i am a democrat as well but no longer will i vote democrat. i think it is outrageous that they set their when all these good things are happening to our country and how much we love our country and they looked like they hated our country. nancy pelosi, the whole time she is sitting up there with that disgusting look on her face, it is outrageous, i will never vote democrat again. i am sick of it. my whole family feels the same way. my husband and friends are sitting here. all former democrats. we all voted for hillary last time. therefore, never will we ever vote democrat again. >> this is not the first time that half the house has sat on their hands during a presidential speech. this happened during president obama and president bush. what makes this different? >> when i see their protest against the president -- it is not a protest against the president, it is a protest against everything good that this country was founded on and how much we love our country. it is always portrayed that the democrats don't love their country. we love our cou

he is not a registered democrat ok but democrats want to vote for him ok that's what the process is all about so i mean again this is probably one of the problematic areas of the democratic party is that rigging it again and right in front of us and getting away with it but d.n.c. flies into iowa where it takes care of the the elect accounting of the votes i mean you know that's like putting tony soprano on the supreme court go ahead once palm beach. it is it's and when we watched you know i think the lack of authenticity is what the american people have woken up to and you know when we watched nancy the other night and the democrats who didn't stand you know for a little girl role who is getting educational opportunities which is something that the democrats have for ever said they espouse we watch you know the to ski area being applauded and the democrats you know half of them are sitting there lackluster and i'm thinking wait a minute you know and the president's talking about environmental policy that he's frankly breaking apart from the republican line and the democrats are sti

be pushing for democrats to win the white house. we have reelected four of the last five presidents to a second term. if donald trump is reelected and republicans keep the senate majority and if there is a vacancy on the supreme court in the next four years, what would we see from your organization and others here in washington? stephanie: you would see a massive, massive effort. emily's list is set up as an elect or alarm for the movement on the party. we think the best way to prevent that scenario is to make sure that senate is in democratic hands, no matter what happens in the white house. so we are hyper focused on winning the united states senate, winning in maine, winning in iowa, winning in kansas, catching a break in texas, seeing other races that come online, because it is all about who is sitting in those seats and making those votes, and the fight is now. the fight isn't when there is an opening, the fight is right now in 2020, and we have to win as democrats if you want to see a fair justice sitting on the u.s. supreme c

the democratic nomination is rigged again i believe the iowa democratic buntu never intended to announce the winner last night looks like mayor cheat has rigged the iowa caucuses apparently the trolls will come to you if you say the word big so let me just say vague big big big tweaked but it didn't just start in iowa rank and file democrats were already outraged about the fact that the rules were changed by the democratic national committee in order to allow michael bloomberg into the debates michael bloomberg former new york city mayor has spent $180000000.00 on his own ad campaign and despite not having anything near the donor base of some of the other candidates the red carpet has been rolled out for him words like oligarchy are being used we should be ashamed that as american people believe in democracy all of guard if you have more money you can buy your way now my group former u.s. senator from alaska had over 67000 different donors but the democratic national committee said that was not enough and he was not welcome on the debate stage michael bloomberg is mega rich and he has do

i think a lot of democrats see it as a twofer. they will say we are not only going to get rid of iowa, we are going to look at new hampshire as well. >> could that happen with your secretary of state? >> we have a secretary of state who is a fierce defender of the primary. the worry would be if the democratic party decided to try to penalize candidates who campaigned in new hampshire newite the fact that hampshire, let's say, refuses to follow orders to remove its primary. can the party have leverage on the candidates in the form of penalties of some sort to prevent them from campaigning here? it has never been about the delicate, it is about -- the delegate. if our listeners want to fall you social media? twitteran follow me on @graniteprof. >> thank you for being with us. isthe new hampshire primary tuesday. watch results on candidate speeches at 7:30 p.m. eastern live on c-span, c-span.org, or the free c-span radio app. c-span's "washington journal" live every day with news and policy issues that impact you. this morning new ha

the democrats loved things during the bush years when republicans mostly played nice when the democratic critics hit them hard. how did that work out for the gop? the president demonstrated with all of this stuff going on, all of the attacks, he will work with anyone and he has. he's done this with incredibly smart and powerful leaders with a lot of scary weapons. we worked with president xi of chinaa. nancy pelosi points and pulls other stunts. he doesn't want to work with him. what has she accomplished other than emboldening the radicals in her own party. do not believe for a second this is only because of the trump era. he caused it all. they relentless made fun of george h.w. bush for being a dumb jock and ridiculed john mccain for marrying a rich wife who has 8 houses and accused mitt romney of being mean to dogs and attacked sarah palin's special needs child. today is reagan's birthday. they said he was just a stupid actor who slept in the afternoon. >> these are vicious people. they stick together like glue. >> laura: he is right. when the democrats threw down the gauntlet to try

democrats sought truth. and republicans were so afraid of donald trump, even though a good number of them knew it was the right thing to do, they didn't do it. now, we walk out of this as disappointed as we are in the republicans and of course in trump with our heads held high because our search for truth, witnesses and documents, a fair trial, leaves trump and the republicans with a victory. three ways. there is a giant asterisk next to this acquittal. it wasn't a fair trial. you know how much value his acquittal has? next to zero because everyone knew. the american people knew it wasn't a fair trial. second reason, when you are against truth in the right, you pay the price. the republican senators who stuck with trump one way or other will pay a price, all of them with the exception of one, romney. there will be a lot more that will leak out over the next few months that shows the kind of cover-occupy they were involved in. the kind of fear they had with the truth. and it is the first time there was a vote

meantime the clock keeps ticking and still no final results in iowa where the 1st democratic party called because of the election season has been marred by a delayed vote counts. germany's ruling foundries party breaks its own pledge and unites with the right wing golds what it is for germany 2 hours do regional crimea. a very warm welcome to you you're watching r.t. international with me caring and we start with some news just in from turkey the death toll has risen to 3 hours after wednesday's plane crash in istanbul was according to the health ministry almost all of the remaining passengers and crew have sustained various injuries a passenger plane with $183.00 people on board overshot the runway while landing at istanbul's. an airport and broke into 3 pieces the fuselage of the boeing 737 burst into flames during the crash the plane belongs to pegasus alliance and was arriving from another turkish city near it's not clear what caused the accident although reports suggest that stormy weather may have played a role so be heard go catch an airport has been temporarily ground temporarily

is a democratic hopeful. the politics in this country really need to worry about all of the people, health care for all, and come out for bernie. albert, whotalk to is calling from chicago, illinois on the democratic line. albert, good morning. guest: -- caller: i want to address these callers who say bernie sanders hesuch a shoo-in to be trump lost to hillary clinton by 4 million votes. there is no way anyone can steal 4 million votes without getting caught. if bernie sanders was rejected by 4 million democrats, what makes his supporters think the rest of the country is going to get on board with him? that is my comment. host: we would like to thank all of our callers for calling in on this segment. coming up, we are going to go back to new hampshire for a preview of tuesday's big primary. we will be joined by neil levesque of the new hampshire institute of politics at saint and some college. later, we will talk to ray buckley, chairman of the new hampshire to accredit party. we will be right back -- democra

keeps ticking on still no final result in where the 1st democratic party caucus 2020. has been marred by the latest polls. people in germany where the ruling centrist party. but the right wing alternative for germany the premier of a local region. sport is rocked by scandal as a former champion figure skater publishes rape allegations against her coach which she alleges 1st took place when she was 15. live from our international news center in moscow this is our welcome wherever you're watching us from today my name's o'neill we begin with some breaking news on the program from turkey and iran 140 people injuries after a passenger plane overshot the runway while istanbul's. port this we're looking right now. images from there the boeing 737 sustained extensive damage to his fuselage to the main body of the plane which burst into flames during the crash the governor of. all 183 people on board. crew members were evacuated and the plane belonged to pegasus early lines and was arriving from another city is near it's not clear what caused the accident although reports sugg

bernie sanders is still not a democrat, he is a socialist democrat. it's astonishing. >> laura: mercedes, when i noticed tonight, looking at the tale of two scenes, trump with rallying this massive crowd and what is happening at the debate, it was an attempt by mayor pete to try to take out bernie, and warren's sole purpose was to go after bloomberg. warren's takedown of bloomberg reminded me of what chris christie did to marco rubio in 2016. remember that debate? it was brutal. bloomberg did not come across well tonight, and bernie did answer the point. but you've got to say, he had the philosophy, and he is rolling with it. >> there is no question, i think the host of the moderators really went straight into asking the tough questions to bloomberg on the women issue, on the nondisclosure agreements. i mean, he was purely on defense tonight. and it was very clear that warren and biden and buttigieg, they know that they need to take out bloomberg to even have a fighting chance. i mean, you are having these bloomberg strategists come out and basically

but even the democrats in the house majority and in the senate may not support some of the democrats some of them a not support bernie sanders platform. >> this is one of the dilemmas of our political system. the fact we will have a divided government for most of our lives and presidents are not going to be able to do a lot. obama, the first couple of years it was such a missed opportunity for that reason. thethe bully pulpit of presidency, sanders will be able to do a lot. i think he has shown an ability to work with others that he doesn't agree with. of sanders framing as this wild radical who can't work with institutions belies the fact he has had quite the successful time in the congress. he has managed to be the chair of the veterans affairs committee, managed to deliver benefits for the veterans and their families to working with republicans, even. he supported thing like the public option. this is not a figure that is a complete unknown. he is keen to play this up. if you notice his interaction with joe biden during the presidential debates, i'm sure they get along, maybe frie

the democrats shot that down today. let's bring in my next guest, talk show host, cpac 2020 speaker, larry o'connor. great to see you. bernie made the front page of cuba's state-run newspaper, getting applause for support of cuba and castro. your reaction to that? >> yeah, you know, why we're having the star-spangled ban are rehearsing in the background. sorry if that is drowning me out. liz, listen, the democratic party have to come terms with the fact that this praise for fidel castro really does send a message to the american people that socialism is the same as authoritarianism. bernie sanders saying basically that these policies were so great in castro's cuba is acknowledging that strong-armed tactics are worth it if the means, good is worth it. i'm so sorry. hard to -- liz: hilarious that "the star-spangled banner," i think hilarious that the national anthem is playing. so funny. here we go. >> all right. let's go, try again. i did my best, liz. liz: you're doing great. i want to get to this, biden leading in a po

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also supported this liberal candidate but it's completely constitutional completely democrat democratic the political left wing a leader of the centrist elite and bowlen is not willing to accept that in a federal state parliament elects a liberal to be prime minister because they say he has the support of the wrong after all party if he into the 2nd largest force and the people voted for it chose and which states democracy in germany as an hour after government of i get our merkel to lead a. regional federal government and you elected through fascist this is. a group of a child who is it's not a question of legal it's a quest question of politics and this. of course in the professional political. system on the federal level you are professional you move all and you think forward rich scenarios. and if you know that sooner you can happen the. trick tries to bring in. a government religion to meet that it's all just politics you should do anything to him. as the us election race heats up twitter and you tube of announce changes to the way they find doctored materials don't go to take a lo

bernie sanders is still not a democrat, he is a socialist democrat. it's astonishing. >> laura: mercedes, when i noticed tonight, looking at the tale of two scenes, trump rallying this massive crowd and what is happening at the debate, it was anat attempt by mayor pee to try to take out bernie, and warren's sole purpose was to go after bloomberg. warren's takedown of bloomberg reminded me of what chris christie did to marco rubio in 2016. remember that debate? it was brutal. bloomberg did not come across well tonight, and bernie did answer the point. but you've got to say, he had the philosophy, and he is rolling with it. >> there is no question, i think the host of the moderators really went straight into asking the tough questions to bloomberg on the women issue, on the nondisclosure agreements. i mean, he was purely on defense tonight. and it was very clear that warren and bidenen and buttigie, they know that they need to take out bloomberg to even have a fighting chance. i mean, you are having these bloomberg strategists come out and basically say

now democrats say it wasn't trump who built it, it was democrats. it does not add up, let's welcome my next guest, great to see you. your reaction, the economy is not just healthy, it is reaching unprecedented milestones. your take? >> when you look at the economy it's hard to make the case that things are not getting better in the not very, very good right now. we have not seen unemployment rate this lot for this long going all the way back to the 1950s, if you look at the misery index in the inflation rate, it is the lowest it's been since 1955. the share of consumers, the gallup poll does a survey, 5000 households, what's the biggest problem in america today, the share of economic conditions is the lowest it's been since they've done the survey. it is just not going to self you gonna try to convince people things are not good right now. you are also seen wage growth is something extraordinary for low-wage workers, outpacing by the widest margin and a generation, here is the thing, history is on that president. since george washington, a strong ec

democrats groaning and booing during the speech. when the president urged congress to lower drug prices, democrats called for action on a bill already passed by the hou house. >"the wall street journal"'s peggy noonan tweeted this. it's very poetic of her. "this is a big night, they cleaved down the middle night with no one trying to hide the divide. no ameliorating courtesy. no enacting a formal regard. just the great divide. in a net hidden and out there for all the world to see." here now with his take, former arkansas governor mike huckabee, fox news contributor and also has a little poetry in him. good to see you. >> [laughs] >> harris: first of all, i want your reaction to peggy noonan's take on. >> i think it's over some plastic. i love peggy noonan, she's one of the best writers and best minds in our country. but for her to make somewhat of an equivalency of the democrats and the republicans' behavior in the chamber last night, i think you really have to stretch it. first of all, the president delivered a speech that was rem

>> who's the democratic front-runner. is it new hampshire winner bernie sanders? >> we will not only defeat trump, we will transform this country. >> or delegate leader pete buttigieg? >> i now stand before you at the head of an unlikely campaign leading in the race for delegates to the democratic nomination. >> can amy klobuchar keep surging? >> i'm amy klobuchar and i will beat donald trump. >> or should democrats pin their hopes on michael bloomberg, who's now facing heightened scrutiny? >> i know i can't change history. what i can do is learn from my mistakes. >> this morning my exclusive sitdown with the one-time front-runner, former vice president joe biden, who took on sanders supporters. >> if any of my supporters did that, i'd disown them. >> and my interview with senator amy klobuchar of minnesota. >>> plus, the president strikes back. >> what lesson did you learn from impeachment? >> that the democrats are crooked. they have got a lot of crooked things going. that they're vicious. >> president trump attacks his foes and protects his friends in a post-im

democratic pollster cornell belcher, o. kay henderson, anna palmer, coauthor of politico's playbook, and rich lowry, editor of national review. kay, you get to start first. this is your territory, we're the visitors here. >> welcome. >> it's always good to have you as our opener. all right. the thing you take away most here is this indecision over this electability issue. >> right. >> there's sanders and then there's that issue. >> right. >> what's happened? >> well, in part it's fueled by the fact that trump is so active on twitter and actually was active in iowa on thursday night. and so he sort of stirs up that angst in people because they see him all over the place, number one. number two, you didn't have a definitive front-runner. you had sanders, who finished essentially in a tie in 2016, who was perceived as sort of a front-runner, as was biden, but neither one of them have been able to sort of sprint out because you had some other people, namely elizabeth warren and pete buttigieg who are able to make inroads here b

the democratic nomination is rigged again i believe the iowa democratic votes you never intended to announce the winner last night looks like mayor cheat has rigged the iowa caucuses apparently the trolls will come to you if you say the word big so let me just say very very very good leads me act but it didn't just start in iowa rank and file democrats were already outraged about the fact that the rules were changed by the democratic national committee in order to allow michael bloomberg into the debates michael bloomberg former new york city mayor has spent $180000000.00 on his own ad campaign and despite not having anything near the donor base of some of the other candidates the red carpet has been rolled out for him words like oligarchy are being used we should be ashamed that as americans people believe in democracy all a car if you have more money you can buy your way now my crew though former u.s. senator from alaska had over 67000 different donors but the democratic national committee said that was not enough and he was not welcome on the debate stage michael bloomberg is mega rich an

about, do something that motivates democrat democratic voters the way donald trump motivates his base? >> you know, i actually am a little bit -- i would be a little more cautious about trying to motivate the base the way donald trump motivates his base because he motivates his base with fear and division and hatred. you know, i don't think we want to go there actually, ali. i think we want to go, and i say we as sort of democrats, independents and anti-trump republicans, i think we need to have a unifying message and we need to come together and build an overwhelming coalition, majority to defeat donald trump and replace donald trump. we need somebody who, yes, like donald trump can leverage communications and social media effectively and really master that and be better on sort of marketing of their political ideas that are unifying, not divisive. but i think that's the key. if he's going to divide, we've got to unify. i think there's enormous power in that and we can do it. we did it in 2018 and the democrats took the house on that. we can do it again in 2020. >> shannon pettypiece

democrats such as the current democratic leader and then senator joe biden argued at length in 1999 we recognize that senate traditions have posed no obligation, no obligation to hear new live witness testimony. it is i not necessary to decide the case. if it is not necessary to decide the case. let me emphasize the house managers themselves said over and over that additional necessary to prove their case. they claimed dozens of times that their case was quote overwhelming and incontrovertible. that was the house managers saying their evidence was overwhelming and incontrovertible. at the same time they were arguingbu. in reality both of the house accusations are constitutionally incoherent. the obstruction of congress charge is absurd and dangerous. house democrats argued that anytime the speaker speaker invokes the house sole power of impeachment the president must do whatever the house demands. no questions asked. invoking executive branch privileges in response to how subpoenas becomes an impeachable offense at trial. here's how chairmanship put it back in october quote any action,

i think the challenge for democrats and what could be interesting is one, democrats have that proportional delegate allocation but if you get above the 15%. steve: crucial number. >> they don't have those winner take all states like revolve against did so you hope you get to the majority and then you had the billionaires annexed with mike bloomberg spending an enormous amount of money for sunday - super tuesday and throughout the weeding process if you aren't winning in don't raise money and they don't need to raise money. it will be interesting. we have seen dynamics were never seen before. steve: what about amy klobuchar? elizabeth warren? >> we will see how long they can stay out there but they got to be raising the money if will be out there. they have met their ballot hurdles and we will see what happens with that but the point remains the democrats have moved so far left and their agenda, what they want to do, is so far out of the mainstream for what the american people want to see happen and when you have 90% entering the gallup poll that my life is good then if nancy pelosi were on

it has been democrat since 1953. it is a tough election, a democratic district but i think people are ready for a change. for the past year or so i have been going into communities and talking to people. i believe i won the primary off of grassroots efforts. i am basically going against an incumbent because this is a guy who held a seat before congressman cummings and when he was in he actually signed on at 1994 crime bill. i remind people if you look at donald trump and his first step act, fixing what was broken with that crime bill that led to so much mass incarceration that you see in the greater baltimore area. honestly i think i need to remind people where they were back in the 90s when he was in office, we have a problem with crime, with education and people are ready for a change so hopefully people get behind me and donate to the campaign because surrogates have a ton of money but i think we can win this. shannon: they can find you on social media and you're getting a huge outpouring of support and some pushb

we are trying to build up the democratic party. representing the west, the midwest, and the south and the east coast. all of these exercises are about november and beating the republicans in november. kevin: you hear from democrats how important it is for them to win back the midwest part of the country, states like iowa, which the president carried by 10 percentage points. the president will talk to the country tonight and this is the lasting political story of the last 24 hours and america's consciousness. does this change what the president has to say? craig: i am sure he will mention it and i am sure he will crow about it a little bit. there is a story in the bloomberg terminal that some people in the market think what happened last night helps donald trump a lot because the democrats look like the gang that cannot shoot straight. they cannot run their own election. it is the iowa democratic party and they messed it up. , to defendectfully the former executive director of the i would democratic party, and not to go against you,

, i have to say that as a democrat. chris: yes, we ask you for questions of the panel and on this issue of what impact a bernie sanders rise is having on democrats, we've got this on twitter from air boss, which position does the dnc value more defeating trump or defeating sanders and if sanders is the candidate, what effect will his leading the ticket have down ballot, josh, as somebody who work for mitch mcconnell, very concerned about republicans forgetting the white house winning holding on to the senate, taking over the house, how do you answer air boss? >> well, to the first part, i think up until now the dnc had a lot more success defeating sanders than defeating trump, they were successful in 2016, i think it's getting late early to paraphrase yogie bear, any candidate who is winning iowa, new hampshire, nevada, storming in with an incredible amount of momentum into south carolina in a state that joe biden who was the prohibitive front runner for most of the year has to win and probably has to win convincingly j

i understand in california if you don't have to be a democrat to vote in a democratic primary so you have a huge following for birth standards especially among students who are who ever for whatever reason the side not to register in the democratic party they have the right to vote for in the democratic party and there are laws but they don't count the votes they come with all kinds of reasons to block those voters and this is a problem that's going to come up on super tuesday california is by far the most important state bernie sanders is the favorite of most calla people in california here in the gold state where i'm i'm speaking here from the golden state and specially prop you are not only among young people. but among the hispanic voters the mexican americans and others you're saying that this is all about suppression i got to tell you ahead of super tuesday they do they bernie sanders is not talking about what you're talking about he's not talking about wiki leaks and what it showed in 26 scene where you're saying a 1000000 votes disappeared he's talking about russia he's sayin

jillian: joseph, final word to you. >> the democrats are committing i think in november democrats will be crying as they were 4 years ago. jillian: we will certainly be here to watch it all, sasha and joseph. >> i guess we will see. jillian: have a good day. rob: 39 minutes after the hour and a super bowl stunner. >> where i can be myself. that feels pretty darn good. rob: the ladies were crying over this one, hollywood heart throb jason mamoa with transformation, the super bowl ad that has a lot of people talking. jillian: where lawmakers are now pedal to the metal on a proposal to name part of a highway after. rob: welcome back, overflight police searching multiple homes, the 20-year-old was released early from prison on terror-related charges, police say he wore a fake explosive vest and stabbed two innocent people before being shot dead, the victims thankfully are expected to survive and today the uk is expected to propose tougher rules on terror convicts. al-qaeda claiming responsibility for the deadly shooting at the pensacola naval air station, the terror group's branch in yemen

martin luther king was a democratic socialist. nelson mandela was a democratic socialist. he believes in democracy, but believes that the economy should be looked at from a different perspective. >> what we're starting to see now is pete buttigieg, and joe biden, and bloomberg picking up the case that donald trump has been making for months. he's not going to say democratic socialist. he's going to say socialist, edge into communist. >> he is going to say socialist. he's been saying it. he's going to continue to say it and by the way, it's true. so, you know, that actually has an added benefit for trump because when you listen to bernie sanders and listen to what he wants to do, it is a socialist agenda, and he's running on it. as rahm said, this is a different approach of going after the presidency, the way sanders is doing it. i fear for the democrats that biden and buttigieg waking up last night to say, hey. maybe we should stop attacking each other and start attacking sanders, maybe a little too little, too late, and the last piece is, and i love to watch this last wee

yes he did so mitt romney day he broke with the republican ranks and join the democrats and voted to convict to no avail the all of the what does this. mean for trump now and how he campaigns to be reelected. right so i mean he will certainly celebrate that acquits he's been calling this whole impeachment proceeding the trial a witch hoax over and over again and he's already announced that he will deliver a speech tomorrow at the wide held at noon eastern time here and certainly be interesting to see his response but it's pretty clear that he will try to capitalize on the outcome saying that this was all a hoax essentially that it was a politically motivated trial and proceeding in order to get him from office that was his line of defense now the democrats they will certainly be saying that this is an impeach president and he will always remain an impeach president and there's another 1st that he has to go into his reelection campaign after an impeachment trial that's new so it will be interesting to see how that will play into his campaign so the democrats will certainly try to get

what do you make of what you just democrats should be ashamed of themselves. i am a democrat i respectfully disagree i'm not ashamed at all i think the republicans who just joined in lockstep behind this what i perceive as an outlaw a president who knows no bounds to what he wants to do and what he feels he can do this is very disturbing very disturbing i think he now can consort with foreign officials and in a sense blackmail them into supporting his candidacy for presidency in 2020 he can withhold and his if you evidence that the house wanted to get for its impeachment inquiry he ordered them not to do it a few brave souls. violated his order not to do it but they and so they showed up to testify but it was ordering all of the various agencies not to turn over any documents that is an outlaw president and he should be he should have been impeached and convicted and shame on the republicans for lining up behind him the way they did laura do want to come because coming on that. i i would i mean i think what i'd really like to address is the idea that the house

democrats say the impeachment trial of president donald trump is the 1st trial in u.s. history without witnesses is this a fair trial without the ability to call witnesses and produce documents the answer is clearly and unequivocally no but despite hours of arguments trying to convince republican senators to allow new witnesses in the trial the yeas are $49.00 'd the nays are $51.00 the democrats last all but 2 republican senators voted no it's a grand tragedy america will remember this day unfortunately where the senate did not live up to its responsibilities where the senate turned away from truth and went along with a sham trial democrats had hoped to get the support of moderate republican lisa murkowski but in the end she rejected the idea saying in a statement i have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the senate i don't believe the continuation of this process will change anything it is sad for me to admit that as an institution the congress has failed this means the senate jury has essentially sealed its ears to john bolton chum's former na

democratic nominee also focusing too much on external threats the vote was actually marred by a new out result counting. ignoring shakes and ripping up speeches donald trump has his own side a battle with the democratic speaker joining his annual address to congress. and french for it's wrong by scandal as a former figure skater publishes a rape allegations against her coach of the 30 years of silence. is r t international thanks for keeping me company this hour as we talk through the biggest stories of the day some. well we've got to start with this one the iowa democratic party has revealed early results from its key core christian vote almost 24 hours later than expected with 71 percent of results now reported people to church has the lead with 27 percent in the fast round it's the beginning of the race to see who will ultimately run in the 2020 u.s. presidential election but the party has been left reeling from glitches in its new mobile app which was actually meant to deliver fast results. do you have a nightmare scenario and if so what do you do about it these are probably the mos

were actually just democrats it's going to take the democratic party a long time to figure out that the trump working class are just republicans well and also the focus on workers who is what i'm really glad that john brought up the working people is to define do over time because of technology but families creating families keeping families together the opiate crisis real problems that affect real people ok and you know and i'll get in trouble for saying this not just transgender toilets ok maybe that's there but it's not the high end and i think this is what trump and bernie sanders are doing and i hope to see them face off in november us all the time we have many thanks to my guest in atlanta washington and in stroudsburg and thanks to our viewers for watching us here to see you next time and remember. you. now it's 2020 we have the global potential pandemic here and people's fear is compound it by the fact that nothing in the global economy is anchored to anything of solidity and so you have this room are shriveling paranoia by disorientation in a world bereft of any kind of sol

that's where most of the democrats will get their votes. you will see more competition in some of the smaller, rural counties. fewer votes but you can get delegates by courting people where the other candidates may not go. that's one thing to watch tomorrow. another thing to watch, bernie sanders won new hampshire. just barely, but he won new hampshire. he thinks he can win nevada and get momentum in the race. it is very clear who bernie sanders sees as primary opponent number 1. >> you know, and if that's what happened in a democratic debate, you know, i think it's quite likely that trump will chew him up and spit him out. >> are you less worried about michael bloomberg if you were worried about him before? are you less worried now after having that debate? >> i am worried about an unprecedented amount of money being spent on a campaign. we are a democracy. one person, one vote, not a guy worth 60 billion buying an election. >> let's get to cnn's ryan nobles. he joins us live from las vegas. ryan, you spent some time with senator sanders

prior to this, joe biden is very well loved in south carolina, especially among democrats and black democrats in particular. he could have walker awayed wit this if he was the same man he was four years ago. that's why a lot of people are looking for an alternative. i do not believe that bernie sanders is going to do as well as most people think in south carolina. i think he's going to do well, but i think he's not going to eclipse what he did the last time around. >> what makes you think that? >> you know, just talking to people. i know the russian trolls are going to get on me for saying anything bad about bernie, but it does not seem to be this ground swell of support from people i have not talked to or i have talked to saying we're going to support bernie. >> lelt's go back to joe biden for a moment. many polls have him as the favorite candidate. is south carolina still very much joe biden's to lose? >> it is joe biden's to lose. i've been to the white house to see him, he's coming down to south carolina several times and connected with me and a number of other people. and lot of those pe

a democrat to get them home safe? >> if they wanted a designated driver joe biden would do better than he's done in this race. the question i think democrats are having with bernie sanders now, is he donald trump in that he'll strike a chord or is he mcgovern to lead the democrats to a catastrophic election returns in november? i think it's hard to know. you see him generating a lot of enthusiasm as the mayor was saying. he's got a core of support. he did show breadth of support this time around. but he's also, he's also a democratic socialist who supports medicare for all, who speaks fondly of castro's reforms in cuba. those are things that may be a hard sell with parts of the electorate that democrats may need. >> he talks about -- excuse me. he talks about enlarging the voter pool to bring young people in, people that haven't voted for years, people don't like the way this country has been running the last 30, 40 years. that is a real hard sell because the people that tend to go to church tend to go to church. the

democrats do. in the u.s. house, speaker nancy pelosi and democrats passed a landmark bill on equal pay. another bill to give 30 million americans a raise by increasing the minimum wage and groundbreaking legislation to finally give medicare the power to negotiate lower prices for america's seniors and families. those three bills and more than 275 other bipartisan bills are gathering dust on senate majority leader mitch mcconnell's desk. senator mcconnell, american needs you to move those bills. meanwhile, democrats across the country are getting things done. pennsylvania's governor tom wolf is expanding the right to overtime pay. michigan is, too. if you are on the clock, you deserve to get paid. the nevada governor, the north carolina governor, are working to give hard-working teachers a raise. speaking of the classroom, the wisconsin governor unilaterally increased school funding by $65 million last year. in colorado, the governor has an active, free, all-day kindergarten. in 29 states we have helped pass m

democrats are delivering on that. i think that is hopeful and i think that's what people in our country want to hear. iowa is one state. you know, one down, 49 others to go. so i'm not going to jump into the iowa politics. i'm going to stay focused on a vision for this country. that's why nancy pelosi asked me to give this address to the nation and congresswoman escobar and that's what we're going to deliver. >> we will be watching. governor gretchen whitmer, we appreciate you taking time to talk to us this morning. into thank you. hope to see you soon. >> us, too. >>> so, john, we know that you will be speaking with mayor pete buttigieg soon and he is already out and about it sounds like there in new hampshire. >> yeah, we hope to be speaking to him soon, but there you're looking at live pictures of him in nashua, new hampshire, which i know you know well, alisyn, he is in a cafÉ talking to voters. no rest for the frustrated. no results from eye warnings but the candidates they've got to be out on the trail this mor

what is the democrats done during this period of time? the democrats. from january 16 to february 5, the united states senate was paralyzed by the house democrats and chuck schumer and nancy pelosi with this outrageous impeachment trial where the senators had to sit on their hands, shut their mouths and couldn't pass a bill to increase funding. they want more funding. they couldn't do it. pelosi and schumer shut down the congress. they don't want to talk about that, do they? the democrats, they go to the microphone and they attack. not just the president. the professionals. the cdc, the nih, the hhs. they don't know anything. what is their plan? what the the schumer-pelosi-klobuchar- bloomberg whatever plans? they have great plans. open boarders, eliminate ice, no veteran of foreigners, sanctuary cities, naturalize and destroy the greatest healthcare system, destroyed our pharmaceutical companies. that will come up with the solutions. the solutions won't be bernie sanders favorite communist regim regimes. they won't from the scandinavian companies. they

joe manchin, the democratic senator from west virginia. president trump carried his state 542 votes. he carried a resolution to try to censure the president. that's not a formal discipline and the constitution. whether or not that has any traction once they get through these votes is unclear. the democratic senator from arizona who is a moderate, sometimes votes with the republicans. i would also look at doug jones from alabama. the die is cast in the next couple of hours going into the votes tomorrow. people understand and look at these votes down the road. this is where democrats are going to try to weaponize these votes going into the fall and look at some of the other vulnerable senators like tom tillis, martha mcsally and say, look at how you voted. you voted to exonerate the president of the united states. >> neil: it is more about putting pressure on them than the president. >> this is a seminal vote in this congress. this is probably going to be the most talked about events going into the election. this is why when you talk about o

the socialism issue is the major track for democrats. especially -- if you look at the big issue right now in the big issue is where republican suburban voters going to end up going, will they stick with the president or will he have a similar situation like we had in 2018 where we sag a bit with those voters. if you look at that, the one thing that absolutely puts them back on the map is nominating a socialist for the democratic party. there is just too much at stake and when you look at the numbers, there was an nbc poll that came out a few days ago that looked at the democratic field and it was asking people what are the characteristics of the most disliked about the candidates in the top on is socialism. 65%. i think the democrats are really playing with fire here because they would be smarter as a party to try and do what we are suggesting as well just just talk about issues. when you talk about issues people are more interested in having that conversation and they have a better chance that if you put a democrat socialist at the top

democrats any longer. here now more with the trump organization eric trump is with us. i never thought i would see one candidate, eric trump, that actually is running on the idea of death panels and a guy that says he can teach anybody how to farm. you dig a hole put a seed, put dirt on top, add water, up comes the corn. by the way, only arresting minority kids and throwing them up against the wall. why do you do it? that is where all the crime is and that's where we send all the cops. then we have a guy praising cuban, nicaragua and former soviet union. okay, good luck mr. trump. president trump come i think that sounds like a good competitive race. >> this is why the democrats are flipping out across the board, quite frankly, sean you had a great opening. you listen the problems with bernie sanders and he's running away with the race. that is why they are losing their mind. look at joe biden, the front runner. the guy can't put together a sentence and we always talk about this. he sits in front of ten pe

>> [laughs] is a democratic socialist. the problem is, harris, most americans don't know or don't care about the difference between a democratic socialist and a socialist. bernie, if you left out that word and talked about programs, which have become very favorable on both sides of the aisle -- a 50 an hour minimum wage, some kind of a government sponsored health care plan, the list goes on and on." it would be okay. the problem is the polls show it's going to be a huge problem. not just among democrats, obviously, but among independent voters, swing state voters, and republicans who aren't happy with what's happened to that party or don't favor supporting the president in 2020. this is a problem for him. >> harris: how do you leave out the word "socialism" from a democratic socialist? >> [laughs] it you don't. you shouldn't have said in the first place. you can outline the plans. >> harris: can you change bernie sanders? that's a question. you can't. [laughs] >> he wants the label, he doesn't want the reality of socialism

nominee -- sanders as the democratic nominee. sanders moving full steam ahead e to super tuesday statements. last week word came down that russia and vladimir putin was trying to help the sanders campaign. sanders received a briefing of sorts but condemned any help from russia in very strong words. president trump said today he was not briefed about russia helping his campaign and did not opt to take the firm stance that sanders did. listen. >> nobody said it. i read where russia's helping bernie sanders. nobody said it to me at all, nobody briefed me about that at all. what they try to do is people like certain people have information, no different than it's been. >> reporter: the president did not seem concerned about any russian interference in his re-election campaign. president trump will spend one night in india, come back midweek, then he'll held to south carolina later this week for a rally on friday. that's no quicks dense because of the -- coincidence because of the big super tuesday race, and then on saturday he'll att

with the democrats in the impeachment trial and also surprisingly very harsh words for the leader of the house of representatives. said the democrats top politician of course nancy pelosi who has been mentioned time and time again in this speech which i said is still happening at the moment i mean you point out who's probably that speech is still ongoing but with regards to the acquittal is the american public satisfied with that result. it depends of course when you speak to because this is a deeply divided country now what's interesting and president trying to set it in his in his celebration as he's calling it is that his approval ratings are in fact the highest they've been since he took office back in 2017 now the majority of that approval is coming from republicans standing over 90 percent approval democrats on the other and are not very satisfied but you know maybe it doesn't come as a surprise i'm bored of course if you hear what the democrats have to say and it's interesting to hear of course as i mentioned before nancy pelosi the top democrat she spoke earlier today and i t

a centrist democrat from that state but since that time the democrat has taken more money. everybody knows that trickle-down economics does not for and you have to start the middle class or else the -- it is sad that people are fooled by trump instead of .ooking at what is going on andver gets the most votes who truly excites the u.s. voters can defeat trump. host: bob in north kingston, rhode island, says i will be voting for p2 to judge -- pete buttigieg based on electricity -- electability. putting up someone from the northeast that was born during world war ii seems like a losing pic from the get-go. the demeanor, and analysis, strategy discipline to get this done. caller -- did the stacked thebate -- audience with supporters? those watching the debate suddenly noticed another way in which bloomberg was unexpectedly being bolstered. the audience interjected with oyster's applause when he spoke, including mentioning -- boisterous applause when he spoke, including mentioning gun senator and booing at sanders. bloomberg appeal is not centered on his charisma and obvious ob

>> democratic socialism. >> democratic socialism. do you acknowledge that an economy that on its surface and i understand it is not working for everybody, but on its surface looks pretty good to quite a few people, this is a fairly low unemployment rate. do you acknowledge it's tougher to sell your economic ideas in this perceived good economy? >> i don't think so. i think trump is a fraud. i think under trump the top 1%, i've seen hundreds of billions of dollars increase in their wealth. do you know what real inflation accounted for increase in wages was last year for the average worker? less than 1%. >> it's the first time it had gone up in a while. >> 17 cents an hour. >> hasn't been going up for -- >> but how do you talk about an economy that's working when the people on top are making hundreds of billions of dollars more and the average worker is making 17 cents. we need -- we need an economy that works for working people. and my agenda is that agenda. that's raising the minimum wage, that's health care