remember talking with him when he was running for democratic national committee chair a couple years ago. even then, it seems random, this guy who was a mayor of a small city in indiana with a funny name that you had to learn how to pronounce. he is going to run for president. ok. we had 17 republicans running for president last time, why not? then the remarkable rise. he talks about how you started with four staffers and he did. the guy either won orca one the iowa -- or co-won the iowa caucuses. if you step back, it is stunning. it is one of the more interesting political stories i have covered.

how that happened is going to teach us a lot about the future of american politics. host: before we run out of time, give us your productions for who is going to end up where on tuesday. guest: this is not a dodge. i have no idea. who tells you probably does not know what they are talking about. this is going to be another wild finish new hampshire. we have seen numbers move up and down. are moving in days. this will have a wild finish as the stakes are so high. you mentioned joe biden before. this is probably going to be it for him. he has to go out there and try to earn it. this is a huge moment of opportunity for pete buttigieg and bernie sanders. elizabeth warren needs to win. for a lot of folks, the stakes are so high. i am very open to what could happen in terms of political war here.

this has been a state of such tradition. some of the biggest moments in american political history have occurred here during this week between iowa and new hampshire. this is set up for a wild finish and maybe wild moments. host: we would like to thank james pindell of the boston globe for being here this morning and answering our questions about the new venture primary. thank you so much -- new hampshire primary. thank you so much. guest: i appreciate it. host: we are going to take more of your telephone calls on campaign 2020 and the new hampshire primary. your phone numbers are on the screen. later, we will be joined by neil levesque, head of the new hampshire institute of politics at saint anselm college. we will be right back. ♪ >> the new hampshire primary is tuesday.

watch results and candidate speeches starting at 7:30 p.m. live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app app. >> article two is adopted. >> do you solemnly swear that in all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of do united states, you will impartial justice according to the constitution and laws, so help you god? senate will convene as a court of impeachment. >> what we have seen over the last couple days is a descent into constitutional madness. >> this is irregular to say the least. >> donald john trump, president of the united states, is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment. >> for the third time in u.s. history, a president has been impeached and acquitted.

from the house hearings to the senate trial, c-span has provided live, comprehensive coverage of the impeachment of president trump. you can find all of our video and related resources at c-span.org/impeachment. c-span, your place for unfiltered coverage of congress. host: we are back and we are going to open the phone lines to talk to you about what you think about campaign 2020 and the new hampshire primary. we are opening our regular phone lines for this conversation here that means republicans, your line is going to be (202) 748-8001. democrats, your line is (202) 748-8000. independence, you can call (202) 748-8002. -- independents, you can call (202) 748-8002. we are opening a special line for this conversation because we want to hear from new hampshire

voters, the people making the decision tuesday in that primary. new hampshire voters, your telephone number is (202) 748-8003. we are always reading on social ,edia, on twitter at @cspanwj and on facebook at facebook.com/c-span. atare still taking texts (202) 748-8003. i want to look at a text that came in a few minutes ago. here's one that says, i was for biden, but too much confusion surrounds mr. biden. he is not commanding the dialogue i hoped he would. i think i support bloomberg now. the rest of the candidates cannot be trump, who always plays dirty. we want to hear from you on campaign 2020. we have your first caller let's talk to amy, from hamburg, new york. good morning. caller: good morning.

concern is, listening to the what we are -- the --ng with the looking at how we are being seen worldwide in reference to us putting people in cages, what we are doing in the middle east. my concern is i'm not hearing the candidates talk about our national security and what trump is doing to it. thank you. n, who is's talk to na calling from youngstown, ohio. biden, but hefor

has a cloud over his head. he probably will now because of his son. his other son died and all that. -- they have a just am notthat i comfortable with any of them. buttigieg probably is the most pleasant, but a lot of them are hard to take. guess we will just have to wait as the campaign goes on. i am not thrilled about any of them. i really would like someone to move ahead and beat trump. it would be good. just a lot of division.

it is too complex to talk about. one of the people we have not talked about as much this morning is senator amy klobuchar, who is still in the race for the democratic nomination for president. here is senator klobuchar last hampshire, going after president trump. [video clip] and i'mow in our heart, speaking to all of the supporters for all of the candidates right now, we know that what unites us is bigger than what divides us. we know that as a party. and we know that on thisction is president because people are not sharing the prosperity across this nation. this electionhat

is a patriotism check. it is a check on this president. what unites us more than anything is that we know that the heart of america is bigger than the heart of the guy at the white house. you know that. everyone one of us knows that. everyone of us knows that. donald trump's nightmare is that our fired up democrats will march to victory with independence of new hampshire, with people from all over this state, and that we will win big in november. that is his nightmare. , what will i do? i will pass a constitutional amendment to overturn citizens united. we will get that done to get the

big money out of our politics. is to stop his shameful attempt to repeal the affordable care act and kick people off of their health insurance for pre-existing conditions. that is wrong. we will stop him. pharma toke on big bring down the cost of prescription drugs. to passtake on the nra gun safety legislation. that is our optimistic agenda for this country. host: let's go back to our phone from and talk to bonnie modesto, california on the independent line. caller: good morning. i feel that michael bloomberg is the man that they should get behind if they want to be trump. i think a lot of republicans that do not like trump would get behind bloomberg.

, as the colahat earlier said, bloomberg, klobuchar -- caller earlier said, bloomberg-klobuchar candidacy would be great. sanders would divide the country, just like trump is. warren also. biden does not have the energy. i think bloomberg could beat trump. who iset's go to rosetta calling from new york on the democratic line. caller: i would like to see pete buttigieg. host: why, rosetta? caller: he is very intelligent, think he would do an excellent job. on the other hand, i'm a bit

, maybe of hisuse lifestyle, that he would not be voted in. the next when i would pick would be bloomberg. let's go to samara from upstate new york on the republican line. good morning. pronounce the name of your town for me. caller: canandaigua. host: where is that in upstate new york? caller: it is closer rochester. host: i know where you're talking about. i do not understand where people are coming from because bloomberg, the only thing he has is money. that is all he has. he does not have any -- he is just a pawn in this whole scheme

. i do not understand where people are coming from today. host: what do you mean that he is a pawn? tell us what you're talking about. of bidenell, because sinking and no one is going to vote for -- some people may vote for bernie, but the plot is take bernie out, take biden out because he is dropping in the polls, and bloomberg comes in to save everybody. the only thing -- the only thing bloomberg has is the money. don't people see this? jasmine, whoo to is calling from new york city on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. i'm calling to let everybody

sanders must stop misleading the young people, .alking about free college he has to stop. buttigieg needs to open up and -- he is a gay person. how are we going to look at the white house, mr. and mr. president? it is not looking good. bernie needs to stop talking about free college. it is not free.

-- democrat bailout -- you know what i mean. host: let's go to robert, who is calling from aurora, indiana on the republican line. robert, good morning. caller: it is quite a mess. i would not vote -- i used to vote democratic, but the way they are now, i would not even waste my time with them. they are wanting to give everything away. they want to get everyone from other countries in here. we have people on the streets on these -- in these big cities care nancy pelosi and these people, they care nothing about people. all they do is talk trump down and look with the men has done there and he has done his job and i hope he wins. host: let's look at some of our social media followers, people who are texting into the show,

to see what they think about campaign 2020 and the new hampshire primary. here's one text that says bloomberg is the only one who can win over trump. do not be full by the others. -- fooled by the others. who was for biden is not voting for him? -- are letting donald trump ruin biden just like he did hillary. one more that says mike bloomberg won the endorsement of the alabama democratic conference, the most powerful african-american political organization in alabama, a major win for bloomberg and setback for vice president biden. another tweet says my priorities defeating donald trump and the best choice -- priority is defeating donald trump and the best choice is bloomberg. biden was my choice but it seems he has no energy. one last that says buttigieg is

a smart, capable guy. president trump would pump up so much hate against him in some any vile ways that buttigieg will be demolished. we do not need four more years of donald j. trump. we are talking about campaign 2020 and the new hampshire primary. let's talk to fred, who is calling from fort myers, florida on the independent line. caller: good morning. you do great work at c-span. i am a truebecause independent. -- my biggest problem with the democratic candidates, especially michael bloomberg -- i saw a campaign ad of his and it was i am here to defeat donald trump. everybody running for president says one thing they have in common. if you are a democrat, you can say you hate donald trump all you want to care if you are a republican, say you love him. they do not have a message.

all i hear is, i hate trump. you cannot argue that the economy is doing bad. you cannot argue that the immigration policies are not necessary. i do not understand why people are saying who we should vote for these people who are running, buttigieg, all these guys, they do not have a message. they never said anything about what they are going to do. i just heard what they want to stop trump from doing. if you are running against somebody because you do not have a message, you are the person i do not want to vote for. who: let's talk to robert, is calling from portsmouth, virginia on the democratic line. good morning. caller: good morning. also amocratic, but i'm little bit anxious about this. trump is going to win it. he has somebody backing him up

that does not mess with the elections, vladimir. he is not going to mess with the elections and trump believes it. what difference does it make if you're in a caucus or what? the russians are going to get back into it just like they did before. nothing else is going to matter. that is it. let's talk to dean, who is calling from louisville, kentucky on the republican line. caller: i do not like donald trump. we already have 67 million poor and poverty. the democratic party acts like they want to be the power source of the world, not the united states. i do not like donald

trump that much, but he will win in a landslide. the american people -- god bless you all. host: we were talking earlier in the show about how faith and politics mixed. there's a story coming out of the pew research center where they pulled christian democrats about their preferences. here's what they said. among democrats, christians leaned toward biden, while nonpreferred sanders. let's see what they say. as democratic presidential candidates campaign to win their party's nomination, there is uncertainty about how voters from religious groups will cast their ballots. when november rolls around, early indications are that preference by religion will be familiar and closely linked to each party's political leanings. on the whole, among registered voters who identify with orlean toward the debt -- or lean toward the democratic party,

protestants and catholics are most likely to name joe biden as their first choice, according to a national survey pew research center conducted in january. religiously unaffiliated democrats lean more toward bernie sanders, with atheists and agnostics especially more likely to name sanders or elizabeth warren as their preferred choice. the survey was conducted at the campaign season began in earnest with the iowa caucuses to be held february 3 and the new hampshire primary on february 11. no candidate has majority support from any of the large religious groups. many voters still say they are undecided or declined to name a favorite. among black protestant democratic voters, 44% named ,iden as their first choice four times the share of any candidate. 30% remain undecided or give other responses, indicating uncertainty in their vote choice. let's go back to the phone lines

and talk to donna, calling from st. louis, missouri on the into bennett line -- the independent line. caller: i am a lifelong christian and bernie sanders is my number one choice. my first choice would be three things. i first choice would be burning for president and warren for vice president. i think bernie would clean trump's clock in a debate with the truth. secondly, buttigieg needs to run for congress or something so we can see his voting record on the main issues like campaign-finance reform, trade, and health care. right now all we know is he is getting millions from over 40 billionaires and he would rather watch cartoons then pay attention to the serious issues. bernie was the

only one who had the guts to run against hillary. the democratic party leaders. and probably would have won if the party was not doing everything they could to help hillary. have a good day. let's talk to tim, who is calling from wisconsin. good morning. caller: i was just calling. i was curious to see what everybody else was thinking about which democratic candidate would be the best to run against trump. that would at least get him on substance would be toll see gabbard. -- tulsi gabbard. establishment democrats are trying to run her out of the party because she does not toe the party line on everything. buttigieg, that is going to be a disaster.

i do not think he is anything near what people think he is. he appeals to a very small minority of people. i think african-americans will completely run away from him because they do not trust him. i can already see that. that is just my two cents. i hear about these people that call them christians who vote for this person or that person. i would like to see a further breakdown of what exactly is meant by the word christian, how somebody defines that. thank you for your time. talking a lot't about religion and politics this morning. there is a story here in "the hill" called advocacy group launches two or encourage religious voters vote against trump. vote common good has launched a national bus tour

including stops in iowa in an effort to influence faith-based voters to vote against president trump. evangelicals have largely stood with trump because of his commitment to socially conservative causes and his appointment of two conservative justices to the supreme court, though there are pockets of opposition among religious voters who site his actions on issues such as immigration as well as his rhetoric. vote common good says it specifically opposes trump -- the trump administration policies on family separations for undocumented immigrants and health care, which the group says do not align with christian and other religious traditions. the group wants to convince religious voters to consider supporting a common good candidate, or one who prioritizes the needs of others, even if that person is not a christian, and says it is a nonpartisan group that aims to reach democrat and republican. we are essentially traveling the

country trying to engage and energize religiously motivated voters to oppose the trump administration by using the common good as their voting criteria for a vote. robb ryerse said. we are talking about campaign 2020 and the new hampshire primary. moreve time for a few calls, so let's take a couple of them. from talk to dorothy osceola, missouri on the republican line. dorothy, good morning. this is the 85 and worst bunch of candidates we have ever had. and eve, not adam and steve. as far as gun control, the bad guys are going to have guns no matter what. all of the people that are calling in have the right to opinions, but i think bernie

sanders is a dirty old man. host: let's talk to chuck, who is calling from new york on the independent line. caller: good morning. i am an independent and have been one for over 30 years. i try to devote four years ago in new york state and did not for bernieto vote sanders four years ago a new york state and did not realize i had to register as a democrat. i plan to do that. i do not like the fact of being a member of a party. i do not like people switching parties like mike bloomberg, who spoke at the convention for george bush as a republican and praised the iraq war. is a democratic hopeful.

the politics in this country really need to worry about all of the people, health care for all, and come out for bernie. albert, whotalk to is calling from chicago, illinois on the democratic line. albert, good morning. guest: -- caller: i want to address these callers who say bernie sanders hesuch a shoo-in to be trump lost to hillary clinton by 4 million votes. there is no way anyone can steal 4 million votes without getting caught. if bernie sanders was rejected by 4 million democrats, what makes his supporters think the rest of the country is going to get on board with him? that is my comment. host: we would like to thank all of our callers for calling in on this segment. coming up, we are going to go back to new hampshire for a preview of tuesday's big primary. we will be joined by neil

levesque of the new hampshire institute of politics at saint and some college. later, we will talk to ray buckley, chairman of the new hampshire to accredit party. we will be right back -- democratic party. we will be right back. ♪ the new hampshire primary is tuesday. watch results and candidate speeches starting at 7:30 p.m. eastern, live on c-span, c-span.org, or listen on the free c-span radio app. article two is adopted. >> do you solemnly swear that in all things pertaining to the trial of the impeachment of donald john trump, president of do united states, you will impartial justice according to the constitution and laws come in so help you god?

the senate will convene as a court of impeachment. >> what we have seen over the last couple days is a descent into constitutional madness. >> we think the basis is irregular to say the least. >> donald john trump, president of the united states, is not guilty as charged in the second article of impeachment. >> for the third time in u.s. history, a president has been impeached and acquitted. from the house hearings to the senate trial, c-span has provided live, copper hints of coverage of the impeachment of president trump -- comprehensive coverage of the impeachment of president trump. you can find our video and related resources at c-span.org/impeachment. c-span, your place for unfiltered coverage of congress. we are back and we are going to go to new hampshire. we will talk to neil levesque, director of the new hampshire