i know i date myself when i tell you in 1963, i was there in washington for the march on washington, for the march on washington, for jobs and freedom with dr. martin luther king. this has been something i have felt strongly about my entire life. >> i want follow up something you said at last week's debate, you said race relations would be better under a president sanders than a president obama. why do you believe that? >> i believe president obama has made significant progress. we're going to build on that progress. we can always do better. the progress that we can build on is to understand that we should not have 35% of african-american kids in this country living in poverty. we should not have -- we need real police reform. we need to make sure that when people are in jail, often african-american and latino, there's a path back to civil society so we don't have the race of resid vizzism that we do now. right now it turns out that we the african-american community and the white community smoke marijuana at about equal levels. it also turns out that blacks are four times more likely

people of vermont sent me to washington as an independent. that is true. on the other hand, i have -- when i was in the house for 16 years, i caucused with the democrats. in the senate for nine years caucused with the democrats, of course. i was elected by the democrats to be chair of the veterans committee three years ago which i'm very proud of and now in the rankings member on the budget committee, leaders of the democrats in opposition, the majority republicans. i'm running for president as a democrat. if elected, not only do i hope to bring forth a major change in national priorities but let me be frank, i do want to see major changes in the democratic party. i want to see working people and young people come into the party in way that doesn't exist now. i want a 50-stage strategy so it's not just the party of 25 states. >> the person who first put out the idea of a 50-state party strategy is former governor howard dean who is with us tonight. >> that's right. >> i'm very proud and grateful to have the support of so many elected vermonters and former

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joy, i want to ask you about something different, which is the univision washington post poll came out. it shows secretary clinton leading sanders among latinos by 30 points. her advantage is stronger with african-american voters. the advantage sanders has is a really big advantage with younger voters. which is a better building block for states ahead. which would you rather have? >> this is another central conundrum he has. when i talk to people under 40, they love sanders. it's the over 50s when you vote. it's the churches.ç that's who is getting people out. these are constituencies that don't turn out at the youngest coherts. there's a big regional college basketball tournament that's this weekend. yet another issue that the sanders campaign has to deal with when turning out their base voters. they might not be here. they might be in the neighboring state. there's so much more of complication with turning out the voters that love bernie sanders. they do love him. it just might not be enough of them. >> on the issue of the turn out and whether south carolina can make bernie sanders

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joining now is robert costa, national political reporter for the "washington post." nice to see you in manchester. >> great to be with you. >> senator ted cruz is sitting on a big war chest. is that going to make a difference for his prospects in new hampshire? >> this is an amaze game for him. iowa was his home game. he returns to his home turf in south carolina especially march 1s. cruz is running a long-term campaign. he sees the super tuesday primaries in the deep south as his place regardless of what happens to come back and maybe get the nomination. >> i guess we should have seen that telegraphed today when he spent time in south carolina today in addition to the time he spent in new hampshire. >> especially what we saw in the summer, cruz spent many days around the south. that was his buffer. if something happened bad or didn't do well early on, he was going to come back in the south. >> and have the money to do it. senator santorum is out now. he's endorsing marco rubio. senator rand paul is out as is governor mike huckabee. they are each not endorsing. now t

so there's lots of reasons why when the white house leaked to the "washington post" that they're vetting governor brian sandoval for the supreme court, there's lots of reasons why that gave democrats a little ageda today. the people it was supposed to was senate republicans particularly those who have hard re-elections ahead of them this year. the supreme court vacancy must be held open for at least a year while the republicans in the senate refuse to vote on, hold hearings on, meet with or even discuss the possibility of any potential court nomination by this president. presumably, at least, it makes it harder to sustain that stance when you are talking about blind obstruction like that even for a nominee who is a republican governor. a republican governor who's wildly popular in this home state and who is a latino at a time when the republican party, frankly, could stand to stop offending latinos in this country. so who knows what's going to happen there. governor sandoval's name notably is the only name that has been leaked off of the white house vetting list so far. for governor sand

. >> i know that i haven't spent a lot of time learning the ways of washington. but i've been there long enough to know that the ways of washington must change. >> early polls show him third. trailing both senator hillary clinton and john edwards. >> aw. remember john edwards? that was after john edwards had run as john kerry's vice presidential running mate but before we learned about his secret second family. in 2008, john edwards and hillary clinton were thought to be the two titans, figures in the race. this first-term senator not only beat john edwards that year, he went on to get john edwards' endorsement on his way to winning the democratic nomination and ultimately to winning the presidency. that whole journey of barack obama started nine years ago today. and as president, president obama went back to springfield today to springfield, illinois, to mark the occasion. >> nine years to the day that i first announced for this office, i still believe in that politics of hope. and for all the challenges of a rapidly changing world, and for all the imperfections

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that was the washington post today. up at the boston globe today, the editorial board there is going to far as to urge massachusetts voters who are registered independents that they should not vote in the democratic primary in the state on tuesday even if they like one of the democratic candidates. instead the boston globe says independent registered voters in massachusetts should vote in the republican primary just to seize the opportunity to vote against donald trump. quote, stopping donald trump is imperative an not just for his fellow republicans. trump's campaign has revived some of the ugliest traditions in american politics. just his nomination by one of the nation's major parties would be an international embarrassment. as the race turns to massachusetts, the answer to john f. kennedy's question ask what you can do for your country has rarely been clearer. unenrolled voters should pull a republican ballot an vote for john kasich because it's a vote against donald trump. john kasich get the endorsement a while ba

i've talked to countless people, not just in washington, d.c. but the early primary states and late primary states, for that matter, who think that donald trump would be the worst thing that can happen to the republican party even if he's not our nominee has been destructive to the efforts of party. it would be a total disaster if the house, the senate, controlled state houses. everything about this is bad. i would love to tell you it's great organized effort, it's not. i think you have seen a lot of individual who is have stood up and said i'm concerned about the direction of our party which means they are worried about the direction of our country. we're all standing up one at a time. i welcome all aboard to say that donald trump is somebody that we can't support but i think everybody i have talked to is happy the finally, thank god, marco rubio and ted cruz finally giving real scrutiny to donald trump. we've had three phases. first was you can't attack him because he's not serious. that was the summer. in the fall, you can't attack him becaus

is against president obama or he hasn't been an ally of president obama and the democrats broadly in washington. he is shifting now, in the presidential race, in terms of how he positions himself with regard to the president. i think senator sanders is a pro. i think senator sanders is a good politician and i don't think he does things by accident. i think we have a visible shift in the way the democratic race is being run. we also just got an advanced clip of bernie sanders interview that will air this weekend on b.e.t. in which he he seems to try to turn secretary clinton's relatively unqualified support for president obama against her. >> hillary clinton now is trying to embrace the president as closely as she possibly can. everything the president does is wonderful. she loves the president. he loves her and all that stuff. we know what that's about. they're trying to win support with the african-american community where the president is popular. i have enormous respect. he's a friend and he worked together. like any other human being he's wrong. he's wrong. >> this is an important moment fi

. >> the washington democrat. i understand that. >> that is in response to a question on a radio show. >> no, i get that. but there are some democrats who want to continue the president's policy. why should they trust you? >> first of all, you know, by the way, there is one of the two democratic candidates here who ran against barack obama. it wasn't me. all right. second of all, you know, i have worked very closely with president obama over the last seven years. he is a friend of mine. we have gone a long way together to move this country forward from the disastrous position we were in when bush left office. but to answer your question, do we have a right to have differences with president obama? i have had a number. for example, i have disagreed with him very strongly on his views on trade. he is for the tpp. i am against the tpp. he has or several years ago continued bush's tax breaks for the wealthiest people in this country. i was on the floor eight-and-a-half hours in disagreement with him. overall, i think

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