where does that go if washington doesn't change after this election? that's when things get even scarier for me. >> i will tell you, mika, election night i remember walking away from "30 rock" on election night and everybody was celebrating. barack obama was elected president. and i remember saying to somebody right after that happened, i said, you know, i'm a republican and i'm not happy about how this went down, but god help us if he's a failed president because so many people are putting their hopes and dreams into barack obama. >> right. >> and what ron said has happened. >> we need radical, positive reform quickly. >> it goes beyond politics. a lot of what you're saying is a tremendous frustration and upset with the world as we know it. >> in both parties. >> yes. because it's like the industrial revolution. we're going through a completely different time in the technological revolution where jobs aren't what they used to be, expectations are completely different from what they used to be. >> life is different. >> and you combine that with the soc

>> both of whom the second they get to washington, d.c. decided they were running for president instead of deciding -- please, give me a list of accomplishments of every candidate, put it up there next to him and let's see who the emptiest suit is. >> all right, coming up next, jimmy carter with some surprising comments on the republican field. plus, the must-read opinion page, "morning joe" is back in a moment. welcome to opportunity's knocking, where self-proclaimed financial superstars pitch you investment opportunities. i've got a fantastic deal for you- gold! with the right pool of investors, there's a lot of money to be made. but first, investors must ask the right questions and use the smartcheck challenge to make the right decisions. you're not even registered; i'm done with you! i can...i can... savvy investors check their financial pro's background by visiting smartcheck.gov advisor and team who understand where you come from. we didn't really have anything, you know. but, we made do. vo: know you can craft an investment plan as

in washington, republican pollster and columnist in at the washington examiner kristen soltis-anderson and in houston, managing editor for bloomberg politics mark halperin. we were in touch with him all night as he was analyzing it firsthand. >> give us your report card, mark, really quickly. >> i gave marco rubio and donald trump a minuses. again, my grades are based on performance and how the performance affects the candidates' chances of being the nominee. i thought rubio's performance really most surprising to me was he'd never flinched. everyone else who's gone up against trump inç these debates has had moments where they flinched and trump has gotten the better of them. i don't think rubio took trump down but i think he showed a fortitude and people in rubio world are wondering why he didn't do this sooner. >> any impact -- i mean, bloomberg came out with polls that shows donald trump crushing everybody in the deep south. rubio showed two polls of him being crushed in florida where he's a sitting senator. the thuz chan does this change your mind? >> i don't think see any reason

half the people say he's the best to take on washington. he doesn't even have half the vote stos peop votes. generalities work if you're confident and people like what you're saying. >> sam stein, you look through the bottom of these polls, we've got marco in third, jeb usually in fourth or fifth. the question a lot of people are asking not only around here but also in washington is can marco and jeb survive if they end up behind the other? this does seem to a degree a bit of a death match between bush and rubio. who finishes ahead of the other gets to punch their ticket out. who finishes behind the other. really has no reason to continue campaigning. jeb, for reasons of pride, marco because he just went have the money to continue. >> yeah, and this is probably the last grasp the establishment lane has here. at some point they'll consolidate, it will become a three-person race with ted cruz, whoever the establishment candidate is and donald trump and at that point neighbor's a chance that a third of the vote will be trump's peak and that wi

this is the "washington post" newspaper. and i think this is the interesting equation the media has made overall on donald trump that perhaps might be mistaken but you decide. gop leaders, you must do everything in your power to stop trump. the unthinkable is starting to look like the inevitable. think about that. absent an extraordinary effort from people who understand the menace he represents, donald trump is likely to be the presidential nominee of the republican party. at this stage, even an extraordinary effort might fall short. but history will not look kindly on gop leaders who fail to do everything in their power to prevent a bullyi ining demagogu from becoming their standard bearer. we understand that mr. trump would seek to use this to his benefit and that he might succeed. but what is the choice? is the republican party not going to resist its own debasement? >> jon meacham, the "boston globe" said about the same thing earlier this week saying anything but trump and i wonder if if marco rubio or one or two other

we're back with anne gearan of the washington post. how would you characterize the state of the clinton campaign right now as we approach nevada? >> kind of white knuckle. they have to do well in nevada and in south carolina, which votes a week later and it does not look at this point like she's going to do well in nevada. if she wins there and it is at this point probably about tied, if she wins there it will be another squeaker, maybe not as close as iowa, but a squaker. >> what does a loss mean in nevada? >> a loss means in nevada -- if it was the only one it wouldn't mean a lot, but it will come on top of, you know, less than one percentage point victory in iowa, absolutely -- she absolutely got creamed in new hampshire. >> new hampshire, yeah. >> and nevada is the first test of anything other than white -- the white vote and organizing power. it's a test of union support, it's a test of hispanic support, it's a test of men things that she will need going forward. in many ways it will show flaws in her organization that weren't rev

let's bring in from washington, professor of law at george washington university jonathan turley and editor in charge of legal affairs for reuters news, the author of american original, the life and the constitution of supreme court justice antonin scalia. >> jonathan turley, in the passing of justice scan ya, are we seeing the end of an era where justices actually when they're going before the senate judiciary committee to be approved actually speak their mind? >> the irony is the so-called ginsburg rule really allows nominees to refuse to answer question because the answers might affect cases that come before them. since this is a discretionary court, almost anything can come before them so the ginsburg rule has been used to turn these confirmation hearings into a pathetic exercise. >> apple sauce, as justice scalia would say. >> that's right. and even people as talented as john roberts relied on that trend. relied on that approach to reduce these to sort of legal slurpees, there wasn't much there in terms of substance and so i think you're flight that sense. scalia was different f

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that's washington talk. >> it's not washington talk. that's clinton talk -- >> i actually talked with the campaign. >> that's talk from everybody around the clintons. that's talk everywhere but you. >> everybody around the clintons is what wrecked her campaign the last time. i wouldn't pay attention to any of those people. >> she said herself "we need to make some changes." >> you can be a republican and know that they're dialing around town for -- >> we'll see who's right. we'll see what happens after south carolina and nevada. >> well, i think south carolina, i think she's going to home territory there so she should do better there. she's up by about 40 points now so maybe she stable sizes. >> she can relax a little bit. >> mark, let's go from the democratic side to the republican side. i remember several months back when you did the focus group in new hampshire, it was eye-opening. you have a new focus group in south carolina. also equally eye-opening and it speaks to the challenges that donald trump has going down to a state where h

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the "washington post" eugene robinson. former chairman of the republican national committee michael steel, washington anchor for bbc world news america katty kay, and in columbia, south carolina, managing editor of bloomberg politics, mark halperin. >> let's talk to our catholic expert. >> please. >> i went to catholic school for four years, i'll a big fan of this pope, i was astounded that the same pope that said who am i to judge -- >> it's a little bit of a -- >> who am i to judge is the guy that says well, if he says he's going to build a wall, it's not a christian. that's staggering. >> i was not astounded. >> you weren't astounded that he's basically condemning him to hell because he supports -- >> he did not say that. >> he says you're not a christian. if you're not a christian than the catholic church believes you are going to hell. so by saying he's not a christian because he supports the building of a wall, that's a problem. >> i think that's putting words in pope francis's mouth. >> please, barnicle. >> i again,

they are fed up with washington, they want somebody to blow up washington. >> they want strength. >> they want strength because barack obama in their mind has been so weak. they want somebody who's tougher on isis. they want somebody who that is not bought and paid for by wall street. they want somebody that can turn the economy around and i will say, you know, i have more confidence that donald trump knows how to turn around the economy than a bunch of kids that just walked into washington, d.c. a couple yeeshyears ago and never made payroll. i understand all of that. s which makes the ugliness of this shocking. >> there are too many many where as i stints on policy "i don't know anything, i don't need to know anything." he has become the worst thing about a politician. he's become arrogant in his standing atop the polls. he's become intellectually lazy. he's talked about john bolton. why not put john bolton on the planes and learn four things about the middle east. the things he says show he doesn't know anything about the world or the problem we face than he did when he facwent do

basically new york and washington, d.c. said, never mind, your primary doesn't count, votes and delegates don't count, we're going to decide. it's symptomatic of what's going on in this country now. >> carly fiorina, thank you very much. thank you, everyone. good to have you. >>> coming up, they met the day before he was elected mayor of burlington, vermont, and she's been with him ever since. a look at jane sanders on the campaign trail and off. "morning joe" live from manchester is back in a moment. i think it landed last tuesday. one second it's there. then, woosh, it's gone. i swear i saw it swallow seven people. seven. i just wish one of those people could have been mrs. johnson. [dog bark] trust me, we're dealing with a higher intelligence here. ♪ the all-new audi q7 is here. ♪ companies must adapt.changing environment, but one thing should remain constant - a financial relationship with someone that understands and cares about your business. pnc corporate and institutional banking offers strategies tailored to yo

. >> 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 gave us. [ cheers and applause ] when you're governor of a state, the memorized 30-second speech where you talk about how great america is doesn't solve one problem for one person. they expect you to plow the snow, they expect you to get to schools soap. >> chris, your state got hit by a massive snowstorm two weeks ago, you didn't want to go back. they had to shame you to going back. then you stayed there for 36 hours and he came back to campaign. [ boos ] those are the facts. here's the bottom line. the notion that barack obama doesn't know what he is doing is not true -- >> there it is, the memorized 25-second speech. there it is, everybody. >> that's the reason why this campaign is so important. >> so reaction to -- >> well -- >> it's important because -- >> okay, let's get the reaction. it first came from lucy, right? >> yes. >> so

everybody wants to burn washington down. i'm all for that, but someone has to rebuild it. >> his supporters know he's got no governing experience and don't seem to mind. in fact, a lot of them support it. when you have to make a contrast with him, will it just be that or issue positions? >> hell, mark, i won't tell you everything now, i gave you a little taste. >> just a taste. >> just a taste. >> will you present yourself of all the people in the race besides donald trump as the most able to stop him if he heads out of iowa? does that fit you? >> listen, my style both politically and from a governing perspective gives people a sense of confidence that i can take on hillary clinton and if i can take on hillary clinton i can take on anybody else. >> so governor, are you going to be looking -- >> it's very loud back there. >> they're having coffee. they're overrested. >> so are you going to stay in the race so long as your first place as governor -- i never thought about that but it does make sense. at some point if people wan

not only in south carolina, but also in washington, d.c. are you surprised as you stop and look at where you are right now? is there any way you could have imagined you would have been here nooin months ago? >> so, new hampshire was amazing. iowa was amazing, frankly. you know, it's sort of, you and i sort of laugh because the person who came in third was like a superstar. the person who came in second, although i think i actually came in piers but we won't discuss that, but the person who came in second was like, you know, what happened. but i did very well. i got the largest number of votes ever except for the one person. then, i go to new hampshire, we set records up there. records in every way. that was so incredible. and then yesterday, was amazing. those people are amazing. and i think if i say i'm surprised, it would only be by the amount. you know, i expect to win. and it wasn't two club championships, it was many club championships. because you said two last week. but i expect to win -- >> oh, my god. we're so sorry. >> no, no. i s

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

also with us, washington anchor for bbc world news america, katty kay. governor bush, let me begin with you. last week we were told a third place finish made somebody an inevitable nominee. it doesn't look that way this morning, does it? >> no, it doesn't and that's the way the process always works. people have a chance to vote and right now the leading candidate, donald trump, has 18 delegates to his name and others have six or seven. we've got a long way to go. now we move to south carolina where you have a different primary mix. where people are interested in national security issues and how we rebuild the military. i started out at 11:00 with a large crowd. there will be 700 people at a town hall meeting, i'm looking forward to it. >> marco rubio said he had to finish in second place for his 3-2-1 strategy to work. he ended up in fifth place behind you. where do you have to finish in south carolina? >> you know, i've never been good at trying to figure out where the expectations are. is i just know we have a great organization here. i'm on the ballot

washington pulitzer prize winning editorial writer for "the washington post" jonathan k par. the state of south carolina's job market may have affected voters decisions on saturday i mean early on because sometimes we go a little bit -- >> sometimes we do them at 9:15. >> there's that. but you take a look at south carolina voters on a number of levels. >> okay. here we go. >> okay. yes. >> there we go. so we talked a lot about how trump won pretty much across the board, he actually i think did lose among post graduates, but looks at a couple groups where trump did well, those with a high school education or less, trump got 45% of the vote, well above his 32% or so average and rubio did particularly badly. let's look at people with lower incomes below $50,000 where he did a bit better than his -- that his overall average and, again, rubio did particularly badly. and so you get to the question of what's going on in south carolina with their economy and with jobs. so if you take a look at what's happened in south carolina to manufacturing jobs, and this chart goes all the way ba

if one of the two democratic candidates could have their way in washington who actually would be better for black america? >> what i'm saying is that she had white privilege working on her behalf. that nobody is going to step up to her -- >> but who cares about the issues that impact african-americans more? >> she's able to speak from a bully pulpit in a way that explicitly addresses the issue of race if she's forced to do so in a way that obama would be you're trying to help your own people. >> who is already there on some of the key issues? >> i'm trying to get an answer that's honest. >> we don't know the answer yet mika. >> i mentioned economic inequality, fairness in policing and criminal justice reform. the two candidates running for president who is already there on those issues? >> bernie sanders has been much more explicit in this regard. in democracy in black i have been very critical of the democratic party. i'm very critical of the two party system when it comes to you will of a those issues and the black community. what we need to do in this election season is to put these

because if it's cruz, talk about washington insider, they would rather have trump. >> that's a great point. if i'm kasich i wait through the south and i have to wait until i get to the midwest. >> he's betting on the midwestern firewall. the question about kasich is does he have the campaign infrastructure to move through the south. but i go back to the temperament and the policy ideas we talked about last time. these candidates haven't done a good job explaining what trump's policy ideas actually mean to that 30% of the electorate that's supporting him. and i think that's hard to do when there are a lot of guys on the stage, once you get two or three guys on the stage, that becomes easier to do. >> but who might that be? i hear you, i don't necessarily disagree. that theory will be tested if we get there but who might that be? >> the problem is, jon meacham, that you have donald trump talking about planned parenthood in a fairly positive way. you have him actually attacking george w. bush on 9/11 in a way that no republican or democrat in the mainstream has done. that debate on satu

, nbc political contributor editor of the fix at "washington post." sam san antontein is also with >> we'll go to steve shmittchsc. steve, we brought up this remarkable fact that donald trump got more -- this is so funny, the spin. he's a loser. he is this, he is that. donald trump got more votes than any other republican in the history of iowa caucus politics. yet, he lost by 6,000 votes to ted cruz. have you seen a turnout operation as extraordinary as ted cruz's this side of barack obama's in '08 and '12? >> no. look, the cruz turnout organization lived up to all of the hype. at the end of the day iowa has performed as it's always performed, the evangelical christian candidate emerged atop of the field here in iowa. the thing for donald trump, though, joe, is that he's been in command for every facet of the race literally since he descended the escalator in trump tower and announced his candidacy. now donald trump is in the position of having to do in new hampshire what ted cruz had to do last night. ted cruz had to win in iowa in order to go on. n