tamron, back toia. >> thank you. i want to send our audience to iowa, live pictures of the field office near des moines for senator marco rubio. as i understand it, he is there with his campaign workers. his volunteers, and many people are keeping an eye on what some have described as a late surge by senator rubio. will it place him at first or second? that's the yet to be seen in io but it may set the stage for senator rubio to emerge as a very strong establishment candidate out of new hampshire. so again, today does not end with the caucuses in iowa. but it certainly sets the stage. you see senator rubio is there. hallie jackson, my colleague, is also in the building. a meet and greet. senator marco rubio speaking to the fact that the enthusiasm and truly the need for this to be seen as the beginning and not the end for campaigns like his where he could get some momentum. marco-mea mentum, they describe as, going into new hampshire. jonathan capehart, let's start with marco rubio, since we see him here. our first r

>> hi, there, tamron. good afternoon. marco rubio is really stressing that he is the most electable candidate here. he is really staying above the fray. he has been the target from many of the attacks from the so-called candidate establishments. jeb bush taking out a full-page ad in the local paper. and chris christie calling him the boy in the bubble. marco rubio is about to take questions from the audience. this, of course; going against the criticism that chris christie said that this rubio was too scripted. he was too rehearsed. couldn't stand the tough questions. this is the second of three town halls today. rubio actually just spoke with reporters a short time ago. here is some of what he had to say. >> we're going to work hard everywhere we go to get as many votes as possible. we feel good about where that leads us. in the end, our goal and our plan is we're going to have won more delegates than anybody else and half the delegates and it will make us the republican snom knee and i feel good about it. >> again, he i

tamron. >> all right, ron, thank you. let's go straight to chief pentagon correspondent, jim miklaszewski. it's interesting, mick, one of the sites under review right near us, maybe a 20 minute drive, the charleston navy brig, it's been reviewed in the past. we know the backlash when different sites have been brought up in the past, including illinois, the home state of president obama. that this is also about public sentiment. president making the point, he has the support of some of the military leadership who in the past have expressed they wanted to see this facility closed. >> we learned for the first time today there were 13 separate facilities, some military, some state or federal prisons, that were under consideration for possible place to transfer detainees from gitmo to the u.s. and while many of those state and federal facilities face some of that stiff political opposition that you talked aboutern one of the new things today in the president's plan or at least according to administration officials who briefed

tamron? katy tur is live. let's talk about his ground game and appearances here in this state. >> reporter: he's got five stops here today. that's by far the most stops he's done in one day anywhere. he's starting here and moving on throughout a number of places throughout the day. if he's going to look forward against marco rubio, he seems to be the one that has a momentum. let's give credit where credit is due. he kept bragging about his polls and people expected him to win and, instead, he came in second and that's why he is finding it so difficult to move forward and said looking back on ted cruz, now trying to claim voter fraud and trying to get those election results overturned. take a listen to what he was talking about last night in arkansas. >> actually, i think i came in first because if you take a look, you know, oh, that voter fraud. you know, these politicians are brutal. >> reporter: so, ted cruz is going down in the polls and marco rubio is going up and donald trump is leading by a ton here in n

i don't even think he needs that, tamron. when you have the cruz and rubio campaigns here essentially saying privately, listen, this is a battle for second place. this looks a lot like south carolina. we're going to try to finish second to get momentum that way. no matter what they're saying publicly, their internal polling such as it is for a crazy caucus state like nevada, is showing that trump has a big lead. >> yeah, and kristen, let me bring you in. to jon ralston's point, when does the battle for second place resonate as donald trump might call it loser talk? we have new sound in from senator marco rubio, the target of his anger not donald trump this morning. it's senator ted cruz. let me play what he just said. >> who's going to be held accountable for making up this video? who was held accountable for lying about ben carson? woo who was held account frbl the robocalls and who was held accountable for the commercials on television they had to pull down? again, i think it's a very disturbing pattern of deceptive campaig

tamron. >> all right, kristen, let me go to alex seitz-wald. i was rooeszing the "boston globe" endorsement. it said clinton's stand on guns is in contrast to sanders. and his claims not with standing, is not a convincing champion of gun control. he presents himself as a foe of big business, but this tells a different story. we have seen bernie sanders fight back against that. in the debate tomorrow night, what do you expect for us to see as the strategy for that? >> as kristen said, this is a key issue for hillary clinton. not only because she can get to the left of bernie sanders, but it gets as his core strength, his entire campaign, his entire political brand is how he's taking on the establishment. he's willing to do and say things other people aren't because they're beholden to wall street or big pharmaceutical companies. then she says, wait a minute, what about the gun lobby? you're not willing to take them on. you're saying you don't want to support a law that would remove their legal immunity because it's going to close down shops. not

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tamron? >> let's go to msnbc's kasie hunt at a rally in exeter new hampshire with senator sanders and we know the senator is getting a big endorsement today that may play a pivotal role but i am also curious, kas kasie, h said he doesn't want to politicize the e-mail scandal with clinton but the question that hillary clinton was asked regarding transcripts from speeches that she gave, where she was paid. the follow-up question from chuck todd. you had many wondering if bernie sanders would pick up on that. would that be a part of his distinction between the two of them? >> reporter: tamron, let me really quickly before i answer that question, i want to show you what we are seeing here in exeter. it's a snowy day on the campaign trail. this is bernie sanders who just arrived at the exeter town hall. you could see the windshield here, it's pouring down here. there are a several dozen people. i don't know if you can see them including my intrepid producer somewhere over there looking at the peop

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my main concern, tamron, i have not endorsed anyone. my concern is that as the first black family in american history moves out of the white house at the end of the year, the concerns of blacks don't move out with them and we're marginalized. i thought it was very important and significant that on the morning after his huge victory in new hampshire, he would come to harlem and have this meeting. >> but reverend al, you have people who say the optics of it make it appear as if these are important issues to bernie sanders, but you and i both know there are people who will see this as pandering. they will say it wasn't until black lives matters activists stormed the stage last summer with bernie sanders did some of these issues even get on his radar. how does he explain this, and how does he avoid this looking or appearing as if it's all pandering to the black vote, which the clintons, of course, have also been accused of? >> i think both sides are going to be accused of that. and i think the jobs of activists is to make sure that the issu

>> white plates. >> tamron! >> red plates. >> actually, it's red plates. that's because when our brain sees the color red, we automatically stop. your new habit is you can actually get rid of the white plates and eat off of red plates. snack on a red one and it will instantly slow you down. effortless thing to do. question two, if you're trying to avoid chocolate, is it better to, a, think about chocolate. b, think about something else. c, tell yourself not to think about chocolate? go. >> i'll go with natalie. what do you think? >> what was b? remind me. >> think about something else. >> that's it. >> our first instinct is to say, don't think about chocolate. but when we think about chocolate, we want it more. >> right. >> find some other distraction. >> that was right? >> okay. >> this one is tricky. >> what are you making, willie? >> you don't want to more. >> do you eat more, a, sitting on the couch, or walking while you eat? >> walking while you eat. >> sitting on the couch. no? walking, you tend to eat more. the reason, people who ate five times more

. >> tamron, good morning to you. hillary clinton and bernied jabs over everything from the health care to foreign policy. it is the issue of who is the better ally to president obama that unleashed the sharpestchanges. >> reporter: secretary hillary clinton saved her sharpest attack for last, accusing senator bernie sanders of being to president obama. >> it is a -- the kind of criticism that we've heard from senator sanders about our ect from republicans, i do not expect democratic nomination tot obama. >> that is -- madame secretary, that is a low blow. >> reporter: clinton hopingtum after a humiliating defeat in new hampshire, didn't let up. >> but those kinds of personal assessments and charges are ones i find particularly -- >> senator, one of us ran against barack obama. i was not that. >> >> it was a fiery end to a night where they hammered each other over health curity and the price tag to make it happen. meanwhile, the republicans are gearing up for their own campaign on the cruz campaign yanking this campai

i'm willie alongside al, natalie and tamron. i like the morning jam, al. >> "work". >> featuring drake. >> why isn't it just rhee ian hanna and drake? >> it's her album. >> she was supposed to perform at the grammys but she had a respiratory infection. >> i was bummed lauryn hill didn't perform. >> she was supposed to perform with the weekend and she's saying it wasn't confirmed. it wasn't agreed upon. the grammys disagree with this. she's had a turbulent career. she's brilliant, but it was a bummer last night. >> last night, taylor swift was the big winner. she kicked off the ceremony with her latest single "out of the woods," and won album of the year for "1989," becoming the first woman to women that that category twice. directly, if not mentioned by name, at kanye west, has everyone talking. >> i want to say to all the young women out there, there are going to be people along the way who will try to undercut your success or take credit for your accomplishments or your fame. but if you just focus on the work and you don't let

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what'd you think of how chris rock did, tamron? >> i was flying back in from a shoot so i missed it. nothing is worse than a big event happening on tv and you were able to follow on twitter but you can't see it. the reaction was incredible. obviously, instantaneously. what'd you guys think? >> it was interesting because in the room, it seemed like it was going over fairly well. then we were talking to people on the red carpet and they were kind of mixed. i think as the evening went on -- >> people warmed up to it. i think it was like ricky gervais. a little like, we needed that, maybe it was a little bit hard. like some of the jokes. he made a joke about lynching. some people were like -- >> it was tough. >> but at the same time, after the fact, everybody was like, you know, it was like a he did. he came out and did what he needed to do. he looked so relieved on the party. didn't think he'd stop. >> he was like, al roker. i need to go to al. >> it's what he said. >> what pressure were you feeling in the moment? >> the pressure to b

tamron and savannah love them. ladies, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> again, our warm welcomes to some people down south, savannah. >> you look like abe pagoda. >> that's a compliment. you know i love abe. now. >> you're delicious. >> by the way, more baking to do on our more "today" live stream on facebook. >>> up next, natalie and al hit the oscar after parties. >>> smucker's celebrated "today" is sponsored by smucker's. with a name like smucker's, it has to be good. >>> each month, we are helping people ring in milestones of all kinds with our special smucker's celebrate "today" series. on this leap day, what better way to celebrate than with two our plaza today. ladies, happy birthday. tell us your names and where you're from. >> deborah from virginia. >> tina. >> it's your leap day birthday. only comes around once every four years. both of you, it's your sweet 16 today. >> absolutely, yes. >> congratulations to mark the milestone. we have car keys and air fresheners, hats here. have a an orange soda becau

tamron is covering the presidential campaign. al is in miami for the south beach wine and food festival. we'll talk to al. he'll get cooking with giada in a few minutes. dylan, new chose the jam. >> "queen of the night," little whitney houston. >> gets you fired up on a friday. >> throwback. >> i love it. >> where does it come from? it's a great song but -- >> you get it in your head. >> you'll be queen of the night tonight. >> i'll be in bed by 8:00 but -- gets me fired up at 6:00 p.m. >> we have ed harris on the show. >> we were equally, like favorite movie of his "apollo 13." he's in a play with his wife. >> can't wait to talk to ed in a little bit. we have to talk about the republican debate last night in houston. so many people have been calling on marco rubio and ted cruz to go after donald trump. they said, is it too late? what are you waiting for? well, marco rubio did not wait any longer. last night, right out of the box, going very strongly at donald trump. here's a sample of some of the exchanges between the three. >>

tamron is in the orange room for carson. there was someone other than the candidates who made a splash last night. >> we see who is trending outside of the candidates. when hillary clinton took the stage in iowa, social media users were distracted by -- look closely -- that fella. we've done some digging around. here is the back story. drake university student peter stole the show with everything from the stickers on his face and his expressions, to his coveted dance moves, dare i say. results were in early, the real there. then we have even more. sticker kid is a hero we deserve. that's what we deserve, guys. jayson said sticker kid is making america great again. guess what? he's so excited about his son's claim to fame, he's tweeted, lol, i trended on twitter #bucket list. you ha to turn sbiet a business. -- it into a business. $35,000 a year, pay for my my tuition, please. i think it's a joke. but there were people who bought toast the image of jesus on it. >> maybe he's studying entrepreneurship at college. >> and comedy

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