. welcome to "inside politics." i'm john king. thank you for sharing your day with us. president trump lashes out in anger after learning the intelligence officials' brief discussion with congress that russians are again meddling with elections. saturday's caucuses are the

first test to appeal to latino voters and poor shows could make things difficult for several 2020 hopefuls now in a cash crunch. and the president is shadowing the democrats with a nevada rally today. he doesn't have trouble raising money and he has no serious primary opposition. so as he visits 2020 battlegrounds, there are more than a few trumpian 2016 flashbacks. >> i won every single debate. trump, almost 60%. then they ever all the rest of them, 14.4, 3, 2, 2.8, 2.54. here's another one trump kicked ass. >> back to the president's campaigning. in a bit. we begin this hour with new evidence that the president is ignoring evidence because he doesn't like the conclusion. that conclusion is that russia is meddling again and the russians prefer donald trump to

win. president trump calling it hoax number 7, a misinformed democratic campaign. this doesn't come from democrats, it comes from the intelligence committee. sources telling cnn the assessment provoked immediate doubt and anger from intelligence committee republicans. devin nunes informed the white house. the president did not get a heads-up about that briefing and what his officials were planning to tell the congress. the result of the president's anger? an oval office tirade against the soon-to-be out the door director of national intelligence joe mcguire. he cited against his own intelligence professionals who arrived at the same conclusion. the president said american officials were getting, quote, plagued, and he did not believer -- the president of the united states telling him he did not believe russia was interfering to help him or had any plans to do so.

let's get straight to the white house and cnn's kaitlan collins. kaitlan, here we go again. number one, the intelligence officials telling the truth as they believe it, and the president then firing one of them and going off on a rage. >> that the time ing is critica because it was last thursday when he learned this. then he went off on his director of intelligence, and we learned he is going to put a vocal supporter in that spot until he figures out who to nominate permanently in that job. we've been talking about this and virtually it's the same issue that the president had to deal with in 2016. he showed the intelligence that russia trying to interfere in the 2016 election, and this is what people here say as he looks ahead to 2020, saying essentially they're trying to do

that again. these are not political opinions of these intelligence officials, these are intelligence assessments they are giving to lawmakers, they are supposed to give to lawmakers, but the president's other issue, john, is adam schiff was in the room. he was also the one that led that impeachment inquiry against the president last fall. he told people he didn't want adam schiff on white house grounds. but this is a critical look at what's going to be happening over the next several months, because the president is putting a loyal supporter in that position for the time being as he searches for someone else. we should know one of the names he floated to reporters last night on air force one and he was rebuffed. they said doug collins doesn't want that job because he is running for the senate seat in georgia. >> i'm not sure who would want that job, at this moment, especially. kaitlan collins, thank you. jeff stausi with the "washington

post," phillip with the washington times. please correct me if i'm wrong, jeff. the intelligence officials do their job. they go up and give a briefing. they tell him the truth, russia is meddling again, and based on their assessment that the kremlin prefers president trump again. they do their jobs, they tell the truth, then the president doesn't like it. fair? >> last thursday they go ask they say russia is preferring president trump again. there's a dispute among the house members. what then happens is house members tell the president that this happens. on friday morning, they come in and give the president his presidential daily briefing. they're going to talk to him about election interference and he's appeoplectic that he learn about this from the house members. even though his administration set up this briefing, that he learned about it from the house members and that they said this happened. he said they're getting played. he said russia is not trying to

help me, i don't know what you guys are talking about. he lashes out at joe mcguire, the former intel chief, he left yesterday, he lashes out at him and says, why did you let this happen? you didn't tell me this was going to happen. and now, as you see on twitter, he's denying it repeatedly. and he says to the intel folks yesterday in the oval office, what's your evidence for this? why doour you think russia is helping me? i can't believe you went to capitol hill and said that. it was quite a showdown between the president and his intelligence committee about something that has been something that brings furious anger from the president repeatedly over and over and over, this idea that russia wants him to win. >> i can fathom this in the immediate wake of the 2016 election. he lost the popular vote, there was all this talk that russia intervened, that russia helped him, so he doesn't want to talk about it because he thinks it undermines his legitimacy. we're three years later. why can't the president of the united states publicly give a

speech saying, vladimir putin, we're watching. you're at it again. we will not stand for this. do not meddle. i can win on my own, thank you very much. go away. what's so hard about that? >> he still views that as essentially an admission that he got help he shouldn't have gotten in the 2016 race, that he wouldn't have won without that help. he thinks it undermines him. there were two things said in that reporting, josh's reporting, others. one of them was that russia had developed a preference for donald trump. the other one was russia is continuing to meddle in this year's election the same way that russia did in 2016. you would think that that second thing, which i think was actually the primary assessment that the intelligence community was trying to share with these members, would be top of mind and the most important thing on the president of the united states' mind. in fact, he doesn't separate those two things at all. he cannot bear to admit the

first one, which is russia is trying to interfere in our elections, from the second one, which is he feels like it's wrong to ever have it be said that russia has a preference for him and is trying to help him. >> the ranking republican, the former chairman from the intelligence committee, is running to the white house. he wants the president to know thfrs sa this was said at the briefing. then he goes to fox news and says this. >> these guys have lost their mind. vladimir putin is not running some interference with president trump. they don't have anything to run on, so they've got to make up russia again. >> who is they? who is they? in the sense that putin is not running some operation with donald trump, that was not the substance of the briefing. no one was saying trump was colluding with russia begin. they were saying russia is interfering with the election today and it's their conclusion that russia has a preference for president trump. so devin nunes, who is very

sensitive and has to communicate with the american people in times of crises, says putin is not running some operation with donald trump. that is not what was alleged, correct? they have nothing to run on. they have this is people who work for the president. >> you hear this sort of slip of words from the president, from his allies regularly saying that the democrats are trying to use russia against him, the democrats have come up with this hoax, not mentioning it's actually the intelligence community, it's people he appointed. the fbi director said very clearly they believe russia meddled in 2016 with a preference for president trump and they're looking to meddle again. this is something that's been confirmed by the senate and in a bipartisan way. it's only the house republicans who have pushed back against this idea. they've had access to the same intelligence the senate republicans have, and they've come to very different conclusions as they tried to protect the president's ego. this is a president who has

blown up at his intelligence officials when they try to brief him on his daily briefing about the russians, so it's not surprising he hasn't heard some of these assessments that were briefed to the house in part because he doesn't like hearing it. >> but god forbid the truth and actual security and information would overweigh what the president's ego needs to be stroked. this is the president's son, donald trump jr. all i want is honesty in these places, whether it's the justice department, whether it's there. i just want people who partisan hacks. a senator from the state of the indiana also known as a professional, someone who came out of retirement to work for the president of the united states. he didn't like some of the things the president said. he was willing to publicly say the russians were trying to hack the election. he got fired because he told the truth. he was in the u.s. navy, not a

partisan hack. you can say, scrub that again. are you sure? scrub that again and come back to me. i doubt that. if you want to, you can say, i talked to putin and he said he's not doing it. if you want to convince people that's not a believable source. but the belief that everyone is a deep stater out to get the president is ridiculous. >> by putting all this in the public, by devin nunes running to fox, they want this discontent, they want the continued adversarial nature between the political parties, not in a political way. the intelligence agencies should have oversight. that's why congress is there. but this is oversight. this is a way to make the president feel better, and perhaps at the cost of the safety of the united states. >> keep on top of it. okay. russia, russia, russia, as the president likes to say. this might be with us for a

while in this campaign. when we come back, nevada votes tomorrow. it's a chance for democratic candidates to appeal to latino voters. and it's a chance for a state that holds caucuses to prove it can count.

nevada is contest number 3 on the 2020 calendar. its caucuses tomorrow is the first test of support in a diverse electorate. just to mention caucuses gifves one a shudder after the debacle in iowa. clark county, home to las vegas, this is big because about 73% of nevada's population lives right here in clark county. it's the first big competition for latino votes, first big competition for union votes. most of it plays out down here in clark county.

then you go to the northwest corner of the state, more than 15% of the population. close to 80% in clark, another 15% here. this is where most of the people are, the two corners of the state. the southwest and the northeast. carson city down here, a little more, about 2% of the state population. that's where most of the people are. that's where most of the democrats will get their votes. you will see more competition in some of the smaller, rural counties. fewer votes but you can get delegates by courting people where the other candidates may not go. that's one thing to watch tomorrow. another thing to watch, bernie sanders won new hampshire. just barely, but he won new hampshire. he thinks he can win nevada and get momentum in the race. it is very clear who bernie sanders sees as primary opponent number 1. >> you know, and if that's what happened in a democratic debate, you know, i think it's quite likely that trump will chew him up and spit him out.

>> are you less worried about michael bloomberg if you were worried about him before? are you less worried now after having that debate? >> i am worried about an unprecedented amount of money being spent on a campaign. we are a democracy. one person, one vote, not a guy worth 60 billion buying an election. >> let's get to cnn's ryan nobles. he joins us live from las vegas. ryan, you spent some time with senator sanders of late. he does believe nevada can be his springboard, correct? >> reporter: no doubt, john. they feel very confident about their effort in nevada. they're spending a lot of money. they have a ton of volunteers on the ground here. it requires a lefrl vel of commitment to a campaign that the senate doesn't. one big knock on sanders is whether he has the ability to unify the democratic party if he becomes the nominee. to that end it would mean bringing former president barack obama on board.

sanders and obama have had somewhat of an uneven relationship, so i asked sanders about his relationship with obama and what it could mean about the democratic primary and the general election going forward, and this is what he told me. >> if i win, i'm sure he'll be there by my side. if someone else wins, he'll be there by their side. but i expect he'll play an enormous role in helping us beat trump. >> do you think he also could just stay out of it? >> i do. everybody is tugging at his sleeve. i've talked to him a couple times in the last month or two, and i'm sure everyone has. >> reporter: what's interesting about this, john, is there are a lot of folks connected to barack obama who are not necessarily big fans of bernie sanders and have not been shy to share that opinion. according to sanders, obama has been fair in his vetting of the democratic primary process. he's going to stay out of it and sanders feels confident that if he's the nominee, barack obama will be at his side. john, that will be very important heading into a general election. >> ryan nobles, live in vegas. we appreciate the live report. it is interesting when you see

senator sanders. number one, people, i think, under estimate h underestimate his strategy and his tactical moves. i spoke to obama. obama would support me. he's also trying to express some confidence here in tat a time w many democrats are saying, vote for sanders and you will flush the party away. >> he's trying to make comparisons to obama. obama in 2008 was seen as someone who was a little bit out of the mainstream, and he was able to put together what bernie sanders would call a revolution of coalition who would spend time caucusing for him and voting for him in primaries, and it's clear that sanders is trying to make comparison to that and show that he has the most fervent supporters, the most fervor on his side. he's trying to put together a coaliti coalition of his own, reaching out to moderates showing he's

concerned about policies, and showing he would be able to get the support of obama who is now seen as more modern. >> if you talk to some folks, they do like the idea of running against bernie sanders. however, they also have noticed, the trump folks, if he has constituents that brings young people in. i heard someone say he is the only candidate they see that changes the map. he can take certain states off the map. there is not as much excitement about bernie as maybe the president would say. i think he's still seen as better than some of the other candidates, but there are factors that bernie sanders brings to the table for the president. in some ways it's a change election. bernie makes it a change election and that's what the president wants. >> i think where you see more glee from republicans in places like the ncc and the nrsc where

they're looking at bernie sanders as a possible top of the ticket as a way to really unlock the socialist box and tag not only sanders himself but also candidates down ballot in some of these marginal seats, in some of these places where they're not sure they're going to win right now. bernie sanders could scare away some voters that might cross over. >> give them all higher taxes, a new deal in moderate districts. another big test in nevada. sanders wants momentum, he wants to prove that he won the state and move on to south carolina and keep going. the question now is who elsie merg -- emerges? it's crystal clear that michael bloomberg is the pinata of the moment for the other democratic candidates. elizabeth warren turned to him and said, there are all these women from bloomberg that have

no mvp. why don't you free all of those women up? >> i used to teach contract law and i thought i would make this easy. i wrote up a release and covenant not to sue, and all that mayor bloomberg has to do is download it. i'll text it, sign it, and then the women or men will be free to speak and tell their own stories. i think that the mayor should sign this and that we all have a right to see. >> now, a candidate who struggled in iowa, struggled in new hampshire, a lot of people are trying to write the final chapter of this story. we should not. we should wait and watch it play out because we're in the early chapters. you heard it there, the women or the men. in nevada in 2016, 56% of the participants in the caucuses were women. in south carolina in the 2016 democratic party, 61% of the voters in the primary were women. pretty clear what elizabeth warren is trying to do there.

>> absolutely. in the same way that bernie sanders is trying to use nevada as a springboard to show that he can appeal to voters in a more diverse state and has a lot of staying power as a frontrunner, potentially, in this contest. bloomberg has to show that he can enter the race with a splash and clearly elizabeth warren and the other contenders here are trying to damage him, tarnish him early on so that he will have a harder time doing that. showing that after that debate when he had a rocky performance and was the object of a lot of scorn on that stage, i think the effort is to try to get him -- to cut him down before he can really emerge. he has all these ads running that it really has become a very intense effort that has to take shape pretty quickly if they're going to have an effect here. >> from day one, from day one, and especially after very disappointing showings in nevada and new hampshire, joe biden says, calm down. wait until we get to a democratic party. wait until we get to a more

diverse electorate. he means more latino voters and african-american voters. joe biden needs to come in second, his campaign says. the issue he's focusing on as we close, guns. >> the fact is bernie has had a very different record than me for a long time. for example, i'm the guy that, as chairman of the judiciary committee, worked to pass very difficult legislation, the brady bill that had background checks as well as waiting periods. when bernie was running for the senate in vermont, he said it was a tough state to run in, he voted against it five times in the house of representatives. >> most recently was the massacre in las vegas. the gun law is very important to some voters. go back to the crime bill. bernie said, yes, i represented

vermont. it's a pro-gun state. my views have changed over time as iver crossed the country. is there a bit of a double standard there? >> bernie sanders has made part of his candidacy -- you hear this from his supporters as well. consistency, consistency. he's had the same economic views since the word go. this is one issue he has changed on, and you'll hear there hasn't been more to focus on sanders' past position on the gun issue. >> an excellent point. thank you. when we come back, the president is out west, too. nevada does not have caucuses tomorrow, but guess where the president is. [ fast-paced drumming ]

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president trump is staging a campaign rally in nevada today even though the state republican party is not holding caucuses this year. the las vegas rally part of the president's effort to shatter the democratic race. his western aim this week is also helping republican senators. colorado was last night's stop but the president offered some not so nice reviews of the 2020 democrats. >> mini mike didn't do so well last time. did you see her? she jumped. she jumped. buttigieg, little buttigieg. washington democrats have never been more extreme, taking cues

from crazy bernie sanders. what's wrong with you, joe? he's sleepy joe! >> jeff zeleny joins us live from las vegas. jeff, you can peek at the president from last night. he clearly enjoys being, i guess, the shadow candidate. >> reporter: john, there is no question, the shadow candidate trying to overshadow this race. donald trump and the campaign has long signalled they were going to play an tifr roactive the democratic primary. it's more active than his aides expected. he likes being in the same state and city as these democratic candidates. he's become almost a loyal viewer of these democratic debates. he recorded the debate the other night here in las vegas. he watched it after his rally. he gives a running commentary as he watches this, but he's trying to get in the head space of these democrats, also trying to sort out who is best to run against. when you talk to trump campaign advisers, they're actually not sure. they do still believe that bernie sanders could be one of the strongest opponents largely

because they believe he could expand his universe of supporters. they don't talk nearly as much about joe biden as they once did, but we still know the president does believe joe biden would also be a tough competitor. all this being said, he's trying to play a role in the democratic primary but he's unclear of the outcome. the rnc raised $16 million in the month of january, 14 million more this week alone in california, so that is going to be the challenge here for whichever democratic candidate wins the primary and how long that goes to compete against this machine the trump campaign is building. they do have their eye on nevada for the general election. it's not going to be one of the top targets, but he did lose nevada by only two percentage points to hillary clinton. so they do say they can try and expand the map. we'll see if that works. but, john, we do know the president is going to keep on this democratic primary schedule. next saturday, on the eve of the south carolina primary, he'll

have a lead in charleston. >> the advantage the incumbent president has when they don't have serious primary opposition when the other party is in this battle. one of the interesting things, sometimes the president doesn't like to be the leader of the republican party. he likes to be the leader of the trump party. at the top of the show we talked about how he viewed joe mcguire, the acting director of intelligence, disloyal, therefore, you're gone. on this roadshow, two republican senators who stood with him on impeachment, get the president's praise. >> you're going to help us get cory gardner across that line because he's been with us 100%. there was no way. he's got my complete and total support and endorsement. she helped us so much during the impeachment hoax, martha mcsally. that's why martha has my complete and total support and

endorsement. >> it's going. number one, loyalty is a binary thing for this president. you're either with me or against me. number two, it's just risky for mcsally and gardner, but they have made the choice saying essentially if you don't have the trump base, you're done. therefore, take the risk. >> no question. they have clearly calculated, as have most of the republicans who are facing tough races this year, with the possible exception of susan collins, that they really need to consolidate their support among the republican base, and the way to do that is hug trump as close as possible, and this is what cory gardner and martha mcsally are facing. it's february. they're not up for general election until november. we'll see if they want him in their states that close to election day based on what the polls are showing about whether they can, you know, win if he comes in and gears up a lot of support and enthusiasm among democrats against the republican. >> it's a great point. what will the trump map be in the end? we know in arizona he went last

tich time, see if he goes there again. yes, bernie sanders has a little early momentum. we don't know yet. if you're the republicans, whether you're the president or the senators, you see an opportunity. >> welhile the socialist democrs are trying to destroy american health care and trying to destroy your social security, that won't happen with me. >> we are going to win because we will fight against the socialist tides across this country. the most dangerous thing was the normalism of socialism by bernie sanders. >> they don't want socialism, they love our freedom. mark kelly is flying on bernie sanders' wing, and i'm flying on your wing, president trump. >> so they're going to tag whoever is the democratic nominee as a socialist. that's going to happen and same down the line. it becomes more effective if there is an actual democratic socialist as the top of the ticket. and that is the question, and

it's not just me saying that. i think if you talk to a lot of perhaps the mainstream democrats, that is a concern. >> it's going to be interesting to watch. i'm on your wing, mr. president, from martha mcsally. does that show in an ad against her? >> you can believe it will show up in an ad against her. at the same time, the president has such support among republican voters in colorado and other states where, what choice does she have but to go with him? if she doesn't support him, he can ruin her shot at wing an election in colorado or one of these other states. it's the best you have. you can't do little in 2020 where you're just lukewarm, saying maybe i support his policies, maybe i don't. there was an article in the middle of a post, middle of the road, you're roadkill.

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it is said to begin midnight local time. they are expected to sign a formal peace agreement a week from saturday. getting far away from the white house seems to bring out the candor fortunate aof the ac of staff mick mulvaney. he just told people in england that the united states is desperate for illegal immigrants to help grow the economy. opposed to that is stephen miller, the president's point man, and the president himself. he said they only care about deficits when democrats are in power. president trump not a fan of the motion picture academy's choice for best motion picture. you'll recall a south korean film was the first to capture the honor. the president doesn't get it. he remembers when scarlet ao'haa and rhett butler were the toast of hollywood. >> south korea won the best

movie. we have enough trouble with south korea. on top of it they give them best movie? can we get "gone with the wind" back, please? sunset boulevard. >> "gone with the wind," racist. s "sunset boulevard." about a celebrity who loses touch with reality. >> yes. and "gone with the wind" was 1959. it was a while ago, right? this is in keeping with the way of his message. you heard his response, i don't want cheered or booed. it's just a way of kind of reminding people of these cultural themes he really likes to talk about. this is not the country that it should be, this is not the country that we want did to be, and he brings up whatever -- >> make america great again. >> right, make america great again, he uses it to

reinvigorate that spirit to supporters. >> i want to go back to the mick mulvaney thing. what is it about traveling away from the white house -- he doesn't have to wait for republicans, he could actually try to do something now. >> he spoke for about an hour to these students in oxford, and he said, oh, it's my party that has been playing with deficits. he says our party doesn't want to do anything drastic to change our looifives about it. he talked about how the deep states are trying to sting the president and they say get on the f-ing ballot, his words exactly. it was a pretty remarkably candid speech from the chief of staff. these students pressed him repeatedly. one of the deficit questions came when one of the students said to him in the room, your party is supposed to care about

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new financial reports from the presidential candidates tell us several are strapped for cash just as the campaign calendar gets more crowded and more expensive. you can see evidence of this without knowing the numbers just by a look at tv ad spending. right now as we speak, michael bloomberg, the former new york city mayor, is advertising in 28 states. he writes his own checks. his budget apparently unlimited. 28 states plus puerto rico. bernie sanders can raise money off his internet organization. he's on the air right now in 11 states. the ones that are coming up immediately, then super tuesday states and beyond. this is a bit crowded, but what it tells you is that the other candidates, klobuchar and steyer on the air right now, some of the other candidates difficult because raising money is getting so hard. money follows momentum. if you're not winning, raising money gets hard. michael bloomberg writes his own

checks. bernie sanders, 16.8. $17 million he reported cash in hand in his brand new report. that means he's burning 105%. he's spending a little more money than he brings in month to month. joe biden is burning more than he brings in. pete buttigieg, spending more. elizabeth warren spending twice as much as she brings in. at the beginning of the campaign, she said, no, democrats shouldn't accept help from a superpac. a superpac is helping her. she says this. >> i haven't changed my position. if the other candidates said, you're right, let's do the primary from this point forward without superpacs, i'll lead the charge. this is also about the billionaire in the race, or the billionaires in the race, and that is they have the equivalent of a superpac.

it's known as their sock drawer. >> that's a change. that's a change. at the beginning she wanted to be the purist on campaign finance. now she's saying, i guess i have to take the helm. >> it's all fun and games until you run out of money and you want to keep going. i think what we were hearing yesterday was a lot of frustration and consternation for candidates that have already dropped out who submitted themselves to this purity test, who wouldn't take superpac money and now are finding themselves on the sidelines. so -- and that's their fault, right? they decided to do that. however, you will see how the voters react to elizabeth warren. but this will allow her to go a little bit further. >> it also shows the impact of bloomberg on the race, in the sense that if you're a candidate like buttigieg who won the most delegates in iowa, came in a close second to sanders in new hampshire. normally that gains momentum, pick a state of two, get more momentum. bloomberg is everywhere. 28 states plus puerto rico. how do you counter that?

>> right, you could hear the frustration a couple weeks ago. klobuchar was talking about how she prepares for an interview on one of these shows. the amount of time she gets is totally swamped by the amount of commercial time mayor bloomberg is able to get with his ads. he has a blanket of airwaves. it's a real concern for these contenders and not surprising, perhaps, that elizabeth warren would have responded in this way, and i think they're all trying to figure out how to hang on with that wash of money coming from the campaign. >> on the other side, president trump has embraced money for fundraising. he does fundraisers of $580,000 where they raise $10 million in one evening. he has $2 million in the bank and they are going to keep doing these big furndraisers. this week in california he's raising all these money. he's going to do that every week. they will have so much money they won't even know what to do if it continues as it is, and the democrats don't have to contend with that.

that's part of the game. the president said he's going to drain the swamp, but he's got big money fundraising and that counts for something. >> like it or not, nevada or south carolina are going to probably take someone out of the race. >> it's a very expensive place, colorado, texas, and if you're coming out of south carolina with no money, you're probably going to be too thin to keep going. thank you for joining us on "inside politics." i hope to see you tomorrow for the caucus results. brianna keilar starts in just a minute. enjoy your afternoon. this is my body of proof.

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