flying around on twitter and statements by the campaign, barack obama would not be a progressive, joe biden would not be a progressive, jeanne shaheen would not be a progressive. even the late great senator paul wellstone would not be a progressive. >> sanders' jab at clinton speaks to louder conversation and growing discord happening in the democratic party. with hours to go, new fund-raising totals creating another stir. sanders outraised clinton in january, according to numbers from both campaigns. look at the numbers, $21 million to $15 million. clinton comes in to the debate tonight with an apparent iowa win under her built but the raiser-thin margin is driving some debate even with iowa, and it's supposed to be in the rear view mirror. we're joined live by two of our best correspondents who have been in the trenches covering the campaigns for months now. kasie hunt and kristen welker here with me to talk about a lot that's going on. and guys, we've got four hours and a lot of bombshells already including "the des moines register," coming out say essentially all of the heat that's happ

i recognize that same sort of turn in vice president biden. i don't think he is -- he may regret not getting into the race. >> you think he's at peace with the decision? >> you know, he said he didn't regret it. i think that, you know, he's a man when wishes he was in the arena but he's not trying to litigate the fights of 2016. i expected more of that than i got from him. he's in a different place than october when he first announced he was getting out. >> you've teased it pretty well. an interview we want to watch. perfect setup for the town hall. 8:00 eastern tone. rainle and the veep, don't miss it. >>> ahead on "mtp daily," south carolina for a look at what has been every time you think it can't get any wilder on the republican side we get the pope versus trump. susan li with the cnbc market wrap. >> the dow falling 40 points, s&p off nine and nasdaq 46. shares of walmart weighed on the dow. earnings beat estimates but revenue came in light. walmart cutting full year forecast sending the stock down 3%. jobless claims fell last week, sinki

joe biden, the current vice president, a u.s. senator and the chairman of the judiciary committee back in 1992, a presidential election year, talking about what would happen if there was a vacancy on the supreme court that year. this is what he said. >> it is my view that if a supreme court justice resigns tomorrow or within the next several weeks, or resigns at the end of the summer, president bush would consider the practice of the majority of his predecessors and not -- and not -- name a nominee until after the november election is completed. >> now, we should note later in the same speech biden said, well, look, maybe if the republican administration put up a more moderate candidate, i might consider it. but john ralston, you know a thing or two about harry reid as well. the democrats are now saying the operation of what they would have said before. >> this is shocking, steve. just shocking. can you imagine harry reid giving that speech if the president were a republican? or the senate were controlled by democrats? of course

it's joe biden at the oscars, he'll introduce lady gaga. his office says he'll use the big stage to talk about domestic violence. what, we're doubling down, another intersection for a music star and a washington call. last night, kanye west tweeted, there is no freedom without economic freedom. paul ryan had a good point, all apart of kanye west, 2020. to the where. arizona senator vehicle convoy charged by a group of elephants. these elephants have no respect for a fellow republican. i also added to the retweet. the only republicans that will take on donald trump. now to the when. it's this november. arizona congressman will not be running for reelection again. founding members of the freedom caucus. he wants to spend more time with his family. he was a congressman in the '90s and holding on -- mitt romney may have turned heads last night, when he alleged that donald trump has a bombshell on his tax returns. strange echo when harry reid was ribbing romney, remember this. >> the word is out that he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let h

you know, bernie has said repeatedly, he thinks president obama, vice president biden have done an outstanding job. they came into office when our nation was losing 800,000 jobs a month. we were on the brink of a second great recession. we were involved in two wars, one in iraq that both bernie sanders and barack obama opposed. hillary clinton did not. so, they had to deal with a profound mess. and they cleaned it up and the only reason we're in a position today as a country to think big and move forward is incredible job they did. now, have they disagreed on issues like trade and other issues? yes, they have. and bernie's been up-front about that. but he thinks the president has done a great job and has said so repeatedly. >> how important is a nevada victory to your campaign? what does it mean -- i know, look, i know you guys don't want to say you have to win, but what does a victory mean? >> well, chuck, we're working hard to win. you know, here, as we did in iowa, as we did in new hampshire. i think it would mean a lot. but i think we're going to prove a point here, which is bernie sanders