president clinton's -- present -- president clinton: no. i don't. barack obama is not bernie sanders. she and president obama had enormous overlap on what they wanted to do and how they wanted to do it. and there are big differences in their positions on the issues. and now we are free to talk about this. john: bubba is in columbia, south carolina today. there's no doubt he will play a big role in the closing days of the new hampshire primary. mark, what about time in memorial questions, always with bill clinton, that big role -- mark: there ain't nothing more clinton classic and andrea mitchell on a rope line chucking it to bill clinton. you don't need to be the biggest clintonologist to see what is going on there. he obviously wants to frame this fight, he believes hillary clinton has a chance to do well enough here to not suffer a big defeat in new hampshire, whether she closes the gap completely or not. if i were a clinton person watching that, i would be concerned he's headed in the direction which might be successful, but might, as happened in

but i met hillary clinton. a met president clinton. >> reporter: i spoke with the clinton campaign source today who says she's going to try to draw compelling contrasts on issues that she sees being of import to african-american and hispanic voters, namely that would be crime, immigration and guns. guns perhaps the area where there's the most clear contrast between sanders and clinton, wolf. >> very powerful statement from congressman john lewis there. thanks very much. let's go to jeff zeleny. jeff, you've been on the campaign trail with the sanders campaign. how are they handling expectations, first of all, for tonight's debate? >> reporter: first of all, they're trying to get them in check. it's been a very big week for the sanders campaign, no question about it, bigger than they anticipated. that 22-point win in new hampshire has sort of raised the bar and the stakes for them. i'm told that one senior advisor is going to keep doing what he's doing. it's been working so far. but briana is absolutely right, a

clinton. but yet, talking about economic troubles that have not been fixed over seven and a half years, it's a tough line to walk. >> yes. when you're hugging the president you're hugging the establishment when people are antiestablishment. what we have going on here is hard left populism and hard core politics. i think that both candidates really didn't do what i expected them to do. hillary clinton did not sharpen her message. she is still meandering all over the place. and bernie sanders for the love of god, how do you go through the debate and not mention e-mails or the state department went after the clinton foundation? >> we should point out there wasn't a question. >> if i'm running you don't have to ask me the question. >> if i'm moderating i have to ask. >> it's a pertinent question. and going left of her, saying the president hasn't shown enough mercy to the community. these are the kindÑi of proposa i'm going to do to bring the racial equality and instead of talking about it, he di

secretary clinton winning over senator sanders there. you don't know the precinct or two that are left outstanding. the bulk of them if you look at 97 me 97%, 98% of the vote count statewide, you're missing 6% in the state's largest yoint. that's where the missing votes are in des moines and the area around it within polk county. >> pretty awkward. pretty embarrassing, john. i've got to tell you. that they didn't have it adequately staffed in those 90 caucus sites. very embarrassing for the democratic party in iowa. we'll see if they can recreate those numbers and do it in a fair and responsible way. even though it's about as close as you possibly can think, it's a virtual tie right now, the bragging rights are important for hillary clinton if she wins or bernie sanders if he were to win in iowa. that would be significant. clearly an embarrassment for the democratic party right now. let's take a closer look at what has happened so far tonight in the iowa caucuses. first on the republican side, cnn projected a while ago ted cruz, the texa

who's here for clinton? yell out. sanders? yes. clinton? sanders? clinton? sanders? hillary. hillary? you see a very converse crowd. reflects where we are here in clark county. 11% identify at african-american. both side agrees it will be very tight. what they're doing here is lining up, going to go inside, register. then the caucusing will begin. >> what you're saying, jason, 20 minutes to get inside and then the doors close? is that what happened? >> reporter: 20 minutes to get into line. that's why some people here are confused because they think if they're not inside the doors by 12:00 they won't be able to participate. not the case. as long as you're in line by 12:00 you will be allowed to participate. all you need to do, get in line. a very long line. as long as you're in line, you're all right. >> thanks very much, jason. we'll get back to you. dana, what? four years, or eight years ago about 117,000, 118,000 it democrats participated in these democratic caucuses. looks like a big turnout right now. i wonder if that helps hillary clinton or bernie sanders? >> i think b

as you go into these counties, clinton getting 20% here, clinton getting 20% here, clinton getting 17% here. obama had a clear victory in the swath where you have the highest american percentage. i could only find one county, lexington county where bernie sanders was getting 40. most of the places when you go through these counties, it's a thrashing. he's in 19, 20, maybe cracking 30. it's an overwhelming victory. it's not just a victory. the reason it's so important, number one, hillary clinton now has something in common with donald trump. she's won three of the first four. a different map. cruz won iowa. trump won the other three. she's won three of the first four. this is the momentum phase of the campaign. a lot of super tuesday plays out down here in states like south carolina where you're going to have and electorate like tonight. the scope of this victory tonight, you saw a very happy candidate there delivering that speech. it sends a message to bernie sanders. it sends a message to any democrats that were nervous about her candidacy. >> similarly in some of the other southern

white men..clinton will be 3 3 clinton did very well in rural counties.. high african american voter turnout..less well in the upstate.. she was more in the 65-70% rangesuper tuesday has 12 states.. 6 in the south.. she should still do well...sanders will do well in the northsanders needs to get his people out.. young people he does well with.. white men..clinton will be doing the same thing..did people think clinton was going to run away with it?the polls were showing clinton with a huge lead.. gop voters also didn't know if they should vote or when. 3 we'll check back in with you guys coming up in the next half hour hourcody and diana back to you 3 but we do want to 3 talk about rain chances on the horizon. stick around and find out when the wet weather arrives in your forecast. 3 the first in the south primaries are all wrapped up.a look ahead to super tuesday ... and the fight for delegates to secure the nomination. 3 plus.. we're also following a developing story out of the upstate.a suspect in a double murder.. now on the run.we'll have the latest on

yes, by hillary clinton. i mean the clinton campaign a month ago would have told us that nevada was not competitive state for bernie sanders. they spent the last week saying well this is a competitive state. there are lots of white people there and young people there. so they have changed the baseline. i agree with michael, if she doesn't come -- if she doesn't win by at least 5 points if it's this close when it's over i think she loses her argument against bernie which is that he is unelectable. >> you don't cover the spread in politics you win or you lose. okay. if she wins this in the state, first thing i said when we started this i said what van was saying talking about the pain. this is the state with the fourth highest unemployment in america. the second highest home foreclosures in america. 30% increase in home foreclosures in the last month. enormous pain. she hangs on and wins a 4-point lead that's a big deal. and i'm sorry if people don't think she covered the spread but there ain't no spread in pol

down 22 points, hillary clinton. sanders at 57. clinton at 34. you have an outright win. you're shooting for that. but what kind of a gap would be a win for you? >> the polls do show we're behind new hampshire. we have some head winds here. if we put hillary clinton in front of new hampshire voters, we think that the choice they'll increasingly have to come to a decision about is who is the democrat that can best get things done, protect the gains under president barack obama. hillary clinton is with one who has that record as first lady of the united states. i think we can eat into that margin right now that senator sanders has over us. >> in terms of differences between secretary clinton and senator sanders, he laid out what he says a major difference between hillary clinton and him. here he is. >> hillary clinton announced the results $25 million coming into her super pac. 15 million of that came from wall street. that is a very significant difference. our campaign is funded by the people to a significant degree. her campaign is funded by wall street and big money inte

adam: one of the things hillary clinton has going for her is bill clinton. he is out here all the time. he golfs here a lot. when i went inside, i did go and see bill clinton at an event. there were people lined up for hours waiting to see him. there is something else to remember about nevada -- is a very transient state. people keep moving in and out. the voter population today is a lot different than 2008. i would not assume there is a connection to bill clinton. i think that is really the big question. john: you can vote on the casino floors. does bill clinton have more influence at the bellagio or the las vegas suburbs? adam: the suburbs. there was a big fight about this last night because the culinary workers, which represented a lot --the workers on the strip where the caucuses were held at casinos two people were working and go caucus. clinton supporters tried to get that turned out unsuccessfully. bill clinton really brought it. i think you will see more of bill clinton in the suburbs than the floor of the bellagio. john: that is almost impossible to

i respect secretary clinton. we can have differences. >> reporter: sanders today campaigning in virginia, one of 11 super tuesday states that hold democratic contests next week. >> all right, you guys are getting me revved up here. going long afternoon. i'm beginning to work up a sweat here. >> reporter: sanders and clinton will converge in snooikt for a cnn town hall setting the stage for saturday's primary fight. >> we have to begin by facing up to the reality of systemic racism. >> reporter: both candidates have been working hard to build support among african-american voters who make up more than half the democratic electorate in the palmetto state. >> are we behind today in the african-american vote? the answer is yes we are. but i would also tell you that we are making progress. >> reporter: sanders today picking up the endorsement of spike lee releasing a radio ad featuring the filmmaker. >> bernie takes no money from corporation. nada. which means he's not on the take. when bernie gets in the white house

secretary clinton has three events today and guess where bill clinton is? south carolina. she was very adamant today though that she is in it forth long haul in new hampshire. in iowa, she left for a day doing a fundraising trip. >> not leaving. >> they're bringing in 150 staffers from brooklyn and i am told volunteers from bill clinton world to work on this. >> we're going to listen in to this presser. let's listen. >> so she has been -- she campaigned here in 2008. she won the state. she has the support of virtually the entire political establishment here in new hampshire. now i am proud, you know, vermont is a sister state to new hampshire. i think many people here in new hampshire, at least along the border, know my record. and to the degree that they are supporting me because of what i have been doing in the last many years is something that i'm very, very proud of. but they also know secretary clinton because if you started at the beginning of this campaign, truthfully, if you did a poll about how many people in new hampshire new hillary clinton, how many people knew

chelsea clinton. we'll find out when he takes the stage here. >> jeff, that was no drive by campaign attack. he went armed with information and to say those things. as you say, it will be interesting to see what he says when he takes the stage in a little bit. we'll take it live when it happens. jeff zeleny, thanks so much. >> let's bring in maeve reston as well as hillary rosa, a democratic strategist. and donna brazil. it is great to have us all together in new hampshire. on this bill clinton issue, why now, hillary? tell me what you think. >> there's very much a view within the clinton camp that bernie sanders has not been defined by the clinton team and that they maybe missed their opportunity to do it earlier. and i think now people are looking. look, sanders has performed well. he has now got to be subject to the same kind of scrutiny that hillary has been subject to. and when you look at some of those things, it infuriates them, like, he did participate in a campaign committee fund raising outr

and to hillary clinton. you've got jim cliburn down there, the other day saying he's all for the clintons. whatever problems they had between them eight years ago, they're gone. bill clinton is popular in the south. i think among african-americans, that's my hunch. this looks like a good thing for them. then they go into this incredible run of states, alabama, arkansas, colorado, georgia, massachusetts, minnesota, oklahoma, texas, tennessee, virginia and vermont. except for vermont and the two caucus states, minnesota and colorado, hillary clinton has all the name brand. but she still misses one thing. bernie's got a message. feel the "bern." a lot of excitement surrounding the clinton campaign. what happens when one party -- like in football, would you rather have the mo or the football? the clintons have the football but i think the mo is still with the bernie people. >> yes, but i think today is sort of a setback. you can't look at it any other way. >> i agree. >> look, super tuesday, when you judge who w

that should be strike one and strike two for the clintons should be the welfare reform that bill clinton also instituted. now, barack obama polled that. it had been put on the books by the clintons. for some reason they still want to call bill clinton the first african-american president. i don't know what that is all about. the cbc congressional black caucus didn't endorse hillary clinton today. their pac did. a big difference, right? >> the reason we make that discontinuing is because keith he will tonight sweetd, he wanted to make sure everybody knew it was the pac that endorsed and he did not have input. that could turn out to be a difference. making sure that everybody understand that's there is a gap there. they're trying to make the point because some people were not inclined. >> hillary thinks just because she married the first black president, she can be black. i don't think the black americans are buying that. i was reading an article. it was the federalist. >> very nice. and them bill clinton -- >> for everyone. >> only if there are pictures. bill clinton plays a sax with arse

why not hillary clinton? >> we get this thing about hillary clinton's experience. she is a dinosaur. she has been getting her coffee delivered to her for 20 years now >>> does that mean she is out of touch or not a real person? >> the kind of experience she has isn't what we want. i think in the end foreign policy should come down to being matters of judgment, matters of foresight. for example, we all know she voted for the war in iraq. sanders voted against it and we can all agree it was the right decision. >> definitely, because we had a lot of information that was just bad information and in the position that they were in. were privy to a lot of this information and they're still winning and they declared this war because of weapons of mass destruction. we all knew they did not have that we found out that they knew they didn't have, and having someone has experience with foreign policy to make those kind of decisions is not the kind of leader that you want >>> how old were you when the iraq water started? >> it has been going on for most of my life. that's why i

and this is clinton universe. 92% for clinton, 7% for sanders. you can see equal slices one quarter and one quarter, a swath looking for honest and trustworthy and a swath looking for the right experience and it's all clinton. we've seen this in iowa, new hampshire. the way the qualities are dividing what the voters are looking for, that's what is dividing the democratic electorate. >> it's fascinating. we don't know exactly which of these qualities is driving the most voters. >> right. these two are equal. 25% one -- and when we do the others, cares about people like me or has the ability to win in november, also roughly equal slices of the electorate. one in bernie's camp, one in clinton's. >> it is fascinating. the other 50% we getting any indication what was motivating those? >> the other 50% are looking for a candidate who can win in november, the electability. those are clinton voters, and those that are looking for somebody who cares about me, or people like me, those are sanders voters. >> like it was in iowa and new hampshire. >> the dem

i mean, there was not as if we threw bill clinton or hillary clinton per se under the bus. it was just that we embraced barack obama and even more importantly than that, democrats in south carolina and throughout the south, as we are about to find out, believe this primary is about building on and protecting the legacy of barack obama and there is nobody better suited to do that than hillary clinton and that's what we're seeing today. and after iowa and new hampshire, the demographics do change and people in south carolina, we have this really, really high ferver about making history and we're ready to make history for hillary clinton again. >> mark preston, all i have to say is, politics are really, really weird. so go ahead. >> before barack obama was elected, who did we call bill clinton. it was a very pitch battle. you know, it was really beer knuckle to bare knuckle. but to bakari's point, that was a past campaign. the clintons are being very smart by sending bill clinton ahead to south carolina today to try to make sure that they can solidify that support. because ber

hillary clinton: that would not happen. we are going to put up a no-fly zone where the russians are clearly kept informed. i want them at the table. they don't have to participate in it, but i want them to understand that there has to be areas on the ground, safe areas on the ground. if we can stop hundreds of thousands of more syrians leaving syria, because they get to a place where they can get medical aid, that is good for russia. why does russia want this incredible burden that is going to be coming up through europe, and yes, maybe they are happy to see europe suffering, but in the end, it makes no sense for them or all of us. i think you have to have that conversation. it is never easy with the russians, and particularly hard with vladimir putin. if you say, as i think you should and the conversation needs to get to an operational level, and then at the same time a conversation with putin about what options truly are, i think you can say to him, we are going to put up a no-fly zone. you will know very well where it is

you have hillary clinton. governor chris christie missing from the podium, but i'm sure he'll make his way. marco rubio. and -- i'm not campaigning, but i'm back here. there you have it. we have actually new remarks from ted cruz on immigration moments ago at a town hall in new hampshire. let's take a listen. >> what are we going to do? first of all, we're going to build a wall. and i've got someone in mind to build it. >> this is the first of five events for the senator as he traveled the state today. much like he did in iowa. in the final days and hours before the caucuses. the question now, can ted cruz's ground game here in new hampshire match the organization he built in awa? will donald trump who has now admitted he didn't campaign hard enough or spend enough money in iowa change his strategy as we lead up to the primary? joining me now, the chair of the new hampshire republican party, jennifer horn. thank you so much for joining me. >> thank you for inviting me. >> how do you describe the gop in new ham

. >> you reran some of senator clinton's -- secretary clinton's speech tonight. you've been in big crowds. you have a tendency to talk a little louder. no one shouts louder than senator sanders. all night long. he is shouting. he is literally almost the howard peal of this campaign. >> but hillary was so angry compared to sanders. >> i don't know if she was angry. but again, let us not slip into some gender bias here. a man raises his voice, he's enthusiastic. a woman raises her voice, she's angry. let's be very careful about how we characterize some of these things. >> with the iowa caucuses over the race of course moves to new hampshire. we're going to have a very special event this wednesday night, two nights from now. the two democratic presidential candidates, hillary clinton, bernie sanders going to take part in a presidential town hall in derry, new hampshire live on cnn. it is a critical moment for each of the candidates to face the voters in new hampshire. first time they're going to be on a stage on the same night in the same place since what happened h

clinton buzz. there are people interested in seeing her as a famous icon, but that is different to voting for her. she'll take tonight, put it in perspective and get down to south carolina, and wage a battle there, and how she does will be significant. it's important to emphasise they need to look at who is voting for her tonight, and who is not. as we talk to the young women, i had a couple of them tell me i don't appreciate it when older men tell me what to do, i don't like it when older women tell me what to do. when i hear from gloria and madeline albright they need to speak as a person, not tell me what to do. you can hear the crowd getting enthusiastic behind me. hillary clinton will be out. you can bet she'll put a positive spin. >> okay. we'll let the control room know to let me know when she speaks, and i'll toss back and we can listen to that. i want to go back to mike viqueira. she's at bernie sanders headquarters in new hampshire. >> i'm here at the bernie sanders crowd in new hampshire

could hillary clinton, should hillary clinton, rely on black voters? should anybody ? contested to rain, it's the "inside story." welcome to "inside story." i'm ray suarez. public opinion researchers have found a big and persistent gap in black voter sentiment on hillary clinton and bernie sanders. margin. bernie sanders was the at large congress member then a u.s. senator from vermont, one of the whitest states in america. so goes the thinking, the map looks good for the former secretary of state. the action this week testing that assumption has been fast and furious. the political action committee of the congressional black caucus endorsed hillary clinton, keith ellison and others endorsed bernie sanders. secretary clinton and her husband the former president, are the fast friends of black america. the daughter of eric garner who died during a confrontation with the nypd, endorsed sanders. clinton and sanders met in a debate last night in milwaukee. sanders related the issue with black america as persistent gaps. >> if you have african american poverty rates of 35%.

not only do we see hillary clinton wrapping herself in barack obama, but we see the clinton campaign trying to drive a wedge between barack obama and bernie sanders. that he was thinking, perhaps, of maybe primarying him or encourages others to do so, that he called the president weak. the whole litany of stuff that the clinton campaign has been pushing about bernie sanders distancing himself in some way from barack obama being the liber liberal critic of barack obama. this shows why. remaining larger than the universe of voters who want a more liberal direction. we'll see when final numbers come in. that's what they're trying to drive up. >> interesting considering the fact barack obama and hillary clinton were adversaries eight years ago and talking to people at clinton events back in new hampshire and iowa, that a lot of people said that they were going for her because they supported barack obama, and they did agree with the idea that she was going to continue doing what he's doing. >> never thought you'd say hillary clinton is the barack obama candidate, but that's what it is her

clinton used. they said, it's important to remember that, quote, these e-mails were not marked classified at the time sent. same words, same defense hillary clinton uses. is that a coincidence? >> obviously not. there does appear to be some sort of coordination. either it's drirect or indirect. either the state department is saying, this is what hillary clinton is saying so let's try to mimic her language -- >> does it matter whether the e-mails were marked classified at the time sent, or is that spin? >> it would make it, i think, worse, and it would be a separate crime, i believe, to -- and i'm not a lawyer, but what from i understand, and the sources i've talked to, to remove the markings, nevertheless, it is still a crime to mishandle classified information, regardless of how it's marked and when she did become secretary of state, you sign a nondisclosure agreement and various documents that acknowledges the fact that there is a difference between classified information that's marked or not mar

the site of bill clinton's surprise second-place finish in 1992, and of hillary clinton's upset of barack obama in 2008 after finishing third in iowa. while sanders didn't have any public campaign events on his schedule today, by this hour, clinton has already attended three digfferent get out the voe events if three locations around the state. starting last night according to buzzfeed, 150 staffers from clinton campaign headquarters in brooklyn are making the five-hour drive up to new hampshire to lend a hand. clinton has been arguing the deck in new hampshire is stacked against her and in favor of her opponent. >> a lot of political pundits have been opining, as political pundits do, that i should have just skipped coming to new hampshire. their argument is, look, you're behind here. i am. you're in your opponent's backyard. new hampshire always favors neighbors, which i think is neighborly. [ laughter ] and, you know, maybe you should have just moved on to some of these other states where everybody says you've got big leads and all of that. i have to tell you, i just could not ever ski

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new hampshire's been very good to the clinton family. saved bill clinton's candidacy in 1992. helped extend hillary's race in 2008. i don't think necessarily it buys her time. but look, this debate is coming at a time when the two of them are having a real debate about what should the democratic party be. should it be what it's been? is it the party of obama and clinton? or does it need to go in a new direction as bernie sanders? clearly an army of supporters wants to take it. >> chuck, thanks very much. tonight's msnbc democratic debate kicks off live from the university of new hampshire, co-moderated by chuck, and rachel maddow at 9:00 eastern time. >>> in the republican race, another new poll shows marco rubio leaping over ted cruz take the number two spot behind front-runner donald trump. as nbc's hallie jackson tells us, rubio's adversaries are piling on to try to stop his rise. >> reporter: with momentum in new hampshire, marco rubio rubio's hoping for a photo finish, drawing crowds in every shot as republican rivals take theirs. >> thank you guys for being here. >> repo

clinton staff says they hope -- clinton's staff says they hope the momentum from last night moves them even further. myra: bernie sanders didn't actually spend primary night in south carolina. he chose to watch returns out of state, campaigning elsewhere during the primary. patrick hussion has more the sanders campaign. >> a lot has been made of the african-american vote here in south carolina, as the first true test involving a state with a majority of african-americans voting democrat. when it was all said and done, hillary clinton took 80% of the black vote in south carolina, this was the first in the south primary which means we're just , getting started, and this week's super tuesday will also involve southern states with large perecentages of black voters. said his campaign is just , beginning. bernie sanders you know what : democracy is about -- and i really do love democracy -- it's one person, one vote, it's you disagree with me, that fine. you got a better idea than me, fight for it. that's a beautiful thing. but what democracy is not about is a handful of billionaires buying

chelsea clinton will speak, bill clinton will speak, introducing his wife. what's the mood over there? >> i can tell you the mood is very joyous here every time the latest numbers come up, this crowd cheers. it's one of the actual smaller size rallies that bernie sanders has had. he came to such program nens with his rallies. his aids are pouring through these numbers. looking at a couple counties in particular. johnson county. polk county in des moines is the only place they can pull out a victory here. it's as close as it could possibly be. .8%. senator sanders is going to try to speak within the next 30 minutes or so, if the results are a little more firm, he is going to declare victory here. he believes that his upstart candidacy has nearly taken down

, bill clinton and then hillary clinton were going to speak. instead what you saw was her saying without any comments from her husband or her daughter that she was breathing a sigh of relief. now in leaving here, she has tweeted personally, you know, thank you, iowa. from the bottom of my heart. so it is not a victory declaration, but they're trying to make it appear to be. it is somewhat analogous to what happened to bill clinton in 1992 in new hampshire. he didn't declare victory. he came in third, but he said that, you know, he was the comeback kid, because he was so far behind, because of all of the scandals that had erupted during that campaign. so it isn't quite analogous but it certainly is presenting, her henting herself and you pointed out in the middle of ted cruz' victory speech, coming up onstage with no warning. the staff did not know. the traveling poll did not know. apew jis went around the room because they did not know she was walking out on that stage when they did. they didn't shake hands with any supporters and high-tailed i

clinton. but yet, talking about economic troubles that have not been fixed over seven and a half years, it's a tough line to walk. >> yes. when you're hugging the president you're hugging the establishment when people are antiestablishment. what we have going on here is hard left populism and hard core politics. i think that both candidates really didn't do what i expected them to do. hillary clinton did not sharpen her message. she is still meandering all over the place. and bernie sanders for the love of god, how do you go through the debate and not mention e-mails or the state department went after the clinton foundation? >> we should point out there wasn't a question. >> if i'm running you don't have to ask me the question. >> if i'm moderating i have to ask. >> it's a pertinent question. and going left of her, saying the president hasn't shown enough mercy to the community. these are the kindÑi of proposa i'm going to do to bring the racial equality and instead of talking about it, he di

seconds after the polls closed, hillary clinton. she ended up winning every single county in the state. in front of more than a thousand people, clinton thi saying to her supporters -- thanked her supporters. hillary clinton: despite what you hear we don't need to make , america great again, american hillary clinton: we do need to make america whole again. instead of building walls, we need to be tearing down barriers. >> up next to super tuesday, when states across the country head to the polls. clinton staff says they hope the moment and from left night though some forward even further. myra: no surprise for bernie sanders, he was already expecting to finish behind hillary clinton. he decided not to watch the returns, but instead get a head start on super tuesday. >> a lot has been made of the african-american vote here in south carolina, as the first true test involving a state with a majority of african-americans voting democrat. hillary clinton took 80% of the black vote in south carolina. this was the first in the south primar

time in memorial questions, always with bill clinton, that big role -- >> nothing more clinton classic and andrea mitchell on a rope line. you don't need to be the biggest clintonologist to see what is going on there. he wants to frame this fight, he believes hillary clinton has a chance to do well enough here to not suffer a big defeat in new hampshire whether she closes the gap completely or not. if i were a clinton person watching that, i would be concerned he's headed in the direction which might be successful but might, as happened in 2008, backfire. >> they are lucky in this case that i have an opponent whose wife -- no clinton can trash bernie sanders without getting accused of racism like he was often in 2008. that was a bill clinton where a lot was going on there. calculation, irritation, provocation, tactical, strategic, metta -- he is a free radical in this campaign and he can be an extraordinarily brilliant surrogate. he can also cause a lot of trouble. >> the clintons are correct when they say they are held to a tougher standard by the media, and bernie sanders does things

and bill clinton before that. how does he fight that? >> i think you have to recognize one thing we saw last night is with hillary's win but bernie's strong showing, you start 40 points down. no superpac. no wall street money. no establishment support whatsoever, and you almost beat the clinton operation. that's huge. and i think don't discount sanders. i think what we showed is he's a serious candidate. his campaign is for real. they know what they're doing. he's got a message that resonates not just with white voters. it will resonate with african american voters. i think we're going to see a long haul. this is great for the party and the country. i think this could go all the way to the convention. two very j very candidates with a contest of ideas. god bless america. >> i think political people across the country when you said it could go longer. >> sanders said he's taking it to the convention. when a guy like that says that, that's what causes political premi tremors. give me the glass half full? what did wo

and clinton clinton hillary cli coming here, a crumbling schools event. this part of south carolina has been called the corridor of shame because of the situation, the schools, the predominantly african american schools with what you can see behind me, the play sets and the bathrooms that don't work and all the things that come along with it. clinton will try to make the case she's been in the people in this state and the nation for years. her first job out of law school, we'll probably hear was with the children's defense fund. expecting to see her here, talking about an issue near and dear to the hearts of african americans in south carolina. meanwhile, bernie sanders is not here. he is traveling around the country pushing more of a national campaign. in minnesota today, but will also be talking about race and economics at a high school in minneapolis. and attending a dinner there. he's taking a bit of a hit in south carolina in the newspaper from clinton supporters who say he ought to be in this state at this time. the campaign says he is eventually go

sanders questioning hillary clinton's progressive credentials. clinton calling that a low blow. we're covering all of that. much more this hour with our correspondents. our expert analysts and our guests. they're all standing by. as we again and as we wait to hear from donald trump in little rock, let's go to cnn's sunlen serfaty. sunlen, you're in new hampshire right now but there's a new fight that's taking place about what happened in the iowa caucuses. >> reporter: that's right, wolf. donald trump is on attack, basically calling into question ted cruz's win in iowa. now, the cruz campaign is trying to brush it all off by arguing that donald trump is just being a sore loser. >> what kind of people are we dealing with with these politicians? >> reporter: tonight donald trump is on a new tear against ted cruz. >> he insulted ben carson by doing what he did to ben carson. that was a disgrace. >> reporter: jumping into the controversy over accusations the cruz campaign tried to shift votes away from ben carson in iowa monday night, and declaring fraud, tweeting, quote, the state

from the 1992 campaign, remarks billt clinton. he calls himself the comeback kid, framing his second-place finish as a victory. he faced allegations of a next her marital affair and draft dodging during vietnam. he went on to win the nomination and defeated president bush and ross perot. this 10-minute portion of the speech is courtesy of a tv station in new hampshire. >> the governor of arkansas is coming to the podium. standing by live, jeanette hansen. jeanette: i can tell you that the arkansas governor is shaking hands, what he has to do is put aside character doubts. doubts that were put to the public in publications like this. he has apparently done just that. perhaps those were not that significant to voters here in new hampshire. you can see the governor, the back of his head, shaking hands. he is about to go to the podium, a resounding reception for governor bill clinton, who is very solidly finishing in second -- what appears to be second-place. i have not yet gotten a glimpse of hillary clinton. some 16 years together,

hillary clinton's big win tonight. and much of our emphasis is on the democrats, there is fierce competition with the republicans ahead of tuesday. john roberts is tracking it from lapt la -- atlanta. >> marco rubio decided to meet fire with fire with donnedald trump. >> i am responding. he attacked me because i have make up. >> he has a terrible spay tan. it is the worst. he can afford to get a better spray tan. he needs to suexd who did that his face. >> and trump revelled in the now competition. this guy has a fresh mouth. he's a very nasty guy and i actually thought that ted cruz was a liar, but rubio is worse. thank god he has large ears. they were protecting him i have never seen any human being sweat like this guy. >> 595 delegates and 25 percent up for grabs. top republicans are working hard. ted cruz mocked trump. >> this man over and over stood up and used profanity as he used vulgary insults it is not good to it see the presidential cappedidates behaving like school children. >> cruz was trying to keep the d

he decided to endorse clinton. rep. clyburn: hillary got her stride in south carolina. she had her stride here. on the night before the debate in charleston, i said to everybody around me that night, she is getting there. michael: clyburn was out voting today in the palmetto state and had no problem talking about clinton and his pride for her. despite being far behind in south carolina, sanders is closing the gap nationally. carol: patrick hussion is in the studio with more on the sanders campaign. patrick: recent polls of shown clinton with a large lead in south carolina, but nationally, clinton only has a five-point lead on sanders when you average all the pulls together according to real clear politics. bernie sanders and his team announced at the last minute he would not be in south carolina for any kind of primary watch party. he rallied earlier today in dallas, texas getting a head , start on hillary clinton there before heading on to minnesota. he targeted the current sen. sanders: we will defeat trump becau

hillary clinton or if you like sanders, you somehow hate obama. bernie is supposed to be the socialist but the clintons are acting like obama's like our dear leader, like in north korea, if you criticize the dear lead are. that's nuts. you can have a critique of the status quo -- >> i can't wait to see the right-wing blogs get ahold of what you said but go on. >> blow it up, blow it up! she's like hillary rodham obama, if you don't like the way things are, you're disrespecting obama. i think a lot of black folks like him better than her. that's just reality. >> one thing that van touched upon is media framing it as if there is one or two or three or four black americans who speak for all of us. le the fact is we don't all get together for one meeting. >> didn't van call the meeting? >> that really needs to change. >> it's true because as i talk to people, right, i see people -- i see african-americans and people who don't believe this on social media, i see african-american hogs support ben carson. i haven't seen many who support ted cruz. it's no

i like hillary clinton. but i'm thinking about bernie sanders or i'm for bernie sanders because he's talking more about tomorrow where he's going to take me, not where he's been. i think that's something she needs to get better at and he's making a connection with people. democrats like hillary clinton and respect her and love their president, but he is connecting with the younger voters by talking about tomorrow and not about you. >> that's why it was so important tonight because it was about breaking down barriers and going further and that was the first time i heard her talk about the future in that way. >> as long as we're talking about identity politics, her answer on women was kind of interesting because one of the moderators, i think it was judy may have pointed out that 55% of women in new hampshire supported bernie sanders and hillary clinton had a very good answer for that which is i want to appeal to you, but i'm just glad that women feel empowered, my least favorite word, but she clearly likes it

hillary clinton's campaign has $38 million in the bank. plus she's got another $36 million in superpac money that's being spent on her behalf. so you add all that up, that is a sizable cash advantage for secretary clinton. that is part of why she's still seen as the front-runner for the democratic nomination even though they tied in iowa and he won big in new hampshire. honestly, though, if you look at the difference in that money, if bernie sanders has many more days in which he raises $6 million in 24 hours, that clinton advantage will start to disappear. and if bernie sanders and hillary clinton end up being, you know, on par in terms of fund-raising, and the money they've got to spend on this campaign, if they end up being equal, he ends up surpassing her, that will be yet another way in which the 2016 democratic presidential primary is starting to look like the 2008 democratic presidential primary. because back in 2008, barack obama may have been brand new to the national political stage when he started his campaign in springfield, il

you have hillary clinton, bill clinton, and chelsea clinton reveling in what they hope will be a crushing symbolic victory. mark: bernie sanders had come into south carolina strong enough to change the paradigm. they mishandled expectations in nevada, that is not happening. he is going to lose this state badly, including the african-american vote. i don't think the results will be close enough to make a difference. he is going to have to pull in miracle out of his hat on super tuesday to get back in the momentum game. i don't see him doing well enough in south carolina. john: if somehow he managed he could be within six or seven points, that maybe would help him. i was on the trail with him this week out of the state for a brief time. i was up with him in missouri and kansas and oklahoma and ohio. up there in kansas city at 2:00 or 1:00 in the afternoon on wednesday, 7000 people out to cease -- to see bernie sanders. he still believes that by campaigning in the states and beyond that there is still a movement behind him. if you looked at 9000 people, you would think that to. she has such

on the democratic side, hillary clinton very early. 4% reporting. 52% for hillary clinton. bernie sanders 46% and martin o'malley is at 2%. these are very, very early numbers. these are the first real numbers, actual votes in this the 2016 presidential race. let's go back to the political director. you are looking at more numbers as well. >> the key numbers on the republican side were evangelical christians who drive the electorate. take a look at this. 63% of the republicans that showed up are evangelical christians. that is higher than they were at 2012. 63%, they have expanded the universe of this force within the iowa gop. take a look at how they break. this may be the most fascinating number. 24% for trump and 21 percent per for rubio and 12% for carson. that is a three-way split among evangelical christians. they love him and we know it was part of ted cruz's base. splitting the vote like that is what is going to make it so competitive. let's look at how the non-evangelicals and how they voted. 32% to rubio's 23% to cruz's 15% among non-evangelicals. that's split amon

clinton supporter, nera tanden. you heard hillary clinton say i'm not a single issue candidate and don't believe we live in a single issue country, a clear shot at sanders. your thoughts? >> it's also a clear talking point of the clinton campaign, let's be honest. i heard it about five times last night from people who were speaking on behalf of senator clinton and it's simply not true. hillary is a great candidate and knows a lot about the issues. bernie sanders is a great candidate. what they mean when they say that, all bernie talks about is wall street. again, jake, not true. bernie does talk about wall street very tough. he also talks about education, free community college. he talks about universal health care. he talks about reforming police departments. he talks about sentencing reform. he talks about cleaning up the campaign contributions system. a whole range of candidates -- of issues, rather, on some which the two candidates agree and some that they don't. it's just a bogus talking point. >> nera, i want

for clinton, it's going to be guns. she's been campaigning up here with gabby giffords and her husband mark kelly. she can get to the left of bernie sanders and undercut the fact that he's going to stand up to powerful interests. on his side, he's going to be talking about wall street, campaign finance, super pacs. the notion that hillary clinton is in the tank for these interests is he's probably going to bring up speaking fees. she kind of stumbled on an answer when asked about why she took the $675,000 from goldman sachs last night and so it's fresh fodder for him to talk about. >> kasie hunt, thank you so much to both of you. we'll see you soon. >>> more ahead, live from manchester new hampshire, just hours from now we'll have the head-to-head debate of the democratic presidential election cycle. it's right here on msnbc. clinton versus sanders. that happens at 9:00 p.m. tonight. we were born 100 years ago into a new american century. born with a hunger to fly and a passion to build something better. and what an ama