talking about people commuting back up to washington. talking about a big trump victory and now they're in nevada for tomorrow and he's got huge polling advantages in nevada where he has big business interest as well. is it old to suggest there's a republican establishment that can unite behind one or another candidate now behind trump, kathleen? >> it doesn't seem like he can be beaten at this point because he not only has all these poll figures in his favor but he has the momentum. it's not only moving with him but ahead of him. ted cruz and marco rubio need to both attack donald trump. there's an emotional feel he's on their team which is another joke. what they can do is make a very clear case how donald trump has crushed the little man on his way to larger and taller monuments to himself. that's the case that can be made and should be made in the next few days. >> they seem to be going after each other. >> i know rubio wants it, i'm sorr sorr sorry. go ahead. >> i would also say that trump is not gone past 40%. he's in the 30s. you

." >>> good evening, i'm chris mathews back in washington. that reference i made to bernie, that's at the university of chicago, the whole hour, starting at 8:00 tomorrow night, the college tour, which we've always loved. he'll be leading the way. five days before super tuesday, we'll be at the university of chicago with senator bernie sanders. meanwhile, last night in nevada, donald trump scored a big win, of course, with record turnout in that state. trump got 46% of the vote. his biggest percentage so far. close to 50 now. three straight contests ahead of super tuesday, which is unbelievable coming tuesday. this morning, he picked up two u.s. congressional endorsements, chris collins of new york, and duncan. meanwhile, super tuesday states, is donald trump completing his hostile takeover, the republican party, that's our question tonight. is it over? trump celebrated his victory last night in las vegas, and promised a lot of winning for the country if he is elected. >> we weren't expected a couple of months ago, we weren't expected to win

let me ask you, robert costa is the national political reporter for the "washington post." we're going to have the top reporters here throughout the evening, as i said. on the ground here now, people are showing up. that's a reflective picture, right? >> it is. i've been checking in with most of the campaigns in the last hour. they say across the state, the college campuses and small rural towns, a lot of turnout. turnout at the middle schools, high schools, churches. not just on the republican side, both sides. >> so a couple reasons, the excitement about the two outlying candidates, is that a fair assumption, hillary clinton and sanders are drawing the extras in? >> a lot of new registrations. i said to my sources, especially on the republican side, are you watching who's signing in? you are register tonight. >> which you can do in iowa. you can do the same thing as a democrat. it's unusual. >> very unusual. it could be a boon for sanders and trump. if they're bringing new people, that's the edge if they win. >> what do you make of this thing that came up earlier today? p

i'm chris matthews in washington. it didn't take long for the political battle to start over filling justice scalia's seat. what is less than zero? the chances of obama successfully appointing a supreme court justice to replace scalia, within minutes of the justice's death.

they don't want bureaucrats in washington telling them how to educate their children. we spend as a nation more for education per pupil than any other nation in the world. not even close. more per pupil, second place doesn't even exist, it is so different. yet out of 30 countries, we're ranked number 30. you have china, you have norway, sweden, denmark, and then you have number 30, the united states. so we spend the most and we're at the bottom of the heam. it's not going to happen anymore, folks. not going to happen. we are going to build our military which i thank because a number of the people came down. a number of the pundits watching tonight. we love our military. we love our military. and by the way, we love our police. our police are terrific. we love our police. they are not being treated properly. we're going to build our military so big, so good, so strong, so powerful that nobody is ever going to mess with us, folks. and we're going to buy, we're going to buy the equipment that our generals, our soldiers, everybody that is in the know want. we're not buying

>> well, washington. >> good afternoon. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. over immigration and social security clashed over the issues with the obama presidency and the legacy. with bernie sanders taking offense to the latest line of clinton attacks. >> i think we have been an ally. have you ever disagreed with a president? i suspect you may have. >> calling the president weak, calling him a disappointment and calling several times that he should have a primary opponent when he ran for reelection in 2012, you know, i think further than saying we have our disagreements. >> one of us ran against barack obama. i was not that candidate. >> alex seitz-wald joins me now. you've been covering hillary clinton going back. what do you make of the debate? >> a new tone to her. it's been striking, much hotter and calmer this time around, and i think that reflect it is larger message. she's the adult. she's the realistic one in the room and lets sanders be hotter and more passionate, but i think that bit you played, it's an issue that was brewing for a while and had it

katy tur has to cover the guy, ralston live is at msnbc political analyst, and back from washington, yes, the former chair of the republican party when it was a normal political party, michael steele. the former chair of the former republican party. also an msnbc political analyst. caucus site, msnbc jacob soborof. you're already in position. we'll get the reality. john, something happened this weekend, starting here on saturday night. something is going on. not here, but out in south carolina. all of a sudden, trump is unstoppable, if you listen to all the nervousness. the titanic is sinking. >> as i've told you, nevada is ground zero. the -- >> what i was -- >> i know what you're talking about. listen, trump is going to win nevada. it's going to be a bad night for the antiestablishment. >> it's going to be bad for. >> exactly. i talked to one of the key advisors, who predicted, predicted that his guy would finish in second, 25 points behind trump tonight. and they thought, well, at least we're going to get second place. how do you argue. >> that's not second place. >> marco rubio c

from the washington examiner, whether it's successful is missing the point. he's doing so on a platform of the republican party that would now exist in washington. joining me now is michael steele. i want to get your reaction to this amazing moment where trump went adversarial on the room. i've never seen in a debate before. it's a strange choice. take a listen. >> how tough is it take property from an elderly woman. >> let me talk. quiet. >> how tough is it? >> a lot of times. that's all his donors and special interests. the reason they're not loving me is i don't want their money. i don't want their money. i don't need their money. i'm the only one that can say that. >> the rnc claims that only 75 of 1,000 seats went to donors. that was a i welcome their hatred moment to quote fdr from donald trump. >> exactly. you see candidates go after the moderator and score the brownie points there. who would go after the audience? donald trump. particularly, when that audience is not his audience. for him it was a win win. he could go in and smack them around. a lot o

it's liberal. 43% of iowa democrats told the washington post they are socialists. god bless them. i'm happy to hear it. it wasn't a must win state. i think he did well enough with an almost win to get a little bit of momentum going. it's not the same as if he had won. it's all we would be talking about if she lost and he won is when does she drop out. we would. we heard a bit of that last night. how quickly does she have to drop out if she loses iowa. it's a tough state. she came in third in 2008. it's not just little league or t ball to say you did really well. she does get the trophy going forward. she did win. she also won -- i watched a little caucus in waterloo which is the most diverse city in iowa where john louis visited the other night. she took those ten delegates, waterloo, iowa looks more like the rest of the country than the rest of iowa does. she really does have a lot of advantages going forward. bernie is changing the narrative. i think he did himself a lot of good there. >> ben, charlie just referenced ethanol. to me, if there was was one unambiguous winner was te

not only has trump adopted that tactic attacking usual suspects like the new york times and washington post, but he's turning it back on the c conservative media who started it in first place. trump seemed to have undermine the network in the eyes of its core audience with perception of the fox news brand among republican adults hitting its lowest point in three years according to a new survey. after being asked about his tax returns at last night's debate he dodged the question by insultinged to moderator using fox news's favorite method of taunting, ratings. >> a year ago you told me on my radio show, the audio in the transcript are out there on you tube that you would release your tax returns. >> true. >> are you going back on your commitment? >> first of all, very few people listen to your radio show, which happens to be true. check out the ratings. >> david, you've covered roger wo has run f who has run fox news since the inception. no response. no one watches you. your ratings are terrible. stick your finger in your ear. >> you would say the student has become the master but dona

he has never gone to a caucus in 40 years, but he's gone back to washington. he said, when i met those people, i thought maybe i better get involved. so there's a lot of that as well. >> all right, you're sticking around. let's sneak in one more break here. we'll be back from iowa in just a moment. in new york state, we believe tomorrow starts today. all across the state the economy is growing, with creative new business incentives, and the lowest taxes in decades, attracting the talent and companies of tomorrow. like in the hudson valley, with world class biotech. and on long island, where great universities are creating next generation technologies. let us help grow your company's tomorrow, today at business.ny.gov at ally bank, no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like vacations equal getting carried away. more proactive selling. what do you think michal? i agree. let's get out there. let's meet these people. i thione second it's there.day. then, woosh, it's gone. i swear i saw it swallow seven people. seven. i just wish one of those people

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maybe vermont, california, oregon, washington state. not too many. >> he gets the left coast but not the east coast. >> i don't think he gets the east coast. he doesn't get ohio or pennsylvania. i'm not sure if he gets new york or new jersey. >> a man without a party. he's not part of the establishment. if he wins tonight, will be republican establishment come to grips with him and say we got to live with this guy? >> if he wins tonight, it's very difficult to see the scenario where he loses. what state does donald trump lose next? he wins tonight, he has a commanding lead in the state of new hampshire. he's a commanding lead in nevada. he has a commanding lead in south carolina. setting himself up to the winner take all states come super tuesday and after. i think the republican leaders look at the potential of a cruz nomination. look at ted cruz and they see somebody who gets 140 electoral votes. leads to a loss of senate and a loss of house. they look at donald trump and see someone with the potential to expand the pool to be able to

. >> all right, "washington post" newsroom. we'll have to take a pause. >> we'll do it. >> all right, ruth, chris, jennifer, i appreciate it. we'll be back monday, "mtp daily" sunday, meet the press on your local nbc station and coming up right now, "with all due respect." >>> i'm john helemann. >> and i'm mark halperin. with all due respect to everything else. >> texas, i'm here to proudly say i'm endorsing donald trump for president of the united states. >>> dallas texas, where everything, including endorsements is bigger. this has been a very dramatic day on the campaign trail. where to start? how about with this huge and surprising endorsement, former new jersey, christieç todd wittman, backing donald trump. fort worth, announced his own new jersey endorsement, governor chris christie. why would a high profile member of the establishment throw his support now behind donald j. trump. here is how christie explained his decision. >> i am proud to be here to endorse donald trump for president of the united states. we sat down

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do you want a proven conservative or do you want a washington deal maker? it's striking this is now effectively a three person race and two of the candidates are washington deal makers. >> joining us now is jonathan elm and stuart stevens and charlie pierce. jonathan, it's a three-way race and two of them are washington deal makers, so he's counting -- i disagree with ted cruz. right now it's a one-man race and unless the other two guys can figure out together or separately how to get in there and disrupt donald trump it's going to be a one-man race for the next several months. >> it may be ted cruz doesn't have long for this race. a new poll out today from texas of likely texas gop primary voters, ted cruz at 29, donald trump at 28, marco rubio at 25. those top three are all basically tied within the margin of era of that poll, that could not be worse news for ted cruz in a poll right now. >> i think it's probably why he rode out the governor. i think if you don't win your home state your out of the race. you got to win. he's got to win texas just as marco

"the washington post" saying she cruised to victory over bernie sanders. this is, in many ways, the speech she's been raring to give as she accepted -- claimed victory in iowa before it was certain. went on to defeat in new hampshire. the campaign trail has not been what the clinton campaign anticipated or expected as recently as six months ago. but tonight, to great excitement and a great introduction by congressman clyburn, she came out and was eventually able to do somewhat is very, very difficult with an election night. big crowds, she brought them to silence. you could hear a pin drop. she brought the throttle all the way back and feathered the prop and she was talking about the black lives matter movement. so big night for her tonight. and our director of elections has passed on word to us that this margin of victory could be truly sweeping and could be north of 40 points when all the votes are counted. we've got 20% in, rachel, and this is a big victory. >> this is only one in five votes count sod far. only 20% in, so there's no reason to extrapolat

. >> clinton responded in a statement to the "washington post" that reads in part, i was talking about the impact violence crimes was having on communities. i shouldn't have used those words. i wouldn't use them today. like the entirety of the democratic party, has changed in 20 years. she now embraces the language of reform, but the legacy of bill clinton's policies continue to be debated throughout the campaign. press conference in south carolina yesterday, senator bernie sanders appeared to attack hillary clinton for another controversial piece of her husband's presidency, welfare reform bill. >> what welfare reform did in my view was to go after some of the weakest and most vulnerable people in this country. and during that period, i spoke out against so-called welfare reform. secretary clinton at that time had a very different position on welfare reform strongly supported it. and worked hard to roundup votes for its passage. >> coming up, we'll talk to a former member of the clinton administration about bill clinton's legacy and the problems it created in the 2016 race. (patrick 1

i went to washington to fix a problem. immigration is a serious problem. it impacts my state and the state that i live in. we are impacted by illegal immigration in a dramatic way. this issue has to be dealt with. each year it gets harder to solve, more difficult to solve, but it is now clear more than ever before that you are not going to be able to do anything on immigration until you first bring illegal immigration under control and prove it to people. not just pass a law that says it and that's how we're going to do it when i'm president. >> u have eluded to the fact that majority is not yet sort of where you might be on what to do for instance with the undocumented. do you think this is what's holding your campaign back? that the difference between third and second or third and first for you is your immigration position? >> no, look, we had 11 people running for president that are running competitive campaigns. 11 people on the ground in iowa spending money, campaigning, working hard themselves to gain voters. so a lot of this is segmented right now.

. >> i've had a lot of experience in looking and learning about what it takes to get things done in washington. >> you are asking the people of iowa here to start you off on nothing short of a political revolution. >> is that right? [ cheers and applause ] >>> this is the day we take our country back. remember that. this is the day we take our country back. so i've got a little notice, in case you see the security guys. the security guys said, mr. trump, there may be some people in the tomatoes in the audience. if you see somebody with a bag of tomatoes, just knock the crap out of them. i promise you, i will pay for the legal fees, i promise. i promise. >> that was today. that was donald trump. when he says security guys, one would presume he's talking about the united states secret service. >> advising your supporters that they should beat the -- it's an unusual year. >> in effect, another day on the campaign trail for donald trump. kate snow is with us, at least 50 feet away from us here in the newsroom with a look at how we got here, this unlikely ride of mr. trump. >> we're going to look a

they don't want bureaucrats in washington telling them how to educate their children. we spend as a nation more for education per pupil than any other nation in the world. not even close. more per pupil, second place doesn't even exist, it is so different. yet out of 30 countries, we're ranked number 30. you have china, you have norway, sweden, denmark, and then you have number 30, the united states. so we spend the most and we're at the bottom of the heap. it's not going to happen anymore, folks. not going to happen. we are going to build our military which i thank because a number of the people came down. a number of the pundits watching tonight. we love our military. we love our military. and by the way, we love our police. our police are terrific. we love our police. they are not being treated properly. we're going to build our military so big, so good, so strong, so powerful that nobody is ever going to mess with us, folks. and we're going to buy, we're going to buy the equipment that our generals, our soldiers, everybody that is in the know want. we're not buying

and his new hotel in washington. >> "the washington post" interviewed about 15 laborers at the d.c. hotel site reporting that many revealed they had entered the u.s. illegally. >> basically the charge is this, mr. trump, you don't practice what you preach on immigration. >> yeah. well, it's wrong. first of all, the one charge is from 35 years ago. i think that's a pretty good record when people have to go 35 years back to find out about workers. now, as i remember it, those workers were hired by another mpany. i just hired a company and they had some workers that were perhaps from poland or some place. and this was the demolition of a building that made way for trump tower. so the workers, chuck, this is 35 years ago you're talking about. by the way the laws were totally different. the laws were not what they are now and totally different. as far as one of the great hotels in the world that's currently being built on pennsylvania avenue between the capitol building and the white house, there were no illegals. we do checks like you wouldn't believe. and they didn't name any names, th

you can go with washington deal makers. >> boo! >> or we can stand together with a proven consistent, constitutional conservative and bring back morning in america. [cheers and applause] >> ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted, ted! >> each of you is amazing, and together we will win the republican nomination. >> yeah! [cheers and applause] >> we will beat the democrats in november. [cheers and applause] and we will restore this last, best hope of man kind that is the united states of america. thank you, and god bless you! [cheers and applause] >> if it isn't record turnout for the republicans, it's awfully close, and ted cruz just became the second person to reference morning in america, having been in a factor in marco rubio's speech. we still don't know who our second place finisher is in south carolina tonight. >> really down to the wire. >> we've only declared the winner. >> that's exactly right. >> we have a five-man race in the republican field with jeb bush suspending his campa

we go to tracie potts in washington. >> reporter: good morning. we heard more of that at a late night rally from donald trump. looking forward to today, the nevada caucuses. they have got 30 delegates up for grabs and this is really the first state where the gop is going to compete with the large latino population. >> the men and women in this room have a national bully pulpit. >> reporter: a final late night push to win nevada. >> this guy is sick. there's something wrong with this guy. >> reporter: the latest poll shows donald trump with a 16 point lead over ted cruz. >> the establishment of the republican party is waking up to the fact that within a couple weeks, donald trump could be unstoppable. >> reporter: not all voters are convinced. >> i just think he's turned this whole thing into the circus. >> reporter: and marco rubio is hoping to score here. >> we can't win if we nominate someone that half of the republican party hates. >> i don't know what makes anyone believe that donald trump's supporters are going to peel off of him and go to so

national correspondent washington bureau chief for buzzfeed. when you're picking a president of the united states, everybody has to endorse up. no super president or chairman of the board to point down and say pick this guy. how do you endorse up? whether you're al sharpton or congressional black caucus. how do you tell to vote for somebody. endorsements matter for president? >> they do in the sense that particularly for african-american voters, there is still a core of the black vote that is largely, you know, not entirely, but that is very much influenced by religious leaders, by the church. that voter who is in a certain demographic, meaning, black voters over 40 who do still believe in the influence of the civil rights move and reverend al sharpton is that second generation, so i think there is still something to be said foreign dofor endorsements. they do still feel they have something to say. now, by the way, the entire sort of weight of the black political class endorsed hillary clinton last time and that didn't way voters at all. they w

available and taken care of, but also that people realize that they have this treasure right there in washington, d.c. >> all right. now, running the library of congress, the nation's library, seems like a pretty noncontroversial position, right? wrong. librarian of congress oversees the u.s. copyright office and a big proponent of information being free and equally available to everyone. not surprisingly, then, here's how the recording industry association of america responded to the news of her nomination. "it is worth noting the library of congress and the u.s. copyright office have been mutually respectful of each other's area of expertise. we hope new librarian will continue that respect for the copyright's office expertise and recommendations to congress." in other words, stay in your own lane. her predecessor has been described as a technophobe. hayden was an outspoken opponent of the patriot act. presumably much like president obama's eventual pick for the supreme court, her confirmation will only be the first in a series of battles. we'll talk about that other battle, the one to fill th

representative jefferies of new york is slamming senator sanders in "the washington post." telling the people, quote, there's no credibility to the things that are being said at the twilight of his political career. and the head of south carolina primary in which african-americans will make up more than half of the electorate, the state's house minority leader, todd rutherford endorsed hillary clinton yesterday before talking up her record on a conference call with other african-american leaders. but bernie sanders has also picked up a number of endorsements along the way from prominent black leaders and elected officials in recent days. influential author coates was added to the list yesterday -- when he'll announce he'll be voting for sanders through that support. and here's what former naacp president and sanders supporter ben jealous had to say about the two candidates yesterday on msnbc. >> for me as a movement person, it comes down to the trio that martin luther king referred to as the giant triplets of evil -- racism, militaryism and greed. when you go by that standa

i'm chuck todd in washington and welcome to "mtp daily." wow, what a -- should we say 24 hours or 15 hours. rubio dropped an opo dump at last night's debate and trump fired back with an explosion of insults and mockery and a potentially game-changing endorsement. today new jersey governor, former presidential candidate, and card-carrying member of the republican establishment, chris christie, threw his support behind donald trump. not surprisingly, it was a carnival-like atmosphere deep in the heart of texas today. and christie wasted no time tearing into a one-time rival, marco rubio.ç >> texas, i'm here today to proudly say, i endorse donald trump for president of the united states! do we need a united states senator for florida who doesn't show up for work? >> no! >> let me tell something to marco rubio. president of the united states is not a no-show job, like you treated the united states senate. >> wow. folks, look, this is a big deal. endorsements in general are overrated. however, timing and symbolism matter. and trump's campaign

donald trump represents strength and marco rubio represents washington, d.c. we don't need any more dc politicians. and so i just want to remind senator rubio, confused about this, president of the united states is not a no show job like he has treated the united states senate. we need an executive on the job, and that man is donald trump. so i am proud to be part of the team. i'm proud to be part of the team that will restore strength and confidence and faith and hope in our country, and it's people again, nothing that has happened in america under barack obama is not able to be reversed by having a strong person in the white house to lead us again, and donald trump is that man. so we're counting on you. we're counting you, oklahoma, when you go to the polls. we not just a win here. we need a trump size dollars win in oklahoma. i think you're going to give it to us. so it is my honor, my privilege, and my pleasure, to introduce to you the next president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. ♪ ♪ >> well, you know, think trump has what he has ne

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when articulate with your crude language the disgust that the voters feel with washington, you win the voters' trust and they stick with you through the ups and downs in your candidacy. >> that's how a billionaire from new york, a land lord, a real estate developer, as people keep saying, thrice married, as cast himself in a character in a springstein song. we'll make a last song. who is with me? i'm out here on the edge of town. who is with me? >> right. that's why his supporters, all these other candidates would lose support. we would rush to our tracking polls the morning after if jeb bush or marco rubio said these things. he dimmed 16 points. trump said these things and he goes on the next morning. finally, us dumb pundits, we finally say, he did terribly but his numbers will go up. we figured it out more recently. what he has is the most important thing in politics. he has the commitment and the intensity of his supporters and they will stay with him through ups and downs. i think if he were anybody else, we would be talking about him on his way to clinching the nomination. >> and

from the shadow of the george washington bridge comes the pugnacious politician from us. catway. he loves the cowboys, spring teen, and telling people to shut up. >> sit down and shut up. >> he's stronger than the storm but is he born to run? >> shut up. >> he's new jersey governor chris christie. >> i think that's my favorite one we've seen so far. >> you know what, i feel like yelling at a teacher. that's how angry i am. >> well, we have shocking, indeed, upsetting news in the world of the 2016 fantasy candidate draft update. today we learned that one of our contestants has zero draft picks still running for president. that contestant would be our good friend, joy reid. today's chris christie news has ended joy's journey, just 37 7 days after her draft show first aired. she had quite a run with her five randomly selected picks, all-star lineup of george pataki. jim webb, rick perry. we reached out to joy. here's what she told us. "let's dispense with this notion once and for all i knew what i was doing when i made my draft picks." her draft pick has come to an end with 5,300 po

it comes on the heel of the pretty intense one-on-one debate we watched last night, which as the "washington post" notes, was, quote, far more intense and far more personal than it has been in the previous face-offs reflecting how close the race has become. one of the biggest clashes came over clinton's ties to wall street. >> being part of the establishment is, is in the last quarter, having a super pac that raises $15 million from wall street. >> i just absolutely reject that, senator. and i really don't think these kinds of attacks by insinuation are worthy of you. and enough is enough. if you've got something to say, say it. directly. but you will not find that i ever changed a view or a vote because of any donation that i ever received. i think it's time to end the very artful smear that you and your campaign have been carrying out in recent weeks. and let's talk -- let's talk about the issues. >> now that exchange highlighting the scrutiny clinton is facing over paid speeches she made to goldman sachs and other groups. chuck todd pressed her on whether she would make the transcripts fr

we go to the white house, they posted an endearing video of 106-year-old washington, d.c. resident virginia mclauren visiting the president and first lady for a celebration of black history month. now, mclauren's energy was so infectious that even the president had a hard time keeping up. >> virginia mclauren. >> hi! >> how are you? >> i'm fine. >> oh, it's so nice to see you. >> it's an honor. it's an honor. >> you want to say hi to michelle? >> yes! >> slow down there. don't go too quick. she's 106. >> no, you are not. you are not. >> well, you got to slow down. >> oh, my goodness. >> thank you. >> i want to be like you when i grow up. >> you can. >> she's dancing. come on! >> oh, my goodness. >> what's the secret to still dancing at 106? >> she's going. >> just keep moving. >> yes. >> we're so happy to have you here. and look at those nails. >> nails are all done. >> whoo! >> whoo! >> those nails. >> yes, sir! i know. i thought i would never be able to get in the white house. >> well, you are here. >> and i tell you -- >> you are here. >> i am so happy. >> and we are ha

he does represent a smashup of washington, d.c. he represents a total leveling of everything that people are angry about. and he has ivanka. i must say she was there last night and she is the generational bridge that he needs because marco rubio, the children of reagan line, is a good line. >> yeah. you know, when you're looking at this -- go ahead. >> no. i mean the only problem with the children of reagan line is it reminds you that he is the young candidate, right? so you have to be careful about using that. but look, i think you still have a problem here when you're going and you're looking not just that trump is winning, but he's winning in a broad swath of voters. it's not just like he's got this one lane he only wins when there's low turnout, only wins conservatives, only wins in these kinds of states. he wins enough across a broad arr array. >> i saw last night late deciders he got crushed among 40% of voters who were late deciders. early voters 60%. >> not only that but donald trump is actually doing what bernie sanders wa

good evening from washington. welcome to "mrksz tp daily". we caught up with hillary clinton on the campaign trail a few minutes ago in south carolina. i'll bring you that in a few moments. first, we're going to start with the big story tonight. houston, we may have a problem. tonight's debate in houston, texas, could very well be the republican party's last shot at stopping trump before he steamrolls his way into super tuesday and towards the nomination. a new poll of super tuesday states that's just out from bloomberg politics has trump with a 17-point lead over rubio and cruz. carson and kasich are off the pace there. if you want a sense of the panic there, here's senator lindsey graham talking reporters about the prospects of trump facing off against hillary clinton. >> i am like on the team that bought a ticket on the tie tan tick after we saw the movie. this is what happens if you nominate trump. i think all the things that we care about are going to be locked in place, and she's going to get to pick supreme court nominees. so don't loo

a bunch of people who know how to coach football and that's the establishment of washington. these outsiders have to hire insiders in order to get anything done and now you've lost the whole point of hiring an outsider. hiring someone who's a fighter, but has a track record of winning and understands how to get things done, that's what you want to do. i'm the nick saban in this race. >> i've never met nick saban, always admired him. >> he wins football games. come on, you want to win championships? do it. >> you heard it here. a closing argument. senator, great to see you again. >> thank you, thank you so much. >>> and coming up, cash in the bank. tons of it. millions of it. sanders and clinton. release some big numbers and we'll follow the money next on a special edition of "andrea mitchell reports" live at java joe's only on msnbc. our cosmetics line was a hit. the orders were rushing in. i could feel our deadlines racing towards us. we didn't need a loan. we needed short-term funding fast. building 18 homes in 4 ½ months? that was a leap. but i knew i could rely on americ

back in washington, robert costa joins us, msnbc analyst as well. the republican party's reacting now to the news of trump's dominance in different ways. for some they are pushing resistance. henry barber, the nephew of hallie barber, a member of the republican national committee said, after trump has won in new hampshire and south carolina, republicans are crazy and are about to blow the white house if we don't rally to stop him, close quote. marco rubio made the case for why the party needed to nominate him. >> we can't win. if we nominate someone, if we nominate someone that half of the republican party hates, we're going to be fighting against each other all the way to november. we will never win that way. i don't care how much you may think they're funny or how interesting they may sound. if we nominate someone that 40% to 50% of our party can't stand, we are going to lose. >> indicatekaty, i don't know w these guys are thinking, but he sounded desperate. we've got a leak in the dike, we've got to stop this thing. >> which is the case right now

>> joining me now, david weigel who covers national politics for the "washington post." i first met you nine years ago and you were the guy covering rand paul, libertarian movement, ron paul revolution. you covered ron paul and rand paul for nine years. why did this not work out? >> think a place that sells really good sandwiches and tries to sell chinese food and pasta. he's trying to be too many people. he didn't have the interest in carrying that off. he thought he could add to his father's coalition. what he learned very wickly and couldn't really undo, if you try to add or change anything to the pure libertarian message, people bolt and don't trust you anymore. >> right, because ron paul actually did much better. he had his bloc, 15% to 20% of the electrate he superserved. rand came from that world obviously and thought he could give a libertarianism light that didn't work. >> he wasn't the america first alternate right person that ron paul was. every time he ran, had pat buchanan-ish views on race in the past and didn't hurt him when it came to foreign policy. peop

that hasn't changed since george washington. we got to produce results now, because a democracy is a fragile organize natural. they have a stake in it, their voices count, their votes count. but they have to see results from their investment in our democracy. it has to work better. our economy has to work better. our politics has to work better. that's what i know how to do, and that's what we have to get done in this election. >> madam secretary, unofficially, not on behalf of nsnbc, congratulations. >> thank you. >> and break a leg on thursday night. even if you're the only one in the chair. >> i'm going to be there. >> you said it, i believe you. >> thanks a lot. take care. >> i'll be there. bye-bye. >> coming up, we're waiting for donald trump to take the stage at a rally in milford, new hampshire. it comes after a surprising second place visit, finish out in iowa. what's he going to say and do tonight to get back in the satle. he is after all the man on horseback. we'll find out any minute. this is "hardball," the place for

they're both for comprehensive immigration reform but let's get to the political realities of what washington is like. >> maria teresa, you were on the ground in nevada recently talking to caucusgoers including first time caucusgoers. in terms of the depth of policy here, is that going to be the grounds on which people make their decision between these two candidates? is that the grounds on which people decide whether or not to go out, whether they feel there's real mastery and commitment on these issues? >> i think that's part of it. when you look at first time caucusgoers, first time voters in most immigrant communities, i liken them to buying their first car. they ask the tough questions to see how much mileage is a car is going to get. if it works, they bet on you. that's what they're doing. if you saw a lot of questions being asked today, they were quite sophisticated for first time voters. they're getting into the meat and potatoes of it. i want to talk about the whole idea what we're seeing on the ground when it comes to why many of the unions don't want to endorse. it's because there

in the campaign you've heard a lot about washington and wall street. we all want to get secret unaccountable money out of politics. that starts with appointing a new justice to the supreme court. who will protect the right of every citizen to vote, not every corporation to buy elections. and we also agree that wall street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. no bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail. but if we listen to the voices of flint and ferguson, if we open our hearts to the families of coal country and indian country, if we listen to the hopes and heart aches of hardworking people across america, it's clear there is so much more to be done. the truth is, we aren't a single-issue country. we need more than a plan for the big banks. the middle class needs a raise and we need more jobs. we need jobs that pay well and can't be outsourced. we can do it by the entrepreneurs and small businesses. we can do it with new investments in manufacturing, infrastructure, and clean energy especially here in nevada, the ce

washington is in gridlock right now. you understand that. >> i know all about this. and i know how things don't get done. >> when you see congress, i think the last time i saw it 9% -- about 9%. we're going to make it better. we're going to bring it up and get things done. >> when you put up a building in new york, there it is that big building on fifth avenue, the trump tower. i'm not in the business. what i've heard about is you have to pay a special percent, maybe 5% to the bad guy. the councilman will stiff you. or a labor union being very difficult. what do you do? how do you scare them into doing what you want them to do or pay them off? how do you get it done? >> i'm the king of zoning. >> what's your technique? >> i deal with people. i hire experts. i hire people that are good -- >> do you pay these guys? >> they're consultants. >> do you pay the -- >> no, i don't. the problem is, first of all, it's dishonest, and i'm an honest guy. if you do that, everybody else comes along and it never ends. if you don't do it, like the old story, you take care of building

who would change washington. he doesn't just win, he runs away with it. so you can't help but look at this poll and say my gosh, he is in strong shape in south carolina. >> al, there are two of those traits that stood out for me with trump, but i would like you to explain them for me if you can. the first is that he dominates on shares religion values and who best understands the black community. can you give an account for how those two things can be true? >> john, i'm going to correct you. it's a rare mistake. he actually doesn't on black community. carson does. he is only at 16. shares your faith, he doesn't do quite as well as some of the others. it seems to me republican voters don't care about race much, and on faith, they kind of forgive him. there are an awful lot of evangelicals there, but it doesn't seem to bother them. >> super interesting, obviously trump strength across, over all strength means that he ends up doing well at a lot of the cross tabs, but you see it strikingly in this one. >> let me make a quick point. i'm sorry. go ahead. i was

washington, d.c., south wards all the way down to the i-4 corridor. but this enhanced risk, a moderate risk of severe storms this is where the best chance of any tornadoes are in eastern north carolina, southeastern sections of virginia today. the raleigh area to richmond, that i-95 corridor, that's where we can see some strong storms. charlotte, noon in columbia, that's when the worst of the storms will be clearing out. by 4:00 p.m. if we're going to have bad tornados between 4:00 and 6:00 in raleigh and richmond is the timing. we have snow on the backside. snow in chicago, detroit, blizzard conditions in indiana, illinois. >> blizzard. tough for a lot of people this morning. hope we get everybody through it. thank you. >>> president obama formally announced his plan to close down the controversial detention facility in guantanamo bay, cuba. >> for many years it's been clear that the detention facility at guantanamo bay does not advance our national security. it undermines it. this is not just my opinion. this is the opinion of experts. this is the o

they're both for comprehensive immigration reform but let's get to the political realities of what washington is like. >> maria teresa, you were on the ground in nevada recently talking to caucusgoers including first time caucusgoers. in terms of the depth of policy here, is that going to be the grounds on which people make their decision between these two candidates? is that the grounds on which people decide whether or not to go out, whether they feel there's real mastery and commitment on these issues? >> i think that's part of it. when you look at first time caucusgoers, first time voters in most immigrant communities, i liken them to buying their first car. they ask the tough questions to see how much mileage is a car is going to get. if it works, they bet on you. that's what they're doing. if you saw a lot of questions being asked today, they were quite sophisticated for first time voters. they're getting into the meat and potatoes of it. i want to talk about the whole idea what we're seeing on the ground when it comes to why many of the unions don't want to endorse. it's because there