| 1 | Republican front-runner Donald Trump on Friday joked, "I know how Billy Graham felt" as he addressed the largest crowd yet of his thriving presidential campaign. |
| 2 | "I would like to have the election tomorrow," Trump crowed. |
| 3 | "I don't want to wait." |
| 4 | Thousands of Alabama voters came out to hear the New Yorker bring his message to the Deep South. |
| 5 | The 40,000-seat Ladd-Peebles Stadium was about half-full when Trump began his speech. |
| 6 | Trump was welcomed by an array of Alabama politicians, including Republican Sen. Jeff Sessions, who praised him for the attention he's drawn to immigration issues. |
| 7 | And Trump led off his speech with more criticism of immigrants living in the country illegally, drawing loud cheers when he repeated his promise to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. |
| 8 | He reiterated his intention to end "birthright citizenship" for children of immigrants here illegally. |
| 9 | Trump also attacked the Obama administration's deal with Iran to restrict that country's nuclear program, calling it "so sad." |
| 10 | And he promised to "repeal and replace Obamacare" - the health care law that's President Barack Obama's singular domestic achievement. |
| 11 | Before Trump arrived, his fans - some carrying signs, others wearing T-shirts supporting the billionaire businessman - spoke of his outsider status in a crowded field dominated by former and current elected officials as the song "Sweet Home Alabama" blared from loudspeakers. |
| 12 | "Donald Trump is telling the truth and people don't always like that," said Donald Kidd, a 73-year-old retired pipe welder from Mobile. |
| 13 | "He is like George Wallace, he told the truth. It is the same thing." |
| 14 | Wallace, a fierce opponent of civil rights, served as governor of Alabama and sought the presidency multiple times. |
| 15 | Kidd said Trump is a "breath of fresh air," and praised him as a businessman with common sense. |