>> because nicole wallace is vibrating at a high intensity at this point. she's six inches above her seat. you're freaking out. >> he talks about he is poll numbers on the stump every day for the first 15 to 20 minutes. >> the woman who said i like cruz and it looks like trump is going to win. >> we all said that to some degree. >> trump is not ahead in texas according to the polls. there are some polls that have him tied. but the impression she has is trump is the winner. >> but does ted cruz have any prospects of winning anywhere other than texas? >> he doesn't talk about it. so you have to think a campaign that's been so technically precise. i mean, their predictions in iowa, they had it down, they had the turnout model down to within 10,000 voters. this is a technically and operationally very, very good campaign. so they are not talking about winning anywhere other than texas. >> it's amazing to be a texas senator, thinking that you're going to win texas and not being able to say you're also going to win oklahoma. that's stunning. i mean, if ted cruz, o

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bush, nicolle wallace, former governor of vermont and former chair of the democratic national committee howard dean, and in columbia, south carolina, managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin is with us as well. >> we have to ask nicolle, how is your father. has he called you with gloating calls about trump, trump, trump. >> i will do dramatic reading. [ laughter ] they're super happy. super happy, yeah. >> really. >> yeah. now, my mother has been a registered independent for many years, she went down to the republican party head quarter ins reno, nevada, to register as a democrat to she can caucus with donald trump. >> so they here in and proud. >> howard dean, you've done this before. can you believe what happened the other night with not just trump but bernie sanders. >> he's got the vermont connection. >> holding hillary to 38%. stunning. >> well, bernie's a talented politician. and he is next door, that helps, and he's got a very powerful message. >> does it help? i've heard both arguments. >> i go back as far as dukakis, or ed muskie, the person next door has always won

bush, nicolle wallace. former treasury official and "morning joe" economic analyst steve rattner. also with us from washington, pulitzer prize winning columnist in and associate editor of the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst eugene robinson and in milwaukee, wisconsin, managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin. i'm begging joe to take the day off but i think he's going to come in because i'm off monday. we're both absolutely exhausted. a couple side notes to get to before we get to the debate. not sure they're equally as important. trump signed a baby. did you see this? actually signed the baby. there's the baby with the spiky hair. >> what does that mean "signed the baby"? >> i don't know, willie, when you look at this -- >> oh, my god. >> is that a trump baby. >> look at the hair on the baby. that's a trump baby. >> you have to get that tattooed, that's what you do. >> i'd love to sign your baby. you're not going to want to wash that forehead, you hear me? >> roik rickey bobby. >> there you go. he had a massive crowd in baton rouge last night. we'll get t

bush, nicolle wallace, up all night. and in man chest, new hampshire, mark halperin, also up all night. and in da moon iowa chris jansing who literally doesn't sleep. >> but on a normal night. >> never. >> i was exhausted staying up all night watching nicolle who was up here all night. i have no idea how you're still here. >> you guys are amazing. steve kornacki. >> i know. we have to start this where we ended it yesterday in des moines at 5:00. >> okay. where was that? >> well, willie and i, remember, willie, we were having the conversation we said because it's a caucus we have no idea how this is going to turn out, we're flying blind, and sure enough there were some shocks last night. >> we talked about turn out being the big thing. >> thrilling. >> huge turn out on the republican side, a record by something like 50% over last year's record, 185,000, except the turn out benefited ted cruz and not donald trump. >> and nicolle wallace, i'm going to say something that might get some of the obama people that ran that campa

bush nicolle wallace. >> nicolle, how are you feeling today? >> we were watching. >> we were very worried about you on saturday night. >> i had fun on saturday night. >> you didn't look like you were having fun. >> i was having a good time. >> looked like a difficult time. >> which start. >> the entire part. with you gritting your teeth? >> no, saturday was fun. listen, this stuff is -- if you can detach yourself emotionally it's riveting, right? >> so when do you think that will happen for you? july or august? >> i've talked openly about my ten-step process toward acceptance, my parents are, you know, big trump people so i try to feel their pleasure in the twists and turn this is campaign is taking but, as a republican, it's really an eye opening process to see a guy that sort of takes a -- i mean, you and i talked about this on the air saturday night, see a guy that has come so far toward the far left wing of what the democratic party said about 9/11 prevail among military voters in south carolina. it's amazing. >> what's fascinating is, mika

bush nicolle wallace, "the huffington post" sam stein. in las vegas, managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin. and political reporter from the "washington post" and msnbc political analyst mark halperin. >> i had actually read from a "new york times" report earlier that trump was more caustic last night than usual about pufrping people in the face -- punching people in the face and other statements that he made. you -- you pushed back a bit on that and said it was pretty much business as usual. what's the answer? >> i have been to a lot of trump rallies. i didn't think he more caustic than usual. if anything, i thought he was a little more reflective. it was a very big crowd. he spoke for a shorter period than he sometimes does. >> you do understand, though, when you say he was a bit more reflective and one of his lines was that he wanted to punch somebody in the face that that's a standard. >> you've been to too many trump rallies. >> maybe you've been to too many trump rallies. >> i'm laying them all side by side and making

wallace saying, it's over. he's going to win this thing. yesterday we basically said for ted cruz, it's over. for marco, it's over. unless something really dramatic happens over the next couple of weeks. actually, over the next seven days. >> yeah. >> try to -- try to put this into perspective. in all the years you've been covering american politics -- >> what happened? >> -- what's actually happening out there? >> well, first, joe, we've been wrong for the last seven months. >> well, we've been right and we're catching hell forit right now. >> most of us have been wrong. let's not automatically assume the wisdom has come down and it's over. we've elected fewer than 10%, michael, of the delegates. >> right. >> donald trump has a commanding lead. there is no question of that. next tuesday you'll have egates winner take all. >> almost all of those? >> obviously if he holds it, he's going to be the nominee. there's a 60, 70% chance he'll be the nominee. i think when people say it's over -- >> give me a scenario. >

bush, nicolle wallace, veteran columnist in and msnbc contributor mike barnicle also with us as well. >>> so here it is. donald trump plunged back into controversy yesterday for his refusal to disavow former ku klux grand grand wizard david duke after duke encouraged his supporters to volunteer in trump's campaign. >> will you unequivocally condemn david duke and say you don't want his vote or that of other white supremacists in this election? >> well, just so you understand, i don't know anything about david duke, okay? i don't know anything about what you're even talking about with white supremacy or white supremacists. i don't know. did he endorse me or what's going on? i know nothing about david duke. i know nothing about white supremacists. and so you're asking me a question that i'm supposed to be talking about people that i know nothing about. >> but i guess the question from the anti-defamation league is even if you don't know about their endorsement, there are these groups and individuals endorsing you. would you just say unequivocally you condemn them and don't want their su