you have the people speaking up to say they don't want washington to pick their candidates. they want a say. on the democratic side, bernie sanders has shown the people matter and the people can speak up and change the democratic establishment. hopefully that change is going forward and republicans elect someone sane. >> marco rubio won expectations. big win for ted cruz. can he keep that momentum in new hampshire? i'm not sure. hillary clinton may have won, but it would have been groundhog day all over for her in iowa although she won a tiny bit. donald trump is a loser today. >> maria. >> hillary clinton wins becoming the first woman to ever win an iowa caucus. bernie sanders did great. also a win. the democratic party wins. they are focusing on the issues that all americans care about. compared to republicans who will nominate somebody who is anti-woman or anti-latino. >> all right. ben. go. >> i'll say this. donald trump proves arrogance and cockiness does not win you the white house. ted cruz did better than anyone thought. marco rubio is a guy that has a little mo comi

. >> how surprised are you we woke up after nevada and everybody in washington said, oh, my this guy is most likely to be the next nominee? >> i didn't know thatç well, b i did know him and i think it's been most surprising to me to see somebody who was affable and was good company and, you know, had a reputation of being kind of bigger than life really traffic in a lot the prejudice and paranoia and some of the comments he's made which have been decisive and mean spirited, it doesn't quite fit with what i thought i knew about him. so i think it will be interesting to see what if he does get the nomination he decides to do with it, how he presents himself. but he has really been offensive and in many many respects surprising to those of us who did know him. >> meanwhile, "the new york times" editorial board which endorsed clinton is calling for her to release the transcripts of her paid wall street speeches. sentiments campaign rival bernie sanders agrees with. >> i have talked about the fact that hillary clinton has received many millions of dollars from wall street for her campai

who have shouldered the burden of seven years of washington deals run amok. tonight is a victory for every american who understands that after we survive eight long years of the obama presidency that no one personality can right the wrongs done by washington. during the course of this campaign, people have asked heidi and me are you tired? i will admit it is 16, 18 hours a day, six, seven days a week. we are not tired at all. >> donald trump meantime began his day with a last minute appeal to get iowans out to caucus and his rally was interesting as always. >> i get a little notice in case you see it, the security guys -- we have wonderful security guys. they said, mr. trump there may be someone with tomatoes in the audience. if you see someone getting ready to throw a tomato, knock the crap out of them. just knock -- i promise you, i will pay for the legal fees. i promise. >> in the end, trump's ground game fell short. one member of his iowa team tells nbc news that his events never had enough staffers to keep one the crowds and in some locati locations, the

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. mitch mcconnell said in part, the american people should have a voice in the selection of their next supreme court justice. therefore, this vacancy should not be filled until we have a new president. senator chuck grassley, the chair of the judiciary committee said given the huge divide in the country and this president above all others to use the court to circumvent congress, it only makes sense that we defer to the american people who will elect a new president to select the next supreme court justice. and senator ted cruz told chuck todd on "meet the press" he would stop any nominee at all from even being considered. >> doesn't the united states have an obligation to at least go through the process and have an up or down vote? >> not remotely. p

when you cut taxes by $5 billion and you grow over 400,000 jobs, that is a record that i can take to washington. >> if you add it up, kasich, bush, christie, put carly fiorina in there, even though she's an outside establishment voters, and marco rubio, donald trump would be in the rear-view mirror. but you have this cluster. >> and for kasich, the question is -- he may do well here, but where is he going to do well afterwards? it's hard to see him doing well in south carolina or the super tuesday states. and he does not have the kind of organization that he's built that could actually compete for a national campaign. that is the one thing that jeb does have going for him, while he has burned through a lot of money -- >> it's why ted cruz's campaign is quietly cheering for jeb bush. the ultimate representative of the establishment. but cruz's folks are cheering for jeb here in new hampshire because they want jeb, and more importantly, they want jeb's super pac to keep going to south carolina and keeping its fire on marco. >> we know there are a lot of evangelical tea party members in the south.

when the washington lobbyists settled -- on other candidates in this race, when the media said a conservative cannot win, nationwide over 800,000 contributions poured in to tedcruz.org. >> well, precaucus polls showed donald trump in the lead so what happened? trump campaign insiders say both ted cruz and marco rubio had better ground games and it showed. while adding that second place means trump is a loser in iowa. after tracking easily the shortest speech of the season and appeared humbled. >> so on june 16th, when we started this journey, there was 17 candidates. i was told by everybody do not go to iowa. you could never finish veep in the top ten. and i said, but i have friends in iowa, i know a lot of people in iowa, i think they'll really like me, let's give it a shot. they said don't do i. i said i have to do it. and we finished second. and i want to tell you something. i'm just honored. i'm really honored. and i want to congratulate ted and i want to congratulate all of the incredible candidates. >> although even without taking the top spot, trump remains as confident as ever. >> we

let's go back to wolf in washington. >> our political directors, you are looking at all the numbers. who showed up and what they won. >> he asked the voters as they showed up, what are you looking for in a candidate quality. this will help explain to everyone watching why ted cruz is where he is. take a look at this. among the voters that said i am looking for a candidate who shares my values, ted cruz is demolishing the field. 37% for cruz and 21% for rubio and 16% for carson and 7% for paul. that is 41% of the republican electorate. that was an important quality. when we asked about the quality of someone who can win, the electability question. rubio and 25% for trump and 22% for cruz and 2% for carly fiorina. not as many caucus goers looking for electability as for someone who shares their values. this quality, telling it like it is, that is the donald trump thing. that is what he is campaigning on. 67% of voters looking for a candidate who said i want someone who tells it like it is. only 15% of the republican caucus going electorate is looking for that quality. with four oust te

, they don't like you in washington. and if you want to be liked in washington, that's not a good attribute for president. >> here's a man, robin hood over here. he talks about corruption. on his financial disclosure form, he didn't even put that he borrowed money from goldman sacks ande

the group made the announcement at an event in washington, d.c. and congressman john lewis went after bernie sanders saying this is about the senator's involvement in the civil rights movement. take a listen. >> and i never saw him. i never met him. i would chair the student nonviolent coordinating committee for three years from 1963 to 1966. i was involved in the sit ins, the freedom right, the march on washington. the march in selma. and directed the voter project for six years. but i met hillary clinton. i met president clinton. >> a spokesman for the sanders campaign said bernie is a great admirer of congressman lewis. as he tries to make inroads amongst the african-american voters he got an endorsement from harry belafonte. and they intend to run that in south carolina. we'll show you a section of that coming up in "morning joe." >>> just out this morning a new ad that the clinton campaign will run statewide this weekend and it features a pastor who lost his wife and the mother -- in the mother emanuel church shooting. he praises her record o

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this is to quote "morning joe's" joe scarborough in "the washington post." so is this how the party's abraham lincoln dies? what does this do to the gop? >> this is what the gop has been trying to get away from. when we got into this election they were looking at the autopsy from the last election saying we need to be more engaging of minorities, we need to be more open to other groups, people who don't traditionally vote republican and they've done the exact opposite. they've mored toward a very xenophobic, nativist territory with donald trump at the front. >> let's go over to the democrats, because bernie sanders is now coming out swinging at hillary clinton and swinging at trump. is this new strategy going to get him any more votes? >> he's really having some trouble looking towards super tuesday. doesn't look good for him. and i think just beating expectations may not be enough. there's a lot of delegates that are being handed out on tuesday and hillary clinton looks very strong to get a lot of them when they leave you know when they hit wednesday mornin

let's wrap up the week and talk about the big day ahead in south carolina with kevin robillard there in washington. good morning to you. let's get started with the day after here, we're talking about swirling politics with religion, trump versus the pope and even this cover from "the new york daily news." kind of pretty much says it all. how does this play into the bulletproofness and the unsinkableness of trump, there the daily news calls him the antichrist. >> trump has taken on everyone during this campaign. the pope gets added to the list of targets here. the one thing that trump could say in this case the pope kind of started it in this fight. but, you know, particularly in south carolina, which is coming up, this isn't going to hurt him. even, you know, a huge percentage of voters in south carolina are evangelicals. evangelicals tend to view catholicism in general with a lot of skepticism. so the fact he's in a fight with the pope isn't going to hurt him there. could it hurt him, you know, in states with larger catholic populations as things go down the line say louisiana or a lot of states

. >> for months the republican establishment in washington and elsewhere was convinced that donald trump was going to implode, there was no way his popularity could last, he was saying outrageous things, surely this was going to end and for months you and i have been speaking about this and i have seen no evidence that he can be stopped, that he won't get the nomination. i hope that the republican establishment is realizing that this man is here to stay and they need to rekon with him. >> they probably are. they're trying to at least and i think part of the reason why they're quite concerned tonight is because all of their potential candidates who are if had that cluster for second and third place, it was sort of a circular firing squad. >> john kasich was twice -- donald trump beat him, 16% to 35%. >> voters wanted somebody from outside the establishment, outside politics and that's what they chose. >> wolf, back to you. >> thanks very much. it wasn't close. 50,000 votes he beat kasich in new hampshire. donald trump by 50,000 votes and they're still counting the votes. 91% of the vote i

king marched on washington unafraid to challenge the status quo to end racial profiling, take on police misconduct and take down a system that profits from mass imprisonment. >> there is no president who will fight harder to end institutional racism. >> this, to me, is the defining test of this race. because of where the calendar goes next. where you have either majorities or high pluralities of african-americans in the democratic electorate. if bernie sanders can break through and get a sizeable number, that means a longer race and a changed race. >> and the place to look when we get numbers out of south carolina is younger african-americans because the big question is going to be whether younger african-americans vote their race or their age. younger people have flocked to bernie sanders. and why wouldn't a younger african-american connect with his message the way a younger white person would? that's the argument that the sanders campaign is making. >> that's why you see people in the congressional black caucus come out and more aggressively support hillary clinton as they did last we

we have put washington on the run. and tonight's outcome is a victory for we the people. >> an adviser to cruz tweeting this photo of him calling donald trump last night to congratulate him on his victory. at the same time, cruz's campaign also rolled out this new video targeting trump. >> look, i got the trump action figure. >> no, way, it's huge. >> what does he do? >> he pretends to be a republican. [ laughter ] >> i like bailouts for the banks. >> too big to fail. >> i gave money to pelosi and reid and anthony weiner. >> hey, hillary i'll give you money to be my friend. >> that's a lousy house, i'm going to take your house with eminent domain and park my limos there. >> eminent domain! >> we wouldn't tolerate these values in our children. why would we want them in a president? >> earlier on when the votes were coming in last night, it looked like jeb bush might be able to move into the third place finish, but cruz did creep ahead of him. still, bush's tie for fourth came as something of a sigh of relief to his camp

they're really frustrated with washington. that's why you see the candidates who are from washington. it doesn't get mer washington than two senators running away from that record. marco rubio saying he doesn't want to be in the senate anymore, ted cruz staking himself as an anti-senate senator. there's no doubt they want someone from the outside. they get the sense they're frustrated and angry and donald trump has embodies that for them. >> you have to wonder what that means for those going forward in the senate and the house. voters are saying they're very angry with what they've done. interesting, marco rubio, there was one category that he did win and that was the category essentially people who think that he wanted experience, people who did want experience wanted marco rubio, and he hasn't been in this senate all that long even. >> yeah. you know, he paints himself as a 1-year conservative. that's a new part of his stump speech he's put in there in the past weeks. he kbos back to his time in the florida legislature as a

i don't live in washington d.c. i live in wisconsin so i'm very close to i think what the average, every day republican primary voter looks like and thinks about and i think that there was never an appetite for jeb bush from the beginning. it was -- the idea was that, you know, it sounded good on paper and looked good in a big play book that they put together and they thought they could just really raise a lot of money and create an appetite for it. i think the good news for america sadly for jeb bush is that this proves that money does not buy elections. he had more money than god and he could not convince more than 6% of whatever primary he was in to vote for him. so i think in a sense we can all be happy that elections cannot be bought in the united states. they're really the voice of the people that have to be listened to and i would say from the beginning that there never was on the ground in the base in the grass roots an appetite for a jeb bush campaign. >> we have to leave it right there. thanks so much to b

ted cruz, the worst kind of washington insider who just can't be trusted. >> that's tough stuff. of course ted cruz is not one to sit back and let that happen. he released this ad earlier tonight. >> look, i got the trump action figure. >> no way, it's huge. >> what does he do? >> he pretends to be a republican. >> bailouts for the banks. >> too big to fail. >> i gave money to pelosi, reid and anthony weiner. >> hey, hillary, i'll give you money to be my house. >> check out my house, mr. trump. >> that's a lousy house people going to take your house and park my limos there. >> we wouldn't tolerate these values in our children. why would we want these in a president? >> well, that is the most interesting interpretation of eminent domain i have ever seen. dana, we are now entering a truly new phase of campaign. anyone who thought it was negative before, well, you ever ain't seen nothing yet. >> that is definitely a memorable ad that ted cruz has up but i thought that the donald trump ad was particularly p potentially devastating but if you saw at the end he used the words "trust-ed

and nbc's edward lawrence joins us from washington with more. good morning, edward. >> reporter: good morning, shannon. it seems like the heat has been turned up a notch. both sides republicans and democratic candidates are fighting to make new hampshire count. new hampshire's one of the smallest states in the nation. this week it's the center of national politics. >> i'm pretty excited about where we are. because i believe that people in new hampshire are going to make the right decision. >> reporter: republicans see a crack in donald trump's armor. he finished second in iowa to senator ted cruz. >> we are going to beat hillary clinton and it won't be by a flip of the coin. >> reporter: marco rubio surprised everyone, almost beating trump, finishing a close third. >> we've got the biggest vote ever in the history of a primary in iowa by like 60,000 people came out extra. i'm not going to say it was me, but believe me it was me. >> reporter: trump say he'll win new hampshire. they credit cruz's incredible ground game for the win in iowa. >> we'l

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

he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and then he's offered what he believes is a rather simple remedies. that is something that's really resonating right now. >> but a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe that he could do it. >> that all of these people misjudged the pundits pm they misjudged the anger of the american people. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the frontrunners right now, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015. what do they have in common? they're the outsiders. and they have close to 60 and 70% in some places. and marco rubio now wears the establishment proudly. and the idea you can beat trump from the left, senator rubio himself was asked tell us which state you'll win and he said i'll win florida on march 15th. ladies and gentlemen, by march 15th, 50% of the delegates will have voted. he's skipping the first four contests 0-4, he's not going to win anything on super tuesday, according to mr. rub io himself and he may win florida. i think cruz has a much better chance of winning te

with a funeral held on saturday in washington. scalia's courtroom chair was draped in black yesterday in me more yum. the partisan battle over replacing him continues to up fold. during an iowa radio interview, senate judiciary committee chairman chuck grassley who's in charge of the confirmation hearings said i would wait until the nominee is made before i make decisions. but grassley said he's not open to a confirmation hearing. yesterday, president obama challenged senate republicans to rise above day to day politics. >> this will be the opportunity for senators to do their job. your job doesn't stop until you're voted out or until your term expires. i intend to do my job between now and january 20th of 2017. i expect them to do their job as well. >> and nbc's tracie potts is in washington and tracie, now we have president obama taking direct aim at the republicans. >> reporter: exactly. you know, sometimes we forget that he taught constitutional law. his argument here that this is not a partisan issue, democrats and republican

on education, on welfare, reforming those programs, getting the money and power out of washington. and that's just a fact. again, when you have a record, you have an enormous advantage. that's why he's done so well in the past few weeks, because when you carry your message to 106 town hall meetings, you understand what voters are concerned about, but you also have real ideas, real vision, that resonates with them. so it's been a great campaign. of course, with 12 candidates, you can always find someone who hates john kasich, but the fact is he is the right kind of leader for the country right now. >> all right. i have to leave it there. john, thanks for stopping by. >> still to come in the news room, john kasich and the power of the undecided voter in new hampshire. will his gamble pay off on this primary day? we'll talk more about that, next. see see me. don't stare at me. see me. see me. see me to know that psoriasis is just something that i have. i'm not contagious. see me to know that i won't stop. until i find what works. discover cosentyx, a different kind of medicine for mod

and in a town like washington, d.c. that's become increasingly partisan he's a man that's always had deep and enduring friendships on both sides of the political aisle. he can see the good and the valuable and the funny and the fun and the interesting in everyone. and you know, he was -- he had a tremendous wit. just a tremendous wit. >> tremendous wit. memories from paul cappuccio, a former clerk and very good friend of justice scalia. our thanks to him. later this week cnn will host two republican presidential town hall events in south carolina ahead of the primary there. all six republican candidates will participate. marco rubio, ted cruz, ben carson will appear on wednesday night. donald trump, jeb bush, john kasich will appear thursday night. both town halls hosted by our very own anderson cooper. they both begin at 8:00 p.m. eastern time. the town halls will give south carolina voters the opportunity to question directly the candidates and of course the passing of supreme court justice scalia will be addressed as

cnn special coverage from washington, now begins. >>> we're counting down to two crucial contests in two states. >> both the democrats and the republicans have a lot on the line. >> announcer: it's a whole new climate in the presidential campaign with the first contests in the south and the west, the candidates are turning up the heat. >> it's not enough just to be against thing. >> they're throwing everything at me, except the kitchen sink. >> ted cruz, i think he's an unstable person. >> you noticed how rattled donald gets? boy, he really -- he lost. >> he is a liar. >> announcer: right now, in the democratic race, it's nevada's choice. hillary clinton, planning to look like a front-runner again, after her crushing loss to bernie sanders in new hampshire. it's the first battleground where minority voters could decide the winner. will they rally behind clinton and her her rebound? >> it's not whether you get knocked down that matters. it's whether you get back up! >> announcer: or will nevada feel the burn? >> a funny thing happened. the people became involved in the campaign. >> an

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 heartaches 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, jobs that provide dignity and a future. we can do it by unleashing the innovation of our entrepreneurs and small businesses. we can do it with new investments in manufacturin

win the general election and take on the washington establishment. and in keeping with the state's late breaking tradition, 43% of south carolina voters say they either have not made up their minds or could still be persuaded to support someone other than their first choice. however, a majority of trump supports and cruz supporters say say not with us, we are locked in. >>> after being threatened with a lawsuit, ted cruz has a singular message, yeah, bring it on. during a news conference yesterday, cruz read from a cease and desist letter his campaign received from a lawyer for trump and they're demanding that the cruz campaign stop playing the ad you're seeing right here because it shows part of a 1999 "meet the press" interview where trump said at the time he was very pro-choice. cruz insists he'll keep playing it on tv and dared trump to bring on that suit. >> to mr. trump, you have been threatening frivolous lawsuits for your entire adult life. even in the annals of frivolous lawsuits, this takes the cake. so donald, i would encourage you if you

. >> together we have sent the message that will echo from wall street to washington, from maine to california. that is what the political revolution is about. >> sanders will be in new york city this morning for a breakfast meeting with reverend al sharpton at harlem's famed sylvia's restaurant. clinton's aspirations ride on winning the minority vote in nevada and south carolina, a demographic she has polled highly. clinton got a 23-point lead over sanders among likely caucusgoers. her firewall is well intact, according to the nbc news/"wall street journal"/marist poll she leads sanders there by a wide margin. >>> happening overnight, nbc news reports that the clinton campaign will bring on jennifer o'malley dillon, the former deputy campaign manager for president obama's 2012 re-election campaign. >>> a dire warning from top u.s. intelligence officials on capitol hill tuesday where director of national intelligence james clapper told lawmakers he could not recall a time with more diverse and array of challenges and crises. clapper discussed isis which he called the preeminent global terroris

. >>> he h >>> hello, i'm jake tapper in washington. both leading candidates picked up wins and the night's biggest wins will all be right here. first up, donald trump, who sealed a diecisive victory in south carolina, ten points ahead of his closest rivals, marco rubio and ted cruz, who battled for the second-place trophy with rubio ultimately winning it by a nose. in nevada, hillary clinton winning a hard-fought race against bernie sanders. both of them will be here shortly. but first, let's get right to donald trump, who basked in his big win. >> there's nothing easy about running for president, i can tell you. it's tough, it's nasty, it's mean, it's vicious, it's beautiful. when you win, it's beautiful. >> and the winner of the south carolina republican primary, donald trump, joins us right now. mr. trump, congratulations on your victory. what do you think this means for the race going forward? are you unstoppable? >> well, certainly you can be stopped. i'm dealing with very talented people. they're politicians, they're senators and

as the washington examiner points out 1.2 million people voted in republican primaries and caucuses so far. that's up 24% from 2012. these contrasting trends in voter turn out between democrats and republicans should not concern bernie sanders but could be a warning to the entire democratic party. are democrats suffering from enthusiasm gap and will that haunt them in november. joy, there's a bunch of ways you can read this data. what is your read of this so far? >> there's a couple ways to read it. one way is the shadow reelect phenomenon where democrats already have the white house. they are not motivated to take back the white house. they believe a lot of democratic voters assume hillary clinton will be the nominee, don't feel any urgency to go out and do anything about this. they may come back in the fall. the danger for bernie sanders is in that presumption is whether he has an actual chance of being the nominee meaning there's less nomination thinking he isn't going to win any way. the people northeast motivated to make a change are a small minority of the democrat party who want

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. >> katy, i don't know what all 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.

. >> the washington cartel in full terror that the conservative grass roots are rising up. >> we won. we won. >>> of course plenty to cheer about for trump supporters after winning the south carolina primary with 32.5% of the vote, trump is now the unrivalled front runner among the republican candidates. marco rubio edging out second place over ted cruz. >> well for the democrat, a crucial win for hillary clinton, blunting that rise of bernie sanders, a so called nevada firewall held up, helping to ease anxiety among her supporters. more in a moment but we're going to start with donald trump's commanding victory in south carolina. and the now shrinking republican field. cnn's senior political reporter manu raju joins us from south carolina. the trump campaign must be motivated ae but move to the south on march 1st. >> a very encouraging victory here. this is ha man who has never run for office before. and taking two of the first three primary states is such a resounding manner really gives him a head of steam into nevada where he's a heavy favorite to win the caucuses there on tuesday

money and the stamina and the fact that you have ted cruz who is not liked by the establishment in washington. you have donald trump who if you add them both together you have over 50% of the vote. not liked by them. how much money do you think goes to marco rubio after today? >> well, i think that is the big decision that establishment candidates or the establishment part of the republican party, the centrist part, if you will, however you want to call it, they have to make a decision if they really want to put their power behind somebody like marco rubio. because if not, then, you know, we're sitting here talking about scenarios for ted cruz to go on longer. for marco rubio to go on longer. i talked about how donald trump is leading in every single other poll and every single other state outside of iowa. that is why those kinds of scenarios, if people don't start getting out and getting out fast and consolidating behind one or two candidates other than trump, i still think trump can actually trump everybody else moving forward. >> and when we come back we'll talk about much more in a second

that's what washington, d.c. does. the drive-by shot at the beginning with incorrect and incomplete information and then the memorized 25-second speech that is exactly what his advisors -- >> the bottom line, this notion that barack obama doesn't know what he is doing -- >> there it is. there it is. memorized 25-second speech. there is is t is, everybody. >> here's the response. i think anyone who believes that barack obama isn't doing what he is doing on purpose doesn't understand what we are dealing with here. this is a president, this is a president who is trying to change this country. >> oh, boy. hard to come back from this. and the boston herald ran with it. choke. it takes you back to the drinking of the water moment. >> yeah. i mean, we're chattering a lot about this. but when you look at the google search trends, 538 did an article about this. actual viewers spike -- the interest spiked when he talked about his pro life position. that was two, three times as many hits as when this exchange was going on. so may

. >> cnn washington correspondent, joe johns. i think i heard your voice in that room, joe. what was he doing the morning after the cnn town hall? >> reporter: well, for one thing i think he was just making his appearance felt here in south carolina. there has been this running narrative in the pall meadow state that bernie sanders has been writing off south carolina because hillary clinton has such a big lead in the polls and that has been sort of spurred by her strong support in the african american community. sanders, this morning saying he has not been writing off south carolina but also tipping his hat to the idea that he might have to worry about doing better in some other states. listen. >> we came to south carolina and if you look at the polls we were like 7, 8, 9% in the ebolapolls. we were 60/70 points behind. we have picked up a lot of support and closed the gap very significantly. but this from day one was going to be a very difficult state for us. we're not writing off south carolina. >> so, if you look at his schedule, it tells a slightly different story. after

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

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

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." >>> 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

and there's a lot of frustration about the idea that washington is not listening to people and their every dave concerns. donald trump's candidacy for many of these voters has become a vehicle for those frustrations. and he has talked about it, whether it's been about the economy, whether it's been about immigration, whether it's national security. he has not offered real substantive positions, but instead he has offered clarity. he has defined what he thinks is the wrong approach by washington and offered really simple recommend dips. >> a lot of people in the beginning didn't believe he could it it, that he to have more substance, that the people in the republican party misjudged the anger of the people. >> and they really shouldn't have. >> absolutely. >> go ahead, kellyanne. >> they really shouldn't have because the three people who are the front-runners, marco rubio in 2010, ted cruz in 2012 and donald trump in 2015, what do they all have in common? they were the outsiders challenging the establishment. so cruz and trump are still doing that as the outsiders and they have a coal

hollywood and washington have more in common than you think. yesterday, secretary of state kerry discussed perceptions of america around the world and ways to combat the p.r. campaign the islamic state is pushing. now, the secretary tweeted in an image of the meeting after adding great convo with l.a. studio execs. good to hear their perspectives. this is not the first time that washington has consulted with hollywood. back in 2001 more than a dozen writers and directors met with pentagon advisers on what could happen next following the 9/11 attacks. >>> now, it turns out in monday, in los angeles, paul mccartney was denied access to a late night grammy party. you see mccartney appearing to speak with a bouncer at the door to the nightclub. apparently the place of the rapper tyga's vip party. after several minutes sir paul walks away with beck. they're appearing to be in shock. mccartney seems to mutter how vip do we got to get? now, a representative for the club says that the singer was not denied access because realized he was looking for a l

i do think there's a benefit to understanding how the process works in washington. much as we all think it needs to change, and i think that, one of the things i hear the most as i travel around new hampshire is why can't you guys just work together to deal with the problems facing the country. we need somebody who understands how to reach across the aisle. i think hillary has that. she has that history. that's what she did in the senate. it's what she ditd in the white house. it's what she did as secretary of state. >> the argument on the other side is we have this structure problem that's grown up in american politics. it's not just you guys. >> in the depths of the worth great depression could barely get more than two or three votes for a stimulus bill. >> when the united states was threatened by hitler in world war ii, one vote is what it took to pass the draft. it was just one vote to make that pass so that we could actually build the resources we needed to go fight to save the free world. i think this idea it's going to be overwhelming and easy is not right. >

they would never even consider voting for ted cruz because they want somebody who is going to go to washington and make deals. that is the opposite of the appeal that ted cruz has with the more conservative electorate that is maybe more in south carolina and elsewhere but maybe not so much here in new hampshire. >> by the way, you are in new hampshire, in manchester, so stay there. just wait for a moment, i'm going to bring in a man who might have a crystal ball, the best crystal ball in this business and that's hugh hewitt. it pains me to say this, hugh hewitt -- i'm just kidding. i have to give credit where credit is due. you called it. here's your prediction on sunday. >> ted wins the republicans, trump comes in second but marco rubio is a very close third. >> the polls had trump in the lead. why didn't he win? why were you right? >> i think i was right because of jeb, josh and john, three operatives, jeff row, josh perry, john droguan who work for ted cruz who basically owned the internet and owned iowa. i told donald trump two weeks ago i thought ted cruz was going to win iowa and trump w

sometimes they give out the worst week in washington awards. you can argue that ted cruz is up for that this week. he was battered by both sides on this dishonest city issue and had to fire a staffer. it turned out to be completely wrong and he finishes a third most likely and gives this tired deflated speech about moving on to super tuesday. >> you did not hear from marco rubio last night. he left. he was out campaigning. getting a good night's rest so he'll be on tv this morning trying to tout what looks to be a number two position in nevada. the five remains will meet head to head in the next gop debate. that's tomorrow night in houston, texas. it will be only on cnn. >>> there was another big cnn event. they made their final pick to voters just a few days before their primary. cnn town hall event. we saw some new strategies, new line. a new campaign direction. wheel break it down next. the future belongs to the fast. and to help you accelerate, we've created a new company... one totally focused on what's next for your business. the true par

. >> both of us got to washington. but we made very, very different decisions. it was the rubio, schumer. >> three minutes to name one accomplishment of senator rubio. one, just one. >> and mother knows best. jeb bush gets some help from the woman who knows him best. >> it's wonderful to be here. to be with the world's nicest man. >> do you think he's going to win? >> you're darn right. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in new hampshire with hillary clinton, surrounding herself later this hour with a host of women senators and governors. national leaders as well to help recover women voters. one reason why hillary clinton was so aggressive against bernie sanders in last night's msnbc debate. >> let's talk about the issues. let's talk about the issues that divide us. >> clinton and sanders in their most combative debate yet. >> secretary clinton does represent the establishment. i represent, i hope, ordinary americans. >> the debate quickly exploded in a fiery clash over her ties to wall street. hundreds of thousands of dollars in speaking fees, and his demands f

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 for 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 went with o

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