. >> jim webb. >> he looks like his head was about to explode. that shirt was much too tight. >> o'malley? >> martin o'malley seems like a model for like jc penney or something like that. >> we will come back with you, mr. trump. you can stand by? >> i can stand by, but i want you to know i won the debate. i was trending on twitter more than the actual debate. i'm huge. >> slept. we'll be back after the break. >>> now let's hear some of what happened after the debate. it started as a bang when anderson cooper said this to hillary clinton. >> plenty of politicians evolve on issues and even democrats believe you changed your position based on political expeaked yen see. you were against same-sex marriage and now you are for it. you supported the trade deal dozens of times and even called it the gold standard. now suddenly you are against it. will you say anything to get elected? >> i have been very consistent over the course of my life. i have always fought for the same values and principals, but like most human beings including those who run for o

we heard from everyone who-- no, no, jim webb. oh, jim webb. why didn't you say anything? >> unless somebody mentioned my name i can't get into the discussion. people have been going back and forth here for 10 minutes here. i've been standing here for 10 minutes trying. i hope i get that kind of time here. i will say this, i've been waiting for 10 minutes. >> first of all,-- >> this hasn't been equal-- equal time. >> trevor: "goddamn it bernie sanders isn't going to be president, either, and he got way more time than me." and he spent all his time telling us he didn't have time. and then it was time for one final question, one last chance to turn it all around. >> you've all made a few people upset over your political careers, which enemy are you most proud of? >> i guess the coal lobby. >> i've worked hard for climate change and i want to work with the coal lobby, but in my time in the senate, tried to bring them to the table so that weekend address carbon dioxide. >> governor o'malley? >> the national rifle association. ( cheers and applause ) >> trevor: "the national ri

i think jim webb was the more serious about this. i thought he had an interesting moment, bernie, that movement is not going to happen. >> the revolution is not going to happen. how are you going to pay for it? i think jim web was not in this twitter moment. he seemed in slow motion. i said are you going to stay in? he said, yes, i'm going to stay in, i'm just getting started. lincoln chafee said as long as my bug allows. >> to the point we may be coming into this segment. it wound up being a look at hillary clinton and bernie sanders. do you think bernie sanders did enough last night to make himself an alternative to the widest swap of the party? >> i think bernie sanders did everything he could to appeal to bernie sander's voters. my question is, did he appeal to one person who is not bernie sanders? >> what about the black lives matter? >> you know what, i think it wasn't a big subject over the course of the night. they talked about it once and moved on. >> at the beginning and not to those two demographic groups he is struggling

former senator jim webb and quiten chafee, webb doing a bit of complaining about the airtime he was getting in the ability to speak, the monitor going out on him a few times. jim webb said it had been 10 been ablence he had to stake, and anderson cooper said he had agreed to the debate rules. there was a podium ready for vice president joe biden should he make the last minute decision to announce his candidacy. we are wondering after tonight's performance that is a larger window of opportunity for him to enter. we have to see. if you thought it would be dull because of no donald trump, think again, it was a good one tonight in vegas. leon: thank you, scott, scott thuman reporting live from las vegas. democratic presidential candidates from our area -- former maryland governor martin o'malley and senator jim webb from virginia. jay korff continues our debate night coverage from a watch party and northwest. how did it go over there? jay: it is still going on. i'm outside one of many democratic debate watch parties in the nation's capital, where democrats are thrilled that their candidates are

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jim webb brought a lot of experience to the table. former secretary of the navy and was not valued in the campaign and the point of extremes in politics on the right and left, this is someone who served as secretary of navy under president ronald reagan and served in the senate as a democrat and that is not valued by the voers right now. in the republicans primaries, more of a race to the right and democratic side hillary clinton trying to blunt the damage from bernie sanders and flip flop on key positions on the transpacific partnership. and the major point moving forward. jim webb will say in his remarks, we have a copy of them, he will love his options open for a independent run. and what if donald runs as an independent. that would throw it to the democrats. didn't have much traction as a democrat. but he was elected in the battleground in virginia and if he takes votes away from hillary clinton and the democratic nominee. virginia and north carolina and colorado, that could impact, jenna. >> very interesting, and this is a breaki

martin o'malley and lincoln chaffee and jim webb. hillary clinton at a union rally outside a donald trump hotel. a doubly advantageous moment for clinton. she can bash donald trump and appeal to organized labor. a group she needs in nevada and across the country. senior political correspondent brianna keilar has the story. >> reporter: good morning, john and christine. hillary clinton arrived here in las vegas and almost immediately went where? the donald trump hotel. she joined union workers picketing outside the hotel co- owned by donald trump. the culinary union trying to make a splash as hillary clinton came into town. >> some people think mr. trump is entertaining. i don't think it is entertaining when somebody insults immigrants, insults women. that is unacceptable behavior. and so, when we are here together in solidarity to organize, we want to send a message to mr. trump. if you are going to run for president, you should represent all the people of the united states and that includes hard working people and you should not sta

jim webb's out, but is joe biden in? and, why do republicans 2016? nbc political director chuck todd answered those questions, and more, on the morningside college campus tonight. before he took the stage for the waitt i sat down with the moderator of "meet the press"s"or a candid cocoersation << "jim webb announced today he'll drop his bid for the democratic presidential nomination, but he left the door open to an independent bid," said matt breen. "right move?" "for jim webb, yes," said chuck todd, nbc news political director. "jim webb doesn't fit into today's democratic party. it's a party that's no longer very rural. it isn't as culturally conservative as it once was. hard stop. there is room for an ininpendent. the parties are polarizing. the democratic party is moving left. the republican party feels like it's moving to the right. there's this vacuum in the middle. somebody could fill it. if jim webb had said, from the beginning, he was running as an independent, he could be the problem for him m that this doesn't look credible, it looks like

>> yes. >> jim webb? >> no. >> martin o'malley? >> no. >> lincoln chafee? >> no. >> do you know who's in the debate? >> of course. bernie sanders, hillary clinton. who's the other person? >> who are you looking for? >> bernie. >> do you know who else is going to be in the debate? >> isn't it going to be hillary and -- i don't know if trump is going to be there because i try not to pay attention to him. >> just the democrats. three other guys running for president on the democratic side. >> no clue. >> do you know who will be in the debate? >> i know hillary's running. and joe biden is running. >> not yet. >> deciding. >> yes, he's running. >> you heard it here first. >> he's going to run. >> you seem to be in the know. that's cool. hillary, possibly joe biden. anybody else you can name? >> no. >> have you ever heard of bernie sanders? >> no. >> jim webb? >> no. >> lincoln chafee? >> were they at the party last night? >> no. >> they weren't there? no, no. >> i don't know, maybe they were there. do you reco

"for jim webb, yes," said chuck todd, nbc news political director. "jim webb doesn't fit into today's democratic party. it's a party that's no longer very rural. it isn't as culturally conservative as it once was. hard stop. there is room for an independent. the parties are polarizing. the democratic party is moving left. the republican party feels like it's moving to the right. there's this vacuum in the middle. somebody could fill it. if jim webb had said, from the beginning, he was running as an independent, he could be credible. the problem for him is that this doesn't look credible, it looks like sour grapes." "vice president joe biden continues to contemplate a run for president," breen said. "the new nbc news- wall street journal poll puts him third behind sanders. what's the advantage for biden if he gets into the race so many months after his competitors?" "he will suck up all of the attention, " todd said. "for a good three to six weeks it will be the joe biden show. whether it's you doing stories, or us doing stories, it's the curiosity as

lincoln chafee, jim webb, we saw them out there. also, as we await hillary clinton and bernie sanders at their trailers, it's really interesting as we await for them certainly to come through what really is sort of the back of the hotel here and eventually make their entrance on to the stage. they did, at least a couple of them get a welcome from senator harry reid who came to their trailers to say hello. looking out at the audience here, a lot of people excited. they're milling around. we saw familiar faces. jesse ventura, jesse jackson. wayne newton. we have a real housewife of beverly hills even. you have a lot of people ready for this debate to get under way in a little over a half hour. anderson? >> how have the candidates been spending the last 24 hours? we saw secretary clinton out at a demonstration outside a trump hotel here with some workers, i believe, who were wanting to unionize. were they doing debate prep today? >> yes, they were doing debate prep today. i know specifically for hillary clinton, i spoke with one of her

and jim webb and lincoln chafee also want to get in their moments here. right now, huma abedin going on huma abedin has been with dium. hillary clinton since she was the first lady in the white house. she has been her longest serving aide, look agent podium now in the middle of this stage checking it out, looking to left and right. podiums are so close together. some 20 inch as part only. so you can see her there, sort of checking out this scene. interesting, of course, she came out, but hillary clinton herself did not come out. she's preparing for this debate. with her advisers. i can tell you, huma will be giving her a fuel report. >> i don't understand why the candidate herself wouldn't want to go out, take a look at it get a feel for that lectern, see what's going on, get a feel for the room. any explanation why huma abedin, her top aide is doing it, as opposed to hillary clinton? >> i would assume hillary clinton has done so many debates, she did 25 debates in 20908 campaign. we remember those so well. some were here in las vegas. she knows what it's

jim webb, we hardly knew ye. breanna keilar is with us. >> his campaign at this point is not confirming he's definitely dropping out but they're not really pouring cold water on this idea that he could consider an independent bid. so it's important to realize there's a context here, and that is that jim webb has expressed a lot of frustration with the democratic party and also with the support that it provided to him, or in his words, that it did not provide to him. jim webb, former virginia senator, he's someone who ran an insurgent campaign to win that seat from a republican incumbent. and he is certainly someone, i think, who thought maybe he could do that this time around, although his campaign never really got off the ground. he campaigned in new hampshire for four days. he campaigned in iowa for 20 days this cycle. that is far less than other candidates and it was july he posted in a blog post he was going to run after a prolonged exploration of a candidacy. this was something i think people thought that wa

. >> former virginia senator jim webb announcing he is dropping out of the race. >> i am withdrawing for many-- from any consideration of being the demg krattic party's >> stephen: yes, jim webb is withdrawing from consideration. i'm susu that will come as a (laughter) so sad, so sad. ha ha, yeah! ha ha. the reagan administration, webb realized that he was a tough sell to district democrat. >> i fully accept thaty views on many issues arar not compatible with the po-- power structure and the nominating base of the democratic party. >> stephen: yes, there are many issues where they're not compatible like guns, the budget and should jim webb be president? no, i think not. and now the good senator can spend more time with his family complaining that they got more time to speak than he did. so fairwell tribute webb. i say we hardly knew yee. but hardly is too generous a since you were polling in iowa and new hampshire at 0 percent. goose egg. just proving the old saying, if a tree falls in the woods and no one is around to hear it, it would still get more votes than jim webb. ha ha. yeah

in the democratic race jim webb is not doing great overall. he's at 1% in two democratic national polls that came out today, one from cnn and one from monmouth. 1% isn't that bad this year. at 1% nationwide jim webb is beating both lincoln chafee and martin o'malley, both of whom are polling at zero nationwide in those two polls. one new hampshire poll that came out on friday had jim webb at 3% in new hampshire. and that's gangbusters for this year. if jim webb were a republican, 3% would put him ahead of george pataki, bobby jindal, rick santorum, mike huckabee, lindsey graham, and rand paul in that state. unluckily for him, jim webb is not running as a republican. as of today he's running as a democrat. that may be over as of tomorrow. we'll see. again, 1:00 at the national press club. in new hampshire i should tell you that bernie sanders and hillary clinton appear to now be trading the lead in that state. secretary clinton was ahead of bernie sanders in that new hampshire poll that was released on friday. but in a "boston herald"/franklin

jim webb had about 15 minutes. his announcement at the press club scheduled for 1:00 this afternoon. we'll stay on top of it on our wusa9 mobile app. back you to. >>> while webb speaks, the nation is still waiting for word on whether vice. joe biden will launch a presidential bid. the latest university poll shows support for the current democratic front runner hillary clinton would dip if biden were officially in the race. the vice president is said to be in no rush to make a decision, though. yesterday he mentioned his late son when he spoke to members of the military at the white house. >> our son was a good man but no different than every one of those in that case soldiers who got off that flight with him. >> on the republican side, donald trump continues to lead. he's wound virtually every national poll for four months. the secret service is reviewing requests for protection from trump and the better carson -- ben carson campaign. >> reporter: somebody might be using your child's social security number right no

breaking this hour jim webb is out. former senator jim webb says two-party system is a mess and feels abandoned by his own party in light of what he calls unfair treatment at last week's debate. >> 240 years ago the declaration of independence from our status as colony from great britain was announced. it is time for a new declaration of independence, not from an outside power but from the paralysis of a political system that no longer serves the interests of a vast majority of the american people. trish: all right. jim webb did hint as his desire to continue campaigning, however, as an independent. our ed henry is here with more. ed, you know, the webb's decision to drop out, is it really about a political system or the fact that he is not getting anywhere? he is at what, 2%? >> that's right, trish, barely, maybe not even at 2%. struggling to raise money. this is one of the problems insiders are feeling in this year perhaps of the outsider. you see trump and carson on right. you see sanders on left, even though he is s

he's arriving with fellow v vietnam veteran, mac mccarthy. >> jim acosta with jim webb. governor, let me go to you. what do you make of the strategy there? he's somebody who has a great record but does not seem to have found an ability to get traction yet. >> and i think a lot of people were assuming that he was going to be one of the ones to go on the attack. but what he's suggested here, in fact, he's going to be talking about his policies which i think, again, leads credence to those of you who have been opining and, i think this is true on the democratic side, everybody wants to see a substantive debate. people that's boring but if you want to know what the candidates are going to do to grow the middle class, bring down whether it's the price of prescription drugs or cost of college, how you create jobs in america in a global economy, this is what they're going to be talking about. and i hope it stays at that level. >> i have to tell you, i have never in my life been at a debate or seen a debate anybody says we're going to go on the attack. but somehow, when you get

meanwhile former virginia senator jim webb is thinking about dropping and running instead as an independent. webb is planning to hold a news conference at 1:00 p.m. eastern time. >> cheryl: our neighbor to the north getting a new leader, 43-year-old trudoe after his liberal party won in election. son of former prime minister pier turdoe. >> canadians across the country sent a message, it's time for a change in this country, my friends. a real change. >> his father prime minister for years. harper has accepted down as leader of conservative party after the crushing defeat. >> well, tonight's results is not certainly we have hoped for. the people are never going. one of the top issues of that elections, canada is one of the largest trading partners of the united states. >> nicole: senate is close on cybersecurity bill. privacy concerns in legislation. today republican leaders bring it up according to cybersecurity company, hackers have recently attempted to steal from seven companies and often pharmaceutical sectors, that's one of the reasons that the bill should be passed. >> this is one of

wx timer @ :40 >> jim webb's out, but is joe biden in? and, why do republicans favor political "outsiders" in 2016? nbc political director chuck todd answered those questions, and more, on the morningside college campus last night. but before he took the stage for the lecture... ktiv's matt breen sat down with the moderator of "meet the press" for a candid conversation. << "jim webb announced today he'll drop his bid for the democratic presidential nomination, but he left the door open to an independent bid," said matt breen. "right move?" "for jim webb, yes," said chuck todd, nbc news political director. "jim webb doesn't fit into today's democratic party. it's a party that's no longer very rural. it isn't as culturally conservative as it once was. hard stop. there is room for an independent. the parties are polarizing. the democratic party is moving left. the republican party feels like it's moving to the right. there's this vacuum in the middle. somebody could fill it. if jim webb had said, from the beginning, he was running as an inde

same with jim webb and lincoln chaffee. you know, if i'm their staff and i'm telling them, don't let the only thing people say you have good insult going. >> and o'malley has been practicing under the bright lights. >> o'malley is a good debater. >> jim webb was a serious guy who ran a very tough campaign. >> against a tough opponent. all experienced debaters. bernie sanders, i have been watching old campaign tapes. he will be effective. he will be strong. this will be an interesting debate among professionals. >> with five candidates, you will get to hear from all. hilary rosen, thank you. we will be here all day leads up to the debate which begins at 8:30 p.m. eastern time. only here on cnn. christine romans, back to you. >> john, one thing, one platform all of the candidates agree on and how they differentiate themselves. they all know the middle class family income is back to 1995 levels when the top 1% is richer than ever. the key is for the lesser candidates are to say why their plan would work to level the playing fi

the former vnia senator jim webb. and then just to give you a sense of the scope of the debate hall that we're in, let me take you right here to the actual center stage where, you know, you can see the audience has been filled in here in terms of the chairs. we didn't see any of this yesterday. a lot more is being put into place for this debate coming up on tuesday night. a big screen over here we want to mention on the far side of the room will be used for facebook users to chime in with their own questions during the course of the debate. it will not just be coming from our moderator, anderson cooper and questioners dana bash and juan carlos lopez but viewers at home will be able to offer questions to these candidates to be fielded during the course of the debate. a couple of potential flash points to be looking for just based on what we've been hearing over the last 24 hours, bernie sanders has been going after hillary clinton on her vote in favor of the iraq war. bernie sanders pointing out to his supporters he vo

we are waiting to hear an announcement from democratic candidate jim webb today. sources say he is considering running as an independent. the former virginia senator complained he did not get enough time to speak during the first democratic debate. in a recent cbs national poll he had just 2% support of likely voters. elizabeth: more commitment 2016 news now. we're still waiting for an official decision from vice president joe biden on whether or not he will enter the race for the democratic nomination. this morning we've learned some sources close to biden say an announcement could come in the some political analysts say this saturday's jefferson-jackson dinner here in des moines would be a logical place for a biden campaign kick-off. no word if he'll be there yet, but hillary clinton, bernie sanders, martin o'malley, lincoln chafee, and jim webb are all expected to attend. the dinner is this saturday at 7:00 p.m. at hy-vee hall downtown. before the jefferson-jackson dinner. hillary clinton is bringing in some heavy hitters for a big political rally in downtown d

delia goncalves has more. >> reporter: in about an hour, jim webb will make his announcement. initially, we heard he was going to ditch the democratic party and run as an idea. however, it appears now that his future in the presidential race is uncertain with reports that he may suspend his campaign. currently, the candidate is trailing in the polls with about 1% support. his camp kept is generic billing today's news conference as a discussion of "his candidacy." the campaign and his views of the political party and current election cycle. webb complained repeatedly about not getting enough time to speak during the first democratic debate. he claimed that was rigged towards the front-runners sanders and clinton. both candidates received about 30 minutes compared to his 15 minutes of time. webb says "it's very difficult to win a debate when you don't have the opportunity to speak the same amount of time on issues as the other two did." so will he or won't he? that's the big question, but we will find out for sure when jim webb speaks him half at 1:00 today here at the national

kennedy: who had a worst week than jim webb? >> my god, michigan punter had better week than jim webb by far. this is really ridiculous. him, o'malley and lincoln chafee remind me from milton from office space. no one told them they got fired and showed up anyway. chafee said if they don't elect me i will set fire to the building. he is milton. >> i don't actually think jim webb had a bad week. today he drops out. the democratic race thrown into chaos. there is that. kennedy: doesn't know what to do with himself. like the house speaker race. >> exactly. i said this before, webb is throw back guy to like eisenhower, george h.w. bush and served his country and went into public service because he honestly believes in public service. that is not with we want as president in the country. only three presidential candidates were webb, rick perry, lindsey graham unless you count donald trump's little delusion he was in the military. two of those guys dropped out. other one is lindsey graham. it used to be especially on republican side,

and martin a o'malley and lincoln chafee and jim webb are hoping to get a breakout moment as happened with carly fiorina in the republican debates. we will see the candidates coming to the winn hotel, and start to check out the debate stage, and wolf, it has been a big build-up, but we are almost there. >> and the debate is et up, with the whole notion of the candidates, themselves, when they have a chance to see what it is like up on the stage, the five candidates, that is later this afternoon, right? >> yes. i would say in the 4:00 to 5 :0 eastern time, our time, i should say, eastern time, we will start to show up here at this auditorium, and fascinating to watch. you know, hillary clinton despite that she has had secret service protection for two decades, and involved in many debates from the senatorial debates and presidential level, she has not been a debate like this for a decade. and who would have thought that bernie sanders would have captured the imagination of the left much like barack obama did, and standing right next to the hillary clinton in this big moment. it is goin

martin o'malley, and jim webb and lincoln chafee, and a tough one, right? listen to what happened when allison c alisyn camerota asked that question. >> do you know any of the other candidates for the democrats? >> hillary and bernie. >> reporter: three more. >> o'malley. and let's see here, what is that other guy? webb. >> have you heard of hillary clinton? >> yes. >> bernie sanders? >> yes. >> martin o'malley? >> no. >> lincoln chaffee? >> no. >> and trust me that went on and on and on and it was actually comical. i want to get beyond the hillary and the bernie conversation, and talk about the others, martin o'malley and lincoln chaffee and jim webb. let's start with martin om o'malley, 52 years old, and born in d.c. and former mayor of baltimore and governor of maryland and the front man of the celtic rock band o'malley's march since 1988. the guy rocks out. and jim webb is 69 years old and form er virginia senator, and former secretary of defense and secretary of the navy, and also an emmy award winning author and journalist, and author of ten books. li

we will see how jim webb and lincoln chafee do. john: those of the five candidates on the debate stage tonight. it will be obvious looking at that stage that a couple people are missing. that's right, larry lessing not invited. also more notably, note joe biden. -- no joe biden. the vice president has been watching at home whether he decides he will run. do you think at this moment, given everything going on in the world, he may have waited too long? mark: i think the bar is higher for him to get in and launch successfully. there was a lot more momentum behind him a few weeks ago. then your times has always been influential in reflecting the conventional wisdom correctly in a piece that compared him to mirror cuomo. we had it in our focus groups. if you want to be president, why are you not in? if you are equal beginning in october, how can you be competing in iowa and new hampshire in february? he is going to have to change scenarios and convince people he didn't dither. reported thatirst there was thinking in his world about push

martin o'malley, lincoln chafee and jim webb? they don't make the headlines but they'll share the stage come tuesday night. >> weather vanes shift in the wind. i know where i stand. >> reporter: let's start with martin o'malley. you could say the married father of four, born in washington, d.c., was tailor made for a career in politics. he left college briefly to work on the presidential campaign of gary hart. by 28 was ready for office himself, winning a seat on the baltimore city council. from there his political aspirations grew. first mayor of baltimore and then governor of maryland. ♪ >> reporter: but here's something you probably didn't know about martin o'malley. he's fronted a rock band. and he even used his guitar skills to tease his presidential bid. ♪ on the issues, gun control, o'malley wants stronger, expanded background checks, assault weapons ban plus a limit on the size of magazines. on immigration he supports a path to citizenship. on climate change, o'malley says next lincoln chafee, a u.s. senator from rhod

former virginia senator jim webb ended his democratic bid for president on tuesday. web never caught enough momentum in the primary to compete with heavy-hitters like hillary clinton or senator bernie ers -- but he isn't completely bowing out of the race. webb says he will meet with people from across the political spectrum to consider a third- party run for president. (jim webb;former democratic presidential candidate) "how i remain as a voice will depend on what kind of support i am shown in the coming weeks as i meet with people from all sides of america's political landscape. and i intend to do that." and as webb potentially makes a transition to run as an independent, speculation over if vice president joe biden will make a run is growing. subtle jabs between biden and hilary over policy and political style have some wondering if the decision has alraedy been made. but time is running out. biden has until next thursday to make and announce his 2016 decision -- if he wants to be a serious candidate who is on all ballots. andy rose reporting. tim: polling hasn't s

lou: the one moment jim webb. decorated marine officer, said when asked about the enemy he is proudest of. do we have that? >> i would have to say enemy solding that threw the grenade that wounded me, but he is not around right now to talk to. lou: i mean, how was yor you're reaction. >> how refreshing, his enemy was an actual enemy, it is time we get a real commander in chief in office. >> judging from his demeanor, there is no reason to believe he will not kill someone else, he looked ready to kill someone else, like anderson cooper half the time for not giving him his time. lou: he constrained himself i must say. he is a terrific writer. a smart fellow. some would call him intellectual. i will go with smart fellow. >> he is not -- lou: he is not have any part in politics. >> not in this decade. lou: that is interesting. >> to me, he is a throw back to a eisenhower, someone who served then went to politics because they honestly believed in public service. lou: my emotion right now is nostalgia those issue are go

webb had to offer. >> jim webb surprised me in the fact that he is so well versed on foreign relations. >> reporter: you can see the vigorous challenge from sanders and others and the breath within the democratic party. >> i think senator sanders has established himself as a formidable opponent so i'm very much enjoying the interaction between the two and i look forward to the coming debates ahead. >> reporter: and the next debate for the democrats is scheduled just one month away. november 14th. in des moines, iowa. jana katsuyama, ktvu fox 2 news. >>> turning now to the analysis. you see james tailor there, chair of the department of politics in the university of san francisco. >> brian sovo. what do you think the headline is from tonight's debate? >> reporter: well, i think it is that clinton came in very well prepared and did the job she needed to do and she clearly separated herself from the rest of the field. at the end of the day, frank, there is not going to be a nomination for four of those people on the stage. hillary is in the mix. and maybe, the person who was watching with

that's jim webb there. will joe biden, vice president show up for the debate? if he does, that will surely dominate the headlinesp. >>> jeb bush is in new hampshire today giving a speech on repealing and replacing obama care in manchester. he released details of the plan last night that increases tax credits to let consumers buy coverage. no word on how many people could be left without coverage. he is expected to release more details before heading to town halls. >>> the sad end for the search for a new hampshire woman missing for weeks. she was murdered. police found the body of sue hutchison behind a fake wall in her home. police searched the home after the family reported a strange odor. investigators believe that her roommate killed her. he committed suicide in a tewksbury motel last week. >>> jury selection continues today in the case against phillip chism, accused of raping and killing his danvers high schoolteacher colleen ritzer. he was 14 at the time but is being tried as an adult. >>> aaron hernandez heading back to court today. prosecutors want acce

webb announced the former virginia governor -- or senator, i should say, is considering running as an independent. he's holding a press conference today at 1:00 eastern. we'll get more information on that. >>> one-time olympic hero oscar pistorius was released from prison last night. it comes a year after being convicted of gunning down his girlfriend in an incident he says was a herbal mistake. his release was a full day early. pistorius was secretly escorted from prison under the cloak of darkness. nbc's jeff boston has more from johannesburg. >> reporter: he has served less than one year of his five-year sentence. pistorius was convicted of

jim webb - pulling only two percent sot: jim webb, former virginia senator1:00-1:04 "i am stepping aside from the democratic primary process." - dropped out and narrowed the already lean democratic field. clinton ... meanwhile ... is preparing for her thursday appearance before the republican-led committee investigating benghazi ... a chance to answer her critics ... but nothing compared to the potential challenge she'd face - if the vice president decides to run. audio outcue: brian mooar, nbc news, washington. biden is polling third place with 15 percent - but even if he jumps in right now, he's tens of millions of dollars behind in fund-raising. i'm brian mooar in washington, now back to you. so there are lots of big questions right now in the democratic presidential race ... some of those questions could be answered this weekend right here in des moines. political director dave price joins us now ... with a guest who's watching all of today's developments very here in vineland, home of progresso, we figured out how to get rich ingredients like bacon into 22 light soups, so if you wan

marine combat veteran jim webb. announced today at a press conference in washington that he is dropping his bid for the democratic nomination for president. >> do you still consider yourself a democrat though? would you use that term to describe yourself? >> we'll think about that. >> reporter: should the polls hold up and hillary clinton becomes the nominee for the democratic party, donald trump becomes the nominee for the republican party, could you see yourself supporting one of these two candidates? >> i honestly, if we ran an independent race that worked and got traction, i honestly could see us beating both of them. >> by us he means i. senator jim webb never really seemed like he was running all that hard for the democratic nomination for president. now he says officially that he isn't anymore. unless he decided to not really run as an independent in which case he says he'll win, he'll beat both hillary clinton and donald trump which is hard to imagine. that's how he thinks of himself. jim webb gets out of th