[applause] business growth in south carolina is the business of south carolina, and i'd like to recognize some of our companies here tonight. representing adornus cabinetry, mr. george mejias, ceo, and his wife, mrs. maria mejias. will you stand and please be recognized? welcome. [applause] representing ge appliances, a fine company, mr. frank scheffel and mr. bill good, will you please stand? [applause] welcome. and representing spartan motors, their counsel, ms. stephanie few. please stand, ma'am. welcome. [applause] and representing mccall farms, mr. marion swink and his wife, mrs. frances swink. will you please let us all come you? -- welcome you? and representing lockheed martin, mr. ben peat and mr. nick mesenberg. please stand. [applause] welcome. alright. among the general assembly's steps forward last year were a record number of my recommendations to you, which you accepted. after careful consideration, i offer these to you tonight. last year, our budget from state funds totaled $9.33 billion. this year, we are expecting to exceed those revenues by a whopping $1.8 billion. as wi

a south carolina teacher of the year for 2020. she teaches biology and science at fairfield central high school. mr. jeff maxy is a special education teacher in anderson school district 3 and former state teacher of the year in 2019. miss laura previt is a school counselor at north hartsfield elementary and teacher of the year. ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your service to our state. [ applause ] thank you. we know that by the age of 4 the average lower income child in america has heard about 40 million words in his or her lifetime. the average upper income child on the other hand heard about 70 million words. they call this the 30 million word gap and it dramatically affects the child's ability to learn. our lower income 5-year-old children are increasingly entering kindergarten unprepared to learn, lacking the necessary literacy and language skills. ladies and gentlemen, they are unlikely to ever catch up. by the third grade they are at risk and less likely to graduate or obtain the skills necessary to contribute to our ec

in south carolina, 61% in 2016. it is partly because of his association with president obama, the vice president, partly because he has been coming to south carolina for many years and has lengthy relationships here. he has been very popular with that group of folks and it has been hard for the other candidates to try and chip away at it. they have all been competing for second so far. his lead has not really diminished. it will be interesting to see whether the results in iowa involves new hampshire -- or new hampshire will have an impact on that. that has been the state of the race for months. the road to south carolina begins in iowa and then new hampshire. in the first time in south carolina. biden campaign, is south carolina a firewall if he fares orlie in the other two states? -- poorly in the other two states? >> it is preclear that is the case. i have spoken to folks on the campaign and the vice president himself. as far back as last summer in an interview with him, i asked whether he viewed this as a state

in south carolina, 61% in 2016. it is partly because of his association with president obama, the vice president, partly because he has been coming to south carolina for many years he has been very popular with that group of folks and it has been hard for the other candidates to try and chip away at it. they have all been competing for second so far. his lead has not really diminished. it will be interesting to see whether the results in iowa involves new hampshire -- or new hampshire will have an impact on that. that has been the state of the race for months. the road to south carolina begins in iowa and then new hampshire. in the first time in south carolina. biden campaign, is south carolina a firewall if he fares orlie in the other two states? -- poorly in the other two states? >> it is preclear that is the case. i have spoken to folks on the campaign and the vice president himself. as far back as last summer in an interview with him, i asked whether he viewed this as a state where, if things did not go as well

>> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> south carolina. >> welcome back. south carolina will be the fourth primary contest of 2020 or fourth contest, second primary, but it will be the first state in the south to vote and the first state in which african-american voters will comprise the majority of that primary electorate. that will likely help former vice president joe biden who leads the democratic field by double digits among black voters according to recent polls. it could potentially also be a rough place for pete buttigieg who while he's leading in iowa, he's been struggling to win over black voters. the columbia bureau chief for "the courier" in south carolina, eugene scott, adrienne elrod, and michael steele are back as well. let me start with this. there's a part of me that thinks, boy, this race is never going to be that close, it's going to be impossible for them to catch joe biden at the end of the day, there's just none of the other three major candidates here who have any kind of traction. why will that conventional wisdom be wrong? >> well,

we have south carolina and all of a sudden we're careening into south carolina. >> bloomberg is trying to do something which has never been done before, which is jump the first four states. we've never had anybody spend this much money. i think bloomberg is depending on a bunch of things happening he doesn't control. he needs biden to be weakened and not win south carolina. in 2008, we had ten days before south carolina and super tuesday, which compared to three days seems like, you know, a century. so from a campaign standpoint, i can't tell you how different it is. you get out of south carolina where you're not spending the time on the ground you did in iowa, but you're still there. you've got a big team. you've spent a year there. you just go from state to state, region to region. many of these states begin voting in february. so the financial resources, human resource, scheduling complexity, the delegate chess match, which is where are up spending time based on congressional districts is super complicated. so it is almost like the race in march is 100 degrees different than the one

i just want to thank the people of south carolina. with your leadership, ambassador, for showing us how we get through those difficult times by sharing love with one another, and not a trade and not violence, but love and forgiveness. so, thank you for that. we are going to move ahead a little bit and talk about the next step from being governor to the great state of south carolina, and i would like you to tell the audience a little bit about when you were offered the position to be the un ambassador and was it a difficult decision for you to make and what we want to know is what were those conversations like with president donald trump when he was asking you to take on this momentous position sex >> guest: v-victor >> to the >> it's interesting i knew the president a few years prior. after i won the primary for governor the first time, i received an envelope with a great gold trim and it had a check and a note that says you're a winner. [laughter] i talked to him then and we had stayed in contact over the years and then we had a repu

that is not the case anymore in south carolina. we have a senator who is folk $ more on being relevant in washington, d.c. than in the lives of people here in south carolina. we've gotten contributions in every county in south carolina. people want to join our movement. we're hearing from democrats, republicans and independents who are tired of just the regular way of doing politics in washington, d.c. and want someone who will focus on the issues that they're dealing with here on daily basis here in south carolina. that's why i'm asking everybody, join the movement. go to jamie harrison.com and be a part of this effort to change south carolina and bring hope back to this great state. >> senator graham has yet to quote his fourth quarter totals. at the end of the previous quarter, the senator, as you ever likely know, had about 8.4 million on hand. you're starting off the year with 4.6 million on hand. that is still quite the chasm. how do you catch up to him in fund-raising and how much of that money that you've raised so far is c

tom steyer, 15% in south carolina. frankly, a surprise for politics geeks, for those of us who pore over each new poll. a surprise. but if you are a tv watcher in the great state of south carolina or the great state of nevada, it was probably less surprising to you because check this out. along with the fresh numbers we got today on total ad spending for all the candidates, we also got a breakdown of what the candidates are spending by state, and it makes the puzzle kind of easy to solve. all right. so far the candidates combined have spent $17 million on political ads just in the state of south carolina, okay? $17 million in tv and radio ads, south carolina alone. here's how you solve the puzzle. of that $17 million spent in south carolina, $14 million of it was spent by tom steyer. oh, that's how it works. tom steyer has spent more on ads in south carolina than pete buttigieg or bernie sanders has spent on ads nationwide for their entire campaign. same thing in nevada, the other state that helped deliver tom steyer a

they looked friendlyish in south carolina this morning. but are they moving past this. >> i think they would like the conversation about the private conversation to go away. i don't think they want to go through that step and verse anymore. i think it is impossible for them, kate, to ignore the overarching issue of gender in this race. and also desire from a certain amount of democratic voters, women in particular to see a woman win the white house and win this nomination. and i think bernie sanders understands that. listen to what he said in an interview recently about this issue of gender and the role it plays in this democratic primary. >> do you think gender is still an obstacle for female politicians? >> the answer is yes, but i think everybody has their own sets of problems. i'm 78 years of age. that's a problem. there are a lot of people who say, i like bernie, nice guy, but he's 78 years of age. if you're looking at buttigieg, he's a young guy, people will say, he's too young to be president. everybody brings some negatives if you

i have been to south carolina multiple times, and we have 82 organizers to the ground in south carolina. so i am actually a grass roots person. i have been there, and there is somebody who did not endorse me who is a politician in south carolina who said that steyer came down here and rolled up the sleeves and he went down to listen to the people and sat across the people. and i have been a grass roots organizer, as you know for ten year, and that is what i am doing in the early primary states. i am going and listening to people. i spend my time in the kinds of meetings that i have love which is taking the questions and asking the questions and listening and learning, and that is what has happened is that i have a presence on the ground personally and our organization is doing the kind of the grass roots organizing that i have been doing for a decade. >> so you think that your performance in the polls is because of your one-on-one meetings with the individuals campaigning in the states and people meeting you and not because more than 90% of the television advertising in south carolina a

tom steyer, 15% in south carolina. frankly, a surprise for politics geeks, right, for those of us who pour over each new poll, a surprise. but if you are a tv watcher in the great state of south carolina or the great state of nevada, it was probably less surprising to you, because check this out. along with the fresh numbers we got today on total ad spending for all the candidates, we also got a breakdown of what the candidates are spending by state, and it makes the puzzle kind of easy to solve. all right, so far, the candidates combined have spent $17 million on political ads just in the state of south carolina. okay? 17 million in tv and radio ads, south carolina alone. here's how you solve the puzzle. of that $17 million spent in south carolina, $14 million of it was spent by tom steyer. oh, that's how it works. tom steyer has spent more on ads in south carolina than pete buttigieg or bernie sapdnders h spent on ads nationwide for their entire campaign. same thing in nevada, the other state that helped deliver tom

tom steyer, 15% in south carolina. frankly, a surprise for politics geeks, right, for those of us who pour over each new poll, a surprise. but if you are a tv watcher in the great state of south carolina or the great state of nevada, it was probably less surprising to you because check this out, a lot with the fresh members we got today on total ad spending from all the candidates, we also got a break down what the candidates are spending by state, and it makes the puzzle easy to solve. so far the candidates combined have spent $17 million on political ads just in the state of south carolina. 17 million in tv and radio ads, south carolina alone. here's how you solve the puzzle. of that 17 million spent in south carolina $14 million of it was spent by tom steyer. that's how it works. tom steyer has spent more on ads in south carolina than pete buttigieg have spent on ads. so far there have been $11.6 million in total spent on political ads in november by everybody. of that $11.6 million total spent on nevada ads, $10.4

i have been to south carolina multiple times, and we have 82 organizers on the ground in south carolina. so i am actually a grass roots person. i have been there, and there is somebody who did not endorse me who is a politician in south carolina who said that steyer came down here and rolled up the sleeves and he went down to listen to the people and sat across the people. he worked. and i have been a grass roots organizer, as you know for ten years, and that's exactly what i'm doing in these early primary states. i am going and listening to people. i spend my time in the kinds of meetings that i have love which is taking the questions and asking the questions and listening and learning, and that is what has happened is that i have a presence on the ground personally and our organization is doing the kind of the grass roots organizing that i have been doing for a decade. >> so you think that your performance in the polls is because of your one-on-one meetings with the individuals campaigning in the states and people meeting you and not because more than 90% of the television advertising

center for voter participation is a group out there in south carolina, the south carolina progressive network is doing some things with their missing voter project. that's what we really need, to get these folks registered to vote and we will give them a reason to come out. >> you used to be house whip for congressman jim clyburn. you know a lot about democratic politician. do you like anybody in terms of these people for president and is anybody doing particularly well in south carolina? >> i'm still an officer of the dnc so i can't support and endorse anybody. there's some that are doing well. biden is doing good stuff there, warren and sanders. but something that is on my radar now, even tom steyer. he is in some of these black communities, buying a black newspaper on tv and all. i think it's wide open. people need to engage. that's what we're doing. >> jaime harrison, good luck. don't write off the south democrats. that's an important message. >> exactly right. >> thanks. more "am joy" after the break. . more "am joy" after the break. and save in more ways than one. for small pric

lands of south carolina. in 790 the islands were home to around 200 white colonists and 7800 black slaves 80 years later some 300 colonists ruled over more than 5000. slaves. as each decade passed the flaws of the american constitution became more apparent for those who are willing to see. in the north the thorny questions of freedom and equality were at least a topic of debate in the south it was business as usual. the south had its own concept of freedom to the plantation owners it meant the right to free trade and freedom from interference from both the british and the northern states. the virginia company of london was the 1st joint stock corporation to import slaves from africa to jamestown. the slaves replaced white indentured labor to gain their freedom after completing their years of service that covered the cost of their journey from england. for their owners the people brought from africa would never be free in the new world they lived to serve. slaves who attempted to escape faced brutal punishment

>> joining me is nbc's mike memoli in south carolina. the candidates doing what they would be doing otherwise in terms of honoring mlk day but an important time when the all-important south carolina vote is unclear about how this is going to go in the primaries. joe biden enjoying the greatest amount of support from african-americans who make up the majority of the primary voters in south carolina. so in addition to talking about loout mart king, a lot of them trying to express to african-americans in the country and south carolina that they have the best interest at heart. >> reporter: that's exactly right, ali. you mentioned how important this is for south carolina primary and the uncertainty around it. we don't know if the kainds we saw today in the south carolina primary. it's february 29th. the iowa caucuses are two weeks ago and south carolina is the first of any of the nominating contests of a majority, a significant number of the electorate is african-american and looking back to 2016 hillary clinton was the democratic nominee be

host: robert from south carolina, thanks. guest: robert, let me say this, i appreciate everything you just said. i really do. you asked me a specific question about what i think about education, so let me talk about education for second. my mom was a teacher in the new york public schools. she taught prisoners at the broking house of detention. i come from a family that has always had teachers and it and thinks that education is the means for self-improvement so that you can get further in life. i consider that to be an absolute obligation of the government and a right for every american, to quality public education from universal preschool through college, and for skills training for people throughout their life. i think it is not only the way we create a prosperous country, where we invest in every american so that as a country, they do well, so we do well, but aalso believe that having quality public education is the only way we can have justice and mobility in our society. that every kid gets a chance to go as far as his

english rule spread from virginia to maryland north carolina south carolina and finally georgia the last and southern most of the original 13 colonies established under british rule. the middleton family were one of the most prosperous landowners in south carolina. manor house still stands of the former plantation the family owned 20000 hectares of land some 50000 acres work by 800 slaves not far from the 5 ing city of charleston. by the mid 17th century charleston was the cultural and economic center of the southern states with a population of 1200 it was at the time the 5th largest city in north america. became a hub of the slave trade in the british colonies half of the slaves captured in. north america landed in charleston. it was a cruel and barbaric business that paid no heed to any contemporary notion of human rights slave owners were allowed to do whatever they wanted with the people who were their property. charleston prospered under the slave trade and the british crown filled its coffers with taxes. in the colonies this bred resentment and they began to turn against british co

i don't know where in south carolina. i will be in south carolina . mr. steyer: yeah, it's not close. where do you go from south carolina? how long are you there and where do you go next? >> we fly back here on saturday night. mr. steyer: ok. all right, i love you. >> love you, too. mr. steyer: see you, man. >> really fun getting together last night. mr. steyer: oh my god, i loved it. it is amazing to me that now you are in a completely different place and we talked about and seems like last night was two weeks ago. >> i know. campaign time dilation burden mr. steyer: is it weird? >> yeah. mr. steyer: i know. all right, talk to you, man. bye. >> sam is a climate change expert. mr. steyer: well, you know, he is pretty knowledgeable. and he worked in clean energy for years. he is a math geek. mr. steyer: much more. he is a math major. applied math with a grad degree in computer science. he is a serious math geek. honest to god. it is funny to talk to him about it. he is legitimately -- i remember doing math problems. when he was like in fourth grade. i was

i don't know where in south carolina. i will be in south carolina tomorrow. >> [indiscernible] mr. steyer: yeah, it's not close. where do you go from south carolina? how long are you there and where do you go next? >> [indiscernible] mr. steyer: ok. all right, i love you. >> love you, too. mr. steyer: see you, man. >> really fun getting together last night. mr. steyer: oh my god, i loved it. it is amazing to me that now you are in a completely different place and we talked about and seems like last night was two weeks ago. >> i know. mr. steyer: is it weird? >> yeah. mr. steyer: i know. all right, talk to you, man. love you. bye. buddy. climate -- sam is a climate change expert. mr. steyer: well, you know, he is pretty knowledgeable. and he worked in clean energy for years. he is a math geek. >> no, he isn't. mr. steyer: much more. he is a math major. applied math with a grad degree in computer science. he is a serious math geek. honest to god. it is funny to talk to him about it. he is legitimately -- i remember doing math problems. when he was like in fourth grade. i was like, oh

in south carolina, 61% in 2016. it is partly because of his association with president obama, the vice president, partly because he has been coming to south carolina for many years and has lengthy relationships here. he has been very popular with that group of folks and it has been hard for the other candidates to try and chip away at it. they have all been competing for second so far. his lead has not really diminished. it will be interesting to see whether the results in iowa involves new hampshire -- or new hampshire will have an impact on that. that has been the state of the race for months. the road to south carolina begins in iowa and then new hampshire. in the first time in south carolina. biden campaign, is south carolina a firewall if he fares orlie in the other two states? -- poorly in the other two states? >> it is preclear that is the case. i have spoken to folks on the campaign and the vice president himself. as far back as last summer in an interview with him, i asked whether he viewed this as a state

i've been to south carolina multiple times. we have 82 organizers on the ground in south carolina. i'm actually a grassroots person. >> joining me right now to discuss is terry mcauliffe. thank you for being with us, governor. >> good to be here. >> tom steyer says it is not his money that's putting him on the debate stage. do you think he will be on the debate stage this week? >> tom will be on the debate stage. i've known tom for a long time. i believe his statement that he's a big grassroots person. it is unfortunate that we will not have any representation from the communities of color on the upcoming stage. it's a hard situation. you have 20-plus candidates running for office. the dnc was in a very tough place because you can't continue to have 20-plus candidates on the debate stage, so they came out with the rules early and everyone knew what the rules were. but i do think as we go into '24 and '28, we have to rethink this process. because when democrats win 20% of the american vote and 80% of the hispanic vote, we have to make sure those views are included. we have to think

>> charleston, south carolina,. >> what are you doing? >> doing just normal -- i just did an interview for a youtube show and then meeting with charleston college students and then meet and greet with elected officials. >> awesome. leyou know, i've met a series of people. i did something this morning with some college kidss and a bunch of them met you. >> yes dear new england college. >> they loved you. i was like, if you knew him you would feel tivoli, but they insisted on loving you. >> nice. [inaudible] f >> fun. you you know i love to do that. i particularly am interested in what young people specifically have to say. so i really enjoyed that and i just didn't want -- with a combination of the community colleges of new hampshire, goldman sachs and the manchester union leader. so it's like with a bunch of small business people which i really enjoyed. i don't know if goldman sachs like me when it was over but i like them. [inaudible] >> it was really, really fun. i really enjoyed it and it's been standing room only so that was really fu

i don't know where in south carolina. i will be in south carolina tomorrow. >> [indiscernible] >> yeah, it's not close. where do you go from south carolina? how long are you there and where do you go next? [indiscernible] >> ok. all right, i love you. >> love you, too. >> see you, man. i loved it. it is amazing to me that now you are in a completely different place and we talked about and seems like last night was two weeks ago. >> i know. >> is it weird? >> yeah. >> i know. all right, talk to you, man. love you. bye. >> well, you know, he is pretty knowledgeable. >> and he worked in clean energy for years. he is a math geek. >> no, he isn't. .> he is a math major an advanced degree in computer science. it is a series math geek -- serious math geek. it is funny to talk to him about. . remember doing math problems [laughter] >> algebra one problems? >> we literally were talking at dinner with a guy who was a scientist who ran bell labs. he started explaining something to us. sam goes, is it like this. he goes, no, it's mor

we go to nevada and south carolina. we have a major operation going on right now in new hampshire, we're gaining in the polls, gaining more endorsements, two yesterday. we're excited about our momentum so watch for me. >> we just got this for mike bloomberg. he said he's going to pay his campaign staff through november, but if he doesn't win the nomination, whoever does can keep his staff. is amy klobuchar happy to take anything that any of the other candidates are willing to give her? we are always eager to take in more staff. i mean, that is great, especially if he pays for them. that's even better. >> thank you so much, amy klobuchar. i know you have to get out on stage. we do appreciate your time. vaughn hilliard, as always, thank you, one of our intrepid road warriors. >> lots going on. president trump getting personal on his democratic attacks on congress as he mocked the power of a co-equal branch of government. co-equal branch of government we made usaa insurance for members like martin. an air force veteran mad

the 9th south carolina battalion arrived at the fort, charged into battery. relieving the beleaguered left. meanwhile, colonel lamar and alexander d. smith would align the battalion and launch assault toward the 8th michigan as well. smith's battalion are the first confederate troops to reinforce lamar's position and now outnumbered. the 8th michigan and forlorn hope would retreat out of the for the, fall back over the battery wall they were treated no further. the fight would settle into a shooting match just feet apart. others, however, in the federal ranks, struggled to get to the parapet. benjamin peace remembered that it was so steep, no one could climb it without help. it would have been impossible for twice the number to have scaled the fort. meanwhile in the fields that approached tower battery, the 7th connecticut, the 28th massachusetts of fentons brigade received heavy confederate fire. the 8th michigan moved so quickly it left the 7th connecticut far behind, 500 yards to the rear. excuse me. upon their arrival, their commanding officer colonel hol

people are talking about south carolina. we have 82 people on the ground in south carolina. i've been there multiple times. if you listen to what the people from south carolina say they say tom's been here, he's looked us in the eye. he has a message that's different. and so that's actually what i think is driving this. i've always believed in message and grassroots. that's my history over the last ten years and that's what i believe really drives the outcome. >> let's talk about the story that has -- that's bubbled up. elizabeth warren says that at a private 2018 meeting with bernie sanders that she told him a woman could not win -- i'm sorry, that he told her that a woman could not win in 2020. she says obviously she disagrees. sanders denied the characterization when first reported by cnn. what's your reaction to that? can a woman win? >> well, of course i wasn't in that meeting and i don't know what was said but i absolutely believe that a woman can win. in fact, a woman got 3 million more votes than donald trump did in 2016. >> that simple. that was short and sweet. >>

> the jacksonville police drive up to south carolina. they bring in gloria williams to talk. >> it's a missing person's case. the missing person is kamiyah. are you willing to talk to me about this investigation? >> and do you have a warrant for my arrest. >> reporter: court ordered dna tests revealed alexis manigo was in fact kamiyah mobley. >> oh god. i was so close to her and i wonder sometime whether gloria feels that she might've ruined her life. and alexis' life. >> reporter: gloria was arrested and charged with kidnapping. >> they allowed alexis to go in and have a few words before they did take her away. >> that was a low point for me. that was my lowest point right there. >> i love you. >> reporter: gloria plead guilty to the charges. the anguish of both families on full display during her sentencing. >> welcome everyone. we are here for a sentencing hearing. >> i'm still hurting when you just, you reaching out to my child. that's my child. i am your mother kamiyah. gloria asked for forgiveness. >> i never meant to hurt you, i n

do i think those grassroots efforts in south carolina are incredibly important to me? and effective? yes. >> reporter: the bus tour is largely centered around old-fashioned retail politics. appearing at surprise meet and greets, attending sunday church service, and hosting intimate dinners with women of color, a key voting bloc for democrats. >> i believe if i go to iowa with the backing of african-americans i'm a different person in iowa. >> i have said consistently that i think the african-american community has been the moral leaders of this country for a long time. and i think that the women in that room are voters and that matters. i think they also carry a weight of moral leadership with other people. and that's what i was saying to them, that in my heart of hearts i believe what they do has a resonance beyond themselves. >> steyer said he hopes his grassroots message will be enough to build the diverse coalition needed to face president trump in november as the democratic presidential nominee. >> my goal is actually to get the highest possible turnout. so i'm go

but i'll be in south carolina this week kicking off our south carolina bus tour. we are proud of the support we've built not only in south carolina but in places all over this country. if you'll note earlier this week a number of front line members came out and endorsed vice president biden. folks from diverse places but also folks that won and ran in trump districts, districts that donald trump carried in 2016. and so i think what that means is that voters across the country are speaking loud and clear authorize momentum behind our campaign, and they want a candidate, frankly, and a nominee that has demonstrated the ability they can beat donald trump and beat the coalition. i don't know again what the sanders campaign is talking about, but i can only tell you what we're actually seeing on the ground in terms of the support for our campaign. >> i want to put up this new "the washington post" poll and it shows 48% of black voters are backing joe biden. sanders is closest to him, 20%. but in that poll there's an age and ideology division. young african-american vote

carolina with south carolina routes we all miss him a great deal. vice name is steve benjamin. i have the pleasure of serving for the last ten years as a mayor of columbia, south carolina, in the center of our great state, in addition to serving as our state government, we also host nearly 50,000 students attending the university of south carolina and columbia college, into historically black colleges, we are all the proud home to fort jackson,, when the largest trade center which trains approximately 45,000 soldiers per year. climate change perhaps the biggest challenge we face, so, please, at the subcommittee hearing on the economic effects of climate, change if the subcommittee wants to hear on local government budgets and local, economies mayor cities throughout the country already grappling with the impacts of climate change, and the government is there to get this impacts to make our duties more resilient, most heartening and modernizing our infrastructure, we cannot tackle this with a strong federal partner, and is therefore i hope that we wi

after that new hampshire and south carolina. it has been slow going for you making progress with african-american voters. do you out for you to start gathering african-american support? that really will matter after iowa and new hampshire. >> what we see is certainly a sense of urgency about building on the support we have. my support in the african-american community is strongest with those who know me best. in the midwest, my home community and places like iowa. of course, we have to build on that going into the south. i have also engaged with a lot of black voters in the south who have asked very pragmatic questions about how to make sure that we have a candidate who can win. for all the talking that every candidate does about how and why we can win, the truth is the best way to demonstrate that is to actually do it somewhere. iowa is the first opportunity to do that. so that will be very important, too. >> i do want to ask you about this tension that seems to exist between senators warren and bernie sanders. it has to do wit

carolina primary. >> well, first, chris, it is unseasonably cold here in colombia, south carolina. it's the upper 30s, low 40s. >> that's cruel to vaughn. that's not nice. >> but as you say, vaughn mentioned it. the last time we saw sanders and warren share a stage they were having a hot mic moment. they were going at each other about their honesty. all of us were paying extra close attention knot body language not just between sanders and warren but the other candidates. it was a friendly gathering. there was handshakes and smiles as they walked for the king day at the dome. it's interesting to note, chris, for a lot of these candidates, this might be the last time they appear in south carolina not just because of the impeachment trial. some of them aren't going to make it past iowa. this is an important moment. tom steyer is surging in the polls and used his remarks to say this is not the time for democrats to fight with each other and talking about why. it's time to focus on trump. >> you might think team biden would not want to draw attention to the challengers, but his team ha

because for me, it's about being relevant in south carolina. not being relevant in washington, d.c., but being relevant in the households and in the minds of the people of this great state. >> you know, i like it, too. i like going down to charleston once in a while, i have some in-laws down there, but i want to ask you, it's a conservative state. according to that article we both read in "rolling stone," it's getting older. it's getting more conservative, you might argue. how does a democrat like you win in a conservative state for the united states senate? >> let me give you a perfect example. chris, on wednesday night, i went to lancaster county, south carolina. this is right on the border with north carolina. this county went overwhelming for trump. i walked into the door, chris, there were -- it was a senior community. 200 jam-packed room. 200 seniors in that room. i walk in the door and they stand up and they give me a standing ovation. they are hungry for change, as well. they are ready for somebody who's going to bring hope back, somebo

tom steyer surges to second place in south carolina. according to a new fox news poll, former vice president joe biden sits at 36%, 21 points ahead of the rest of the democratic primary field. and there's steyer sitting in second place at 15%, up 11 points since fox's last south carolina poll in october. he's in a statistical tie with senator bernie sanders who has 14% support in the early state. also up by four points. both sit within the poll's three-point margin of error. senator warren sits in the top four down two points and former mayor pete buttigieg support two points. tom steyer also enjoys a seven-point bump in nevada tying with senator elizabeth warren ahead of its february caucuses. according to the latest fox news poll, former vice president joe biden at 23% has a six-point advantage over the democratic field in this state poll, down one point since november. senator bernie sanders follows at 17%, also down one. since november, steyer is up seven points in this poll. warren is down six. former mayor pete buttigieg has 6%, d

and climate in south carolina. an interesting choice by steyer saying, you can't dispute the numbers. now he's moving up. >> the message has been good, but he has been putting out ads for so long. he had these political groups before running for president who had fine-tuned his messaging well before he was a candidate. in terms of the spending he's doing what michael bloomberg is doing but on a smaller scale. he's focusing on iowa and south carolina. bloomberg, on the other hand, is focusing on the super tuesday states where other candidates haven't really started spending money in terms of ads. >> so when one candidate starts moving up, you start asking, where is it coming from? in the poll, 28% said joe biden would be their second choice, 19% bernie sanders, 14% elizabeth warren, cory booker 10, buttigieg 6. if you're joe biden and you're looking at that number, dan, do you have to worry about tom steyer or do you think this is a passing fancy? >> i would think they're not terribly worried about tom steyer at thi

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. >>> joe biden has a healthy lead over his rivals in south carolina. a new poll shows biden has 36% support among democratic weekly voters. that is 21 points more than tom steyer who is in second place with 15%. a democratic strategist says the lead is due at least in part to his strong support in the black community in south carolina. his support could diminish if he doesn't perform well in iowa or new hampshire. the south carolina primary is february 29th . >>> san francisco department of election is looking for poll workers, the director march 3rd election. they are recruiting 2000 workers to facilitate voting on election day. each worker receives a stipend ranging from 180 to $240 depending on their assignment. >>> venetia has made the list for revitalization. each season they search for the town and six small businesses to win a $500,000 transformation. this year, it has made it to the top five voting ends tuesday. >>> heading into monday, a lot of folks have tomorrow off, i hope you do. the weather will be like it was today. a lot of clouds, cool

nevada and south carolina. turns out, something fascinating is going on with the spending in those two states in particular. i want to show you nevada. when you add it up, the 2020 candidates have spent almost $12 million on advertising, tv and radio ads, in nevada. but when you look at how that $12 million is spread out across the candidates, you realize, wow, it's not really spread out at all. tom steyer has spent more than $10 million on ads in south carolina. 91% of the ad buys in south carolina are tom steyer. sorry, in nevada. sorry. and it's the same thing in south carolina. $17.5 million have been spent on 2020 ads in south carolina. of that $17 million, tom steyer spent almost $15 million of it all by himself. 85% of the money spent on ads in that state, spent by that one candidate. we already know tom steyer has translated millions of dollars worth of tv time in a huge boost in the polls in those states specifically. that bottom to last minute spot at the debate this past week. but with him dominating

host: whether you are in iowa or south carolina on the campaign trail, what is the top issue coming up? is it impeachment or other issues? guest: i think the real issue in this campaign that i think is -- that i think i'm the guards almost everything is this question about, does the government serve the people of the united states or does it serve the biggest corporations and the richest people? i think that goes >> watch the rest of this "washington journal" segment on our website, c-span.org. and right now here on c-span, we'll take you to the u.s. house, which today is measures dealing wi

it's the same thing in south carolina. $17.5 million have been spent on 2020 ads in south carolina. of that $17 million, tom steyer spent almost $15 million of it all by himself. 85% of the money spent on ads in that state spent by that one candidate. now, we already know that tom steyer has translated millions of dollars worth of tv time into a huge boost in the polls in those states specifically. that bought him a last-minute spot at the debate this past week. but with him dominating the ad spending, not in some states down the road but in the states that go third and fourth, nevada and south carolina, with those contests that are now fast approaching, will that money, that dominant money in the ad world be translated into votes as well? we shall see. we'll be right back. stay with us. stay with us through the at&t network, edge-to-edge intelligence gives you the power to see every corner of your growing business. from using feedback to innovate... to introducing products faster... to managing website inventory... and network bandwidth. giving you a nice big edge over your competi

because for me, it's about being relevant in south carolina. not being relevant in washington, d.c., but being relevant in the households and in the minds of the people of this great state. >> you know, i like it, too. i like going down to charleston once in a while, i have some in-laws down there, but i want to ask you, it's a conservative state. and it's not only a conservative state, according to that article we both read in "rolling stone," it's getting older. it's getting more conservative, you might argue. how does a democrat like you win in a conservative state for the united states senate? >> let me give you a perfect example. chris, on wednesday night, i went to lancaster county, south carolina. this is right on the border with north carolina. this county went overwhelming for trump. i walked into the door, chris, there were -- it was a senior community. 200, jam-packed room -- 200 seniors in that room. i walk in the door and they stand up and they give me a standing ovation. they are hungry for change, as well. they are ready for some

he's now in third place in nevada and second place in south carolina. tom steyer will join us at the end of this hour for his first interview as a presidential candidate here on "the last word." and i will ask him about that stunning graphic that rachel used in her program showing just how much money tom steyer has spent to get to this point where the polls can lift him on to that debate stage. frank rich will also join us later in the hour. his latest article for new york magazine is about what will happen after trump. all cults come to an end often abruptly, and trump's republican party is nothing if not a cult. ed marquee will be joining us tonight. he was in that briefing with the trump administration officials yesterday about iran, the one about the briefing about which one republican senator said was absolutely insane. that was the republican senator's description of it. it was the worst briefing that that republican senator had ever seen. we'll get ed marquee's description of that briefing and ask the senator if he thinks enough republicans will

let's get to mike, in the south city capitol of north carolina. these senators, before they're yanked off the campaign trail to fulfill their constitutional duty, what's their big pitch, this group of senators? >> reporter: it's interesting. the last time we saw a number of these candidates on stage together they were going at each other in a debate in iowa last week. we saw eight democratic presidential candidates walking arm in arm acting very friendly with one another as they walked together to take part in this for martin luther king day. they need to maximize every second they have to appeal to voters in iowa and new hampshire and other states because they will be locked down in washington for that impeachment trial. this grew because a number of candidates are attending an iowa forum but wanted to attend in south carolina. you can hear joe biden's voice booming and let's hear from bernie sanders as well. let's take a listen. >> dr. king understood that the triple evils of american society were realiacism and militarism. today, we say in amer

stier is surging in two new fox news polls, in south carolina he is in a distant second place behind joe biden. think about that. stier is lagging behind in new hampshire with a month before the primary. pete buttigieg, joe biden and bernie sanders leading the pack. a new monmouth poll shows buttigieg, biden and sanders always in two points. elizabeth for is in force with 15% earnings double digits. nancy pelosi and democrats trying to limit the president's war powers. >> it is about how good we are, protecting people in a way that prevents war. jillian: is it another meaningless measure to undermine the president? former senior advisor to the secretary of state ways in. new fallout after harry and megan quit the royal family. the new report this morning. ♪ swings can plummet you to extreme lows. (crying) lift you to intense highs. (muffled arguing) or, make you feel both at once. overwhelmed by bipolar i symptoms? ask about vraylar. some medications only treat the lows or the highs. vraylar effectively treats depression, acute manic and mixed episodes of bipolar i. full-spectrum r

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