Trump speaks to activists as South Carolina votes in election race

Summary

1. Donald Trump is speaking to his fanbase at the biggest annual gathering of conservatives in the US, just outside Washington DC
2. The event - the Conservative Political Action Conference - has been transformed in recent years into a heavily pro-Trump affair
3. His speech comes as South Carolina votes for who it wants to be the Republican candidate in this year's race to become US president
4. Trump is the clear front-runner, with his last remaining challenger Nikki Haley, who is a former governor of South Carolina, trailing far behind
5. She has been unable to catch Trump and recent polls in the state show she is nearly 30 points behind the former president - but she has vowed not to give up
6. Americans will vote in November and the presidential contest is looking increasingly likely to be a Trump-Biden rematch