, please welcome governor martin o'malley! (cheers and applause) i feel like i should have added to your credentials, governor, presidential candidate and sexiest candidate. >> thank you. >> trevor: according to twitter. >> yeah, well. >> you know, when the average age of the other contend ares is over 60 that is not a hard thing to achieve. >> trevor: i don't know.i thinkn yourself, you look good out there. >> thank you. >> trevor: you look like apresi. that is what i thought every time you were on the screen, you would look down the lens and i would look into your eyes. >> well, thank you. >> trevor: and i was like, if ir you. >> you know, trevor, funny you should mention this. because as a comedic host you must be the only immigrant in america that is excited about donald trump becoming president. >> trevor: i am.i am, for selfiy am but this is not about him. this is about you. and thank you so much for coming to the show. >> thank you, great to be with you. >> trevor: let's talk about some about at the debates. martin o'malley, running for president. one of the most devicive iss

i'm trevor noah. our guest tonight, democratic presidential candidate martin o'malley is here, people! (applause) yes, and we love saw gov fler o'malley at last week's debate and just today we got the results we had all been waiting for. >> for the first national poll since cnn's record-breaking democratic debate sowt and shows that hillary clinton was the clear winner. nearly two thirds of democrats polled say that clinton ruled the stage. (laughter). >> trevor: you gave chafee an a? cnn is heartless. you couldn't give the man a zero? at least a zero. a zero means you got nothing. it doesn't even look-- look at that. it looks like they censored a kus word or something, like he got 1% and chaify-- chafee got [bleep], that's what it looks like. anyway, so anyone watching cnn saw hillary declared the winner of the debate. but for those without don't pay for cable, the result was very different. >> most political analysts say hillary clinton won that debate but online bernie sarynds won hands done. >> bernie sanders won the night on social media. >> he was the most tweeted name o

chafee and jim webb out... that leaves just three. hillary clinton, martin o'malley, and bernie sanders... stephanie moore joins us first organizers are prepping hy-vee hall. as you can imagine the set up for tomorrow's jefferson-jackson dinner is already underway... crews have been working since yesterday to make sure the space is ready for tomorrow's big crowds... 'its a lot of work going back and forth with the iowa democratic party, working on the floor plan, how many seats we need available for each campaigns guests, how many rounds we need to put out for the dinner. the event is one of the largest dinners the iowa events center will host this year... it will serve 2,000 meals in just 45 minutes. on top of bringing in extra staff, the the iowa events center is also working directly with the secret service to make sure the event goes off without a hitch. the iowa democratic party is also gearing up for the event. press secretary josh levitt says his staff is prepared to host the the three candidates tomorrow night and says a smaller group is great news for iowa democrats...

maryland governor martin o'malley who has been very aggresse on this guns issue. as a politician, he signed gun reform legislation into law when he was maryland governor. now on the presidential campaign trail, martin o'malley is calling for four specific things to be changed. four specific, easily understandable, knowable big things to change around guns. he wants there to be, number one, licenses for all gun purchases. number two, he wants anybody buying a gun to be fingerprinted. number three, he wants illegal trafficking of guns to be a federal crime which means it would be taken much more seriously than it is now. >> the last thing he is proposing is a super interesting proposal, which concerns the purchasing pour of the federal government. one of the biggest pushers of firearms in the united states is, obviously, the federal government all sorts of different federal agencies arm people for all different sorts of purposes. martin o'malley is proposing that as a huge purchaser of firearms in this country the federal government should use that power and only purchase guns from com

last night in las vegas. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, martin o'malley, jim webb and lincoln chafee. it was one of only six debate schedule for this year. senator bernie sanders focused much of his message on inequality and the economy. >> i believe the power of corporate america, the power of wall street, the power of the drug companies, the power of the corporate media is so great that the only way we really transform america and do the things that the middle class and working class desperately need is through a political revolution when millions of people begin to come together and stand up and say, our government is going to work for all of us, not just a handful of billionaires. amy: senator sanders also made headlines when he criticized the media for focusing too much on the controversy over hillary clinton's use of private e-mail servers while she was serving as secretary of state. >> let me say something that may not be great politics, but i think the secretary is right. and that is that the american people are sick and tired of hearing about your damn e-mails. >> tha

chafee and martin o'malley have a tough road away, all looking for a breakout moment on a stage. but in a betting town like vegas, anything is possible. now, the campaigns are keeping their strategies pretty close to the vest. just like their cards at this point. one thing that hillary clinton's campaign is saying about her strategy is that she wants to put this e-mail, this benghazi controversy behind her, tray to cut through the politics, start talking about her views on the important positions at tonight's debate, bernie sanders, her main rival at this point, wants to show he's a serious candidate with mainstream views that will obviously be challenged by the participants in this debate. as for jim webb, martin o'malley, lincoln chafee, they have struggled to gain traction in the polls. they'll be looking for a breakout moment. who would have known that carly fiorina would have had a breakout moment, a strong debate in the last republican debate on cnn. that changed the nature of the campaign for her. these lesser known, lesser talked about could have a breakout moment that could cha

left, lincoln chafee on the end, martin o'malley, the former governor of maryland, hthen hillary clinton is in the center position, the front-runner, then to her right, bernie sanders, the self-described socialist. he's been capturing the imagination of the democratic party. he's doing very well and former virginia senator, jim webb will be on the other end. but, wolf, i'm here for the last 24 hours off and on. this room is really starting to fill in. all of the chairs are in place. the crews in their camera positions, the jib cameras, the sound technicians, the lighting technicians have been har at work over the last 24 to 48 hours getting the debate ready for tuesday night. in terms of the candidates and what we'll be seeing, i think tomorrow night, wolf, it will be interesting to watch. this is hillary clinton's first debate since the 2008 campaign when she was tangling with barack obama. already there are echos of that debate starting to play out. over the last 24 hours bernie sanders has been talking about to his supporters, hillary clinton was in favor of the iraq war in 20

business. this is what martin o'malley and bernie sanders had to say earlier today. >> from day one i opposed the keystone pipeline, because i believe if you're serious about climate change you continue encourage the transportation of very dirty oil. that was my view from day one. tpp. i believe that our trade policies going way back, i voted against nafta, cafta, i believe they've been a disaster for our workers, people shut down here and move abroad. people have to contrast my consistency and my willingness to stand up to wall street corporations. >> secretary clinton's always quick for the military intervention. i believe that a no-fly zone right now is not advisable. and this is why. no-fly zones sound attract iive but no-fly zones have to be enforced. given that the russian military is over the skies there, this could lead to an escalation of cold war proportions because of an accident. i don't believe that's in the interests of the united states. there are many fights in this world. not all are our fight. we have to stay engaged there, put bash against isis. rev up the diploma

. bernie sanders next to her. can he convince a wider audience to feel the bern. martin o'malley and lincoln chaffee and jim webb. hillary clinton at a union rally outside a donald trump hotel. a doubly advantageous moment for clinton. she can bash donald trump and appeal to organized labor. a group she needs in nevada and across the country. senior political correspondent brianna keilar has the story. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. hillary clinton arrived here in las vegas and almost immediately went where? the donald trump hotel. she joined union workers picketing outside the hotel co- owned by donald trump. the culinary union trying to make a splash as hillary clinton came into town. >> some people think mr. trump is entertaining. i don't think it is entertaining when somebody insults immigrants, insults women. that is unacceptable behavior. and so, when we are here together in solidarity to organize, we want to send a message to mr. trump. if you are going to run for president, you should represent all the people of the united states and that includes hard working

martin o'malley, jim webb, and lincoln chafee. john, from those three guys, what are you looking for? john: they are not likely to be the presidential scenario. mark: can you imagine if they ran against trump? what he would say? super low energy. superlow. john: they are almost missing persons on the campaign trail. martin o'malley is a wildcard. this is the first time he will have the chance to actually stand toe to toe with these two people who totally eclipsed him. one expected, clinton, one unexpected, sanders. i think the big question is, does om malley go negative or not? mark: i hate to keep going back to moderators, but they are the timekeepers. do they give o'malley the same time as sanders and clinton, or give him roughly the same amount of time to talk as jim webb and lincoln chafee? and does he fight his way in? he does have something to say that is different. he is a younger guy. he has been a chief executive. he has things to say. he has been saying them on the campaign trail for months. this is a big audience. he has got a chance to say it. john: hillary clinton is sti

to her. the big question can he make a wider audience feel the bern? martin o'malley and lincoln chaffee and jim webb. they have to breakthrough tonight? one surprise in las vegas. hillary clinton at a cameo rally at the trump hotel. she could bash donald trump and appeal to organized labor. we have correspondent brianna keilar with the story. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. hillary clinton arrived here in las vegas and immediately went to where? the trump hotel. that's where she joined union workers picketing outside the hotel where the culinary association is trying to unionize. she really made a splash as she came into town. >> i don't think it is entertaining when somebody insults immigrants, insults women. that is just unacceptable behavior. and so when we are here together in solidarity to organize, we also want to send a message to mr. trump. if you are going to run for president, then you should represent all the people of the united states and that includes hard working people and you should not stand in the way of the right to organize because that's what

candidates toured the debate stage a short time ago. otherwise, sanders, clinton, martin o'malley, lincoln chafee and jim webb have been hunkered down and who knows what they do in the final minutes before the debate. the stakes are high. clinton must not stumble and they need to deliver a death blow to steal the show. we go to brianna keilar behind me. we have seen a few of the candidates come in, check things out. what's going on where you are right now? >> yeah, that's right, erin. as you can see behind me we have some stand-ins here for the candidates. as a lot of the photographers from the myriad of cameras that we have here in the debate hall are making sure they're ready to go. 90 minutes from now. all of the candidates with the exception of hillary clinton have done walk throughs. they have come up on the set they'll be on for this evening. they have stood behind the lectern. some of them have done sound checks angoten reminder -- and gotten reminders about the time. they have learned where the lights are that remind them if they're running out of time. they can see where the moder

interesting when you look at the debate stage, i was just inside. the podiums are all set up. martin o'malley, despite being in the single digits in. the polls, he's standing right next to hillary clinton. that greats a huge opening for martin o'malley to perhaps have one of those breakthrough moments and i suspect we might see that tomorrow night as well. we go into debates and don't know how it's going to play out. somebody might have a breakout moment that changes the game. >> i'm sure there will be attac attacks. jim, thank you. let's dig in now to the latest results from that poll we just showed you between south carolina and nevada. also keeping in mind how the rest are doing both as we have seen in iowa and in new hampshire. also with us is commentator donna brazil. and on my left, senior political analyst ron brown steen, director at the national jury room. let me turn to you first, sir. we know that hillary clinton, she's losing in new hampshire. she's basically neck and neck with bernie sanders in iowa. but huge double digit ace head of him in nevada and south carolina. has to embolden her g

, don't want to see more gun control. he's been moderate. martin o'malley said he may go after bernie sanders on that issue. a couple of potential flash points to be looking forward to in the debate coming up on tuesday night. and hillary clinton, you know, she has not been involved in a debate since 2008. how are her debate skills? how prepared is she going to be? because obviously all the attention is going to be on her in just about 36 hours from now. should be fascinating political television. pam? >> absolutely. that begs the question, have the candidates come through at all there for a walk-through at all? >> we have not seen any candidate walk-throughs yet. a little early for that. i can tell you, there are cnn crews literally all around me at this point putting the pieces of this puzzle together. you can see these are mock audience members at this point. some of these folks were standing behind the podiums yesterday. so really, you could hear somebody using a belt sander or something, a drill or something off in the background. it does take some time to put something together

bernie sanders of vermont. and the long shot candidates, former maryland governor, martin o'malley, former virginia senator, jim webb, and former rhode island governor, lincoln chafee. for the underdogs, this is a make or break moment. big chance to make an impact that could keep them in this race. for sanders, self-described socialist with a strong core following, it's a chance to appeal to a wider audience of democrats. and for clinton, a chance to move beyond her e-mail controversy, answer her critics and boost her status as front-runner. clinton took some shots at donald trump on the ooen eve of the debate as she joined a union rally outside the trump hotel in vegas. trump will be watching the debate and promises to live tweet as the democrats do battle. our correspondents, analysts and guests have full coverage of the extraordinary event coming up. let's begin with cnn john berman, down on the stage where the candidates will debate. set the stage for us, john. >> wolf, right now, right behind me, bernie sanders, getting his tour of the debate stage. such an interesting moment to see t

. hillary clinton, bernie sanders and martin o'malley all spoke at the fund-raising dinner. each candidate made their case to the party faithful. clinton spoke after 10:00 last go after republicans. hillary clinton: when republicans debate, they compete to insult each other, demean women, and they double down on trickle down. actually, it's reality tv with a cast of characters who don't care about reality. alyx: bernie sanders used his speech to draw sharp contrast with clinton on a number of issues. sanders suggested that clinton is revising history to explain why her husband, president clinton, signed an act in the 1990's defining marriage as a union of one man and one woman. >> no american family who works hard and plays by the rules -- bernie sanders: now today, some are trying to rewrite history to say they voted for one anti gay law to stop something worse, there was a small minority in the house, that oppose discriminating against our gay brothers and sisters and i am glad that i'm one of those members. alyx: martin o'malley stressed that he's the presidential candidate of

playing martin o'malley. so she's been method acting. >> but she has like 25 debates under -- >> but it has been a long time and you can't underestimate that. by this point in 2007, there had been nine democratic debates. >> oh, my gosh. >> that's a lot of reps, right? it's almost sort of a muscle memory thing. this is the first one and there aren't going to be that many, so that preparation matters even more. >> and bernie sanders is no slouch when it comes to debating. here is a guy who first ran for office in 1972. he's been in dozens and doesz of -- >> but is he -- >> they're kind of saying he's got this, he's doing sort of exchanges. there is no hillary clinton person who is playing hillary clinton, but he's practicing exchanges and i think his main goal is to come across a credible president. >> you also know that there's this expectations management, not prepared. >> exactly. >> so i do think part of his approach is this kind of shoot from the hip thing. but i also think they're trying not to say, well, he is really just -- he should be hitting it out of the park. >> yeah. it'

chief as for the democrats today, martin o'malley stopped in sioux city. ktiv's matt breen sat down with the governor in our road to the caucus coverage. << despite just five percent tional name recognition, governor martin o'malley remains a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination while two of his competitors dropped out," said matt breen. nats of o'malley martin o'malley knows about inevitability in a political campaign. in 1984, o'malley was a 20- year-old staffer for democratic presidential candidate gary hart. though a long shot, hart finished a surprising second to former vice president walter mondale. mondale went on to win the nomination, but the race taught o'malley something. "people in iowa aren't intimidated by polls," said martin o'malley, (d) presidential candidate. "they're not intimidated by the washington pupuits and the so-called power brokers because, in the iowa caucuses the individual matters". during my one-on-one interview with o'malley, i asked the former maryland governor to size up the democratic race for president. o'malley touted his executiv

question if she is looking past the field. and martin a o'malley and lincoln chafee and jim webb are hoping to get a breakout moment as happened with carly fiorina in the republican debates. we will see the candidates coming to the winn hotel, and start to check out the debate stage, and wolf, it has been a big build-up, but we are almost there. >> and the debate is et up, with the whole notion of the candidates, themselves, when they have a chance to see what it is like up on the stage, the five candidates, that is later this afternoon, right? >> yes. i would say in the 4:00 to 5 :0 eastern time, our time, i should say, eastern time, we will start to show up here at this auditorium, and fascinating to watch. you know, hillary clinton despite that she has had secret service protection for two decades, and involved in many debates from the senatorial debates and presidential level, she has not been a debate like this for a decade. and who would have thought that bernie sanders would have captured the imagination of the left much like barack obama did, and standing right next to the hi

with the jefferson jackson dinner in des moines. hillary clinton, bernie sanders, and martin o'malley are getting ready for the big event tonight at hy-vee hall. it's the state's largest gathering of democrats with more than 6 thousand tickets sold. along with the event-- comes a lot of pre-game action for hillary clinton and she brought in some star power to help. nikki: local 5's jacob peklo is live outside hy-vee hall with more. jacob/tvu that's right, nikki. katy perry was on stage this afternoon. to give a boost to hillary clinton's campaign. she joined the effort and jacob/tvu she's not alone. both bernie sanders and martin o'malley held rallies of across town martin o'malley held his own concert and serenaded the crowd. bernie sanders... and crossed the women's bridge to come tonight's venue. " " jacob/tvu again all three democratic candidates are gathering here at hy-vee hall tonight for the jefferson jackson dinner starting at 7. look for full coverage tonight on local 5 news late edition. reporting live in des moines jacob peklo local 5 news we are reporting live in des moines j

. democrat martin o'malley has been campaigning for president for four months. but, with one debate done, and the des moines debate just two weeks away, the former maryland governor says it feels like the campaign is just beginning. ktiv's matt breen sat down with o'malley during his trip to sioux city, today. << despite just five percent national name recognition, governor martin o'malley remains a candidate for the democratic presidential nomination while two of his competitors dropped out," said matt breen. nats of o'malley martin o'malley knows about inevitability in a political campaign. in 1984, o'malley was a 20- year-old staffer for democratic presidential candidate gary hart. though a finished a surprising second to former vice president walter mondale. mondale went on to win the nomination, but the race taught o'malley something. "people in iowa aren't intimidated by polls," said martin o'malley, (d) presidential candidate. "they're not intimidated by the washington pundits and the so-called power brokers because, in the iowa caucuses the individual matters". during my one-on-o

governor martin o'malley who spoke on immigration, college tuition and the economy. >> thanks to president obama, our country has come a long way since the wall street crash of 2008. our country's doing better. we are creating jobs again. we elected a president, not a magician. >> trevor: "we elected a president, not a magician." ( laughter ) and xandar is like, "don't blame me. i voted for dumbledorf." but the real star of the show for me was rhode island's lincoln chafee. who started out by addressing the lack of skeletons in his closet. >> i'm very proud over my almost 30 years of public service i have had no scandals. i've always been honest. i've had the courage to take the long-term view, and i've shown good judgment. i have high ethical standards. ( cheers and applause ). >> trevor: "and i make my bed every morning. i'm extremely punctual, and i have never had a cavity. don't believe me? here's a note from my dentist who, by the way, says he would seriously consider voting for me." ( laughter ) you know, the worst thing is this wasn't the worst part of lincoln chafee's nig

? >> how many people know who martin o'malley is? put your hand up if you know martin o'malley. almost everybody. three of you have heard of martin o'malley. you know what job he previously had? >> i don't. >> i don't know much about him, was governor of maryland. >> i think he is articulate. he is personable and has a plan. >> who will win the new hampshire primary? >> sanders. >> sanders. >> sanders. >> sanders. >> sanders. >> who'll win the iowa caucus? on the democratic side. >> bernie. >> bernie. >> bernie. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> i don't know. >> i have no idea. >> who will be the democratic nominee for president? >> sanders. >> clinton. >> sanders. >> clinton. >> sanders. >> clinton. >> sanders. >> clinton. >> clinton. >> as a betting person, who will be the nominee? >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> hillary. >> i'm not sure. >> >> hillary. >> hillary, but i would not be surprised if sanders gets it. >>, or that you bob? >> i think he might be a bit liberal for great parts of the country. >> the fact that he has been branded a socialis

key state of new hampshire, on her left, former maryland governor martin o'malley, former virginia senator jim webb and former rhode island governor lincoln chafee. they book end the stage. a brand-new poll out today, hillary clinton on top in the cbs poll. she is 19 points ahead of bernie sanders. now, if, if vice president joe biden enters the race, he would be in third with the other candidates far, far behind. but a biden candidacy is still a big if. there has been no word from the vice president who has been meeting all weekend with friends and family to discuss a potential run up in delaware, no white smoke, no black smoke from that house. we simply do not know what's going on there. let's begin here, though, with cnn's senior white house correspondent jim acosta, who is inside the debate hall right behind me at the wynn las vegas. jim, tell me what the candidates are doing to prepare today. >> you won't see them anywhere near the hotel where we are checking out the debate preps. our cnn staff are all over the inside of this ballroom getting it set for the first democratic de

left martin o'malley, lincoln chafee and jim webb. dana bash will be here. cnn espanol washington correspondent juan carlos lopez. don lemon will bring in questions via facebook. there's been a lot of activity and the excitement is palpable. we're joined now on the floor from brianna. >> hi there anderson. i want to give you a look at the stage behind me me. you can see where dana bash and juan carlos will be. you'll be asking questions of the candidates. their five lecterns stand ready for them. they're not far from the debate hall. they're in their green room trailers. we were just out behind the hotel. martin o'malley has a guitar in his trailer. lincoln chafee, jim webb, we saw them out there. also, as we await hillary clinton and bernie sanders at their trailers, it's really interesting as we await for them certainly to come through what really is sort of the back of the hotel here and eventually make their entrance on to the stage. they did, at least a couple of them get a welcome from senator harry reid who came to their trailers to say hello. looking out at the audience he

very first time. they'll be joined by martin o'malley, lincoln chafee and jim webb in what could be a breakout moment. all of this as new polls show lincoln with a commanding lead in nevada and south carolina. let's bring in cnn's jim acosta. he's in las vegas, where final preparations are now underway. good morning, jim. >> reporter: good morning, carol. i'm inciside the wynn hotel on e las vegas strip, where the debate set is already ready to go. you can see the five paid yum behind me. clinton, the front runner, has the middle podium. to her right will be sanders. he has been the insurgent candidate, firing up the liberal base of the democratic party. these new polls show, as you mentioned, carol, that clinton has a comfortable lead in the battleground states, including nevada. we'll put that on screen, according to the new cnn/orc poll. clinton has 50% with sanders, 34% and the undeclared joe biden at 12%. if you take biden out, it helps clinton. she rises to a bigger lead. 58% for hillary clinton. 36% for bernie sanders. we want to throw this in, as well. south carolina is an int

case. you got to see the introduction, really, of martin o'malley, they were going head-to-head in front of the audience, in front of the world, really, to see, where are they the same and who is the best choice for democrats. now it's all 5b9 the analysis -- about the analysis. >> jim webb and lincoln chafee also had some really compelling moments. we will talk about all of that. did any of those three candidates aside from hillary and bernie have a breakout moment. did last night signal the end for last night's campaign? let's bring in cnn's comprehensive coverage. you are cnn's comprehensive coverage, john berman. you have ault all of the debate highlights. tell us what you saw. >> i have that in my contract. before last night, the five democratic candidates have a combined total 25 presidential debates between them, hillary clinton accounted for all 25. to an extent, that really showed last night. >> it may have been the first democratic debate but it was clear it was not hillary clinton's first rodeo, running down a debate check list with surgical precision. >> i would not ask

helpful. >> plus, mutiny at a trump rally. >> mr. trump! >> martin o'malley on how he plans to work with dysfunctional republicans. and the hypothetical bravado of ben carson. >> hey, guys, everybody attack him. >> versus the real-life story of ben carson. >> guy comes in, puts the gun in my ribs, and i just said, i believe that you want the guy behind the counter. >> when "all in" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. an absolutely astounding turn of events on capitol hill today, where the heir apparent to what is arguably the second most powerful job in washington suddenly withdrew from consideration, leaving the house republican caucus in an unprecedented state of disarray. in fact, the last time there was this much uncertainty around the next speaker of the house was probably back in 1860 when they had a few other problems to deal with at the time. until last night minority leader kevin mccarthy's path to the speakership siemd like a foregone conclusion. it takes 218 votes in the house and neither his two challengers, jason chaffetz of utah or daniel

: they are almost missing persons on the campaign trail. martin o'malley is a wildcard. this is the first time he will have the chance to actually stand to tell with these two people totally eclipsed him. clinton, one unexpected, sanders. does he go negative or not? mark: i hate to keep going back to moderators, but do timekeeper give o'malley the same time as sanders and clinton, or give him roughly the same amount of time to talk as jim webb and lincoln chafee? does he fight his way in? he has something to say that is different. he is a younger guy. he has been a chief executive. he has things to say. he has been saying them on the campaign trail from. -- campaign trail for months. john: hillary clinton is still the dominant front runner, even with all the problems she has had. if i were martin o'malley, i try to figure out how to get a contrast going with bernie sanders, whether it's generational, executive -- i believe the same things, but i can get them done. somehow he has to displace sanders as the alternative. i'm interested in seeing how those interactions go rather than o'

back-and-forth between martin o'malley, bernie sanders, hillary clinton. here it is. it's time to stand up and pass copperheads of gun safety legislation. it by leading with principle, not pandering to the nra. >> the voting record -- pandering,nk it is but you have not been in the united states congress. >> i think we have to look at the fact we lose 90 people per day from gun violence. long andgone on too it's time the entire country stood up against the nra. the majority of our country -- [applause] scott: hillary clinton gathering a lot of applause on that line. former senator jim webb and quiten chafee, webb doing a bit of complaining about the airtime he was getting in the ability to speak, the monitor going out on him a few times. jim webb said it had been 10 been ablence he had to stake, and anderson cooper said he had agreed to the debate rules. there was a podium ready for vice president joe biden should he make the last minute decision to announce his candidacy. we are wondering after tonight's performance that is a larger window of opportunity for him to enter. we have

, and martin o'malley all took center stage at hy-vee hall in des moines on saturday. it's the state's largest gathering of democrats sold. each candidate had their own special sections of supporters with lights, and signage and their own chants... bernie sanders caused a huge commotion when he walked through the crowd on his way up to the stage for his speech. along with the event... came a lot of pre-game action for all three candidates as they rallied support before the dinner. reporter jacob peklo from our affiliate in des moines has the story.. nats with 100 days to go until the february 1st caucus, the three remaining democratic candidates are pulling out all the stops. with an energy unparalleled to the rest of the campaign nats "katy perry" dancing...and singing get their message across. hillary clinton pulled out two of her biggest name supporters...former president bill clinton and music superstar katy perry. sot martin o'malley sought the approval of the crowd, by picking up his guitar and singing with them nats sot while bernie sanders brought a drum line to the party. sot

governor martin o'malley, former virginia senator jim webb and former rhode island governor lincoln chafee will book end the stage. there is a brand-new poll out today. hillary clinton with the lead in the cbs poll, 19 points behead of bernie sanders. now if, if vice president joe biden enters the race he would enter in third place with the candidates far behind. but that biden candidacy, no one knows what's going on. there has been no word from the vice president. he has been meeting with his family, presumably with aides as well all weekend at his home in delaware. we are waiting for some word about what comes out of those meetings. in the meantime, we are here in las vegas with the canidates beginning to arrive, beginning to get ready for the cnn debate. joined now by cnn senior white house correspondent jim acosta, who is in beautiful debate hall inside the beautiful wynn las vegas. how's it going so far? >> reporter: it's going great. john, what we're seeing is sort of debate prep, debate setup in action. you can see all the scores of cnn employees behind me setting the stage f

has never faced a debate this big. at the same time, the three long-shot candidates -- martin o'malley, jim webb and lincoln chaffee, will try to have breakout performances. arriving in las vegas late yesterday, hillary clinton showed up on donald trump's doorstep. his hotel on the vegas strip. she joined a rally of union workers demanding that trump allow employees there to unionize. >> some people think mr. trump is entertaining, but i don't think it's entertaining when somebody insults immigrants, insults women. that is just unacceptable behavior. and so when we're here together in solidarity to organize, we also want to send a message to mr. trump that if you are going to run for president, then you should represent all the people of the united states. >> we last saw bernie sanders making an appearance yesterday at the bipartisan no-labels conference in new hampshire via video from las vegas. >> let's sit down and analyze what the most important problems are that we face as a country and figure out together how we go forward. while, as i'll indicate, yeah, there are going to be big disa

. >> lesser known contenders like martin o'malley, can he be a serious contender? here he is singing to a donor. >> ♪ so thank you for your support ♪ ♪ thanks for lending me your hand ♪ ♪ thank you catherine ♪ for spreading our message of new leadership across the land land ♪ ♪ of the free ♪ and the home of the brave >> okay. so there you have it. so maria, seriously? can martin o mal. >> i don't even know what to say. >> i think tonight is another big opportunity, probably the first one that martin o'malley has had to break out before a tremendously huge audience that he hasn't had before. let's think about what martin o'malley has done. he's a substantive person. he has a lot of accomplishments under his belt. and i think tonight he can also go after hillary on positions that he has had from a long time ago on the progressive side and sort of question, well, you know, you are here now but look at where i have been for quite a while. he for example was one of the first to pass the dream act in maryland. that is something that for latino voters is very important. he can

martin o'malley along with senator bernie sanders also running for the democratic presidential nomination will both be speaking and taking questions at a conference hosted by the congressional hispanic caucus. this is the congressional hispanic caucus institute's annual public policy conference and this afternoon hearing from two presidential candidates. we expect the program to get under way in just a few moments. it's live here on c-span3. >> again, we're live at the walter e. washington convention center in washington, d.c., the congressional hispanic caucus institute holding its annual public policy conference today. and this afternoon it's the presidential candidate session. we expect to hear from two candidates for the democratic party nomination for president. former maryland governor martin o'malley and independent senator bernie sanders. both expected to speak here shortly. a quick update from capitol hill today while we wait. the senate has passed the 2016 defense program's conference agreement. the president has threatened to veto that measure, by the way. the senate

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to attacks? will bernie sanders attack at all? what about martin o'malley, jim webb, lincoln chafee? will they look for controversy, intrig intrigue, some electric moment to make them relevant now in this race? that is tomorrow. today we have two brand new cnn polls with eye-opening numbers, especially if you are bernie sanders and maybe joe biden. hillary clinton with impressive leads here in nevada, a crucial early voting state. also the key early state of south carolina. how will these numbers affect them on stage tomorrow night? bernie sanders' campaign manager told me sanders will rehearse possible exchanges with the other candidates and the moderator. let's take you inside that debate hall where all the magic will happen, inside the wynn las vegas. jim acosta, where all the action will happen just one day from now, jim. >> that's right, john. we said everything this morning except, let's go ready to rumble, so we are one day away from the cnn democratic debate. you can see the podiums are right behind me. there they are, all five of them. taking center stage will be former sec