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. >>> right now on msnbc debate discord. donald trump holding firm this morning about not participating in tomorrow's fox news debate. that decision coming after the network refused to replace megyn kelly as a moderator. trump says she is biased and treats him unfairly. >> with me they're dealing with somebody that's a little bit different. they can't toy with me like they toy with everybody else. so let them have their debate and let's see how they do with the ratings. and i told them, i said, give money to the wounded warriors, give money to the veterans. they're going to make a fortune with the debate. now let's see how many people watch. >> fox news replied with this statement, quote, we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and putin both intend to treat donald trump fairly when they meet with him if he becomes president. trump has his own secret plan to replace the cabinet with his twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings. meanwhile, trump's main rival ted cruz is challenging him

"msnbc live" coming up next. >>> right now on msnbc, the power of palin. donald trump hoping the backing of sarah palin is the boost he needs to pull away from rival ted cruz in iowa. >> you ready for a commander in chief who will let our warriors do their job and go kick isis' ass? ready for someone who will secure our borders to secure our jobs and to secure our homes, ready to make america great again. are you ready to stump for trump? i am here to support the next president of the united states, donald trump. >> we will see. the gop frontrunner and former alaska governor soon in iowa. we'll have a look in nor walk where we expect to see donald trump and sarah palin take the stage in about a half an hour. >>> also this morning the democratic race takes a nasty turn. hillary clinton dismissing what her campaign calls meaningless new polling from new hampshire showing bernie sanders with a massive lead. sanders is now making a tough comparison when it comes to clinton's experience. >> i think, on the crucial foreign policy issue of our time, it turns out

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frances rivera picks it up now on "msnbc live." >> thank you very much. much more on bernie sanders and had i meeting with the president. but first, a big newsmaker today, donald trump. will he or won't he debate tomorrow night? the republican front-runner saying he won't after a long-running feud with fox news and megyn kelly. the network says "capitulating to politicians' ultimatums violates old journalistic standards and we can't give in to terrorizations toward any of our employees." trump's statement came tuesday night. and in a matter of minutes, he went from probably to most likely not attending the debate to finally saying this. >> pretty close to irrevocable, yes. >> are you worried that's going to affect your chances in iowa by not appearing -- >> no, i think i'll do great in iowa. i love iowa. i don't think iowa's going to care. when they sent out the wise guy press releases done by some pr person along with roger ailes, i said bye-bye. >> trump was there referring to a jab from fox news, which said in an earlier statement that russia's vladimi

a czar is our medical contributor for msnbc news. if the longer the water is in a pipe the more corrosive it is what about the time it's in our internal pipes whatever you call those? >> the longer the lead is your body the more time is it has to do the damage it's going to do. you can have low levels for a long period of time and accrue damage over that period of time or of course you can be exposed, you know, to a high amount and get sick more quickly, but i think in terms of the long -- you know, the problems that we're seeing and that we're concerned about in the young population especially under the age of six -- >> talk to me about the long-term repercussions of babies up to six years old on their brain and how long will that have an impact on them? >> it could be irreversible. depending, again, if someone has been -- let's say that since the time -- since spring of 2014 that the problem started and the younger you are at exposure the more vulnerable you are because your brain still developing and that includes being in the wom

joining me, msnbc colleague and dear friend alex wagner, and former rnc chair michael steele, msnbc political analyst. alex, i just want to be real clear on this as everyone sort of clouds themselves in principle, like there's no principle here. right? >> well -- >> is there a principle that people -- >> no. >> -- who aren't in this fight should be defending? >> can we just take a moment to pause and recognize the twilight zone we are in in which megyn kelly and roger ailes are part of, like, the presumed liberal mainstream, lamestream media. i mean, the goal posts have moved so far to the right that they are no longer in the same stadium. the second thing that i think is worth pointing out here, chris, is that donald trump has played all of the media. right? i mean, to his own -- >> yep. >> -- to his own advantage. >> yep. >> it is now commonplace for donald trump to call in to heralded media shows which will go unnamed. >> right. >> that is okay for him to do, lest anyone else do that. i mean, to think that mike huckabee could ever call into a radio program or jeb bush, it would be unaccept

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msnbc's carrie dan joins us now from washington. carrie, both teams seem to be acknowledging that this could go months now, could drag on into april or may. >> that's right, about six months ago, most experts would not have said that this was going to be a long race on the democratic side. most experts thought hillary clinton would have this wrapped up. both are acknowledging they're in it for the long haul. this is a little bit of a reprise of 2008, where barack obama and hillary clinton battled long after those early nominating contest, even to texas and ohio, which became really, really high-stakes, in that contest back in 2008. hillary clinton is facing a similarly long slog this time around. but one thing that's worth noting is that her campaign thinks they still have a structural advantage, even though this race may go into overtime. in the sense that the early -- even if they lose some of the early contests or don't perform as well as they would like in states like iowa, new hampshire, some of the later states are much more d

stay tuned to msnbc for the latest on this winter storm. we have everybody in position to cover it as best we can and we'll guide you through it. >>> we turn our attention to 2016 politics where today hillary clinton is hitting back at bernie sanders and hitting him pretty hard. take a look. >> i know senator sanders cares about covering more people, as i do, but rather than build on the progress we've made, he wants to start over from scratch with a whole new system. now, in theory, there's a lot to like about some of his ideas, but in theory isn't enough. a president has to deliver in reality. >> sanders is creeping up on hillary clinton in the polls. that's both nationally as well as in the all-important state of iowa. we have the caucuses now just 11 days away. meanwhile, the republican race appears focused on two men in one state, donald trump has one point of a lead over ted cruz in iowa. this is according to loloris college. and now trump is saying that cruz might have done something illegal when he failed to report. >> he didn't wan

olivia sterns, msnbc economic expert. i remember flint as the car place. >> exactly. >> and then the hard times. >> the birth place of general motors and then very much the hard times. let's pick up from cal's timeline. he started in 2014. go back to 2011. that's when this emergency manager first came in because the city was facing a budget deficit of just $15 million. it was that $15 million shortfall that kicked off this entire terrible chain of events. a little bit about how we got there. yes, flint was booming in the '50s and '60s in the auto industry. 2,000 people lived in flint in 1960, today it's 100,000. as the jobs left, the poverty rate spiked. so the poverty rate is now 41%. remember, the poverty level is $24,000 for a family of four. the loss of jobs meant loss of tax revenue. >> and that's where we get to where we are now financially. >> yes. >>> straight ahead, emotional response to the death of an anti-government protester as the federal land standoff enters day 25. ow i try to live... how i stay active. so

>> @cal@msnbc. these people are being turned a i way by the national guard and they live in flint. >> cal, thanks. >>> olivia sterns, business leaders are rallying around flint? >> indeed. in the past hour we've learned that the owner of the donald trump pistons has pledged personally to give $10 million to relief efforts. the detroit lions player, the team has donated 90,000 bottles of water to flint, michigan. we're awaiting news from the state government, the michigan state senate, so the upper house of government is set to consider to approve the emergency relief request from governor snyder. so, essentially, jose, money is trickling in for the very immediate emergency services needed. that's things like actual health services, testing for lead and the bottled water. no word yet on where the money is going to come from for the huge, big fix that needs to occur. we need to actually fix the pipes. 1600 miles of sewers and water mains and no news on whether or not the governor, the state of michiga

msnbc's adam reese joins us now from times square. we have about 40 seconds and one of the key things here are those drifts. those big piles of snow that they start to accumulate and what they do with them. >> right. we don't see them here in manhattan, richard, but we're certainly seeing them in new jersey and westchester. that will be a focus going into the evening and into tomorrow morning to make sure everybody can get to work. i want to quickly go to our guests here and we have a group of high school seniors from atlanta and a thunderbird major from las vegas. winter 2016, joan a how it was for you? you got to walk through the streets without any dhars. >> it was unlike anything we've seen before. real quick. i want to hear from you. >> a great place to be stuck. we have the air show here labor day weekend and it was a great night. >> richard, we have to work on the snow on the outer boroughs and new jersey and westchester and hopefully we'll get out from under this by the end of the evening and tomorrow morning. >> thank you so

. >>> an msnbc exclusive. a man on death row for ten years finally set free, now in a big interview he opens up to msnbc's craig melvin. >> there are friends of yours that over that time period, you became friends and next thing you know -- >> they have been executed. that hurts. >>> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. with friends like these, who needs enemies? when donald trump isn't killing ted cruz with kindness, he's trying to sink the texas senator's chances in iowa by keeping stories critical of cruz alive and putting doubt into the minds of cruz's conservative supporters. joining me ahead of tonight's big republican debate, nbc's hallie jackson and katy tur both in north charleston, south carolina. hallie, first to you. let's talk about the problem that ted cruz has over this goldman sachs loan and how it conflicts with his own narrative of who he is and what he's trying to communicate to conservative iowa voters. >> reporter: right. this idea that he's this populist tea party crusader, this w

msnbc's charles hadlock is there. charles, the last time we spoke, you indicated that we were getting a bit of good news there, that being that the interstates are now all reopened in missouri. >> reporter: that's right. as you mentioned, the interstates are open, interstate 55 and 44 were reopened today. that is great news for the people of the st. louis area, who have been hampered by trying to get around in these flood waters. the flood waters have receded so some of the roads have now reopened. take a look at the mississippi river as it passes st. louis. the water here is ten times faster than it flows over niagara falls. because of that, the coast guard has closed a five-mile section of this river to barge traffic. also railroads have been busy untangling the backlog of trains trying to get across the river in other areas that were flooded over the last few days. as you mentioned, the roads are reopening here. but the misery continues in towns like arnold just to the southeast of here. that's where the meramec an

we're watching all of that this hour on msnbc. let's take you now to the nation's capital, where we talk about surprises, and one of those, perhaps is breaking that record as we were looking at snowfall. and though it's 6:30 p.m., mike seidel from the weather channel, you're still getting sideways snow. >> we are. no surprises here, though, with the forecast. we were expecting 18 to 24 inches as early as two days ago. right now, we're waiting for the latest observation from the weather service as of 7:00 p.m. eastern, to see if we've cracked 20 inches. if we crack that, it's the second biggest storm on record. right now, we're at number three or four. but it's still snowing pretty hard. we can see the capital. visibility is up to 3/4 of a mile. very little traffic out here. most of the traffic, foot traffic, because now for the first time, you can legally sled on the grounds of the capital. that was illegal for many years. last year they did it, but nobody wrote tickets. this year, it's legal. what we've heard frr dulles internati

msnbc's tony decopal is there with more on that. and tony, the call for the governor to step down, and there are concerns about the safety with the water, and i want to start with how are flint residents dealing with getting safe water to drink right now? >> well, that is the big question of the moment. flint is under a state of emergency, and the problem has been acknowledged and we know that there is lead in the water, and the two outstanding questions have to do with the money and the health. on the money front, the water bills here in flint cost $140 a month for water, and that is one of the high nest the nation. and so the irony is that they are paying high sums for water that is literally undrinkable. and we spoke to congressman dan kilde, and he called for a refund. >> abslew lit not not only a refund, but reduced water rates, and they should not have to pay for a crisis that the state created. >> and in addition to calling for the refund which is good news by the way, and more than $11,000 available potentially to the citize

. >> "msnbc live" is up next. have a great day. >> right now on msnbc, they are off and the race is on. candidates beginning their final sprint toward the iowa caucuses with 40 campaign events scheduled just for today. there are new attacks, new rhetoric and new tv ads. donald trump releasing his first tv ad earlier this morning. that spot seems to bypass his republican challengers and go straight to the general election. >> the politics can pretend it's something else, but donald trump calls it radical islamic terrorism. that's why he's calling for a temporary shutdown of muslims entering the united states until we can figure out what is going on. he'll quickly cut the head off isis and take their oil. he'll start illegal immigration by building a wall on our southern border that mexico will pay for. >> trump is promising to spend $2 million a week on ads in the run-up to iowa. he's also ramping up criticism of ted cruz and hillary clinton. good to be with you this monday, the first monday of what is finally elec

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watch msnbc for the latest on this crisis. and the issue of how long the state was aware and how long will it take to repair potentially the problems that we're seeing that could cause lifetime health issues for a number of children. i want to update you on breaking news out of florida. new video coming in from broward county, where there have been reports of severe weather, including a possible tornado. the broward county sheriff's office has been posted pictures of overturned vehicles on the turnpike including this one. an overturned tractor trailer, several vehicles have been damaged. joining me is keith jones, a reporter from our nbc station in miami. keith, what can you tell us? >> we're right here at the scene. it just started pouring rain again. it's been letting up and then pouring. it's been happening all morning long. as to whether there was an ef-1 tornado or straight line winds, different reports and different things. we're at the southbound turnpike that was shut down. it's been pretty well cleaned up. florida hig

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. >>> msnbc is the place to watch the state of the union address. our special coverage led by chris matthews and rachel maddow begins tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. turning now to the race for president. the battle for the democratic nomination isn't a sure thing for hillary clinton as bernie sanders is putting up a fight. that top pair came together last night for the brown and black iowa forum on fusion. backed by strong polling numbers out of iowa and new hampshire, sanders lashed out. >> do you notice lately she's been getting more aggressive with you? >> yes. why is that? >> i don't know. >> you tell me. >> it could be that the inevitable candidate for the democratic nomination may not be so inevitable today. >> clinton answered with digs of her own questioning the senator's electability and his perceived weak stance on gun control. but she also had a bigger fish to fry, the republican front-runner. >> anybody can win. i mean, this is -- who would have thought donald trump would be leading in national polls. i mean for those of you ever thought

>> very good day to you, i'm richard lui at msnbc headquarters in new york where we continue to watch this weekend's blizzard. at this hour, the threat is not over. the death toll now rising to 17. it was 16 the hour before. unfortunately, 13 the hour before that. all because of this storm. again, 17. the 30 million people now still out there, under blizzard warnings, that number remains high, many in effect until 7:00 a.m. tomorrow. more than 2,000 flights have already been canceled for tomorrow. that would bring us to a total of 10,000 over three days. the roads are just as bad. tens of thousands of drivers stranded on icy roadways, many for more than 24 hours. and this is truly record-breaking. the tides along the jersey shores and delaware coasts, ing new highs as the storm continues to pound the mid atlantic region and the northeastern region as well. nbc national correspondent miguel almaguer joins us from hard-hit washington, d.c. miguel, what's the latest there? >> reporter: hey, richard, good evening. we've had blinding snow here, nearly the entire day. we're now in our 30th

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. >> we'll bring it to you on msnbc. brian, thank you very much. >>> i want to turn now to 2016 politics. just a short time ago, trump had a big endorsement inside the evangelical university. e van jell cats make up a big portion of the iowa republican electorate and trump has the new point lead in the quinnipiac poll in iowa after polls find trump ahead from 2 to 11 points and iowa today, senator cruz is making mostly vague remarks regarding trust, in what you can trust to do what he says he'll do an opened during interview in "morning with joe." >> i think he ha his fourth strike. nobody likes de. i don't find anybody that likes them. >> first, three reporters on the both major parties. we begin with katie in marshalltown, iowa. interesting, just a week ago, we saw donald trump there talking about record crowd at liberty university and now we have this with the president and there is the important six days until iowa. >> reporter: record crowd. you take that. students are required to go through and nobody understood th

>> msnbc. >> nbc? >> msnbc. >> what's your name? >> they call me double life because i got two life sentences. and they call me godzilla because i got more points than anybody else in the prison system. so i fight everybody. i fight anybody that fight with me. and i've been in the hole 19 years straight. >> taylor spent all those years in the shu because of a list of violent infractions rivalling any inmate we've ever profiled on "lockup." >> i had my nose broke. hip broke. shoulder broke. and foot broke all in a confrontation with the police yard extraction, pod extraction, hospital extraction, shower extraction, any place you can get into a fight i got in a fight with. >> when our crew later visited taylor's cell he felt compelled to let the producer know that nobody is entirely safe around him. >> the last fight -- two days on life support machine so i don't know if you really want to run in here. >> gradually he became more comfortable and gave an impromptu show and tell of his cell. >> tell me about your cell. what do you got i

in an exclusive interview with msnbc hillary clinton condemned donald trump for his talk about muslims and again declined to respond to his personal attacks against her and her husband. kristen welker has the latest.... facing an increasingly competitive race in must-win iowa -- hillary clinton ignored donald trump's attacks late tuesday... focusing instead on rallying her supporters here... "im excited about the organization we've been building here in this state." but earlier in the day -- fireworks for trump --clinton saying his heated rhetoric makes him unfit to lead. "we should not reward people who use inflammatory rhetoric, who use the kind of derogatory comments whether it's about muslims or mexicans, or women, or people with disabilities, whoever it might be." in an exclusive interview with msnbc's chris matthews, clinton "that's a sign of, you know, showmanship, of desperation, that should be rejected roundly by the american people." strong words - but clinton stopped there, refusing to engage trump on his personal attacks of her and her husband..who is back on the trail this

we start with breaking news here on msnbc. a man armed with a knife and fake he saexplosives in france. he had a paper with an isis flag on it. this unfolding a year ago after the "charlie hebdo" paris attacks. we'll have a live report coming up for you. >>> we want to start things off, though, with new developments on the campaign trail where donald trump stepping up his attacks on republican rival ted cruz by continuing to question cruz's citizenship. and now other prominent republicans including former presidential candidate senator john mccain are piling on. trump continues to fuel doubts about cruz's electability, now suggesting that ted cruz who was born in canada go before a judge to determine whether he's actually qualifies as a natural-born citizen. >> if ted should eke it out, and i hope that doesn't happen, and he's got this cloud over his head, i don't think it's going to be possible for him to do very well. he should ask for a declaratory judgment because that would clear it all up. i'm doing this for the good of

he's also an msnbc contributor. robert, i know your piece on this just posted within the last hour at the post. thanks very much for joining us. i know you're busy. >> thank you. >> so your lead is as the presidential primary moves into a more urgent and combative phase there is growing acceptance among washington elite that ted cruz and donald trump are the two most likely to become the party's nominee. what are the signs of that growing acceptance? what does that mean? >> some stunning signs tonight. my colleague phil rucker and i were calling around the republican establishment to top donors in the party and post this last debate we said where is the donor class moving and they said there's a new realization within this group, the billionaires and the millionaires that have funded the party for decades, that is in essence a two-person race, trump versus cruz, and there's an inclination now that trump could be the nominee, and there are people right now reaching out to trump to try to get meetings, to try to get i

meanwhile, msnbc exclusive now. governor of michigan, rick snyder, this morning taking responsibility but also deflecting blame about the problem with the toxic water in flint. he spoke to "morning joe" a few hours ago, saying that state and local leaders were misled by career civil servants. >> there were major failures here. if you look at it, it was people being much too technical, not having the culture of asking the common sense questions and then the tone of how things were done. so there are a number of failures there that these people, this was a terrible tragedy. >> flint's mayor also took to the national air waves this morning telling "the view" she will look at all areas as to why this happened in her city. >> we're looking at this as race, as class and it cuts across the board, and i believe that that's actually why the local naacp state and national have all spoken out about this as well. >> the epa is stepping in, saying it's going to start sampling and analyzing lead levels. that comes on top of the r

i'm kate snow and it is what we call super tuesday here at msnbc. just six days to go to the iowa caucuses. all eyes are on the candidates holding rallies. at any moment now hillary clinton expected to speak at a caucus event in decorah, iowa. it comes as a poll shows hillary clinton leading nationally, but her lead is shrinking a little bit, and for the republicans, it's all about donald trump. the billionaire has increased his lead by five points from last week, has as much support as the next four contenders combined. trump's chief rival for the nomination isn't giving up, though. ted cruz is busy in iowa, seven events in less than 12 hours, and a ted cruz superpac is jumping in today with a new ad running in the hawkeye state starting today. >> first there was hillary care. >> we have to get moving. >> then there was obamacare. >> moving us in the direction of universal health care in this country. >> we can't afford trump care. >> everybody has to be covered. this is an unrepublican thing for me to say. >> hallie jackson is with cruz in iowa. h

msnbc ananthe new hampshire union leader are partnering to host a newly-scheduled democratic debate. rachel maddow and chuck todd would moderate the february 4th event before the new hampshire primary. the democratic national committee has yet to give its approval for the event. a cold front will move through the area during the day, ahead of the front look for cloudy highs will max out right about where they are this morning in thursday, partly to mostly cloudy, a few scattered showers, highs near 50 clearing and warmer by friday an act of self-defense is being praised today by the instructor who teaches firearms courses. in fact, brian sweat trained one instructor who teaches firearms courses. in fact, brian sweat trained one of the concealed weapons permit holders who used his firearm for in last friday's robbery inside "next up barbershop. several people, including children, were there - being robbed and threatened. that's when a couple of the victims, who have concealed weapons permits, opened fire on the suspects. sweat teaches cwp courses at shooter's choice in west columbia.

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. >>> up next on "msnbc live," digging in. donald trump could be getting a major boost with just voting just 13 days away. >> get those tell prompters out of here, we're going to have some fun, right? >> ronald reagan did not spend the first 60 years of his life supporting democratic politicians. >> well, guess what? that inevitable candidate ain't so inevitable today. >> i really need your help in the caucus. >> this really have a campaign f of the people, by the people and for the people! >> good morning to you. i'm jose diaz-balart. our political team is here. good morning to all of you. steve, let me start with you. ted cruz says it's now a two-man race. what did our polling mean? >> reporter: we have our new nbc news online tracking poll. let's take a look at the republican numbers. you can see donald trump maintaining that solid lead he's had over ted cruz, pretty much unchanged since last week. late last week there was that republican debate. you can see basically no movement as a result of that. you can remember back t

. >> stick around, "msnbc live" begins now. >> good morning. i'm jose diaz-balart. a pof tntentially historic wint storm takes aim against the east coast. communities in the storm's path are already preparing. the system is expected to become a major snowstorm by tomorrow with some areas bracing for more than a foot of snow, damaging winds, significant icing and coastal flooding. >> i would advise people to not overreact yet but to get prepared. go ahead and start doing your shopping and get ready. we're going to have some type of a serious snowstorm. >> we're trying to get chains on every vehicle, get plows on every vehicle that could carry a plow. >> even president obama getting a crippled by a small snow last night. we're surrounding this story from all angles. let's start with nbc meteorologist bill karins. how is this looking right now? >> just about as bad as we expected, maybe even worse now for a few southern cities that don't deal with this weather. torn detoday, ice storm friday, and even the possibility of coastal flooding. the storm still in two pieces.

that's what she told our msnbc chris matthews just yesterday. the sanders campaign says we'll go along with this debate but only if there are three more debates. that is what they are calling for and there's been a lot of debate about the fact that there have not been a lot of democratic debates. martin o'malley accusing the dnc of stacking the deck for hillary clinton. dnc officials pushed back hard against that characterization. so tamron, at this point, we're at a wait and see to see what these campaigns are going to decide about another debate next week. meanwhile, i had a chance to visit the war rooms of these two campaigns last night. they are fighting to get out their base for hillary clinton. that means getting out women voters for bernie sanders. that means getting out some of the younger voters. hear what two of the clinton supporters had to say. take a look. >> tell me why you're volunteering for hillary clinton. >> she won me over at the benghazi hearing. spent 11 hours, was phenomenal and took such good control of the situation. she

bernie sanders said he's not ready to commit to debate yet on n msnbc's "hardball with chris matthews" hillary clinton said she's in. >> i hope senator sanders will join us and i think dnc and the campaign should be able to work this out. i have said for a long time that i'd be happy to have more debates, and i hope we can get this done. >> turning now to the latest in the occupation of that oregon wildlife refuge this morning a few anti-government activists remain at the refuge. the fbi in oregon -- and oregon state police have sealed off the facility with a series of check points. ammon bundy sent this message through his attorney. >> to those remaining at the refuge, i love you. let us take this fight from here. please stand down. >> nbc's joe fryer has more. >> reporter: authorities are tightening their grip around the malheur national wildlife ref e refuge, blocking roads. some anti-government militants remain, not gave giving up on their armed occupation. >> peaceful resolution is what you're hearing and what we expect. >> reporter: but many are occupying a jail cell. some were

postpolitics.com and msnbc contributor. welcome all. susan, first to you. because donald trump is just tweeting, in fact, about ted cruz even though i beat him in the first six debates, especially the last one, ted cruz wants to debate me again. can we do it in canada? still donald trump but you interviewed terry bradstand, popular governor and he's got it in for cruz because cruz doesn't support the ethanol subsidy and all of that. i want to play a bit of your interview with governor brandstad. we can talk about it on the other side. >> he is certainly rewritten the rule book, the turnout he gives at his events is beyond anything we've ever seen before. i guess except for maybe barack obama, eight years ago on the democratic side. but on the republican side, i mean, yeah, at 1700 people in ottumwa. there's not many republicans in ottumwa, that's a great turnout and i think it's a tribute to the interest i think that people have in restoring american greatness. >> so the governor is saying that donald trump has rewritten the republican rule book. that's for

let get to msnbc meteorologist bonnie snyder. bonnie, the item we need to watch although the sun has gone down, we are seeing more in the north. and then there's a concern about flooding. >> yes. absolutely, richard. i want to get this in though, i was just looking at some of the totals from my colleagues at the weather channel and now two feet of snow at john f. kennedy airport. incredible. in new york. so we have a little over 14 inches in washington, d.c., but by the time the snow accumulates tomorrow we're likely to see 21 inches. so we're still getting these nirms, bear with me because it's still snowing in many places so they keep changing. you can see the storm continues to pummel areas into the northeast. you mentioned the blizzard warnings. let's take a look at where they extend now. most of these go until tomorrow morning. and it's interesting to note that even though it hasn't officially been a blizzard in many areas with three hours consecutive of strong winds, we do have one exception, nantucket, three hours there to

msnbc's john yang following the democrats in council bluffs, iowa. kasie, over there to you, first, and the republicans have spent a lot of time criticizing president obama's iran policy, and how is that going to be playing out today at the convention? >> that is right, alex. you have also seen them criticizing the obama administration for the previous prisoner swaps, and particularly bowe bergdahl who of course was trade and in exchange for four prisoners and they have talked about how it is to have one prisoner in exchange for other valuable prisoners, and you are starting to hear donald trump criticizing the obama adm administration for saying that he at the time knew that there were four, but we now know that there are five. he says that iran got seven people, and billn yobs of dollars in exchange nor the five american americans, and calling it a a total disgrace, but as you saw there, alex, it is an interesting problem for some of the republicans, and you didn't see so far, because we have not seen donald trump talk about pastor sayed who is a c