kelly is colligan, democrat line. -- calling in, democrat line. caller: i'm a strong hillary familyer, and so has my than. we are tying again. i have been listening to all the shows and comments, and the one thing i don't think that people realize that maybe, because i have been involved in a lot of elections, presidential elections, is that they are a , as far as bernie sanders. he is a good guy. he has a lot of good qualities. great that he is sticking to the message and not getting into dirty politics. what people are not realizing is that the reason why bernie is doing so great is because the republicans are not touching him . they want him to win, because they don't want to run against hillary. hillary is the one who can win, not bernie. immigrants need to remember that. we need a vote for somebody who can win. host: are you worried about hillary's chances? caller: what do i think? i'm concerned because of the dirty politics and the fact that people are not understanding, again. she has been a target for a long time from the republican side.

have been, not of the democratic electorate per se but in looking in trying to bring in democrats from more rural areas because they have been very pro-gun historically. >> this is part of hillary clinton seeking out not just in the primary process but also looking ahead to the general the obama coalition as her path to victory, right? so where she may have taken positions let's say in the 2008 primary she would look ahead to the general and then be afraid of certain -- >> when the president called her annie oakley. >> right. >> she's looking at it the same. >> democratic presidential nominees have not made a big issue about this, wolf. not al gore, not john kerry, and it wasn't until after the shootings in connecticut, sandy hook, which was after he was reelected that president obama started talking about it in a major way. >> right. bernie sanders has a d-minus rating from the nra. not enough but a d-minus on that point. we're only minute as we from the polls closing in south carolina. state officials there have described the turnout as steady. will enough voters turn out to give ber

after nevada, democratic contenders will go next to south carolina which has a democratic electorate that is 55% african-american. after south carolina, democrats will head into the march 1st states, the big super tuesday contests. a number of those states have a similarly heavily african-american demographic in terms of who's going to turn out and vote in the democratic contest. nationally, hillary clinton is viewed as having a huge to the point of prohibitive advantage with minority democratic voters of all kinds and particularly african-americans. the last national polling on this was done between iowa and new hampshire. it showed secretary clinton with a lead of 74 points over bernie sanders among african-american democrats. a 74-point margin between them in terms of african-american democratic support. so you'd think that would make the next few races predictable. but wildcard here is that senator sanders is working triple time to try to close that gap. he has announced a number of endorsements from prominent african-american leaders and elected officials in recent days. and in

it's another democrat. you'll have two democrats running and splitting their vote. look, he's been fighting and pounding away at republicans for how long now? you know, to take all the guns away. he wants a tax slurpees and sodas. the guy's a liberal democrat. so great. >> so what's your reaction to a possible bloomberg run? >> well, my reaction is the same that you and i have talked about several times on this topic. and that is that when michael bloomberg takes a very close look at the two cloiss that ultimately voters will have, he'll see that issues that he is concerned about and that he's fought for are really well cared for in the democratic party. look what's happened on the other side, wolf. you have donald trump, who has, you know, won the new hampshire primary. ted cruz who won the iowa primary, and you know, at the end of the day, the most extreme conservative out of touch candidates have been the front runners winning the most delegates in their party's primary. and so, clearly, when americans go and make their choice in the general election, i'm confid

now for the democrats. >> on the democratic side, we still don't know who's won. they're calling this too close to call. we've had a little bit of an emerging mini story. a little while about 25 minutes ago we got word sometime within the last hour i should say we got word that the sanders campaign was claiming that the iowa democratic party had failed to put party staff at 90 precincts. there's 1,600 something precincts. 90 did not have democratic party staffers at them. they said that the iowa democratic party had asked for the campaigns to help count at those precincts. this would be 90 out of 1,600 plus. it wouldn't be a huge proport n proportion. we have now had a statement from the iowa democratic party absolutely denying this charge from the sanders campaign. this is a statement from the iowa democratic party. we have just got it in. quote, we are currently getting results from our small number of outstanding precincts. the reports of precincts without chairs are inaccurate. these out standings precincts have chairs. we are in the process of contacting to g

janet: what about democrats? david: a home win for bernie sanders but he broke all of the ideological and demographic barriers. david: it did. hillary griffin has a few problems but young women versus older women, she has to figure that out quickly and she has to solve that problem and i' m sure she' s solving that. south carolina she has a 30 point lead, 60 to 30. according to latest averages. that first set of polls today or tomorrow will be probably 20% that puts sanders in striking distance. ed: obviously the larger african-american population in south carolina, although that isn' t necessarily going to bernie sanders. david: i can' t see her losing south carolina. it is a much more significant chunk of the vote. if you are sanders, every african-american voter you see is like 4 because it is a four ed: you said that donald trump despite saying every unkind word, you' re a member george carlin saying the words you cannot say on television. -- you are member george carlin. janet: he feeds into the antiestablis

as you said, no result on the democratic side. there's a clear winner on the democratic side. the popping of champagne. the democrats watching the results. no matter what the campaigns say, we cannot call it. we're waiting for the democratic party. as of the last update, there's nothing. however, we have spoken to the hillary clinton campaign on her bus. and they're saying that they believe that they have won. that they will win. but only by a hair. they said they had a large turnout, second only to 2008. and they argue that actually helped them. but by winning, remember, iowa is an expectation game. and hillary clinton was said to be this inevitable nominee with this huge ground game. and if she wins by just a hair, is that really winning, given how well bernie sanders has done against hillary clinton? >> chris, i mean, winning is winning. but clinton's camp, i think was interesting, took a very different tone in terms of their opinion on how tonight went than bernie sanders. what are they saying? >> well, the clinton campaign say they believe when the results are settled, th

new york was a critical state for democrats. that's going to be a hotly contested primary in new york state. we intend to -- why the clinton campaign seems unwilling to debate in new york city remains a mystery to me. it would be great in they can explain. watching your news this morning, maybe the lynne people can look into it. >> i'll be speaking later this hour with hillary clinton. i'll ask her what's going on with the debate, and we'll get back to you on that. keep watching cnn, jeff, and you'll get an answer directly from hillary clinton. jeff, thanks very much for joining us. >> thank you, wolf. always a pleasure. >> thank you. let's take a quick break. we're standing by to speak live with hillary clinton. she's the winner barely, but she is the winner of the iowa caucuses. >> the iowa democratic party has announce thad 100% of the precincts have reported that hillary clinton is the winner barely, but is the winner of the iowa caucuses. bernie sanders coming in a very, very close second. we're going to have much more on t

she registers as democrat. she put on her blue democratic shirt. heads on into caucus with the other party, nobody is the wiseer. okay. so wendy voted. that's tomorrow. that's the november democratic caucus tomorrow. now, scene change. there we go, whohoo, well done, my people. it's now, tuesday. tuesday february 23rd. you are looking now at a republican caucus site if nevada. note all of the changes, new sign, new sweater, also grasses, very nice republican voting rolls in nevada closed more than a week ago. so you can't show up and register same day like you could as a democrat. only those registered as a republican can caucus with the republicans at this republican caucus. so you see, some of these previously registered nevadaens are here, these folks in the red shirts, they sign in, they're registered republicans. they have been registered since before february 13th. they head into their caucus. hey, look, there is sneaky wendy, as i said, she's a registered republican. while she just registers as a democrat three days ago, you know what, she's

we kept on hearing democrats, democrats, democrats. and i'm wondering if she was drawing the distinction because bernie sanders is not a registered democratic. why is the cbc drawing that distinction? >> i think that's one point. i think david pointed out in the last segment, look, bernie sanders has been an independent, and has always been an independent. that helped him in new hampshire where a large number of independents were able to participate in the primary a couple of days ago. and now you're moving into states where democrats are the only ones who will be able to participate. i think what you heard congressman meeks sort of pointing out is that now it's going to sort of be in the party, in the family conversation. but j john, i think i want to go back to a larger point i think they're making as well. many of these members have worked with her as first lady, as senator, as secretary of state, and it isn't lost on folks who have followed many of their careers that these are all about relationships and that's the other point i th

the democrats understand that bernie is not a democratic socialist. he is not a democrat. he is an independent and decided to be a socialist. revolution is about all to nothing. those people who are dissatisfied -- the points bernie is talking about, we can agree on those things. when you are going, a revolution, how are you going to have that happen? we've done things are party has wanted and when we've done those things we lost power in congress. democrats did obamacare without republicans. we lost the house. ,ecause those same democrats you cannot come out just during the presidential cycle and vote. you did not vote in the midterms. you did not vote enough in your state and local elections. you have to look at this -- we are going to have a revolution? i know better. you said hillary clinton has to sharpen her edge against bernie sanders. what does it she need to do? caller: she needs to help the democratic party realize bernie wants to be the adopted son of the democratic party. use the nameto when it is a convenience. he is trying to use the democratic apparatus to a

southern democrats have one thing in common northern democrats don't. and interest to expand slavery. this is ominous. this shows the politics of the party through this political culture were becoming increasingly sectional. what year was the kansas nebraska act? >> 1854. prof. balcerski: what year is the civil war? >> 1865. prof. balcerski: that is when it ends. >> 1861. prof. balcerski: the kansas nebraska act is 1854. the civil war starts 18 61. that's only seven years away. look, this becomes the civil war. what do you think of this example? go ahead. >> i think it's more politics. you have northerners battling for their views. if they all live in one house, that is how they got their job done. prof. balcerski: well said. the power of the domestic sphere and politics. other thoughts on that? remember these guys. the f street mess made quite a mess. what comes out of the f street mess, but comes out of this is my third category. affairs of honor. this is not to say that affairs of honor did not take place in the earlier time. because they did. the mo

iowa democratic party declaring hillary clinton the winner of the state democratic caucuses. it was a very tight race between secretary of state and vermont senator bernie sanders. officials say clinton won by a razor-thin margin. the race now moves to new hampshire where bernie sanders as far ahead. on the gop side donald trump finishing second in the iowa caucuses, ted cruz and passed him strong support from evangelical and conservative voters marco rubio finishing behind donald trump with the lead surgeon hawkeye state. as donald trump comes in second in the iowa caucuses there's a report that is star on hollywood walk of fame was the face. someone drew a swastika overdoes star. los angeles times said soon after the chamber of commerce discovered the vandalism they cleaned up the star. donald trump was inducted into the walk of fame in 2007. >> alphabet unseeded apple to claim the title as the world's most valuable public company things to 4% jump after hours. the parent of google is valued at $565 billion, that is more than apple last $539 billion. of the topping at elect

democrats. bernie is trying to win by the biggest margin that he can and hillary is trying to lose by the smallest margin she can. i've never seen a campaign like this. but for the spin, obviously the clinton people say if we can get it down then we've got a big victory. the spin that i've heard from the sanders campaign, which i love, is, look, in iowa she won by 0.25% and they declared it a huge victory. so for us anything other 0.25% is momentum. >> we've got to take a quick break. up next, the first exit polling numbers starting with the key question which did voters settle on the candidate they voted for, how long did they stay undecided. answers to that next if we look at a live picture. some of those voters still waiting to cast their ballots in this first primary of 2016. at safelite, we know how busy your life can be. oh no this mom didn't have time to worry about a cracked windshield. so she scheduled at safelite.com and with safelite's exclusive "on my way text" she knew exactly when

in terms of the expectations of the two democratic -- major democratic candidates, you know, i think the reason you're hearing hillary clinton is calling it a victory party, and you're hearing her predict a victory, there's no way she can lose gracefully. there's no way she can lose in iowa and spin it positively. so he has nothing to lose in the way she's spiing it, right? whereas bernie sanders could lose in iowa, he has new hampshire coming up, where he's expected to win, so he can lower expectations. >> it's a bigger blow to hillary clinton, you're saying. >> it's a bigger blow to hillary clinton. so she can -- why not spin it as a victory. >> democracy on live television. enough about this studio. look at what's going on in iowa. we're going to take a break and come back with our live coverage. >> people can't wait. people who have health emergencies can't wait for us to have some theoretical debate about a better idea that will never, ever come to pass. >> what secretary clinton has implied throughout this campaign, that somehow i, who spent my life fighting for universal healt

why are we here, what's the mantle of being a democrat all about? organized labor is the bedrock. my grandfather a union been very good to my family and millions of other families. i think it's something we have to stand up for. >> ben, let's come back, is teach for america not necessarily theoretically but functionally anti union and for the privatizesation in affect the privatization of public schools as brian was saying over here being laid out. >> not at all. first, all of the teachers nonprofit organization, modelen the peace core, they all join the union, they're all cft members. >> cft and cps schools. >> a member of the nla affiliate. >> a lot of your members are teaching in private schools and in charter schools; is that correct? >> not really. we have no teachers in private schools. very small percentage, less than 25% teaching in charter schools. some teach preschool and head start centers too. public schools in senate tee or dayton, they're union members? >> all the of rules for the teacher willing in that district. major democrats like

that's why it was democrat. he was talking about this an hour before he was killed. >> the texas race alone will be such a fascinating part of super tuesday. chris, thanks to you and kathleen. our only big question tonight, there's a guy that looks like hal hollbrooke at the bar since this afternoon. we would like to know more about him, perhaps we'll delve into that. >> i've talked to him. >> the man in the blue shirt. >> kathleen just made a remarkable situation. is south carolina in reach for the democrats in general in she said if donald trump is the nominee, could be. the freakout within the republican party about the prospect of their front-runner locking up this nomination is a huge story, it's a story with international interest at this point. >> why are you looking at nicole wallace? >> because nicole wallace is vibrating at a high intensity at this point. she's six inches above her seat. you're freaking out. >> those interviews at the red owe knocked me over because they speak to trump's political bril

in the democratic primary. the clinton campaign and sanders campaign have to figure out how to we get out that core group of people of the electorate to come out and vote. what are the interesting programs you can put in? what can you do to engage folks? one of the things barack obama 2008, in south carolina they had the barbershop and beauty salon program. you went out into the barbershops and beauty salons and got to talk to the people in the african-american community which is a big deal. you have to be creative in figure out how do you really touch that base. your really building ground game in the sense of finding out what who are the -- finding out who are the likely voters, who do you need to persuade. host: we talked about the role of minority voters in our first segment today. one caller said bernie sanders needs to get on black radio in south carolina. he is not doing a good enough job. why is that such an important him to occupy? how would you assess his campaign in that state? guest: they have spent

primary because in the democratic primary, democratic voters like both their choices. they like both candidates. they say they have respect for both candidates. they have a difference of opinion between them as to whether or not one of them is practical or one of them is asking too much. that is why the democratic primary is a constructive thing because these two candidates are not destroying each other. they're not tearing each other down. they are presenting two different ways of approaching the future. >>> there's some tragic breaking news out of kansas. there's multiple deaths after a mass workplace shooting. it happened in hestin, kansas. it's about 40 minutes of wichita.ç the first reports was a man was shooting at people from his vehicle near a manufacturing plant called excel industries. after those first reports came, further reports of gunfire inside that plant itself. turns out those were consecutive reports. there was just one shooter in this incident. witnesses say the gunman worked at the plant. he was carrying a rifle and handgun. moments ago the count

i am a democrat. for anybody out there who does not know what a yellow dog democrat is, it is a democrat who would rather vote for a yellow dog than a republican. i him listening to the various definitions of progressive and i think it is obvious. there are many different definitions of progressive as are of any other category. i just want to say a couple things. i know bernie sanders was foricizing hillary clinton having members of congress support her. but we elected these people and we sent them there. they are our representatives. wonder why after 20 years in congress he doesn't have anybody supporting him. host: that was liz from massachusetts. carly fiorina mrs. the debate stage. she will not be on the debate stage. she will miss out entirely on the national spotlight. she had petitioned the rnc to step in and force her inclusion. they did not do so. carly fiorina noted she finished higher than caskasich. she pointed out she has more cash on hand than chris christie and john kasich. in newcurren

that might turn on democratic operatives. that does not turn on the base of democratic voters. and i think you're going to see really low turnout here in south carolina. >> let's not have a heart p palpitation. i can guarantee you when you look at registration right now, democrats are still, you know, going out there, they're registering to vote. republicans have the lyons share of the media attention, the lyons share of the media. but i don't believe what we are seeing in the four states, south carolina, nevada, will give us any evidence of what's going to happen. >> you talk about that -- >> some therapy with the gala because he's not sleeping. >> i'm a huge christie fan. >> i don't think we should panic right now. all i'm saying is when we look at registration, people are still going about registration. >> so the party, how do you -- you talked about trying to fix that enthusiasm. >> i think it will change. i think that especially democratic base voters are getting more excited. i was giving the example i was coming because i knew i was coming on the show with anderson. i ha

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henderson, the head of the polk county democratic party. it can't get any closer than this. >> we're going to have to wait until all the votes are counted. it is going to be very close. it is a limit like 2012 with the republicans. cynthia: do you think it could be too close to call even tonight? >> i think they will have the numbers in by the end of the evening. but i can't tell from this board who -- from this board where we are looking for both from. that might dictate who might win. cynthia: how close does it have to be to be too close to call? >> at this point, i think you would want to count all the votes. cynthia: hillary had a very small organization, bernie had the enthusiasm and brought a lot of new caucus-goers. >> having you do something up right there. -- i think you just summed it up right there. enthusiasm to the race and i think it has got a lot of new voters heading to the caucuses. it was always predicted to be a photo finish. cynthia: we heard hillary had to have a resounding win for her to consider a win. >> a win is a w

now democrats have it in 2016. and i think this is also a problem that iowa democrats never release, you know, the raw voter data either. that would help clarify maybe in a close race who really did the best job of turning people out. so i think there are some questions moving forward. i understand what the sanders campaign is doing. even though i don't know if it really matters all that much in the sense of, if hillary is the clear winner or sanders is the clear winner, i think they both politically got that what i needeneed -- what they needed. but i think it is smart for the sanders campaign to throw in doubt and make this more of an issue into new hampshire. >> thanks so much. >>> candidates fanning out across new hampshire. why several say this could be the state that makes or breaks their campaign. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms. breo is for adults wit

democrats? how will it go? >> we should be getting numbers first from the democrat -- excuse me, the republicans. they're actually voting. once they actually vote. the democrats are arguing, trading off. these things can go on for a good amount of time before we get it resolved. one thing we just heard in the report, and this is critical, in the large counties where barack obama in 2008 did well where. hillary was weakest, hillary clinton was weakest in 08, those are the areas out, my guess is, and i'll check when we get a break. i suspect we're seeing a lot of her strength where she was in 08 which is in the western part of the state. sioux city, and those places. >> flipping to the republican side, marco rubio close to 20% of the vote in a state where i wouldn't say he was not really emphasizing it, but he was certainly not prioritizing as much as he was new hampshire. >> no, and no one -- you know, i think the mark for him. he gets 20%, that affects this race greatly, because he put in so little time, and fi

he's getting credit from democratic voters for doing that. if you're appealing to the young idealistic kind of voters that he's atracking they want to believe someone is above it all. >> now, let's look at what the state department is looking at. and not look like he's taking -- >> if you haven't done that, and it's working you just won by 21 points, in new hampshire. it's always an option. and he can deal later on. but why now? his strategy might be a good one. >> when we come back, peter doocy on a candidate you may have not considered. and john roberts on republicans in south carolina. america's election headquarters rolls on, right after this. >>> welcome back to our post debate special. let's talk about someone not a democrat or a republican but might run for president this year. michaelberg isÑi moving closer toward an independent run for the white house. >> he still hasn't debated, michael bloomberg is still thinking about running for president. the mayor just ordered a second national poll to see how he'd do in a head to head race ag

democrats, (202) 748-8000. iowa voters and it new hampshire voters, we want to hear from you. .202) 748-8003 let's begin with the closing arguments from the candidate yesterday. one is what the front runner the republican side had to say. [video clip] really get it. one of the things that came out is that by far, the tromp person is the most loyal by far. i should not say this in front of jerry. behave in front of jerry. they say donald trump can do anything and they are still going to vote for him, 67 to just about with them, i get into the 90's. other people are at 9%. my people, i adore you. you are going to make a decision soon. we're going to make america great again. host: he made his closing arguments, as did the other candidates. comments as your well. the front page, caucus as if you were living under a rock. voice be heardur today. who is your candidate and wide. here is a tweet that says it is the beginning of election season. karen says who is my candidate? we will see who when our primaries come up

democratic party. so, really, we have got these first four contest. there is a lot of press. but now we are getting into states that are more representative of the country. and with those with half the delegates are chosen and the two weeks between the first and the 15th. i think by the end of that, it has been a vigorous race. i knew it would be. and the handicap -- you had to get the other side, donald trump wins today in south carolina, i think he is probably well on his way to the nomination. anything could happen. but, listen, we've only had two contest. we have got a long way to go. i chaired hillary's 2008 effort. that went all the way to the end, all the way to south dakota at the end. we went to the last couple primaries. so we are just starting. governor mcauliffe, you skipped over a little bit what is happening in nevada today. was supposed to be the start of hillary clinton's firewall. re representative of the broader national population in terms of demographics. if she does not win in neva

certainly, the democratic party cannot, given super tuesday. karen: so the first in the nation status is kind of set in stone, is there an opportunity in future years to change the order of the primaries? >> in new hampshire, it is the law. most have been unwilling to >> they did move it forward, but it forward. we could have new hampshire two are not careful. karen: so do these victories in iowa and new hampshire mean anything, in terms of the final voter turnout? next is south carolina which has a large black population and we see the conversation shifting two different issues, which may be more representative of the kinds of conversations they are happening around the nation. >> the conversation is taking place in a different context. as we move toward super tuesday, it is now a national conversation, no longer a retail conversation, like you saw in iowa, south carolina. to the extent it is a national conversation, it will lose some of the flavor that you saw. hopefully, that national whole range of issues we are talking about that are of in

the democratic caucus is on saturday february 20th. and the republican caucus follows on tuesday february 23rd. you'll get information in the mail on where you need to go. only registered republicans and democrats can caucus. republicans must register by this saturday if they want to take part. democrats have until the day of their caucus to on site. hillary clinton and bernie sanders will be in las vegas a few days early before the democratic caucus... to speak to local voters at a town hall event. the town hall is set for february 18th. a time and location hasn't been announced yet. democratic party officials say questions will focus on issues affecting nevada and the latino community. now fox5 weather 24..7. with chief meteorologist ted pretty we'll have mid-70s through the workweek with a slight drop in highs for the weekend. we expect a high of 74 on wednesday and that would match a high temperature record set in 2014. then 70 on sunday. highs stay around 70 degrees with a few more clouds as workweek on monday and tuesday. average

a democrat. that she hasn't really been, you know, walking the walk. >> he was asked about that tonight. let's listen. >> and it is true. [ applause ] it is true, not to be denied. i am the longest serving independent in the history of the united states congress. people are vermont sent moo to washington as an independent nap is true. but, on the other hand, when i was in the house for 16 years, i caucused can democrats. in the senate for nine years caucused with the democrats of course and i was elected pi the democrats to be chair of the veterans committee three years ago, which viechl proud of and now am i ranking member on. budget committee. i am running for president as a democrat. let me be frank. i do want to see major changes in the democratic party. i want to see working people and young people come into the party in a way that doesn't exist now. and you know what? i want a 50-state strategy so the democratic party is not just the party of 25 states. >> john can i go, is that realistic a

but my understanding is from talking to democrats is that even though 39 out of the 44 democrats in the senate have endorsed hillary clinton, elizabeth warren does not plan to endorsing in this primary. but you can bet if this race goes on and sanders and clinton are locked in a fierce battle, there will be enormous pressure on her to change her mind. >> in a word, leverage. jackie? >> so we've been talking a lot about how women especially young women have been voting for bernie sanders. but well before people were feeling the bern, i was talking to pollsters who say after focus group after focus group, young women were not into hillary clinton. this is before the bernie sanders rise. and so you have to think that maybe instead of tearing bernie sanders down, this is a problem with hillary clinton and her appeal to that demographic. >> maybe they should have caught it a little bit earlier? i'll close with this. a big decision in the next 24 to 48 hours for ohio governor john kasich. after placing second in new hampshire, his plan was to just dabble in south carolina, then move on and ge

first in the south -- the democratic primary. good morning and thanks for joining us for this wis special edition of saturday morning, i'm mary king. and i'm len kiese. 9:30 is the time -- and if you haven't already gotten out there yet, voting in the 2016 democratic presidential primary is well under way. polls will be open until 7pm tonight. that's when we'll see those election results start rolling in. on the ballot... former secretary of state hillary clinton. vermont senator bernie sanders. and -- chicago businessman wilson. he's a 3rd candidate on the ballot here in south carolina, but he's stll fighting to be recognized as a candidate in other states. we'll have more on his campaign ahead. nationally -- the battleground is officially set for the two top-polling candidates, clinton political experts and early polling numbers are predicting clinton will be the victor in south carolina's democratic race. likely south carolina democratic voters finds about 58-percent favor hillary clinton. 32-percent favor senator bernie sande

primary because in the democratic primary, democratic voters like both their choices. they like both candidates. they say they have respect for both candidates. they have a difference of opinion between them as to whether or not one of them is practical or one of them is asking too much. that is why the democratic primary is a constructive thing because these two candidates are not destroying each other. they're not tearing each other down. they are presenting two different ways of approaching the future. basically, reform versus revolution. that kind of a fight is constructive because it will make the democratic party make better arguments and there by win more arguments. that's why this primary is so exciting. what a great event. we'll be right back. es-benz, there really is no small stuff. every decision... every component... is an integral part of what makes the 2016 c-class one of our most sophisticated cars ever. because when you're setting a new benchmark for refinement, it is the small stuff... that makes the biggest impression. the 2016 c-class. lease the c300

and we'll also talk about the democrats. we don't know who won the iowa caucuses and may not know until wednesday night when hillary clinton and bernie sanders take the stage for a cnn town hall event moderated by anderson cooper. what timing. how important could this be? with this race now just locked in a virtual tie. that is wednesday night 8:00 p.m. only on cnn. >>> also ted cruz takes iowa, marco rubio could be the next story line as you just heard. what is his success in iowa due to trump and due to the others moving forward? also donald trump is not used to playing second fiddle. we have been seeing him tweet all night, folks, what one of his top iowa supporters has to say, what they have to say may surprise you. i was really surprised that i wasn't finding all of these germans in my tree. i decided to have my dna tested through ancestry dna. the big surprise was we're not german at all. 52% of my dna comes from scotland and ireland. so, i traded in my lederhosen for a kilt. ancestry has many paths to discovering your

the democrats. as donald trump said in the art of the deal, he said that good publicist is better than bad publicist but bad publicity is better than no publicist at all. as long as they're explaining that we're trying to help the middle-class through making education more affordable and raising the wages for people who work for a living in america. that's good for the democrats. the problem is if this primary were over in a week or ten days, then the democrats sort of go dark until september and the republicans for better or worse will have all of the news cycle and even bad publicity is better than none >>> i know you call yourself a progressive now that o'malley left the race. why aren't you sanders? >> give me time to grieve would you. please. these are odd times. when you hear the republicans debate one another, what they say is, "i have no experience. i am the outsider", says marco rubio who has been in government his entire professional career ted cruz says "i am the outsider". except he has

he was a democrat. in these instances i'm showing here, they're all part of being democrats. senate democrats have also been responsible for every major escalation in judicial confirmation since 1992. within two weeks of president george w. bush's nawx, the senate democratic leader vowed to use -- quote -- "whatever means necessary -- unquote -- to defeat undesirable judicial nominees. a few months later, senate democrats organized a retreat with the goal, as "the new york times" described it, of changing the ground rules for the confirmation process. in january, 2002, former democratic congressman, appeals court judge and white house counsel abner mikfa urged senate democrats not to consider any supreme court nominees during president bush's first term. he went on to be on the circuit court of appeals. in 2003, democrats began for the first time to use the filibuster to defeat judicial nominees who otherwise would have been confirmed, and in july, 2007, senator charlie schumer, a friend of mine, said in a speech to the american constitution society that the senate should not

the 1976 republican, the 1980 democrats and the need to 72 democrat. in each of those, the person who won in the primaries won the nomination because the delegate stopped. however, this does not mean that conventions are completely gone because it all depends what happens in the primaries. it's entirely possible that someone, particularly in a field, it's entirely possible that nobody walks into their convention with a majority of delegate. it is entirely possible that it is split, better. if there is no first ballot, then you have a convention. in the old days, that used to happen quite frequently, although the 1924 convention which went something like 118 ballot was unusual. but in the old days, it pays to have been quite regularly. it doesn't now because the primary voters kind of sort this out and that is why it doesn't happen anymore. so finally, i asked often, isn't there a more rational way of doing this? this doesn't make ends. why don't we have a national primary? why don't we have regional primaries? there's a ton of smart ideas about their a

the democrat side but the primary difference between the republican and the democrats is that there is not the same kind of element of suspense. yes at some point we had martin o'malley in the mix and we had willson who was here yesterday but every poll shows that it's a two person race for the democrats and 59 delegates at stake and they have been consistent at this point, secretary clinton is winning by a wide margin in support from the african american demographic. black voters make up 55% of the demographic and black women voters are likely to turn out here as previously like in all presidential cycles. clinton has a powerful hold on them, especially older african american women and while she got democrats flocked to obama, right now her opponent sounds nothing like him. clinton has scored endorsements from some of the most in influential black leaders. she is known for the black democrats and cliber would have backed her last year if not for the chance to back up the first black president. her popularity has never gone away. senator sanders has a well financed campaign here and

i see him as a true democrat is what a democrat, he typifies as what i think a democrat should be. >> and the socialist part doesn't scare you? >> no. we have socialism now. we have medicaid. we have medicare. those are socialistic programs. >> last june she went to see sanders speak. >> i met him at a campaign even and spoke about vietnam veterans getting the short end of the stick. caretakers get nothing and i didn't need to explain it to him. he knew exactly what i was talking about. >> that touched you? >> it touched my heart. he knew my experience. and how much more can you want of a candidate? >> and so, on tuesday february 9th, jetta car row added her vote to the victory for bernie sanders over hillary clinton in new hampshire. >> never did i imagine that somebody like bernie sanders would come along and say i'll do this. >> you light up when you talk about him. >> i do. i know he will be the beginning of change so how could i not? how can i snot. >> for all the attention trump and sanders have been soaking up, there's another anti-establishment figure whose success has equally

if you look at just registered democrats who voted in the democratic primary, he actually ties hillary clinton. it's 49/49. eric, you've been covering the sanders campaign going forward. we have 20 seconds left. does bernie sanders know he's got a problem here? he's got to start winning more democrats if he's going to win. >> he does. he's spending his entire campaign on the idea of ee panneding the electorate, bringing new people in. if you go to his events they look like the future of the democratic party, perhaps not the coalition of voters that wins a primary or wins an election. he's definitely making an effort to make inroads with those democratic voters but he's also telling people point-blank that if he doesn't get big voter turnout, if he doesn't expand the electorate, bring young people in, the people he's winning five to one he can't win elections. his campaign is going to be targeting caucus and primary states where independents, new voters, can register on caucus day, on primary day and he's going to try to rack up delegates in those states. >> a lot more to discuss here.

it was 34-31, i think 19 for the democrat. if that race the democrat was the spoiler, not me. and it is true -- [ applause ] -- it is true, it's not to be denied, i am the longest serving independent in the history of the united states congress. people of vermont sent me to washington as an independent, that is true. but on the other hand, i have when i was in the house for 16 years, i caucused with the democrats, in the senate for nine years caucused with the democrats, of course, and i was elected by the democrats to be chair of the veterans committee a couple, two, three years ago which i'm proud of and now ranking member of the lead of democrats in opposition the majority republicans. i'm running for president as a democrat. and if elected, not only do i hope to bring forth a major change in national priorities, but let me be frank. i do want to see major changes in the democratic party. i want to see working people and young people come into the party in a way that doesn't exist now. you know what? i want a 50-state strategy so the democratic party is not just the party o

myself democrat. host: all right. wast: my favorite teacher from that part of california. sorry, j, but that point that you raise about the labels that we all use, bernie sanders called himself a democratic socialist. it is not likely invented the title. when bernie sanders ran for his first office in for a model in 1980, he ran as a socialist. he was not democrat or republican but a socialist. title that using the they give us. host: in tennessee, independent. caller: hi, folks. host: morning. caller: thank you for your talk. it is really great and i have learned a lot. i wanted -- i am a bernie supporter -- i wanted to make a point about the similarities and bernieald trump sanders, from what i can see. it is interesting that bernie sanders, both independent types, and when you showed that map of mountainsome of those areas, it is interesting that geographically, the mountain areas are going for trump and sanders. one of the big dynamics of this election is the independents. you talk about bernie ge

weekend is the nevada democratic caucuses. thursday, c-span's road to the white house coverage continues with presidential candidate hillary clinton. she is speaking to voters at a caucus rally in east las vegas, hosted by a local labor union. that is live at 11:30 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> c-span's coverage of the presidential candidates continues this week with campaign events in south carolina and nevada. leading up to the south carolina gop primary and nevada democratic caucuses on saturday, every 20th. live coverage starts saturday, 7:30 p.m. eastern with candidates speeches and your reaction on c-span, c-span radio, and c-span.org. >> senator ted cruz spoke at a news conference in seneca south carolina, to address his ongoing legal feud with fellow republican president candidate donald trump. this is 35 minutes. donald's lawyer sent our campaign a cease-and-desist letter. this letter, i will say, having practiced law for many years, this letter is one of the most remarkable i have ever read. mr. trump's lawyers contend

just the democratic race. not the republican race that will happen in the same state three days later. weird, right? so we called the polling company today to ask them when we could be expecting the nevada polling results for the republican field. surely, they must have done that, too. they told us we can expect those results the 15ing of nevuary. they didn't conduct republican polling their client the washington free beacon with the website with the selling the tactical vests and the hillary clinton walkers, the free beacon they told us did not request a republican poll. they didn't want it. they only wanted democratic numbers, which is interesting. so why on earth would a far right conservative website have a republican firm hold nevada's democrats in a race seen as impossible to poll. they couldn't possibly be trying to influence that race, could they? they're trying to influence perceptions of that race. i don't know. but that's exactly what i'm going to ask nevada's best political reporter next. for the n

i see him as a true democrat is what a democrat, he typifies as what i think a democrat should be. >> and the socialist part doesn't scare you? >> no. we have socialism now. we have medicaid. we have medicare. those are socialistic programs. >> last june she went to see sanders speak. >> i met him at a campaign even and spoke about vietnam veterans getting the short end of the stick. caretakers get nothing and i didn't need to explain it to him. he knew exactly what i was talking about. >> that touched you? >> it touched my heart. he knew my experience. and how much more can you want of a candidate? >> and so, on tuesday february 9th, jetta car row added her vote to the victory for bernie sanders over hillary clinton in new hampshire. >> never did i imagine that somebody like bernie sanders would come along and say i'll do this. >> you light up when you talk about him. >> i do. i know he will be the beginning of change so how could i not? how can i snot. >> for all the attention trump and sanders have been soaking up, there's another anti-establishment figure whose success has equally

thats the same day as the democratic caucus here in nevada. and the republican caucus follows on tuesday february 23rd. voters will be getting information in the mail on where you need to go. only registered republicans and democrats can take part in the caucuses. republicans must register by this saturday. democrats have until the day of their caucus to register... and they can do that with less than two weeks to go until the first in the west caucuses begin in the silver state... there is a bit controversy some locals say they wont be able to take part because of the date and their faith. fox five's elizabeth watts spoke with local religous leaders. reporter intro: the democrats are hosting six caucus sites on the strip to accomodate the casino workers who work on caucus day.. but some local faith populations says they're being left out as the caucus is being held on a religious holiday. reporter pkg: if youre really sabbath observant you can't drive even if you could walk not in the spirit rabbi shia harlig says he's surprised and disappoin