cnn, 1 and 15 minutes, msnbc, 1:47. after the cnn debate in texas, trump was interviewed twice on the postgame show, so it does seem like the camera or the people who make the decisions that it goes on camera do love him. i want to play for you a sound bite involving what some other are saying about the other candidates and whether they should stay in this race. take a look. >> i would say ben carson and john kasich, it's time to move on so the supporters and money can go to someone else. >> it would take a miracle for not only you but john kasich with a delegate situation being what it is to overcome trump. >> a lot of things can happen, bill. >> why do journalists keep telling candidates they should drop out of the presidential race? >> well, on opinion that people are entitled to do so, but ordinary journalist, if luke at how we're framing the coverage, it's largely in terms of how to beat trump. what combinations of which votes if people drop out can overcome the momentum that trump has rather than more what you wou

cnn and fox and msnbc took much of that live. both of the presser and the rally and we actually timed it. an hour and 12 minutes. cnn, 1 and 15 minutes, msnbc, 1:47. trump was interviewed twice on the postgame show. does it seem the camera awards the people that makes the decisions. i want to play for you a sound bite involving what some people are saying about the other candidates and whether they should stay in this race. take a look. >> i would say ben carson and john kasich, it's time to move on to the supporters an money can go to someone else. >> it would take a miracle for not only you but john kasich with a delegate situation being what it is to overcome trump. >> a lot of things can happen, bill. >> why do journalists keep telling candidates they should drop out of the presidential race? >> i think people are entitled to that opinion, but ordinary journalists, if you look at we're framing the coverage, it's largely in terms of how to beat trump. what combinations of which votes if people drop out can overcome the momentu

msnbc will host a town hall in charleston. so far, republican front-runner donald trump is the only candidate to commit to it. the town hall will start at 8pm. trump will take questions from voters. also -- msnbc has announced a democratic presidential town hall thursday night with hillary clinton and bernie sanders. the town hall in las vegas comes two days before the nevada caucus. it will be in english on msnbc and in spanish on telemundo. coverage starts at 8 p.m. it will stream live on wistv.com. right now -- donald trump is holding a rally in beaufort. john kasich is speaking at a lexington county town hall in cayce. started at murray's neighborhood bar and grill on charleston highway. no toss a fast moving "clipper" will deliver a few scattered showers this evening into very early wednesday morning with lows near 40 degrees. the sun is back wednesday through sunday with warming temperatures presidential candidates are pounding the campaign trail in south carolina ahead of the start of the first in the south primaries be

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republicans for msnbc. okay. let's start with ted cruz. so he's been on the defensive over voice mails in iowa. what's going on with that? >> this whole issue that donald trump has raised and ben carson has raised that campaign staffers were providing information that seemed to insinuate that ben carson might be dropping out of the race because he decided to go to florida after the iowa caucus. >> to change out his clothes. >> instead of going to new hampshire or south carolina. which raised eyebrows. the cruz campaign passed that information along to folks on the ground. here are some of the voice mails that were sent out. take a listen. >> this this is the cruz campaign. with breaking news. dr. ben carson will be ready to suss spent his race. please inform any carson caucus goers of this news and urge them to caucus for cruz instead. >> nbc news has not independently verified those phone calls specifically although we have confirmed that similar calls have been made. the cruz campaign responding to this s

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just in to msnbc. buernie sanders will begin traveling with secret service protection in the next 24 hours. we're learning the sanders campaign had requested that protection for senator sanders. and on the republican side now, a new poll out today from new hampshire shows trump still in a commanding lead over the field. the newest numbers from a new poll, trump leads cruz by 24 points, 38-14. marco rubio comes in at 12%, but trump's loss in iowa, despite similar polls showing him in the lead there, means his opponents sense an opening. shannon mcginley, the leading conservative activist here in new hampshire told the "new york times" the iowa results have lifted those who don't want trump as a republican nominee. she was quoted as saying this. for a lot of folks who are really upset about the idea of having trump as our nominee, it gives us hope in america that it's not as crazy and lost as we thought it might be. shannon mcginley has decided she's backing senator marco rubio, and she joins me by phone

msnbc is live on the ground here. we are just three days away from the pivotal south carolina republican presidential primary in the already ugly slug fest here. well, it is getting uglier. donald trump calling ted cruz unfit, calling him a liar. not the first time we've heard donald trump talking this way about his rival. cruz says trump isn't really a conservative. marco rubio just trying to get heard through all of that noise. live pictures here now out of mount pleasant where rubio is getting ready to hold a town hall event. now we have new numbers here. a new poll of likely republican primary voters in south carolina. it shows donald trump maintaining that commanding lead, 16 points over ted cruz. rubio a bit off the pace at 14 points. jeb bush barely in double digits. combining support for cruz and rubio. still wouldn't get either one of them on par with the front-runner. that is how big donald trump's event is here right now. that same poll does show that half the voters here in south carolina haven't made up t

in some ways she symbolized the obama era of msnbc. that era is ending. for months she has felt like her show was being squeezed and slowly canceled. as more and more people started to notice she disappeared, msnbc wanted to put her show back on but she said no, she would not come back to work. the purpose for this decision seems to be provide cover for msnbc not to provide voice for my show. i will not be used as a tool for their purposes. i'm not a token, ma am my or little brown bobblehead. i am not owned by msnbc. that is a scorching statement. i've never seen anything like it. it has led to her exit. she confirmed to me in a text message that severance negotiations are under way bichlt marginalizing her, the channel is taking a risk. outpouring of sport for her on line. some people complaining back and hispanic hosts have been disproportionately affected by these changes. all the changes carry a potential perception risk that msnbc is diminishing the contributions of its minority personalities. more to come on this story. i'll be covering it on c cnn

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right here on msnbc. with just five days until the primary, questions linger over whether voters want the experience in clinton that she's running on or the revolution sanders promises. this week, the rivals have been battling over who is the true democrat and what it means to be a progressive. >> it was kind of a low blow when senator sanders said in response to a question, well, you know, maybe she's a progressive on, you know, some days. >> joining me now, bernie sanders' supporter, former ohio state senator, nina turner. we've talked a lot over the last few days and you've made quite a few headlines defending bernie sanders and his record. is hillary clinton a progressive more than on some days? >> well, tamron, senator sanders was only quoting what the secretary said actually in my home state that she has been accused of being a moderate or in the center, guilty as charged. so all he was doing was reiterating what the secretary herself has said about herself. so now if she is a progressive and that's

eastern, right here on msnbc. donald trump hitting senator cruz hard on several issues ahead of the new hampshire primary. one of them is an old favorite for trump, the fact that cruz was born in canada. we just mentioned it a minute ago. trump says cruz will be challenged on whether he's a natural born citizen, a requi requirement to become president. let's go to msnbc chief legal correspondent ari melber for a closer look at that line of attack and whether it's working. >> nice to see you in new hampshire, kate. this is something that has come up before, but we're talking about it again because donald trump is talking about it. also goes to a big question people have politically, how does donald trump handle being a loser, a loser coming out of iowa. although he argued he has plenty of good news to look forward to. let's hear from donald trump himself. starts out talking about the ben carson and ted cruz exchange and allegations that weren't exactly accurate. he gets later in the comment into the issue we have b

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msnbc starts right now. this is the place for politics. [ applause ] >> hey, everybody, good morning. we are serving bricks and a lot of politics in the liberty tap room. this has been our headquarters in south carolina. the heart of columbia. we have been here all week following the ups and downs of the political campaigns. this promises to leave its mark in history than the skirmishes playing out in two states thousands of miles apart. here in south carolina, polling places are already opened. by the day's end, the winner can hold the clearest path to the gop nomination. in nevada, it was a bitter campaigning. the big question, could bernie sanders pull a huge upset? and then back east in the nation's capitol, a somber day is ungathering, justice antonin scalia is laid to rested. a live report on. that first, tensions at the clinton and sanders' camps at a rally last night. former president bill clinton lashed out at for sanders. >> he had a lot of passion in his primary and it's fine with me. but hillary'

let me come back to the msnbc debates. as abc had a solid debate, i thought, everybody was buzzing about the botch introductions. that created a lot of talk in social media. you commented on twitter. rachael maddow doing the following after the debate was over. play that tape. >> here she is embracing the democrats. your thoughts? >> my thought about that was first thing is i've never seen a moderator do that before that i can remember. and people say about her that she's an extremely warm personable person and this is the kind of thing she does. but when we are involved in a debate, we journalists, we are acting a bit like the players in a trial before the court of public opinion. and, you know, advocates play a certain role, whatever the relationship with each other and with the judge outside the courtroom is set aside and their professional discipline comes into play. you maintain a certain proper distance as a journalist from the people you're covering, especially in the crucible of a debate. and whether she runs up an

i'm joined right now by msnbc colleagues's chris hayes, the host of "all in." and for reaction from the other side, katy tur is with us, she covers trump, as well. >> what is the hillary clinton connection as you watch it with the republicans? what is the overlay between the two. >> well, i thought it was interesting, and donald trump and bernie sanders, when it comes to money and politics, hillary clinton hit hard on that tonight. and i think it is a real way that there is a crossover between bernie sanders and donald trump. we are in new hampshire. there are a lot of undeclared voters in new hampshire. and believe it or not there are voters out there who like donald trump and like bernie sanders. and because of that one big thing, they're not taking money from places like banks and goldman sachs. >> any other republicans pillowcamaking that case? >> they can't make it. >> essentially, the two outliar >> essentially, the two outliar lyers -- >> it's so striking. she said all you need to do is talk about one street, not the other street. and he just said no, no

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on msnbc last night, primary night, chris matthews and lawrence o'donnell were you a hmong those saying if this person drops out and the sun rises over here he could still be beaten. brian williams said you sound like a democrat at the salad bar of rationalization. >> my favorite joint. >> we saw a lot of commentators obviously jumping on this extraordinary news of donald trump and pope francis exchanging less than pleasantries and saying this would hurt trump. let's take another look at how that exchange went. >> translator: a person who thinks only about building walls wherever they may be and not of building bridges is not christian. this is not the gospel. >> the pope said something to the effect that maybe donald trump isn't christian, okay? and he's questioning my faith. i was very surprised to see it, but i am a christian and i'm proud of it. okay. for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. >> you know, interestingly, the pundits didn't exactly excommunicate trump for those sharp words against the pontiff who did start it by questioning his faith. >> the

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ceo tim cook is fighting back citing privacy concerns. >>> during last night's msnbc's democratic town hall, bernie sanders and hillary clinton spoke on the issue. >> of course, law enforcement has every reason to want to get information off of a killer's cell phone. apple understandably is worried about opening the door, creating what they call a back door into encryption that would not just have to field requests from the united states government, but from the chinese, russian, iranian governments. >> but count me in as somebody who is a very strong civil libertarian who believes we can fight terrorism without undermining our constitutional rights and our privacy rights. >>> affluenza teen set to report to court later today, whether his case should be transferred to adult court. couch could be sent to prison up to ten years when he turns 19, or be set free. >>> and virgin galactic debuts spaceship 2, replacing the one destroyed in 2014 this ship makes tourist flights into space. angelina jolie, brad pitt and paris hilton those rumored to have already bought a $250,000 flight. go to d

she won't go anywhere to have an interview. >> she does a lot of msnbc. >> she does that. in addition to msnbc there are other networks and reporters and she doesn't really reach out to them. i understand why she does msnbc, a democratic base -- >> aren't you underplaying here the fact that bernie sanders, a 74-year-old self-described socialist senator has raised all this money, draws these huge krau crowds -- >> i will give him his due. he's run a spectacular campaign. he's done an amazing job of somebody coming from nowhere. she also suffers from the fact the press has never liked hillary clinton. always been distrustful of each other. someone who tells it like it is is able to tap into that press hunger for a candidate she can't tap into. >> the story is not just media coverage with either of these guys. trump and bernie sanders ever responding to a real strain of deep dissatisfaction in both parties and so i think she is a winner in this case. she's still a winner with many worries because of the way that the democratic primary is set up and you get the superdelegate s

bernie sanders and hillary clinton face off here on msnbc. it is more of a free-for-all on the republican side and heavyweights ted cruz trading hay makers and ben carson's team making cuts and the big one on msnbc, bad news for marco rubio as one of his biggest endorsers couldn't name a specific accomplishment for the florida senator! the bottom line is, there isn't a whole lot of accomplishments. and i just don't think it's a fair question. where nothing has happened and then blame one person because he didn't get accomplishments done. look at president obama. >> we look at much more on the gop side of the race coming up including my interview with republican presidential candidate carly fiorina. she'll join me in a few moments but first, head 35 miles to the east in dur haham, new hampshir. it is where our political team coverage begins this hour. let's start with alex seitz-wald, our official msnbc guru of all things clinton campaign. alex, what does she need to do and say tonight? >>. >> she really wants to prove she's a progressive in t

lester. >> casie, thank you. >> check todd is co-moderating the debate on msnbc. chuck sanders long considered the front-runner in the new hampshire race. pressure off secretary clinton in this matchup tonight? >> you know, i don't think it does, only because of the clinton tradition here in new hampshire. 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, 9:00 eastern time. >>> in the republican race, another new poll shows marco rubio leaping over ted cruz in new hampshire, to take the number two spot be

even as sanders and hillary clinton will be answering questions at that msnbc town hall here. lester? >> andrea, thank you. >>> you can see the clinton and sanders town hall tonight at 9:00 eastern only on msnbc. >>> a historic announcement from the white house today. president obama will become the first sitting president to visit cuba in nearly 90 years. a major step as the u.s. and cuba move to normalize relations. the trip which is planned for march 21st and 22nd was immediately met with criticism from republicans, including ted cruz, who said he would never visit as long as castro is in power. >>> there was something else pope francis said today, on donald trump, that took many by surprise. he suggested birth control may be used to prevent the spread of the zika virus, which has been linked to birth defects. this despite the catholic church's ban on contraceptives, we get more from nbc's anne thompson in rome. >> reporter: returning from mexico, pope francis surprised many by opening the door to the use of artificial contraception to prevent the sexual transmission of zik

joining me is msnbc eric cameron. this has to come up. it's interesting, "the new york times" has a pretty exhaustive history of what it means to be progressive, dating back from the 1900s. if you look on social media, some of the comments, you erase the more ludicrous one, bernie sanders says how can you have a super pac bringing in billions of dollars and be a progressive. >> reporter: tamron, one of the things that's so interesting that i think we need to stop and say what is sea change, when bill clinton was president, being a moderate was something to brag about. there was a fear beginning in the 1970s about the backlash to liberalism and now you have two democratic candidates trying to vie for which one is further to the left and that shows that the movements that have been fighting to reclaim the left of center mantel have been really effective, whether it's black lives matter or occupy wall street, the women's rights movement. they are pushing candidates to show that they are not what they might call liberal sellouts. you heard th

this is "first look" on msnbc. "way too early" starts right now. >>> on monday, dr. paul came in fifth in the iowa caucus. with only 4.5% of the vote. you think being an eye doctor he would have seen this coming. losing or losing. losing or losing. ha-ha, i'm a pirate. >> two more presidential bids go belly up. what rick and rand said on the way out. plus -- >> if it weren't for ted cruz, he's the one that got justice roberts on to the united states supreme court. justice roberts approved obamacare twice. ted cruz gave us obamacare. >> it is no surprise that donald is throwing yet another temper tantrum or if you like another trumper tantrum. >> ted cruz coins a new term. and hillary clinton and bernie sanders go head to head tonight in the first and only debate before the first of the nation primary. they're trying to set a record as to who the real progressive is. it's 5:30 on the east coast, 2:30 out west. this is "way too early." >>> good morning. it's thursday, february the 4th. i'm louis burgdorf. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will meet on a debate stage t

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on msnbc. "meet the press" moderator ctodd and msnbc anchor rachel maddow will moderate. meanwhile, clinton's campaign in south carolina already. formn was in columbia campaignin his wife yesterday. he made his plea to voters at a >> she is clearly the best qualified person to be president for, and i ask you to vote for her. campaign aides say chelsea clinton will be in south carolina this weekend, with ev young voters at clemson university and converse college. allyson: to the republicans now, who have lo choose from this morning. rick santorum has dropped out of the presidential race. this was bid. now, santorum is throwing his rand paul also announced the end of his campaign. he is now expected to focus on his senate re-election bid in kentucky. the senator says he plans to endorse a candidate for presid primaries. patrick: continuing coverage of super bowl lifted. the panthers are getting rea face the broncos. allyson: the head coach has been tag about the carolinas and how united they arf hart is joining us live. just one loss for the panthers and if they win sunday,

lester. >> casie, thank you. debate on msnbc. chuck sanders long considered the front-runner in the new hampshire race. does that take any pressure off secretary clinton in this matchup tonight? >> you know, i don't think it does, only because of the clinton tradition here in new hampshire. 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

>> msnbc presents an exclusive town hall with donald trump. here now are joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. >> good evening and welcome to an exclusive msnbc town hall event. we are here in charleston, south carolina, where in just three days the voters of this state and the first in the south primary will choose who they want to be the republican nominee for president. >> mika, this is about as big as it gets. >> it is. >> new hampshire was big, this is going to determine so much. >> tonight we sit with the front-runner in that republican race who despite a debate performance that some analysts, including us, called disastrous >> i thought it was terrible. i thought it was terrible. >> i thought his head was going to explode. seriously, i thought it was horrible. >> i was surprised. >> but he's a favorite here in the palmetto state. joining us now, the republican presidential candidate, donald trump. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> all right. >> great to see you, donald. >> good to have you. >> i thought i did great in that debate. >> i just

and meeting with activist and msnbc anchor reverend al sharpton. "it's very important that he send the signal that on the morning after a historic victory, he would come to harlem and have breakfast with me." trailing hillary clinton among african american voters, the vermont senator is courting the minority vote and touting his immigrant roots... to broaden his appeal in upcoming diverse states like nevada and south carolina. despite her blistering loss in new hampshire the congressional black caucus political action committee chose to endorse secretary "she's been our partner long term. we believe she's made a difference." tonight's debate will be clinton's first public appearance after two days of private meetings with advisors about how to re- energize lagging support with women and young people. while the wisconsin primary is still more than a month away, tonight's location at the university of wisconsin--milwaukee will help set the stage in this battleground state for the general election.. wendy woolfolk. nbc news. milwaukee. the price of lo

before backing off his threat during an msnbc town hall. business, i've had great success with lawsuits, i've had great success in things i do. and i don't know that we're going to have a lawsuit, but we certainly want to keep somebody honest." here, in south carolina -- trump still dominates... with cruz well behind... ... but marco rubio's picking up steam and another critical endorsement from the most popular politician in the state, governor nikki haley. "we say that every day is a great day in south carolina. if we elect marco rubio, every day will be a great day in america." not a great day for jeb bush -- who just 24 hours earlier, told nbc news haley's endorsement would be the most powerful one in the state. bush now acknowledging his disappointment -- but remaining defiant. "it's all been decided apparently. the pundits have made it all, it's all decided. i mean we don't have to go vote i guess. it's all finished. i should stop campaigning maybe, huh? let's just uh, it's all done, that's not how democracy works, right? tonight the

. >> i am going to be the greatest jobs president that >> msnbc presents an exclusive >> msnbc presents an exclusive town hall with donald trump. here now are joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. >> good evening and welcome to an exclusive msnbc town hall event. we are here in charleston, south carolina, where in just three days the voters of this state and the first in the south primary will choose who they want to be the republican nominee for president. >> mika, this is about as big as it gets. >> it is. >> new hampshire was big, this is going to determine so much. >> tonight we sit with the front-runner in that republican race who despite a debate performance that some analysts, including us, called disastrous -- >> i thought it was terrible. i thought it was terrible. >> i thought his head was going to explode. seriously, i thought it was horrible. >> i was surprised. >> but he's a favorite here in the palmetto state. joining us now, the republican presidential candidate, donald trump. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> all right. >> great to see you, donald. >> good to have you. >> i t

also an msnbc political analyst. caucus site, msnbc jacob soborof. you're already in position. we'll get the reality. john, something happened this weekend, starting here on saturday night. something is going on. not here, but out in south carolina. all of a sudden, trump is unstoppable, if you listen to all the nervousness. the titanic is sinking. >> as i've told you, nevada is ground zero. the -- >> what i was -- >> i know what you're talking about. listen, trump is going to win nevada. it's going to be a bad night for the antiestablishment. >> it's going to be bad for. >> exactly. i talked to one of the key advisors, who predicted, predicted that his guy would finish in second, 25 points behind trump tonight. and they thought, well, at least we're going to get second place. how do you argue. >> that's not second place. >> marco rubio could give a victory speech if he got 12% of the vote. that could happen. >> that is incredible. so that's how bad it looks out here. katy tur, you covered trump. he has done some events here today. he had one in sparks. he looks like trump. >>

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it's going to be broadcast on telemundo in spanish and on msnbc in english. it could not come at a more critical time. the nevada caucuses are two days away. hillary clinton won iowa. bernie sanders won new hampshire. in nevada, this will be the first racially electorate they have faced in a country with a very diverse electorate. even though it feels super close, there's next to no polling. nobody knows how many democrats will turn out or how diverse the electorate will be. it kicks off in less than 48 hours. that's why it's so important this event we're about to host live tonight with a little under one hour from right now. that's very exciting. that's one reason why i'm on your television when i really shouldn't be. the other reason is because i just got a fairly epic sit down one-on-one interview with the man in democratic politics who looms larger in this race than any one other than the candidates. he waited to october to take himself out of the running. he has expressed varying degrees of regret about that decision in terms of whether he wishes he was

. >>> democrats are preparing for a critical showdown at the msnbc town hall in las vegas. where the polls are showing it's a dead heat ahead of the nevada caucuses. clinton has a smaller lead before sanders' blowout victory in new hampshire. andrea mitchell has the details on a tightening contest. >> reporter: hillary clinton today reaching out to casino workers support in nevada plummet over the last two weeks. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: both democrats now targeting minorities in the diverse state. bernie sanders meeting today with the urban league in washington. competing with clinton to champion their history. >> the fight for basic voting rights, the demonstrations, the lynchings, the beatings, african-americans need to achieve what all americans have, the right to vote. >> reporter: both aggressively courting latinos. today clinton rolling out a new ad featuring a 10-year-old girl who fears her parents will be deported. >> let me do the worrying. i'll do all the worrying. is that a deal? i'll do everything i can to help. >> reporter: president obama is grantin

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shows on showtime, bloomberg and right here on msnbc. john, the three lane theory, stewart has talked about it, saying that this is something that people are believeing in, without everyday. >> it's destroying many earthquake. >> it's destroying america. is there, is there a three lane situation on the republican side? or is swurt wright right to say republicans have not made a mistake in going after donald trump? because he has his own unsaleable lane. >> stewart may be right. the republicans are not violating the way. there is sleer e clearly a stream set up. there is another set of more conservative grass roots populist evangelical candidates and then there's trump. >> he's had a really interestingly echeck lick ideological spectrum that's

amy: the most heated exchange during the msnbc debate began after bernie sanders accused hillary clinton of being part of the political establishment. >> rachel, yes, secretary clinton does represent the establishment. i represent come i hope, ordinary americans. and by the way, who are not all that enamored with the establishment, but i'm very proud to have people like keith , theon in the house

clashing tonight in their first one-on-one debate on msnbc. in a battle over who is more progressive. while marco rubio becomes a bigger target in new hampshire. taking the fifth. with a smirk the former ceo who raised the fight of the drug 5,000% refuses to testify before congress. later calling committee members imbeciles. >>> invisible threat. it can only be seen on infrared infrared. the massive leak that forced thousands from their home. nbc news takes you to the source with an exclusive view. >>> and super bowl security. we take you inside the enormous operation to protect the big game, in the air, aboard blackhawks, on the land and at sea. "nightly news" begins right now. >> announcer: from nbc news world headquarters in new york, this is "nbc nightly news" with lester holt. >>> good evening. it's debate night. hillary clinton and their first one-on-one debate, just five days before the new hampshire primary. it comes as a brand-new nbc news wall street poll showing clinton with miles of ground to make up. 58% of likely democratic voter

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>> msnbc presents an exclusive town hall with donald trump. here now are joe scarborough and mika brzezinski. >> good evening and welcome to an exclusive msnbc town hall event. we are here in charleston, south carolina, where in just three days the voters of this state and the first in the south primary will choose who they want to be the republican nominee for president. >> mika, this is about as big as it gets. >> it is. >> new hampshire was big, this is going to determine so much. >> tonight we sit with the front-runner in that republican race who despite a debate performance that some analysts, including us, called disastrous -- >> i thought it was terrible. i thought it was terrible. >> i thought his head was going to explode. seriously, i thought it was horrible. >> i was surprised. >> but he's a favorite here in the palmetto state. joining us now, the republican presidential candidate, donald trump. [ applause ] >> thank you. >> all right. >> great to see you, donald. >> good to have you. >> i thought i did great in that debate. >> i ju

. >> good morning, everyone, i'm ales whit in new york at msnbc headquarters the place for politics. countdown to new hampshire. some in the gop fighting for tear political lives as the campaign gets nastier. the big question today, who will take the granite state and how many will survive? >>> in the battle of democrats, key questions arise for both candidates. who has the momentum heading into tuesday's big vote? here's what they're all saying. >> hillary clinton does not want to face me in an election, but i can't wait to face her or bernie, for that matter. >> marco rubio has been a politician since he was 26-years-old. his whole life has been around his own ambitions in there we will take back the billions and becomes and actually trillions of dollars that's being sucked out of us by all the other countries. >> reporter: donald trump is very rattled right now. his reaction is he got very angry. i assume the next question he will ask is how stupid are the people of new hampshire. >> i will keep fighting until the last vote is koint counted on tuesday. >> there's only one candidat