bill clinton is the sexist. in so doing, he is making an inherently sexist argument that hillary is to blame for her husband's infidelities. you are starting to see women from all political stripes speak out on this. it's something i don't think sits very well with all women. >> let me go to david drucker on that. the decision to bring clinton into the campaign was interesting. to do it in the beginning of the year. was it considered to be a helpful, bringing a bit of joy to the campaign? clinton is a happy warrior. hillary is more of a trudge, not as delightful as bill clinton is as a campaigner. was it to bring joy into the campaign? if so, is that going to work? >> bill clinton is one of the more natural communicators and happy, quite frankly, talented campaigners we've seen. hillary isn't very good at it. you bring bill clinton in now because you want to check the box and not take the primary for granted. if she can use bill clinton properly, and it's delicate because he's not just the ex-president, he's her

of course secretary hillary clinton revived her candidacy in 2008 here in new hampshire and bill clinton declared that he was the comeback kid here. that's why he's campaigning here. hillary clinton will be stumping in critical iowa later today. >> kristin, thank you. >>> tonight donald trump will hold a rally also in massachusetts, in lowell about 20 miles away from bill clinton's event in new hampshire. trump continues to hold a big lead in the granite state leading ted cruz by nearly 20 points in recent polls. as we mentioned earlier, trump is looking to seal the deal with his first tv ads which will hit the airwaves in both new hampshire and iowa starting tomorrow. let's bring in msnbc political correspondent and host steve kornacki here with a deeper look at those new ads. chuck todd this morning questioned the strategy of this ad, much of it is the message we've heard repeatedly from donald trump. chuck asked the question, was it necessary to go it this way? >> it's really interesting, too, when you think about presidential campaigns, the idea of somebody launching ads getting this

supports bill clinton. is his chief of staff in the white house. >> and is contributed by your account about $366,000 over the years to the clinton campaign and the foundation. >> that number is correct. at least by our tabulations. it also understates the contribution of mack mccarty and others in arkansas who really provided the personal fuel, the energy for bill and hillary and their rise from arkansas to national prominence. >> before we get to calls i want to share with you what bill clinton, he was asked about the connection between the money the clinton foundation raised and secretary of state clinton's role as the chief diplomat in the first four years of the obama administration. this courtesy of+6 cnn. let's watch. >> -- foundation for years, many before she was ever secretary of state. she was a senator when i left office. >> right. >> so they do this, they do philanthropy, too. no one has ever asked me for anything or any of that. >> well, let me ask you about that because i think a lot of peop

clinton past in taking on bill clinton this way? >> well, bill clinton and the hillary clinton are on the stage, and he becomes a issue, and the bigger issue is a clinton foundation, and that is a huge liability for her, and bill clinton and both of them have been getting millions of dollars for the foundation even though they have agreed not to do it. and they said they would not do that, and they did. and now that he is openly a part of the campaign, and i this think that bill clinton is going to recognize some of the huge weaknesses that hillary clinton has as a candidate, but not only how poorly she contrasts to him, and brings to the forefront what a terrible secretary of state she was from him, and that is a contrast, and the clinton foundation are things that are going to be dog iging them throughout the election. and the democrats are needing an enthusiasm factor, and so they bring mim out, and it is going to be worse when they find out they have to vote for her, and there is no enthusiasm for it. >> and so now sh, mo, is th

over bill clinton's past. they are willing to fight with trump on other issues, but you don't get to set the terms when you fight with donald trump. he's the master at setting the terms. i think in the short term, the clintons are going to hope donald trump turns his attention elsewhere because as i said, i just don't think that's what they want this day of the campaign to be about. they want to energize voters in an optimistic way, not fighting with donald trump about this. they may not have a choice. they may not be able to turn the other cheek forever but for today, at least, bill clinton executed what seems to be their current posture which is do not engage on this stuff for the foreseeable future. >> chris cillizza, how vulnerable is hillary clinton on foreign policy right now as you know donald trump's first campaign ad targets her and barack obama for all the problems isis and everything else he says they created in the middle east. >> this is one area where donald trump sort of his vision of what a gen

, is not bill clinton. what bill clinton did, i think we can all acknowledge, was totally, totally disgraceful and unacceptable. but i'm running against hillary clinton, i'm not running against bill clinton. >> taking aim at democrats on gun control in bernie sanders' home state of vermont last night. >> i will get rid of gun free zones at schools -- you have to. and on military bases, my first day it gets signed. okay. my first day. there is no more gun-free zones. >> reporter: as president obama defended his call for tighter gun laws in a town hall. >> there is nothing that we proposed that would make it harder for you to purchase a firearm. >> reporter: it is unlikely he'll get bill clinton off the trail but he is trying especially to those 20 and 30-somethings to whom bill clinton's past may not be old news. >> katy tur tbts, thank you. >>> extreme weather moving across much of the country tonight. snow and bitter cold in the east while in the water-logged west, as nbc's miguel almaguer shows us, many a

trump gave bill clinton's foundation $100,000, invited bill clinton and hillary clinton to his wedding, maxed out in donations to hillary clinton, after all these allegations and scandals are surfaced. we all know bill clinton has had his issues. there's a lot of things to go after hillary clinton and scrutinize her on. i think her husband's personal issues is not fair game. >> personal misconduct, of course, the republicans are going to use it. some people in media say is it fair game, absolutely. >> do you think it's fair game? >> as a democrat, i've known about this issue, hell, i had to work through this issue. >> as a political operative do you think it's fair game? >> you can't put this under the rug. it's out there. so yes, deal with it. but we can also say it's an old issue, the election is about the future. hillary clinton received 18 million primary votes in 2008. she came up short on delegates. 18 million. and democrats knew it. republicans knew it. independents knew it. if donald trump wants to go into the sewer and play this game, do it, because that's what he enjoys doing

this was bill clinton being bill clinton. he wanted to shake every single hand in the room. he wanted to take a picture with all of the babies. there were about three of them there. this is critical in a state like iowa. this is a state that values retail politics. no one does it better than bill clinton, not even hillary clinton. she does it you get the sense at times because it is one of the things you have to do when you are campaigning in early voting states. >> they are very different political figures. thank you so much for being with us. up next we have former carson campaign manager bennett taubing about the man who he says can't be stopped, donald trump. but will get back to you just as soon as i possibly can. your call is important to me." join princess cruises for exclusive discovery at sea experiences. limited caribbean fares from $549. call your travel consultant or 1-800-princess. princess cruises. come back new. in my business i cbailg me out my i.all the time... i'm not the i.t. guy. i'm the desktop support tech supervisor. and my customers knowing right when

bill clinton's past. as katy tur reports, it appears to be a strategy to neutralize the former president. >> reporter: the brash billionaire is aiming his political fire at the democratic front-runner. and her husband, who is now scheduled for three more campaign stumps in new hampshire next week. >> hillary has the right temperament and the proven ability to figure out a way to make good things happen. >> reporter: privately the donald trump campaign tells nbc news they hope they force the former president off the campaign trail. publicly, it sounds more like a warning to hillary clinton. a point they are trying to hammer home on instagram. >> if she is going to continue this line of attack of trying to label republicans as sexist, she needs to tread very careful. >> reporter: the strategy may work now with the republican base, but it could backfire down the road, some democratic strategists say. >> general election voters don't want an election about scandals, they want an election about their lives. >>

that's the other thing bill clinton is able to do. he's able to humanize his wife on the campaign trail. he talked about her work on behalf of children over her lifetime, her career, so that's just as important as getting out the policy points, del, because hillary clinton is sometimes criticized as being too cold and controlled, so bill clinton able to look look, she says the girl i fell in love with and is this wonderful person and put a human face on her. >> the former president under attack by donald trump, did he respond? >> he responded by not responding. as you know, trump has called bill clinton one of the great abusers of women. clinton was asked if that is fair game. he basic live said look, the republicans have to pick who they're going to pick, i'm here really just to talk to the democrats with hillary. during the speech there were veiled criticisms of trump. he talked the fact that we need an inclusive society, an america that remains true to its values. trump has talked a temporary ban on muslim immigrants. bill clinton

bill clinton would be held. why not have bill out there because the base of the democratic party love sam. donald trump is peril. we know that bill clinton pulls higher than donald trump. hillary has to be careful how she uses bill clinton. remember, there's a lot of nostalgia out there. people love bill clinton, but not necessarily like hillary clinton. >> this is a twofer. you elect hillary and you get bill. is that what they are trying to play into right now? >> i really do not think that they are. she is running that of her husband. i do not think that this is anything unusual. we see republicans and democrats campaigning. especially when your husband was president of the united states. he is so well liked. he is polling higher than she is. he is a very brilliant man. an eloquent speaker. >> this is a delicate balance for her. she runs a slight risk here. she cannot have him being perceived as the one that is running here. the compliment that is the icing. once that is their position. a democratic nominee. i

bill clinton was at his best saying the right things. he talked a great deal about what a great candidate hillary clinton is but also, anderson, revisited their bond and love affair. he said that he's -- she's the same person that he fell in love with 40 something years ago. she hasn't changed and she is the best candidate for president. >> randy, thanks very much. joining us is cnn political commentator, donna brazil and jeffrey lord. he's a trump supporter and former regan white house political director and also with us, analyst and investigative analyst carl bernstein and the life of hillary rodham clinton. is putting bill clinton out on the campaign trail despite the political baggage that republicans like to point to? is it a net plus for hillary clinton's campaign? >> this will be an epic battle this coming election and clinton will be out there and the issue in the election will be the clintons, as far as republicans are concerned and so sure, they want to get clinton out there and they want to hit this stuff early and respond to

what bill clinton did. some of them are lurid, some hard to believe, the accusations. if donald trump is going to say i'm going to put my very large mega phone in front of some of those women and hear what they have to say, it could likely change the course of that discussion. >> do you want this to be a battle about the past? do you believe this is a good tact for donald trump to take to go after bill clinton's sex life? your friends at "the wall street journal" put out a taste of donald's past. is this supposed to be about the past or the future? >> it should always be about the future. but, chris, i would remine you that we've spend this past year, you know, discussing or being presented, including on cnn, i might add with discussions about what is loosely called the culture of rape and the issue of rape itself has become a huge issue out there. so she's the one who brought this, you know, opened the door to this conversation. >> how, jeffrey? >> as errol says, there are people out there making this accu

he was not the bill clinton, the fiery bill clinton we saw eight years ago. it's still early. we'll see what happens as the campaign moves on. >> ok, lisa stark live for us this morning in nashua, thank you. >> peter crawly is the former state department spokesman under hillary clinton and joins us from washington, d.c. p.j., thanks for being with us. the headline in today's washington post, big clinton asset or liability, which is he? >> he's an asset. he's a significant political figure and he has a gift for being able to help people understand issues in ways they can appreciate that relates to their particular lives. he's very very popular in new hampshire and obviously lisa's report underscored that. >> you seem to hear lisa hint to what a lot of people are asking now was can you keep the big dog, bill clinton's nickname, on a short leash. >> number one, hillary clinton is running for president, bill clinton is not. let's keep that in mind. the race will be about her ability to connect with voters. he can certainly help her, you know, in that regard, but i would say that o

bill clinton can handle his own. bill clinton versus donald trump is a mismatch. we'll take that any day. >> i want to put you what anna said. it's not republicans. it's donald trump. but news flash donald trump is still the republican frontrunner and could be the republican nominee. you talk about sort of the appeal the working class people. this is different. this is raw politics. >> no, i want the republican party and the conserative party to talk about values for real. this is all bigger part of a values conversation. president obama, unfortunately, has been critiquing and using the new testament to make demock to republicans saying we don't care about widows and or fans lately. on immigration he said we need to have concern for -- he quotes hebrew scripture. i wish he would invoke the entire -- >> you are so already in congress. you just took my question and took it in the exact direction you wanted. >> good. >> it's not a bad thing. -- >> do you think -- >> there it is again. >> donna just helped me donna j. president obama and the democrats are willing to i

over bill clinton's sexual past. and we're going to talk to two of the republican candidates who will be making their do or die stand in new hampshire. but first, let's go to the centers of the political universe for the next 37 days, new hampshire and iowa. and kristen welker and hallie jackson are standing by. let me start with hallee in iowa. we know that it's cruz or bust when it comes to iowa. but who else is in the game there? trump? rubio? what else is going on? >> well, look at who's here this week, chuck. you've got ted cruz doing his 28 county six-day bus tour. he's coming out hard, trying to show his campaign is framing it that he's not taking any votes here in iowa for granted. mike huckabee is doing 150 stops here over the next month. he's got four in the can already. so he is a presence. both of these candidates doing traditional, on the ground retail politics in iowa. donald trump taking that more nontraditional stance. he will be here on saturday. for cruz, you talked about him, the big question is ar

john: up next, bill clinton. the big dog is back on the campaign trail, and our conversation with governor chris christie after this quick 62nd break. break.econd ♪ mark: so far, the new year is looking a lot like the ne old year. clinton versus trump is not going anywhere. this morning, trump was as scathing as ever about bill clinton's history with the fairer sex, saying again that it was "fair game" after hillary accused trump of sexism. >> she used the word sexist, i am sexist. she was using very derogatory terms. i said, how the hell can she do that when she has got one of the great women of users of all time sitting in her house? i don't care about monica lewinsky other than i think hillary was an enabler and a lot of things happened that were obviously very seedy. in new hampshire, bill clinton gave a newsletter speech on behalf of his wife. about theou feel kind of campaign donald trump is running? >> the republicans will have to decide if they are going to be nominated, but i think it is relevant -- jo

tweeted: when bill clinton, ark. attorney general raped me and hillary tried to silence me. i am now there was no physical evidence and no charges were ever filed. the attorney for bill clinton in 1999 said "any allegation that assaulted mrs. broaddrick more than 20 years ago is absolutely false." on the campaign trail, a republican state legislator asking her about them this week in ( hillary clinton, (d) presidential caidate) "you are very rude, and i am m call on you." clinton set the words supporting victims of rape --- secretary clinton, out to say that all rape victims should be believed. but would you say that juanita broaddrick,

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. >> while donald trump takes aim at hillary clinton by attacking bill clinton's sexual peccadillos. >> that certainly will be fair game. certainly if they play the woman's card with respect to me, that will be fair game. >> it may be fair game, but it's never worked before against hillary. will it now? >>> also, the battle to be the republican establishment's anti-trump or anti-cruz. john kasich and rand paul join me live. >>> plus, anger in america. some surprising results from our any esquire survey, and guess what? wright men, they're not the angriest. >>> and jerry seinfeld in a car getting coffee with the president of the united states. >> do you ever think about every person you talk to is putting on an act? a total show? >> it's a problem. >>> and joining me for insight and analysis this sunday morning are host of msnbc's "hardball," chris matthews. the "washington post" right turn columnist in jennifer rubin. white house political director under george w. bush and a cnbc contributor sara fagen and the "washington post" columnist eugene robinson. welcome to sunday. it's "meet

by bill clinton decades ago. he unequivocally denies those claims. but that didn't stop republican frontrunner donald trump from using bill clinton's past sexual misconduct - to smear the clinton campaign. "as bill clinton hits (bill clinton) "you will never have a better candidate" sexual improprieties reemerging in hillary clinton's race for the white now, one of the subjects of those scandals is resurfacing. juanita broaddrick - who that bill clinton when she was working on his gubernatorial she's s w a trump tweeted: when bill clinton, ark. attorney general raped me and hillary tried to silence me. i am now there was no physical evidence and no charges were ever filed. the attorney for bill clinton in 1999 said "any allegation that assaulted mrs. broaddrick more than 20 years ago is absolutely false." on the campaign trail, a republican state legislator asking her about them this week in ( hillary clinton, (d) presidential caidate) "you are very rude, and i am m call on you." clinton set the words supporting

donald trump doubling down on bill clinton, arguing his past is fair game for hillary clinton. trump indicating there's one question he'd like bill clinton to answer. all of this comes as trump makes headlines overseas tonight, after his proposed ban on mud limbs coming to america, word the uk will debate a ban on trump? abc's tom llamas, on the campaign trail in iowa. >> reporter: for donald trump it is now, quote, open season, on bill clinton and his sex scandals. >> he was impeached. he wasn't allowed to practice law. amount of money. i mean, you know, there's things going on there. >> reporter: just listen to trump's answer when asked if there's a difference between bill clinton and bill cosby, who's been accused of rape by dozens of women. >> you'd almost have to ask bill clinton that problem, that question. it would be a very interesting question to someday ask him. certainly, he has a lot of very strong charges against him, and it's pretty bad stuff. >> reporter: trump says the clintons started it when hillary called him sexist. >> i'm going to let him live in his altern

mark: you think if bill clinton takes trump on he will lose? mary: i think it will be one more fun thing to watch. because she is putting out her himbecause she is putting out her husband as her secret weapon. james: let me say this. donald trump bankrupted four companies. mark: james, on the democratic side, what are the odds that bernie sanders wins iowa and new hampshire? james: it's possible. mark: put some numbers down. james: 43.258%. mark: that high, or are you kidding around? james: i don't think it's a 50% chance, but there's a chance. and i tell you one thing. i will say this. hillary and her campaign take nothing for granted. they have run a good campaign and they are going to be in there plugging away, but bernie is going to be in there plugging and away as well. mary: she is to this campaign as he said about george w. bush in 1992, last year's calendar. she could dress up as catwoman and set herself on fire and she him would still be a boring candidate. that would surprise you to that something could still happen in the democratic

bill clinton making his campaign '16 debut. kristen welker in new hampshire, hallie jackson in iowa, let the games begin. >>> it's no secret the republican establishment takes a dim view of both donald trump and texas senator ted cruz. alternative. but who? jeb bush? marco rubio? chris christie? those three have yet to break through. the crowded gop field makes it that much tougher for any one of these so-called establishment guys to dominate. new hampshire is do or die for two candidates hoping to emerge as alternative, governor john kasich of ohio and senator rand paul of kentucky and both are joining me this morning. let me start in ohio with governor kasich. governor, good morning to you, welcome back to "meet the press." >> thank you. >> new hampshire, do or die? is r we saying this correctly? and what does do or die mean? win? or just be the first guy after trump and cruz? >> well, we want to be the story, chuck, and we're on the ballot now in over 30 states. we also have husbanded our resources well enough where we're go

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bill clinton? and the second thing is does he really think that women in america will like him attacking the husband when it pertains to the wife? i'm not sure what his connection is. so in either ways, i don't think it's going to work. it's old news. been there, done that. it's not a good idea. >> do you think it's fair game when you hear comments like this from trump and in this op-ed when they say what's the real difference between bill clinton and bill cosby. >> so, again, number one, it's a ridiculous analogy just like mr. trump disparaging john mccain. why we take anything that man says seriously, that's who you just quoted. hillary clinton is running for president and he's attacking bill clinton and making ridiculous comparisons about bill clinton. what does that have to do with hillary clinton? again, if i'm a woman and i hear trump attacking a husband as a reason for not voting for a wife, bill clinton is popular. he's already been through all of those ridiculous analogies and came out wit

bill clinton. you remember those days. >> very few people probably spent more time with him during that period than i did. morning, noon, and night. what bernie said was mild compared to what bill clinton said about himself. this is a totally unfair question. and i love andrea mitchell. she's a great journalist. totally unfair question. bernie, i thought he knocked it out of the park. he is not going at hillary or her husband personally. he wants to run on issues, he's going to run on issues. i thought that was true. carville, my old partner, james carville, one of his old laws, if there's something too dirty or vile to raise in a campaign, don't worry, some journalist will do it. and that's what happened here. i'm sorry. it had no place in the debate. these two wanted to debate wall street and guns and iran and taxes, health care. nobody wants to talk about something like that -- >> but that moment was so uncomfortable for so many reasons. one, the idea that a 74-year-old man is having to talk abo