 
 At one point, he's seen being thrown to the ground by police and handcuffed. In the video, Deb identifies himself as a member of the news media. 
 
 CBS says Deb has covered the Trump campaign since the beginning. 
 
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 9 a.m. 
 
 Hundreds of people have staked out spots near where Donald Trump's plane will arrive for a rally at a hangar near Dayton, Ohio. 
 
 Long lines of people are passing through security screenings. 
 
 Beverly Joavoe of Covington, Kentucky, says she's been at the site since 1 a.m. She's hoping to shake Trump's hand. 
 
 She says the protests at Trump rallies Friday were "really scary. I hope it won't happen here." 
 
 Claudia Young came to the Dayton rally with her husband, Michael, from Muncie, Indiana. 
 
 It was a raucous scene Friday night in Chicago when Trump called off the rally due to safety concerns after protesters packed the arena where he was to speak. 
 
 Claudia Young's take on that? ". We're supposed to have freedom of speech in this country, but the people who came to see Trump couldn't listen to what they wanted to hear." 
 
 About dozen young protesters are on a corner about half a mile from the Dayton hangar. Messages on their signs include "Make love, not walls," and "Jews and Muslims United." 
 
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 8:55 a.m. 
 
 The political world is closely watching the latest Donald Trump campaign events after the Republican presidential candidate canceled a Chicago rally over fears of violence. 
 
 The GOP front-runner is scheduled to campaign Saturday in Ohio — Dayton and Cleveland — before an evening event in Kansas City, Missouri. 
 
 It was a raucous scene Friday night in Chicago when Trump called off the rally due to safety concerns after protesters packed the arena where he was to speak. 
 
 The announcement of the postponement led a large portion of the crowd inside the University of Illinois at Chicago Pavilion to break out into raucous cheers.
– A group of US Secret Service agents briefly formed a protective ring around Donald Trump at a rally Saturday in Ohio, the AP reports. The agents quickly left the stage and allowed Trump to continue his speech. A spokesperson for the Trump campaign says a man tried to breach the security buffer at the event. Four Secret Service agents then rushed onto the stage, as the audience chanted "Trump! Trump! Trump!" The agents quickly cleared. Video of the incident is here. Trump did not explain to the crowd what had happened, but said: "Thank you for the warning. I was ready for 'em, but it's much better if the cops do it, don't we agree?" Both the Secret Service and Trump campaign staff did not immediately respond to questions seeking comment. Trump was able to finish his speech and did so without apparent incident. A spokesperson says the man who tried to get past the security barrier was "removed rapidly and professionally." Trump called off a rally on Friday night in Chicago, after protesters filled the arena where he was scheduled to speak.